‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ Dominates U.K. Box Office With 43% Market Share

Disneys Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny debuted atop the U.K. and Ireland box office with 7.1 million ($9 million), according to numbers released by Comscore.

The release marked the fifth biggest opening weekend for a film in 2023 in the territory, including previews, with a market share of 43%.

In its fifth weekend, Sonys Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse racked up a further 1.5 million in second place, taking its total to 25.9 million.

Universals Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken debuted in third position with 885,056. In its sixth weekend, Disneys The Little Mermaid earned 837,859 in fourth place for a total of 25 million.

Rounding off the top five was Universals Asteroid City, which collected 799,449 for a total of 2.7 million.

There were two more debuts in the top 10, both from India. Bakrania Medias Carry on Jatta 3 bowed in ninth place with 231,886, while House Of Advertisings Satyaprem Ki Katha debuted in 10th position with 113,991.

The wide release this upcoming weekend is animation Elemental, which Disney is opening across more than 300 locations.

Also opening across more than 300 locations, unusually on a Monday, July 10, is Paramounts keenly anticipated Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One, starring Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Hayley Atwell, Shea Whigham, Pom Klementieff, Esai Morales, Henry Czerny, Rob Delaney, Cary Elwes, Indira Varma, Mark Gatiss, Charles Parnell, Greg Tarzan Davis and Frederick Schmidt.

With Indiana Jones last adventure as a holdover and the upcoming Tom Cruise juggernaut, the number of other releases are fairly limited over the weekend. Curzon is opening Venice selection and Palm Springs winner The Damned Dont Cry while Sony is releasing horror title Insidious: The Red Door.

National Amusements The Octonauts the Great Summer Adventure is aimed at the childrens market. Picturehouse Entertainment is opening 2022 Cannes title Smoking Causes Coughing and from the TAPE Collective comes Berlin-selected documentary Shabu, while another documentary, BFI London Film Festival selection Name Me Lawand is being released by BFI Distribution.