# ‘Wicker’ Edges ‘Primetime’ for U.K., Ireland Box Office Crown as ‘Godzilla,’ ‘Ramayana’ Loom

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/wicker-edges-primetime-for-u-k-ireland-box-office-crown-as-godzilla-ramayana-loom/
- Published: 2026-11-03T07:05:25+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-03T07:38:36+00:00
- Original publisher: Variety
- Original article: https://variety.com/2026/film/box-office/wicker-primetime-uk-ireland-box-office-crown-godzilla-ramayana-1236938181/
- Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- “Wicker” opened at No. 1 with £1.76 million.
- “Primetime” finished only £10,141 behind.
- “Fatherland” became Pawlikowski’s second-biggest U.K. and Ireland release.

## Summary

“Wicker” took the U.K. and Ireland box-office lead on its debut, narrowly beating “Primetime” by just over £10,000. The close contest put the period comedy and psychological thriller ahead of the previous weekend’s chart-topper, “Ghosts: The Possession of Button House”.

“Wicker” earned £1.76 million, while “Primetime” took £1.75 million. “Ghosts” fell to third, adding $2 million and reaching $8.45 million overall; “Clayface” was fourth with $6.2 million to date. Paweł Pawlikowski’s “Fatherland” also became his second-highest-grossing U.K. and Ireland release, behind “Cold War”. Upcoming releases include “I Play Rocky” and the animated “Ramayana: Rise of a Legend”.

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