Full Breakdown
Scary Movie Leads UK & Ireland Box Office in a Crowded Week
6/10/2026, 12:11:02 PM
Box Office Highlights
Paramount’s revived comedy franchise Scary Movie topped the UK-Ireland box office with £4.1 million (? $5.6 million). Piece Of Magic Entertainment’s The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act was second with $3.6 million, followed by Sony’s fantasy epic Masters Of The Universe at $3.5 million. A24’s horror sequel Backrooms added $3 million in its second weekend, raising its total to $11.6 million. Variety-Universal’s romance-horror Obsession earned $2.5 million, while Disney’s The Mandalorian And Grogu made $1.8 million (cumulative $18.8 million). Long-running titles Michael, The Sheep Detectives, The Devil Wears Prada 2 and Black Bear’s Tuner each contributed between $1 million and $2 million.
Data Snapshot
The ten films together generated roughly $30 million this week. Scary Movie posted the highest single-week gross, followed by a mid-budget fantasy, a horror sequel and a romance-horror hybrid. Legacy titles such as Michael and The Devil Wears Prada 2 continued to earn modest weekly revenues, highlighting the durability of long-run releases.
Competitive Landscape and Upcoming Releases
Universal will open Disclosure Day on Wednesday 11 June, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth, Eve Hewson and Colman Domingo, across more than 300 venues. Friday 12 June adds the anime Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway. Limited-run titles slated for the coming weeks include The Fall Of Sir Douglas Weatherford (Mubi), In the Hand of Dante (Netflix), the documentary Kapodistrias, (The Governor) (Two Fresh Distribution) and Fight Like A Girl (Underground Slate). Reissues feature a 100-plus-location 4K restoration of Paul Thomas Anderson’s Boogie Nights, a 4K restoration of Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom and a BFI Distribution reissue of James Bidgood’s Pink Narcissus.
Studios and Distributors in Focus
Paramount’s Scary Movie demonstrates the pull of legacy comedy franchises in the UK-Ireland market. Sony’s two entries, Masters Of The Universe and The Sheep Detectives, blend high-budget fantasy with niche genre fare. A24 continues to profit from horror sequels, while Disney sustains a steady family-oriented presence. Independent firms—Piece Of Magic Entertainment, Black Bear and Universal—show that smaller-scale releases can still reach the top-ten.
Market Implications
Scary Movie posted the highest single-week gross, while other genres—including fantasy, horror and family titles—also earned notable revenues. The week featured multiple restorations and documentary releases, contributing additional box-office receipts.
Conflicting Reports & Gaps
All weekly grosses and cumulative totals are consistently reported across the source material; no contradictory figures or missing data were identified.
What’s Next
Following Disclosure Day, the market will absorb a wave of genre-specific titles—including the anime Detective Conan feature—and a series of limited-run documentaries and restorations. Observers will watch whether the momentum generated by Scary Movie sustains earnings for legacy franchises or yields to the upcoming slate of high-profile and specialty releases.
