October opened with a clean new leader: Verity turned a literary phenomenon into a commanding North American debut and also topped the available Great Britain chart. Beneath it, horror and prestige holdovers stayed competitive while one costly star vehicle struggled to find an audience.
Report Details
- US and Canada: 2–4 October 2026; actual weekend figures; US dollars (USD).
- Great Britain: 2–4 October 2026; Tuesday chart in US dollars (USD), with row-level estimate labels preserved.
- Scope: the verified top five in US/Canada and Great Britain.
- Currency: each chart retains the source’s displayed currency; no conversion has been made.
US and Canada
Verified top five — actual figures
| No. | Film | Weekend gross | Domestic total | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Verity | $32,031,011 | $32,031,011 | 1 |
| #2 | Resident Evil | $12,618,839 | $125,013,734 | 3 |
| #3 | Heart of the Beast | $10,876,713 | $38,275,824 | 2 |
| #4 | Digger | $8,001,856 | $8,001,856 | 1 |
| #5 | Primetime | $8,000,085 | $34,085,832 | 2 |
Great Britain
Verified top five — row status shown
The British Week 40 chart marks Verity and Sense and Sensibility as estimates. Positions three to five are not marked estimated, so their status is shown separately rather than inferred from the chart legend.
| No. | Film | Weekend gross | Running total | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Verity | $4,500,000 | $4,500,000 | Estimate |
| #2 | Sense and Sensibility | $1,261,000 | $4,879,000 | Estimate |
| #3 | Avengers: Endgame Encore | $942,000 | $7,815,000 | Actual |
| #4 | Toy Story 5 | $23,000 | $78,017,000 | Actual |
| #5 | Moana | $11,000 | $19,723,000 | Actual |
The Story Behind the Numbers
Verity
- US and Canada: number one with a $32,031,011 actual opening.
- Great Britain: number one with a $4.5 million estimate.
- Director and leads: Michael Showalter; Dakota Johnson, Anne Hathaway and Josh Hartnett.
The thriller converted recognition into urgency without needing a franchise label. Its Monday actual settled below Sunday’s $32.6 million estimate but remained more than double the nearest competitor, giving October an emphatic opening and the weekend a rare leader shared across both territories.
Sense and Sensibility
- Great Britain: number two with a $1.261 million estimate.
- Change: down 36.3% in its second weekend; running total $4.879 million.
- Director and leads: Georgia Oakley; Daisy Edgar-Jones, Esmé Creed-Miles and George MacKay.
The adaptation’s second-weekend hold supplied the British chart’s strongest counter-programming story. A moderate decline kept it ahead of the Avengers rerelease and demonstrated how a locally resonant period drama can maintain a meaningful position beside a much larger transatlantic thriller.
Holdovers, New Releases and the Wider Field
Resident Evil fell 45.2% yet reached $125.0 million domestically, while Heart of the Beast posted a nearly identical 45.7% decline and moved to $38.3 million. Those holds gave both films a firmer story than Digger: the Tom Cruise satire opened to $8.0 million from 3,321 cinemas, effectively level with Primetime despite the latter playing in 427 fewer locations.
Great Britain’s verified top five was unusually concentrated. The unmarked actual rows show the Avengers rerelease dropping sharply to third, while Toy Story 5 and Moana contributed small late-run grosses. The two leading British figures remain provisional until their row-level estimates are replaced; positions three to five are shown as actuals.
What to Watch Next
Verity’s second-weekend hold will show whether opening-week curiosity becomes sustained momentum. Resident Evil’s fourth frame and the final British totals for Verity and Sense and Sensibility should provide the clearest comparison points.
Will Verity hold the top spot next weekend, or can a new release overturn its commanding debut?