Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum’s rom-com adventure
denies
Operation Mincemeat
a Number 1 position, though the latter - which stars
Colin Firth and Matthew MacFadyen as WWII intelligence
officers who have to outwit German forces - flies six places to Number 2
following its release on disc.
The Batman
holds on to its place at Number 3, finishing ahead of this week’s highest
new entry
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
at Number 4. The sequel to
Doctor Strange
and currently available on digital downloads only, this is the latest
Marvel Cinematic Universe to be made available for home entertainment
(with
Thor: Love and Thunder
the most recent release in cinemas.)
The Bad Guys rises to Number 5, while our second brand new
entry of the week,
The Northman, debuts at Number 6. Action-adventure The Northman stars
Alexander Skarsgård as a young Viking prince who heads on a quest
to avenge his father’s murder.
Morbius
drops five places to Number 7, while the original
Top Gun holds tight in the Top 10 at Number 8, as does
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 at Number 9. Finally,
Sing 2 finishes the week at Number 10.
Spider-Man: No Way Home
is the biggest film of 2022 so far in the UK.
According to new data from the Official Charts Company and British
Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) the latest edition of the
Tom Holland-starring Marvel franchise has sold over 780,000
copies since it was released in March this year; more than doubling the
sales of the film in second place with audience’s keen to witness the
multiverse epic with characters from past and present from all across
the “Spider-Verse” returning.
At Number two in the year-to-date chart is the 2021 version of
Dune
which was released for home entertainment in January, while
Ghostbusters sequel
Ghostbusters: Afterlife comes in at Number 3, and is the
second-biggest release on digital downloads of the year so far.
Daniel Craig’s final performance as James Bond in
No Time To Die
lands at Number 4 – the second-biggest physical release of the year –
while animated musical favourite Sing 2 rounds off the Top
5 at Number 5.
Recent releases include The Batman, which makes an impressive appearance at Number 6 despite only being
released in May. Disney’s Encanto – which took over the
Official Singles Chart at the start of the year when 'We Don’t Talk
About Bruno' spent seven weeks at Number 1 – earns a well-deserved place
at Number 8, just ahead of action/adventure Uncharted (9)
and The Matrix’s fourth instalment, The Matrix Resurrections (10).
Outside the Top 10, the original Top Gun from 1986 starts
at Number 11 following the release of its sequel,
Top Gun: Maverick
in cinemas earlier in the year; the film broke records in May when it
became the oldest film to ever top the Official Film Chart.
Another recent release, videogame sequel
Sonic The Hedgehog 2, scores a Number 14 placing despite having not yet been released on
physical formats at the end of the 6-month data period, with it proving
very popular in the UK on digital downloads only. Additionally,
Morbius lands at Number 32 in the list, only having been
released for home viewing in mid-June.