The Apes are well and truly holding onto the Film Charts this week as Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes marks a second week as the UK’s Number 1 film.
The fourth instalment of the rebooted Planet of the Apes series outsell the rest of the Top 5 combined, on digital downloads only, to land another week at the top of the Official Film Chart.
This week’s highest new entry is IF (2), starring Cailey Fleming and Ryan Reynolds, and written and directed by John Krasinski.
Featuring a star-studded voice cast including Krasinski, Steve Carell, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Emily Blunt, George Clooney, Bradley Cooper, Maya Rudolph and many more, IF tells the story of a 12-year-old girl going through a tough time, who begins seeing everyone’s imaginary friends (IFs) who were left behind as their children have grown up. She decides to help Cal (Reynolds) try and unite the IFs with new children but they discover there might be more to it than first thought.
Civil War drops one place (3) while the 1996 disaster film Twister (4), starring Helen Hunt and the late Bill Paxton, spins up nine places following the release of its standalone sequel Twisters in cinemas.
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire holds once again at Number 5, while one year on from Barbenheimer, Oppenheimer returns to the Top 10, climbing 5 places to Number 6.
Rounding out this week’s Top 10 is Dune: Part Two (7), Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (8), post-apocalyptic action film Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (9), and finally horror-comedy Abigail (10).
The Official Film Chart Top 10 – 24th July 2024
| LW | Pos | Title | Label |
| 1 | 1 | KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES | WALT DISNEY |
| NEW | 2 | IF | PARAMOUNT |
| 2 | 3 | CIVIL WAR | EIV |
| 13 | 4 | TWISTER | UNIVERSAL PICTURES |
| 5 | 5 | GHOSTBUSTERS – FROZEN EMPIRE | SONY PICTURES HE |
| 11 | 6 | OPPENHEIMER | UNIVERSAL PICTURES |
| 7 | 7 | DUNE – PT 2 | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| 4 | 8 | GODZILLA X KONG – THE NEW EMPIRE | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| 3 | 9 | FURIOSA – A MAD MAX SAGA | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| 10 | 10 | ABIGAIL | UNIVERSAL PICTURES |
© Official Charts Company 2024
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Karen Woodham is the founder and owner of the Blazing Minds. She is also a Cinema reviewer and works with RealD 3D reviewing the latest 3D releases and IMAX, she has also had several articles published in various publications including the first edition of SFW Magazine. In 2015 she became an Award Winning Blogger and also has her website listed as one of the UK’s Top 10 Film Blogs.
