Side Effects (Něco za něco), a new Czech comedy from director Matěj Pichler starring Anna Polívková and Martin Pechlát, led a light box office in the Czech Republic over the weekend with CZK 2.98 million. The film stars Pechlát as a husband wrestling with the decision to donate his kidney to his wife, played by Polívková.
Coming in second with a disappointing CZK 2.55 million was Black Phone 2, a horror sequel starring Ethan Hawke as now-supernatural masked killer The Grabber. Despite some heavy marketing—The Grabber even featured in a tie-in campaign on Fanta bottles—the film couldn’t surpass local competition.
Black Phone 2 will come nowhere close to challenging The Conjuring: Last Rites as the top horror film at the Czech box office this Halloween season. Coming in seventh this week, the latest Conjuring film has now grossed nearly CZK 50 million ($2.4 million) in Czech cinemas as it ranks among the top earning movies of the year.
Finishing third this weekend was Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie, which took in CZK 1.62 million to bring its four-week total to CZK 16.10 million ($770,000). The big-screen adaptation of the popular Netflix series, which stars Gloria Estefan and Kristen Wiig alongside lead Laila Lockhart Kraner, is screening locally in a Czech-dubbed version.
Tron: Ares tumbled more than 50 percent with CZK 1.32 million to finish the weekend in fourth, bringing its two-week total to a disappointing CZK 4.89 million. The Jared Leto-led legacy sequel looks to fall even further next weekend as it loses IMAX screens to Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere.
Night of the Zoopocalypse, a Canadian-produced animated film from a concept by Clive Barker, debuted in fifth with CZK 1.31 million despite releasing in the States back in March. Stitch Head, based on the popular children’s book series, opened with only CZK 842,000, even though it’s playing locally two weeks ahead of its US debut. Both films are screening in Czech cinemas only in Czech-dubbed versions.
Among other new releases, After the Hunt wiped out at the Czech box office with CZK 273,000 to come in 15th. Luca Guadagnino‘s film stars Julia Roberts and Andrew Garfield in the story of an ethics professor accused of impropriety.
More than half a year since its release in April, A Minecraft Movie continues to do business in local cinemas, despite streaming availability on HBO Max and other services. With a total of just under CZK 160 million ($7.65 million), the video game adaptation seems destined to finish the year as Czechia’s 2025 box office champ unless Zootopia 2 or Avatar: Fire and Ash can set December records before the calendar turns to 2026.
Czech box office results for the weekend of Oct. 16-19:
| Rank | Title | Week | Gross (CZK) | Change | Total (CZK) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Side Effects (Něco za něco) | 1 | 2.98m | — | 3.48m |
| 2 | Black Phone 2 | 1 | 2.55m | — | 2.55m |
| 3 | Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie | 4 | 1.62m | -37.9% | 16.10m |
| 4 | Tron: Ares | 2 | 1.34m | -51.8% | 4.89m |
| 5 | Night of the Zoopocalypse | 1 | 1.31m | — | 1.33m |
| 6 | One Battle After Another | 4 | 1.20m | -38.6% | 12.85m |
| 7 | The Conjuring: Last Rites | 7 | 932k | -36.0% | 47.65m |
| 8 | Stitch Head | 1 | 842k | — | 842k |
| 9 | The Bad Guys 2 | 12 | 698k | -21.0% | 20.80m |
| 10 | Franz | 4 | 566k | -42.3% | 7.97m |
| 11 | The Salt Path | 2 | 506k | -42.1% | 1.94m |
| 12 | A Minecraft Movie | 29 | 498k | +68.3% | 159.38m |
| 13 | Girls on Top (Mädchen Mädchen) | 1 | 386k | — | 386k |
| 14 | F1 | 17 | 379k | -19.2% | 105.88m |
| 15 | After the Hunt | 1 | 273k | — | 656k |
| 16 | Super-Charlie | 5 | 246k | -49.3% | 2.77m |
| 17 | Websterovi: Příběhy na pavoučím vlákně | 2 | 186k | -77.2% | 1.08m |
| 18 | Lilo & Stitch | 22 | 183k | -21.8% | 72.09m |
| 19 | The Fifth Element (1997) | 1 | 177k | — | 222k |
| 20 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle | 6 | 173k | -32.1% | 10.59m |
Lead photo: Anna Polívková in Side Effects (2025) © Vojtěch Resler / Drive Film Factory, Bratři
