Spider-Man: Brand New Day Holds U.K. No. 1 for Fourth Week as The Odyssey Crosses $100 Million
Sony's Spider-Man: Brand New Day held the top spot at the U.K. and Ireland box office for a fourth straight week, collecting £3.6 million ($4.8 million) over the August 22–24 frame, according to Rentrak figures reported by Variety. The film's local cumulative gross now stands at $117.9 million.
That U.K. and Ireland total cements Brand New Day as the ninth-highest-grossing film of all time in the market, with £87.2 million banked — ahead of Top Gun: Maverick's £83.8 million, per Screen Daily. Worldwide, the film has flown past $2.2 billion, Screen Daily reported. It also became the highest-grossing title ever at IMAX UK, according to Deadline.
Universal's The Odyssey, directed by Christopher Nolan, held second place in its sixth weekend in the market. It grossed $3.7 million to cross the $100 million milestone locally, landing at $101.4 million. Worldwide, the film is sailing towards $1.5 billion, Screen Daily reported.
Sony's horror sequel Insidious: Out of the Further arrived in third with an opening weekend of $2.9 million. Warner Bros.' The End of Oak Street followed in fourth in its second frame, adding $1.2 million for a $6.2 million cume.
Black Bear's comedy Spa Weekend rounded out the top five with an opening haul of $668,191. Paramount's animated Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie placed sixth in its third week, taking $643,678 for a running total of $5.9 million.
A notable entry lower down the chart: Mastershot Studios' Malayalam-language Bethlehem Kudumba Unit, an Indian Onam holiday release, landed in seventh with $593,485 — a strong showing for a regional-language film in the market. Disney's Toy Story 5 took eighth in its 10th week, generating $512,456 to lift its local total to $76.2 million. Studiocanal's action thriller Mutiny opened in ninth with $504,397, while A24's Tony held 10th in its second session, collecting $461,807 for a $1.3 million total.
Mubi's Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, the third feature from director Jane Schoenbrun, debuted at No. 11 with a Friday-to-Sunday gross of $306,438 and $445,317 including previews, opening across 176 screens. What makes the debut stand out is its efficiency: among English-language new releases, it posted the second-highest screen average of the frame behind Insidious, and the top screen average of any specialised title in the top 15, ahead of Tony. It surpassed the entire lifetime U.K. and Ireland gross of Schoenbrun's previous film, I Saw the TV Glow, in its opening weekend alone. BFI Southbank served as Mubi's top-performing venue — the cinema's third-biggest opening of the year. Across the Picturehouse circuit, it ranked as the third best-performing release, trailing only The Odyssey and Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
