☰

EchoVib

Inside Out 2 Tops U.K., Ireland Box Office Again, Becoming Highest-Grossing Film of 2024

Disney blockbuster “Inside Out 2” led the U.K. and Ireland box office for the fourth consecutive weekend with £5.1 million ($6.5 million). It now has a running total of £40 million, taking it past Warner Bros.’ “Dune: Part Two” to become the year’s highest-grossing film in the region. It also surpassed the lifetime box office of 2015’s “Inside Out.”

Paramount’s “A Quiet Place: Day One” held onto second place in its sophomore frame, earning £1.6 million and bringing its cumulative total to £6.1 million. “Bad Boys: Ride or Die” from Sony rounded out the top three in its fifth week, adding £446,578 to reach a total of £11 million.

Related Stories

The Emmys award holding an eyeball VIP+

Emmys Rebound Bolsters 2024 Awards Show Ratings

Secret Level

'Secret Level' Director Tim Miller and Epic Games Execs Talk Hollywood's Relationship With Unreal Engine as Version 5.5 Launches

Universal’s horror entry “MaXXXine” debuted at No. 4 with £388,043, while the studio’s “The Bikeriders” dropped to fifth place in its third week, collecting £374,066 for a total of £3.1 million.

Indian sci-fi epic “Kalki 2898 AD” from Dreamz Entertainment landed at sixth with £187,610 in its second week, pushing its total to £1.2 million.

Popular on Variety

Sony’s “The Garfield Movie” continued to perform in its seventh week, securing seventh place with £183,490 and a cumulative gross of £8.5 million.

Rounding out the top 10 were Disney’s “Kinds of Kindness” (£166,842), Paramount’s “IF” (£139,139), and Punjabi-language romantic comedy “Jatt & Juliet 3” (£124,954) for totals of £736,271, £12 million and £527,024 respectively.

Looking ahead, the U.K. and Ireland box office is set for an influx of new releases. Universal’s “Despicable Me 4,” featuring the voices of Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig and Will Ferrell, is slated to open in over 300 locations on July 12.

Also premiering on that day is Sony’s high-profile romantic comedy “Fly Me to the Moon,” starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum, and “Longlegs,” a thriller starring Nicolas Cage and Maika Monroe.

Several more releases are on the horizon. “Hundreds of Beavers” from Lightbulb Film Distribution will open on July 9. In this 19th century, supernatural winter epic, a drunken applejack salesman aims to become North America’s greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers.

The Friday will see the launch of Brain One’s “Eno,” a documentary about musician Brian Eno featuring David Bowie, Bono and David Byrne. Dogwoof is opening Bhutan-set Sundance-bowing documentary “Agent of Happiness.” Meanwhile, Warner Bros.’ “The Commandant’s Shadow,” the documentary that tells the true story behind the Holocaust horror explored in “The Zone of Interest,” will also debut in more than 100 cinemas. French nature documentary “Heart of an Oak” from Icon Film Distribution is also bowing.

Horror fans could thrill to Altitude’s “In a Violent Nature,” scheduled to open in over 100 locations. Other notable releases include Curzon’s Cannes-debuting Korean mystery-horror “Sleep” and Other Parties Film Company’s 4K restoration of the 1971 film “Bushman,” directed by David Schickele, where a Nigerian student in 1968 San Francisco experiences clashing cultures.

Read More About:

Jump to Comments

More from Variety

Most Popular

Must Read

Sign Up for Variety Newsletters

By providing your information, you agree to our Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy.We use vendors that may also process your information to help provide our services. // This site is protected by reCAPTCHA Enterprise and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Variety Confidential

A Variety and iHeartRadio Podcast

ncG1vNJzZmiukae2psDYZ5qopV9nfXOAjp%2BgpaVfl7y5ec6fnaKblWS2r7%2FInZxmp6WpenN51KRkoqqVoa6vsIybprFln5uzqq%2FEZp%2Bin5iawG6z0aiqrKGenHqntcumZGpqY2t9d3%2BRcG9o

Aldo Pusey

Update: 2024-07-28

<< It's Undemocratic To Impose State Of Emergency In Anambra

I'm privileged- Senator's wife maintains stand on protest, Russian flag row >>