The UAE box office’s top 10 grossed AED 9.1 million ($2,480,497) over 8–11 October, down 30.1% from the previous weekend. Horror film Other Mommy opened at number one with AED 2.4 million ($665,018); the new release accounted for about a quarter of the top 10’s total.
The full Box Office Mojo UAE chart puts the wider chart at AED 10.1 million ($2,756,680). Hindi sequel Drishyam: The Conclusion ranked second with AED 1.8 million and a two-week total of AED 6.9 million. English-language thriller Verity took third with AED 1.6 million, bringing its total to AED 4.8 million.
UAE box office: top 10 for 8–11 October
| Rank | Film | Language | Weekend gross | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Other Mommy New | English | AED 2.4M ($665,018) Total gross: AED 2.4M ($665,018) | 1 |
| 2 | Drishyam: The Conclusion ↓ 58.2% | Hindi | AED 1.8M ($493,766) Total gross: AED 6.9M ($1,892,101) | 2 |
| 3 | Verity ↓ 33.1% | English | AED 1.6M ($435,084) Total gross: AED 4.8M ($1,315,629) | 2 |
| 4 | Heart of the Beast ↓ 37.1% | English | AED 1.2M ($326,167) Total gross: AED 8.1M ($2,197,587) | 3 |
| 5 | Resident Evil ↓ 49.1% | English | AED 560,233 ($152,548) Total gross: AED 10.6M ($2,883,570) | 4 |
| 6 | Avengers: Endgame2026 Re-release ↓ 61% | — | AED 367,940 ($100,188) Total gross: AED 4.9M ($1,331,927) | 3 |
| 7 | Digger ↓ 72.6% | English | AED 357,628 ($97,380) Total gross: AED 1.9M ($517,185) | 2 |
| 8 | The Smurfs: Timeless Adventure Volume 2 ↓ 5.3% | English | AED 271,912 ($74,040) Total gross: AED 1.0M ($272,494) | 3 |
| 9 | Baththa ↓ 19.4% | Tamil | AED 269,841 ($73,476) Total gross: AED 656,173 ($178,672) | 2 |
| 10 | The Social Reckoning New | English | AED 230,743 ($62,830) Total gross: AED 230,743 ($62,830) | 1 |
New releases and holds
The Social Reckoning also opened in the top 10, placing tenth with AED 230,743. The Hindi Drishyam: The Conclusion remained second, while Tamil-language Baththa reached ninth with AED 269,841. No Arabic-language title appeared in the top 10; Beware Boiúna was the highest new release outside it, at number 12.
The Smurfs sequel had the top 10’s smallest week-on-week drop, slipping 5.3% to AED 271,912 in its third weekend. Heart of the Beast held fourth with AED 1.2 million, down 37.1%; Resident Evil fell 49.1% in its fourth weekend but has now grossed AED 10.6 million. That total is higher than the entire weekend’s combined top-10 gross, after four weeks in release.
The previous UAE box office report covered Resident Evil’s opening. Earlier, Spider-Man: Brand New Day led a chart with several Indian regional releases, a reminder of the range of languages represented across UAE cinema releases.
Which film was number one at the UAE box office for 8–11 October?
Other Mommy led the UAE chart with AED 2.4 million ($665,018) in its opening weekend.
Where do the UAE weekend box-office figures come from?
The figures come from Box Office Mojo’s UAE weekend chart; its year-by-year index of UAE weekends links the weekly listings.
What does the UAE top-10 gross include?
It is the combined weekend gross of the ten highest-ranking films, not the total for every film on the chart. For 8–11 October, that was AED 9.1 million.
