‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ roars at UK-Ireland box office with £9.2m opening; ‘Hot Milk’ opens to £56,000

'Jurassic World Rebirth'








UK-Ireland top five, July 4-6
Rank   Film (origin)  Distributor  July 4-6  Total  Week
1  Jurassic World Rebirth (US)  Universal  £9.2m  £12.5m  1
 F1 (US)
 Warner Bros  £3.1m  £12.9m  2
 How To Train Your Dragon (US)  Universal  £1.5m  £18.2m  3
 28 Years Later (US-UK)   Sony  £1.4m  £12.5m  4
 Elio (US)
 Disney  £691,020  £3m  3

GBP to USD conversion rate: 1.36

Universal summer blockbuster Jurassic World Rebirth topped the UK-Ireland box office with a £9.2m opening weekend – the fourth-highest of seven Jurassic Park films to date.

Opening in 684 sites, the film took a £13,472 average. Its Friday-to-Sunday start is slightly behind the three prior Jurassic World titles, which opened to £16.8m, £10.6m and £12.1m respectively; but still represents a good figure for Universal as the third-biggest opening of 2025.

Including previews on Wednesday 2 and Thursday 3, it has £12.5m in total.

Last weekend’s number one F1 dropped to second place, but still posted a strong £3.1m session for Warner Bros, down just 37% on its opening. The film, starring Brad Pitt, is up to £12.9m, and will look to push beyond £20m across its run.

Universal’s How To Train Your Dragon held on to third spot, falling just 26% on its fourth session with a £1.5m weekend. The live-action remake now has £18.2m in total, overtaking the £17.4m of the original animated film from 2010. While the £27.6m of 2014’s How To Train Your Dragon 2 may be beyond it, it should catch the £20.1m of 2019’s How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.

Sony’s 28 Years Later is proving to be one of the successes of the summer, adding £1.4m on its third weekend – a 41% drop that brings it to a strong £12.5m total. It will overtake Nosferatu (£12.9m) within the next week to become the highest-grossing horror of the year.

After a slow start, Disney animation Elio is now posting good holds, with a drop of just 10% on its third weekend. It added £691,020 as the studio’s leading title, and is up to £3m.

Takings for the top five titles increased by 50% on last weekend, hitting £15.9m – the highest mark since the release of Lilo & Stitch and Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning in late May. Takings are also up over 100% from the equivalent weekend last year, in the latest sign of continued box office recovery.

Ballad keeps singing

Disney’s live-action Lilo & Stitch added £476,644 on its seventh weekend in cinemas, a 12% drop that brings it to a strong £35.7m total.

Universal’s doll horror MEGAN 2.0 dropped 67% on its second weekend, with £168,778 taking it to £983,155. It will finish down on the £7.3m of the 2023 first film.

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning leads Paramount’s slate, adding £168,000 on its seventh weekend for a £25.9m total – behind only Dead Reckoning Part One (£26.6m) in the franchise.

The Ballad Of Wallis Island

The Ballad Of Wallis Island was one of the few titles to see an uptick this weekend, increasing by 2% on its sixth session in cinemas. The Universal release added £92,131 and has now made a decent £1.7m in total.

The Salt Path continues its impressive run for Black Bear, adding £80,000 on its sixth weekend – a 47% drop that brings it to £7.7m.

Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s Berlin title Hot Milk opened to £55,774 from 115 sites at a £485 average for Mubi, and has £87,350 including previews.

Anurag Basu’s romantic drama Metro In Dino opened to £55,481 from 80 sites at a decent £702 average for AA Films UK.

Children’s animation Peppa Meets The Baby Cinema Experience added a further £50,034 on a sixth weekend in cinemas for Trafalgar Releasing, falling just 5% and reaching a £2.2m cume.

Sony’s Karate Kid: Legends added £43,131 on its fifth session, and is up to £5.5m.

Indian sports comedy Sitaare Zameen Par added £36,356 on its third week for AA Films UK, for a £521,005 total.

David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds began with a £23,385 opening including previews, from 62 sites at a £377 average for Vertigo Releasing. 

Animation Jungle Trouble started with £19,043 from 178 screens at a £107 average for Miracle Comms.

Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme added £16,418 on its seventh session, and has £3.1m in total for Universal.

Warner Bros horror Final Destination: Bloodlines is closing out with £14,060 on its eighth session and £11.6m in total – the second-highest grossing film in the franchise behind the £12.8m of 2009’s The Final Destination.

Anime Ltd’s The Girl Who Leapt Through Time opened to £10,078 this weekend, predominantly through screenings on Sunday, July 6.

Studiocanal’s rerelease of Apocalypse Now documentary Hearts Of Darkness started with £8,884.

Paramount’s 30th anniversary re-release of Amy Heckerling’s Clueless added £4,300 on its second weekend, and has £98,000 in total. The film made £4m on its original run.

Vishal Furia’s Indian horror Maa, about a mother who transforms into the goddess Kali, added £4,231 on its second weekend, and has £52,524 total for Moviegoers Entertainment.

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