The Housemaid remains at the top of the UK box office, ahead of the Golden Globe-nominated Hamnet and new entry 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple.
The Paul Feig-directed thriller has grossed an additional £2.8 million, taking its total gross to £22.6 million. Screen Daily reports that The Housemaid will soon overtake The Hunger Games (2012) to become the fifth highest-grossing Lionsgate title in UK box office history. The film is up to $247 million worldwide from a $35 million budget.
Hamnet, starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley, is in second with £2.6 million. The awards-tipped drama has recently secured nominations for the 2026 Dorian Film Awards as well as the Golden Globes and Critics’ Choice Movie Awards.
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, directed by Nia DaCosta, has opened in third with £2.4 million. A sequel to 28 Years Later (2025), The Bone Temple stars Ralph Fiennes, Jack O’Connell, Alfie Williams, Erin Kellyman, and Chi Lewis-Parry. The film follows a violent gang called the Jimmys who seek to inflict misery on other survivors while staying alive themselves. Meanwhile, Dr Ian Kelson (Fiennes) makes contact with an infected individual.
Avatar: Fire And Ash is fourth with £1.7 million following its fifth weekend in cinemas. It is now up to £38.3 million, behind Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) at the same stage.
Another awards contender, Marty Supreme, is in fifth with £1.5 million. Starring Timothée Chalamet, the sports drama is now up to £11.9 million cumulative.
Other new releases include Rental Family, directed by Hikari. It stars Academy Award winner Brendan Fraser as an actor who begins working for a rental family agency in Japan, playing roles in different strangers’ lives. The comedy-drama has opened with £358,416 for Disney.
Watch the trailer for 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple below.
