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The week in cinema: 5 October 2026

Everything a cinema manager needs on Monday morning, on one page: last weekend's box office in the big markets, what opens this week, the industry events coming up and the week's trade headlines. Updated 8 October 2026.

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Weekend box office

US & Canada · September 18-20, 2026
  1. Resident Evil $60.2m
  2. Practical Magic 2 $12.2m
  3. Spider-Man: Brand New Day $6.42m
United Kingdom · September 18-20, 2026
  1. Resident Evil $5.64m
  2. Practical Magic 2 $2.01m
  3. Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom $2.00m
Germany · September 17-20, 2026
  1. Resident Evil $2.10m
  2. Spider-Man: Brand New Day $1.23m
  3. The Odyssey $1.22m
France · September 16-20, 2026
  1. Resident Evil $2.60m
  2. The Odyssey $938k
  3. The Invite $499k
Australia · September 17-20, 2026
  1. Resident Evil $2.63m
  2. Practical Magic 2 $942k
  3. The Songs of John Farnham: A Living Legend - The Celebration Concert $824k
Norway · September 18-20, 2026
  1. Resident Evil $319k
  2. Nation's Gambit $273k
  3. The Odyssey $133k
Spain · September 18-20, 2026
  1. Resident Evil $2.37m
  2. Coyote vs. Acme $738k
  3. Tad and the Magic Lamp $500k
Italy · September 17-20, 2026
  1. Resident Evil $1.65m
  2. Cars2026 Re-release $958k
  3. The Invite $716k

Top three by weekend gross, US dollars, from Box Office Mojo. All 23 markets.

Opening this week

United States
  1. Other Mommy Fri 9 Oct
  2. The Social Reckoning Fri 9 Oct
  3. Udta Teer Fri 9 Oct
  4. Once Upon a Time in the Middle East Fri 9 Oct
United Kingdom
  1. The Uprising Fri 9 Oct
  2. Other Mommy Fri 9 Oct
  3. The Social Reckoning Fri 9 Oct
  4. The Yellow Tie Fri 9 Oct
Germany
  1. Forgotten Island Thu 8 Oct
  2. Hope Thu 8 Oct
  3. Beware Boiúna Thu 8 Oct
  4. The Social Reckoning Thu 8 Oct
France
  1. The Social Reckoning Wed 7 Oct
  2. Doraemon the Movie: New Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil Wed 7 Oct
  3. La Maison de nos rêves Wed 7 Oct
  4. All About Corinne Wed 7 Oct
Norway
  1. Other Mommy Fri 9 Oct
  2. The Social Reckoning Fri 9 Oct
  3. Almost There Fri 9 Oct
Sweden
  1. The Social Reckoning Fri 9 Oct
  2. Monster Mia Fri 9 Oct
  3. Adult Supervision Fri 9 Oct
Australia
  1. Other Mommy Thu 8 Oct
  2. The Social Reckoning Thu 8 Oct
  3. Tad and The Magic Lamp Thu 8 Oct
  4. Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother Fri 9 Oct
Spain
  1. Other Mommy Fri 9 Oct
  2. The Magic Faraway Tree Fri 9 Oct
  3. Her Private Hell Fri 9 Oct
  4. Doraemon the Movie: New Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil Fri 9 Oct

New releases Mon 5 Oct – Sun 11 Oct, most anticipated first, from TMDB. Release calendars for 25 countries.

Industry events in the next five weeks

The full events calendar.

This week's headlines

All cinema industry news · Closures and openings tracker.

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