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Practical Magic 2 tops U.K. and Ireland box office as Oasis doc debuts at No. 2

Warner Bros.’ Practical Magic 2 opened at No.1 in the U.K. and Ireland with £2.7m ($3.7m), dethroning Spider-Man after six weeks, while the Oasis documentary bowed in second with $3.5m, Variety reports.

By Informant WirePublished 15 September 2026
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Practical Magic 2

Variety reports that Warner Bros.’ Practical Magic 2 has opened at No.1 in the U.K. and Ireland, ending Spider-Man: Brand New Day’s six‑week run with an opening weekend of £2.7 million ($3.7 million). Disney’s cinema rollout of Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger followed in second place, taking $3.5 million in its debut frame. 20th Century Fox’s thriller Pressure completed the top three with $2.7 million, according to the box office tallies published by Variety.

Box office roundup

Practical Magic 2 opens at the top, ending Spider‑Man’s streak

Warner Bros.’ Practical Magic 2 claimed the No.1 spot in the U.K. and Ireland with an opening weekend of £2.7 million ($3.7 million), unseating Sony’s Spider‑Man: Brand New Day after a six‑week reign, Variety reports. The new release led the weekend’s grosses as distributors refreshed their autumn line‑ups across cinemas in the region.
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Oasis documentary and Pressure round out the podium

Disney’s Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger debuted in second place, grossing $3.5 million across its opening frame. 20th Century Fox’s thriller Pressure took third with $2.7 million. Signature Entertainment’s survival sequel Fall 2 opened in sixth place with $648,421, while Paramount’s 45th‑anniversary 4K re‑issue of Raiders of the Lost Ark landed at No.9 with $326,263. The week’s tally also saw Altitude’s Coyote vs Acme collect $188,463 in its fourth frame, taking its cume to $2.6 million.

Holdovers and milestones

Spider‑Man slips to fifth but climbs the all‑time chart

Universal’s The Odyssey held at No.4 in its ninth week, earning $1.2 million and pushing its cume to $114.3 million. Sony’s Spider‑Man: Brand New Day moved to fifth in its seventh frame with $1.1 million, bringing its running total to $132.7 million. Variety notes that the Spider‑Man blockbuster has now overtaken Spider‑Man: No Way Home, Avatar and No Time to Die to claim the No.3 position on the all‑time U.K. and Ireland box office chart, behind only Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Skyfall.
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Other releases and what’s coming to cinemas next

Other mid‑chart entries included Insidious: Out of the Further in seventh with $619,084 — lifting its running total to $9.9 million — and Runner, from Entertainment Film Distributors starring Alan Ritchson and Owen Wilson, which opened eighth with $517,727. Variety previews a busy upcoming theatrical frame: mid‑week rollouts begin with Exhibition On Screen: James McNeill Whistler 2026 and The Route to Cappyness, while wide openings across 300+ locations on Friday are led by Sony’s Resident Evil and Paramount’s Bad Apples, starring Saoirse Ronan. Additional releases listed by Variety include 50 Years of Punk, De Gaulle: Part 2 – Liberté, Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom, The Cycle of Love, Queen at Sea, Barrio Triste, Premature, The Watergate Caper: Richard Nixon and the Death of the American Dream, Pulp: What Do You Do For An Encore? and Whisper of the Heart, with an event broadcast of Twenty Years of the Met in Cinemas concluding the weekend.
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