Christopher Nolan’s movie is one of our favourite movies of 2023 (so far) so we are very excited that Oppenheimer makes one of the biggest debuts of the year on the UK’s Official Film Chart.
Flying straight in at Number 1, the Christopher Nolan-directed blockbuster saw 113,800 sales in its first week across both disc and digital downloads. It’s one of the biggest opening weeks of the year, following Avatar: The Way of Water (175k opening week sales) and John Wick: Chapter 4 (126k).
Oppenheimer stars Cillian Murphy as theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer – the “father of the atom bomb” – in this biographical thriller documenting his life and career, including his direction of the Manhattan Project during World War II. The film, boosted thanks to the Barbenheimer phenomenon this summer (when cinemagoers would see Barbie and Oppenheimer on the same day), became the UK’s second highest-grossing film theatrically of 2023.
Meanwhile, The Creator finishes at Number 2 following its own chart-topping debut last week, landing just ahead of our second brand new entry at Number 3, Trolls Band Together.
The animated musical adventure follow-up to Trolls World Tour – which broke records as the first film to spend six consecutive weeks at Number 1 in the UK back in 2020 – manages an impressive Top 3 debut on digital downloads only.
Former chart-toppers Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1 (4) and Barbie (5) both drop one place, while the terrifying sequel The Nun II returns to the chart following its release on disc (6).
Rounding out this week’s Top 10 is Violent Night, jumping ten places. The comedy-thriller starring David Harbour as Santa Claus previously peaked at Number 9 – will it reach new heights this festive season?
The Official Film Chart Top 10 – 29th November 2023
| LW | Pos | Title | Label |
| NEW | 1 | OPPENHEIMER | UNIVERSAL PICTURES |
| 1 | 2 | THE CREATOR | WALT DISNEY |
| NEW | 3 | TROLLS BAND TOGETHER | DREAMWORKS ANIMATION |
| 3 | 4 | MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PT 1 | PARAMOUNT |
| 4 | 5 | BARBIE | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| RE | 6 | THE NUN II | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| 7 | 7 | THE SUPER MARIO BROS MOVIE | UNIVERSAL PICTURES |
| 2 | 8 | A HAUNTING IN VENICE | WALT DISNEY |
| 6 | 9 | GRAN TURISMO | SONY PICTURES HE |
| 20 | 10 | VIOLENT NIGHT | UNIVERSAL PICTURES |
© Official Charts Company 2023
VIEW THE FULL TOP 40 – https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/film-chart/
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.
