UK-Ireland top five, August 8-10 Rank Film (origin) Distributor August 8-10 Total Week 1 Weapons (US) Warner Bros £2.6m £2.8m 1 2 Freakier Friday (US)

Disney £1.8m £1.8m 1 3 The Fantastic Four: First Steps (US)

Disney £1.4m £19m 3 4 The Naked Gun (US) Paramount £1.1m £4.4m 2 5 The Bad Guys 2 (US) Universal £812,771 £7.4m 3

GBP to USD conversion rate: 1.35

Warner Bros’ Weapons shot to the top of the UK-Ireland box office, holding off the challenge of fellow opener Freakier Friday from Disney.

Weapons started with £2.6m from 630 cinemas at a £4,063 average – a strong start for an 18-rated film. For comparison, Sony horror Bring Her Back – also 18-rated – started with £499,877 the previous weekend.

Weapons has £2.8m inclu

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