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    Disney

    Star Wars: The Last Jedi landed with a huge four-day total of $37.56m (£28m).

    Disney made The Last Jedi the UK’s widest ever release by opening it in 708 sites, eclipsing Star Wars: The Force Awakens and The BFG’s 680 sites.

    The haul makes the film the third-biggest opening of all time behind The Force Awakens’  $50.5m (£33.9m) and Spectre’s $61.5m (£41.3m), though the latter had a mammoth seven-day opening.

    The film’s Fri-Sun total was $27.23m (£20.3m), narrowly besting fellow 2017 release Beauty And The Beast’s $26.31m (£19.7m), though that film opened on 567 screens.

    Overall, the film is third on the UK Fri-Sun list, behind The Force Awakens ($32.49m / £24.33m), Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows - Part 2 ($31.72m / £23.75m).

    The Last Jedi posted an opening day total of $10.2m (£7.6m) and its Saturday result was $10.15m (£7.6m), the fifth-biggest day ever at the UK box office and the third best Saturday, behind The Force Awakens and Beauty And The Beast.

    While the result is undoubtedly a resounding success, Disney may have hoped that by making the film the widest ever UK release, it may have beaten even more records.

    In the international field, The Last Jedi delivered an estimated $230m (excluding China, which opens on January 5), adding to its US bow of $220m for a combined opening of $450m, the fifth biggest opening of all time.

    Paramount

    Daddy’s Home 2 posted an impressive hold, falling just 9% to $1.38m (£1.03m), proving that counter-programming to a Star Wars release can still deliver. The film now sits on a cume of $15.21m (£11.35m).

    Fox

    Still previewing, family animation Ferdinand added another $1.34m (£1m) this weekend. Its previews now sit on a running total of $2.16m (£1.61m) ahead of its official UK release on Friday, Dec 22.

    Lionsgate

    Wonder fell 37% this weekend, posting $627,135 (£467,987) for a cume to-date of $4.7m (£3.51m).

    Arrow Films

    Blade Of The Immortal suffered a big 88% drop, adding $3,892 (£2,901) for a cume of $109,459 (£81,592). Arrow’s strategy of pushing the film out as the year’s widest arthouse foreign language release has fallen flat.

    Mountains May Depart opened in six sites with $4,179 (£3,115), a decent average of $696 (£519). With previews, the film is up to $5,537 (£4,128).

    Altitude

    The Florida Project continues to run, dropping 58% this weekend with $13,930 (£10,389). It now sits on a cume of $1.05m (£785,800).

    Ai Weiwei doc Human Flow fell 48%, adding $10,924 (£8,148) for takings to-date of $156,094 (£116,418).

    Loving Vincent fell 31% and now sits on $1.23m (£916,958) after adding $3,509 (£2,617) this weekend.

    Shot Caller opened day-and-date in three locations and sits on a cume of $1,462 (£1,090).

    Dogwoof

    Specialist doc Mountain, narrated by Williem Dafoe, took $56,096 (£41,813) from fifteen sites, including previews.

    Trinity Film

    Distributing under its Cine Asia label, Trinity released Xiaogang Feng’s Mandarin-language Youth drama exclusively in nine Odeon screens this weekend. The film took $14,706 (£10,966) for a decent site average of $1,633 £1,218.

     

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  2. UK Top Five

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     Rank Film / Distributor  Weekend gross (Fri-Sun)  Running total Week
     1  Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle(Sony)  $2.81m (£2.1m) previews  N/A  P
     2  Paddington 2 (Studiocanal)  $2.25m (£1.68m)  $39.26m (£29.33m)  5
     3  Daddy’s Home 2 (Paramount)  $1.51m (£1.13m)  $13.02m (£9.73m)  3
     4  Wonder (Lionsgate)  $991,003 (£740,378)  $3.45m (£2.58m)  2
     5  Ferdinand (Fox)  $811,048 (£606,908) previews  N/A  P

    The heavy snowfall and impending release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Dec 14) made for a slow weekend at the UK box office.

    Previews dominated this week’s top five, with two films landing on the chart ahead of their official releases.

    Sony

    Despite technically only previewing this weekend, Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle comfortably landed top of the UK box office, taking $2.81m (£2.1m) from 517 sites for a healthy-looking site average of $5,437 (£4,062).

