Ol Parker’s Musical Hit Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again is the first Christmas Number 1 on the Official Film Chart

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again and again! ABBA soundtracked film is Christmas Number 1 on the Official Film Chart

Festive favourite The Grinch is the highest ranking Christmas hit on the chart

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again is the biggest selling film on disc and download for a fourth consecutive week and is crowned the first ever Christmas Number 1 on the Official Film Chart. It faced tough competition from The Greatest Showman which once again climbs 3 places to Number 2.

Jason Statham’s monster shark-fest The Meg, slips down one place to 3 and Christopher Robin holds fast at 4. At number 5 is the highest ranking festive favourite, Jim Carrey’s The Grinch which was recently revealed to be one of the top 5 biggest selling seasonal films on disc of all time.

The Equalizer 2 slides three places to Number 6, followed by Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible – Fallout which spends a fifth week in the Top 10 at 7. Ant-Man And The Wasp is at 8 and a second festive film lands at 9 as Will Ferrell helps restore Christmas spirit in Elf. Rounding off the Top 10 is Elastigirl and family in former chart topper Incredibles 2.

The Official Film Chart is unveiled each Wednesday and is the subject of a Top 10 Official Film Chart online show, published on OfficialCharts and available for media syndication. The show counts down the top 10 biggest selling movies on disc and download of the week.