Return Of The King took £215,804 across 169 cinemas and ranked 14th. The film with the highest box office takings in the UK and Ireland last weekend was Hamnet, which grossed £1.41 million – around 42 times the figure for Melania. Hamnet has now taken £14.84 million in the UK and Ireland over its four weeks on release. The feature-length Melania documentary runs to nearly two hours (Joe Giddens/PA)The New York Times said it was “a very circumscribed and carefully stage-managed chronicle” of the days leading up to Mr Trump’s second inauguration. Box office data for the UK and Ireland is compiled by ComScore and made publicly available by the BFI.

Source: The Herald February 04, 2026 17:34 UTC