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The week in cinema: 21 September 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 26 September 2026.

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. Heart of the Beast Fri 25 Sept
  2. Forgotten Island Fri 25 Sept
  3. Primetime Fri 25 Sept
  4. The Vvaan Fri 25 Sept
United Kingdom
  1. Heart of the Beast Wed 23 Sept
  2. Hope Fri 25 Sept
  3. The Vvaan Fri 25 Sept
  4. The Paradise Wed 23 Sept
Germany
  1. Heart of the Beast Thu 24 Sept
  2. Primetime Thu 24 Sept
  3. The Vvaan Fri 25 Sept
  4. Spa Weekend Thu 24 Sept
France
  1. Heart of the Beast Wed 23 Sept
  2. Primetime Wed 23 Sept
  3. The Paradise Thu 24 Sept
  4. Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway Wed 23 Sept
Norway
  1. Heart of the Beast Fri 25 Sept
  2. Runner Fri 25 Sept
  3. Butterfly Fri 25 Sept
Sweden
  1. Heart of the Beast Fri 25 Sept
  2. Forgotten Island Fri 25 Sept
  3. The Uprising Fri 25 Sept
  4. Unusable Stock Footage Sat 26 Sept
Australia
  1. Heart of the Beast Thu 24 Sept
  2. Charlie Harper Thu 24 Sept
  3. The Last Whale Singer Thu 24 Sept
  4. Pulp: What Do You Do for an Encore? Wed 23 Sept
Spain
  1. Heart of the Beast Fri 25 Sept
  2. Forgotten Island Fri 25 Sept
  3. Fall 2: Deadpoint Fri 25 Sept
  4. La bola negra Fri 25 Sept

New releases Mon 21 Sept – Sun 27 Sept, 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.