    The film now leaves cinemas for 10 days, with Star Wars: The Last Jedi set to dominate almost the entirety of UK cinema real estate, but returns for its official opening on December 20, when the full opening figure will be reported (including previews).

    Brigsby Bear opened to a meagre $6,023 (£4,500) from its 63 screens. Including previews through the Odeon Screen Unseen event, the film sits on $49,257 (£36,800).

    The Star is up to $754,920 (£564,000) after $128,497 (£96,000) this weekend and after an uptick last weekend, Call Me By Your Name dropped only 23% for $49,525 (£37,000) and now sits on $1.47m (£1.1m).

    Studiocanal

    Paddington 2 remains top of the films on full release, dropping 41% this weekend with $2.25m (£1.68m). It now sits on $39.26m (£29.33m) and while it will lose screens to Star Wars next week, the film will continue to play over the Christmas period and into the new year.

    Paramount

    Daddy’s Home 2 fell a further 41% to $1.51m (£1.13m) and it now sits on $13.02m (£9.73m). The film has a lot of ground to make up on the original’s gross of $22.97m (£17.2m).

    Lionsgate

    In its second week, Wonder fell 40% to $991,003 (£740,378). It now sits on $3.45m (£2.58m).

    The Jake Gyllenhaal-starring Stronger posted a bow of $105,973 (£79,172) from its 148 sites. Previews of $30,905 (£23,089) take the film to a running total of $136,877 (£102,261).

    Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool added a further $32,284 (£24,119) for $114,8547 (£858,079) to-date. Meanwhile, Jigsaw added $11,032 (£8,242) for a cume of $6.73m (£5.03m).

    20th Century Fox

    Previewing this weekend, family animation Ferdinand posted $811,048 (£606,908) Fri-Sun to sneak into the top five. The film has its official opening on Saturday next weekend, Dec 16. Murder On The Orient Express added $538,456 (£402,927) in its sixth week and now sits on $30.74m (£23m).

    Battle Of The Sexes fell a further 70% to $88,102 (£65,927) this weekend. The film’s running total is $1.78m (£1.33m).

    Warner Bros

    After platforming the film in London last weekend, Sony pushed the James Franco-starring The Disaster Artist into 303 cinemas this week. Despite a certain niche appeal, the film’s good critical buzz and star power garnered a $439,630 (£329,000) Fri-Sun haul. Including the London opening, its cumulative total is $901,976 (£675,000).

    Justice League fell a further 63%, taking $736,279 (£551,000) Fri-Sun for a to-date cume of $22.29m (£16.68m).

    Disney

    With Star Wars: The Last Jedi waiting in the wings - it opens on Thursday (Dec 14) - Disney is preparing itself for a huge run into Christmas. This week, Thor: Ragnarok added $322,407 (£241,000) and now sits on $41.04m (£30.68m), passing Spider-Man: Homecoming’s total of $40.91m (£30.3m) earlier this year.

    Arrow Films

    Arrow went big with Blade Of The Immortal, releasing on 111 screens, surpassing The Handmaiden to make it the widest foreign language film release of the year.

    A disappointing figure of $31,975 (£23,908) was boosted a little by previews, which when included make for a total opening of $73,264 (£54,780). Overall, the screen average of $661 (£494) makes tough reading for foreign language cinema fans.

    Entertainment Film Distributors

    A Bad Moms Christmas took $223,394 (£166,898) Fri-Sun and now sits on a running total of $10.48m (£7.83m).

    Altitude

    Ai Weiwei doc Human Flow posted a healthy opening of $126,846 (£94,919) from its 17 sites, the majority of which came from previews. Site average was a decent $7,461 (£5,583). The FloridaProject played in 28 sites for a cume of $1.01m (£757,464). Loving Vincent fell 70%, taking $5,102 (£3,817) from its six sites for $1.21m (£905,527) to-darte.

    Curzon Artificial Eye

    Happy End added $49,577 (£37,039) Fri-Sun for a running total of $316,437 (£236,410).

    Vertigo

    The Dinner opened to $114,110 (£85,252) from 55 sites. Menashe posted $54,945 (£41,049) from 26 sites, including $11,553 (£8,631) in previews.

    Thunderbird

    The Man Who Invented Christmas added $73,547 (£55,026) Fri-Sun and now sits on $490,689 (£367,120).

