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Despicable Me 4 Leads UK Box Office

The yellow minion Bob in Despicable Me 4 wearing a suit and goggles. Despicable Me 4 has debuted at the top of the UK box office.

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Universal's Despicable Me 4 has debuted at the top of the UK .

The family comedy opened with £8.9 million, enough to displace Pixar's Inside Out 2. Steve Carell returns as the voice of Gru, along with Kristen Wiig, Miranda Cosgrove, and Pierre Coffin.

Inside Out 2 moves down to second place, having earned £2.2 million in its fifth week. Reaching a total of £44.5 million, Screen Daily reports that the film may soon enter the top 50 highest-grossing films in the UK.

Longlegs, directed by Osgood Perkins, grossed £1.4 million in its first week at the . The horror follows an FBI agent who deciphers satanic clues to hunt down an elusive serial killer.

In fourth place, A Quiet Place: Day One grossed £825,000, taking its total UK gross to £8 million.

Fly Me to the Moon, starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum, opened with £862,358, including previews. In Greg Berlanti's romantic comedy, a marketing specialist and the director of NASA collaborate to improve the agency's public image before the launch of Apollo 11.

In its sixth week, Bad Boys: Ride Or Die grossed £201,510, down 55%. It is ahead of The Bikeriders with £130,772, down 65%.

Additionally, MaXXXine's UK box office total rises to £787,377 having made £113,190 in its second week. It has become the highest-grossing film in director Ti West's X trilogy.

In its third week, Yorgos Lanthimos's Kinds Of Kindness has grossed £60,858. This takes the black comedy's UK box office total to £944,072.

Jason Yu's Sleep has opened with £18,575. The comedy thriller made its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in 2023. It features Lee Sun-kyun, in his final film appearance, as a newlywed whose sleepwalking is terrifying his wife.

Watch the trailer for Despicable Me 4 below.