It’s that time of the week again folks as Transformers: Rise of the Beasts makes a huge Number 1 debut on the Official Film Chart.
The sci-fi action flick pushes last week’s Number 1 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – also a chart-topping debut last week – down to Number 2, achieving its feat on digital downloads only.
In this seventh instalment of the Transformers film franchise, audiences are taken on a globetrotting 1990s adventure, meeting a whole new faction of Transformers known as The Maximals, who join the Autobots as allies in the battle for Earth.
Former chart-toppers The Little Mermaid (3) and The Super Mario Bros. Movie (4), plus Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves (5) also see themselves pushed back one place.
A big new entry comes next at Number 6 from the animated Sci-Fi opera Babylon 5: The Road Home. It’s the seventh instalment in the Babylon 5 film series and follows the character John Sheridan as he travels through multiple timelines and realities to find his way home.
Giant-shark film The Meg holds strong in the Top 10 this week despite falling 2 places (7), while John Wick: Chapter 4 stumbles one place (8).
Bouncing back into the Top 10 this week is Tom Hanks’ dramedy A Man Called Otto, rebounding three to Number 9, closely followed by Top Gun: Maverick at Number 10.
Finally, just outside the Top 10, Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar rockets 29 places to Number 11.
The Official Film Chart Top 10 – 23rd August 2023
| LW | Pos | Title | Label |
| NEW | 1 | TRANSFORMERS – RISE OF THE BEASTS | PARAMOUNT |
| 1 | 2 | SPIDER-MAN – ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE | SONY PICTURES HE |
| 2 | 3 | THE LITTLE MERMAID | WALT DISNEY |
| 3 | 4 | THE SUPER MARIO BROS MOVIE | UNIVERSAL PICTURES |
| 4 | 5 | DUNGEONS & DRAGONS – HONOUR AMONG THIEVES | PARAMOUNT |
| NEW | 6 | BABYLON 5 – THE ROAD HOME | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| 5 | 7 | THE MEG | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| 7 | 8 | JOHN WICK – CHAPTER 4 | LIONSGATE |
| 12 | 9 | A MAN CALLED OTTO | SONY PICTURES HE |
| 9 | 10 | TOP GUN – MAVERICK | PARAMOUNT |
© Official Charts Company 2023
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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.