    Universal

    Genre flick Better Watch Out opened in 155 sites, taking $59,463 (£44,539).

    Next week

    This week is all about Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which opens from Thursday, Dec 14. Minimal competition comes mostly in the form of limited releases – including Vertigo’s The Prince Of Nothingwood and Thunderbird’s Song Of Granite – but Fox’s animation Ferdinand has its official opening from Saturday, Dec 16.

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    Admissions update

    Admissions numbers, which lag behind box office in the reporting calendar, are now in for June, and they show a disappointing 10% fewer tickets sold than in June 2016. However, because 2017 started so strongly for cinema, the first six months of 2017 are 6.4% up on the same period in 2016 for admissions. So far, box office for July has been well up on July 2016, and the month should also show an admissions rise from a year ago when those numbers are finally audited.

     

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    Universal’s Despicable Me 3 nears £20m after ten days in play.

     

    (Note - Dollar conversions are based on today’s rates)

    UK TOP FIVE

    Ranking Film/Distributor Weekend gross Running total
    1 Spider-Man: Homecoming(Sony) $12.1m (£9.4m) $12.1m (£9.4m)
    2 Despicable Me 3(Universal) $6.8m (£5.27m) $25.2m (£19.57m)
    3 Baby Driver(Sony) $1.8m (£1.4m) $8.5m (£6.6m)
    4 Transformers: The Last Knight(Paramount) $567,000 (£440,000) $11.5m (£8.95m)
    5 Wonder Woman(WB) $405,000 (£314,000) $27.7m (£21.46m)

    SONY

    As it did in the US, Spider-Man: Homecoming has swung to the top of the box office on its UK bow.

    Sony’s latest Spider-Man offering and first Marvel Studios outing captured $12.1m (£9.4m) from its 616 sites, including $3.35m (£2.6m) in previews. Its Fri-Sun tally of $8.77m (£6.8m) would have also seen it land at number one.

    In terms of Marvel outings in the UK, Spider-Man: Homecoming scored the sixth-biggest overall opening, just ahead of Doctor Strange’s $12m (£9.29m) debut from 602 sites, including $4.9m (£3.8m) in previews.

    When it comes to Spider-Man films, Homecoming opened ahead of the most recent offering, The Amazing Spider-Man 2’s $11.6m (£9.01m) debut from 548 sites including $3.7m (£2.88m) previews), but behind the best-ever Spidey opening, Spider-Man 3’s $15.2m (£11.83m) from 522 sites.

    Spider-Man: Homecoming faces tough blockbuster competition from War For The Planet Of The Apes this week and Dunkirk the following week, but good word-of-mouth and strong reviews should help it hold well.

    Also for Sony, Baby Driver fell a respectable 42% (excluding previews) as it raced to a $1.8m (£1.4m) second weekend for $8.5m (£6.6m) to date. It will soon overtake Shaun Of The Dead’s $8.62m (£6.69m) UK result.

    UNIVERSAL

    Despicable Me 3 fell around 50% on its way to a $6.8m (£5.27m) second weekend as it dropped to second.

    Universal’s latest Illumination Entertainment hit is now up to $25.2m (£19.57m) and although Cars 3 arrives on Friday [July 14], it should still hold firm over Saturday and Sunday, before prospering when the schools break up for summer.

    Also for Universal, critically acclaimed horror It Comes At Night scared up $291,000 (£226,041) from its 224 sites, and will hope to post solid midweek numbers.

    The Mummy stands at $11.1m (£8.63m) and will miss out on £10m.

    PARAMOUNT

    Falling more than 70% in its third weekend, Paramount’s Transformers: The Last Knight took a non-final $567,000 (£440,000) for $11.5m (£8.95m) to date.

    WARNER BROS

    In its sixth week, Warner Bros’ Wonder Woman lassoed an extra $405,000 (£314,000) for $27.7m (£21.46m) to date.

    Also for Warner Bros, The House dropped a hefty 72% with a $175,000 (£136,000) second weekend for $1.22m (£948,000) after ten days in play.

    LIONSGATE

    Following its strong opening, Lionsgate’s All Eyez On Meposted a steep drop of 68% with a $382,000 (£296,085) second weekend for $2.04m (£1.58m) to date.

    DISNEY

    After seven weeks in play, Disney’s Pirates Of The Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge has sailed to $25m (£19.4m) following a $101,000 (£78,607) weekend.

    Also for Disney, Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 stands at $52.8m (£40.98m), currently the second biggest film of the year.

    TRAFALGAR RELEASING

    In its second weekend, Trafalgar Releasing’s Alone In Berlin added $34,000 (£26,098) from its 46 sites for $228,000 (£176,845) to date.

    Also for Trafalgar Releasing, Glyndebourne Opera’s Hamlet grossed $79,000 (£61,579) from its 106 sites on Thursday [July 6].

    VERTIGO RELEASING

    From its 41 sites, Vertigo Releasing’s The Last Wordposted a UK bow of $31,000 (£24,322), including $2,300 (£1,771) from one preview.

    CURZON ARTIFICIAL EYE

    The Midwife delivered a $25,000 (£19,765) UK debut from its 20 sites, including previews, through Curzon Artificial Eye.

    UPCOMING RELEASES

    This week sees saturation releases for Fox’s War For The Planet Of The Apes (opens July 11) and Disney’s Cars 3.

    Universal’s The Beguiled receives a wide release, while Thunderbird Releasing’s David Lynch: The Art Life and New Wave’s The Death Of Louis XIV are among the films receiving a limited release.

     

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    Universal’s reboot has to settle for second as Warner Bros’ latest DC outing retains lead.

     

    (Note - Dollar conversions are based on today’s rates)

    UK TOP FIVE

    Ranking Film/Distributor Weekend gross Running total
    1 Wonder Woman (WB) $4.43m (£3.48m) $16.4m (£12.84m)
    2 The Mummy (Universal) $4.25m (£3.34m) $4.25m (£3.34m)
    3 Pirates Of The Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge (Disney) $1.9m (£1.49m) $20.4m (£16m)
    4 Baywatch (Paramount) $1.45m (£1.14m) $8.9m (£6.98m)
    5 Take That: Wonderland Live From The O2 (CinemaLive) $1.26m (£988,101) $1.26m (£988,101)

    WARNER BROS

    Despite the arrival of The Mummy, Wonder Woman reigned supreme over the UK box office for the second straight week.

    Warner Bros’ latest DC outing fell only 31% (excluding previews) on its way to $4.43m (£3.48m) second weekend. It has now lassoed $16.4m (£12.84m) after taking $4.1m (£3.2m) over its first Mon-Thurs period.

    By the end of next weekend at the latest, it will have surpassed Batman Begins’ $20.9m (£16.42m) UK result, and it also has a great chance of recording a hat-trick at the top of the chart.

    Also for Warner Bros, King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword stands at $6.1m (£4.82m) after four weeks in play.

    UNIVERSAL

    Battling generally negative reviews, The Mummy had to make do with second on its UK debut.

    Universal’s reboot grossed $4.25m (£3.34m) from its 575 sites, marking a site average of $7,400 (£5,811). It’s far from a cursed opening, but it will be disappointing not to beat Wonder Woman’s second weekend.

    It is at least a more successful bow than Universal’s first attempt to launch the Dark Universe, Dracula Untold’s $2.18m (£1.71m) debut from 449 sites. But even though it was released in 1999, Stephen Sommers’ The Mummy opened bigger with $4.8m (£3.77m) from 441 sites.

    DISNEY

    Falling 46% in its third weekend, Pirates Of The Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge sailed to an extra $1.9m (£1.49m) to remain in third.

    Disney’s latest adventure for Captain Jack Sparrow has now reached $20.4m (£16m) in the UK and should pass £20m in the coming weeks, although it will end its run as the lowest-grossing Pirates outing so far.

    Also for Disney, Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 has become only the fifth superhero film to hit £40m at the UK box office, with Marvel’s latest adding $388,000 (£305,000) for a terrific $51.3m (£40.3m) to date.

    Beauty And The Beast boosted 121% with a $130,000 (£102,000) 13th weekend for a magical $92m (£72.26m).

    PARAMOUNT

    Baywatch fell 40% (excluding previews) as it swam to a non-final $1.45m (£1.14m) second weekend.

    Paramount’s reboot is now up to $8.9m (£6.98m) after 14 days in play and will hope to challenge director Seth Gordon’s best-ever UK result, currently Four Christmases’ $13.5m (£10.6m).

    CINEMALIVE

    Take That: Wonderland Live From The O2 led the market on Friday [June 9] ahead of The Mummy and Wonder Woman.

    CinemaLive’s event cinema release hit the high note with a take of $1.26m (£988,101) from its 474 sites, with 12 sites still to report. That’s ahead of the record-breaking Take That Live in 2015 which opened with $1.23m (£965,000) from 421 sites.

    It means that Wonderland is the biggest one-night-only live concert event in the UK to date.

    FOX

    My Cousin Rachel charted sixth with a decent non-final UK bow of $809,000 (£635,141) from its 468 sites.

    Fox’s adaptation recorded director Roger Michell’s third-best UK debut, behind Changing Lanes’ $1.03m (£808,268) from 311 sites. It will look to prosper mid-week due to its older-skewing audience.

    Also for Fox, Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul fell 40% with a $647,000 (£508,394) third weekend for $6.2m (£4.85m) to date, while The Boss Baby took $198,000 (£155,512) for an excellent $35.9m (£28.19m).

    Alien: Covenant and Snatched stand at $16.2m (£12.69m) and $2.66m (£2.09m), respectively.

    EONE

    Religious drama The Shack recorded an unremarkable UK debut of $122,000 (£96,580) from its 169 sites through eOne.

    CURZON ARTIFICIAL EYE

    From its 31 sites through Curzon Artificial Eye, Berlin Syndrome posted a UK opening of $43,000 (£33,991).

    STUDIOCANAL

    In its third week of release, Studiocanal’s The Red Turtle added $40,000 (£31,776) for a healthy $445,000 (£350,879) to date.

    SONY

    Norman could only manage a $22,000 (£17,000) UK debut from its 90 sites through Sony, including previews with the Israeli Film Festival and the Jewish Film Festival.

    UPCOMING RELEASES

    This week sees saturation releases for Fox’s Gifted and Lionsgate’s Churchill, while Altitude’s Rock Dog receives a wide release.

    BFI Distribution’s Stockholm My Love, Kaleidoscope Entertainment’s Nails and Dogwoof’s Whitney: Can I Be Me are among the films receiving a limited release.

     

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    Paramount’s Baywatch lands second with seven-day $5.96m (£4.63m) total.

     

    UK TOP FIVE

    Ranking Film/Distributor Weekend gross Running total
    1 Wonder Woman (WB) $7.9m (£6.18m) $7.9m (£6.18m)
    2 Baywatch (Paramount) $5.96m (£4.63m) $5.96m (£4.63m)
    3 Pirates Of The Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge (Disney) $3.52m (£2.73m) $16.8m (£13.03m)
    4 Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (Fox) $1.09m (£850,964) $5.1m (£3.93m)
    5 Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2(Disney) $822,000 (£638,000) $51.1m (£39.64m)

    (Note - Dollar conversions are based on today’s rates)

    WARNER BROS

    Despite Baywatch’s seven-day opening, Wonder Woman managed to reign over the UK box office on debut.

    Warner Bros’ latest DC offering lassoed $7.9m (£6.18m) from its 602 sites, including $1.57m (£1.22m) in previews. It’s worth noting that its Fri-Sun tally of $6.37m (£4.94m) would have also seen it land top.

    While it doesn’t come close to debuts of the three DC Extended Universe movies to date, Wonder Woman is a less established character and it would have been affected by the continued good weather and the tragic events in London on Saturday (June 3).

    Wonder Woman opened ahead of the majority of Marvel’s Phase One outings, including Thor and Iron Man, and also surpassed Batman Begins’ $5.7m (£4.43m) debut from 514 sites back in 2005.

    It will hope that its positive critical reaction and word-of-mouth leads to a sustained UK run.

    Also for Warner Bros, King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword fell 65% with a $268,000 (£208,000) third weekend for $6m (£4.63m). It will end its run as one of Guy Ritchie’s lowest grossing outings to date in the UK.

    PARAMOUNT

    After opening on Bank Holiday Monday (May 29), Baywatch had to settle for second as a result of Wonder Woman’s success.

    Paramount’s reboot arrived with $5.96m (£4.63m) from its 506 sites, including $3.5m (£2.72m) from Mon-Thurs, marking director Seth Gordon’s biggest ever UK debut. Its Fri-Sun tally of $2.46m (£1.91m) would have seen it chart third.

    Baywatch also achieved the biggest overall opening for a US TV reboot of recent years, ahead of The A-Team’s $4.6m (£3.57m) from 451 sites, although that was done without previews.

    DISNEY

    Pirates Of The Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge fell a slim 4% (excluding previews) as it dropped to third.

    Disney’s latest outing for Captain Jack Sparrow sailed to a $3.52m (£2.73m) second weekend and is now up to $16.8m (£13.03m), but will struggle to match the lowest result of the series so far, currently the first film’s $36.3m (£28.17m) result.

    Also for Disney, Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 will soon become only the fourth superhero film to crack the £40m mark at the UK box office. Marvel’s latest added $822,000 (£638,000) for an excellent $51.1m (£39.64m) so far.

    Beauty And The Beast has now waltzed to a magnificent $92.9m (£72.14m).

    FOX

    Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul boosted 29% (excluding previews) on its way to a non-final $1.09m (£850,964) second weekend.

    Fox’s latest family offering is now up to $5.1m (£3.93m), overtaking the first film’s $4m (£3.08m) result. Next in its sights is the sequel Rodrick Rules’ $7.3m (£5.7m) UK haul.

    Also for Fox, Alien: Covenant fell 55% with $422,000 (£327,309) for $15.9m (£12.32m) after four weeks in play, while The Boss Baby rose 46% with a $377,000 (£293,026) ninth weekend for $36m (£27.92m) to date.

    Secret Cinema’s production of Moulin Rouge! stands at $5.5m (£4.25m) with one week left in its run and Snatched has taken $2.52m (£1.96m) after three weeks.

    STUDIOCANAL

    Falling only 8% (excluding previews) in its second weekend, Studiocanal’s The Red Turtle swum to an extra $76,000 (£58,725) for $353,000 (£274,188) to date.

    In terms of other Studio Ghibli productions, it’s currently tracking 16% ahead of When Marnie Was There, 11% ahead of Arrietty and 9% ahead of The Tale Of Princess Kaguya.

    VERTIGO RELEASING

    From its 19 sites through Vertigo Releasing, Dough posted a decent UK bow of $66,000 (£51,542), marking a site average of $3,494 (£2,713).

    THUNDERBIRD RELEASING

    My Life As A Courgette opened with a non-final $64,000 (£50,022), including previews, from its 50 sites through Thunderbird Releasing.

    CURZON ARTIFICIAL EYE

    In its second weekend, Curzon Artificial Eye’s The Other Side Of Hope grossed $55,000 (£42,559) for $236,000 (£183,379) so far.

    ARROW FILMS

    Including $11,000 (£8,275) in previews, Arrow Films’ After The Storm recorded a UK debut of $28,000 (£21,955) from its 21 sites, with one site still to report.

    UPCOMING RELEASES

    This week sees saturation releases for Universal’s The Mummy, Fox’s My Cousin Rachel and Sony’s Norman.

    Curzon Artificial Eye’s Berlin Syndrome and eOne’s The Shack both receive wide releases, while Fox’s Wilson and Lionsgate’s My Name Is Lenny are among the films receiving a limited release.

     

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    Universal’s franchise triumphs again with $17.8m debut for latest entry.

     

    UK TOP FIVE

    Ranking Film/Distributor Weekend Gross Running Total
    1 Fast & Furious 8 (Universal) $17.8m (£14m) $20.6m (£16.3m)
    2 The Boss Baby (Fox) $4.6m (£3.6m) $23m (£18.1m)
    3 Beauty And The Beast (Disney) $3.3m (£2.6m) $83.2m (£65.9m)
    4 Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience (eOne) $652,000 (£514,000) $3.3m (£2.8m)
    5 The Handmaiden (Curzon Artificial Eye) $695,000 (£548,000) $695,000 (£548,000)

    (Note - Dollar conversions are based on today’s rates)

    UNIVERSAL

    Universal posted its third highest UK opening of all time with Fast & Furious 8.

    The film took $17.8m (£14m) from 573 locations over its opening weekend, including $6.8m (£5.4m) in Wednesday and Thursday previews, and sits on a running total of $20.6m (£16.3m) including the bank holiday Monday (April 17).

    The opening was the biggest UK debut for the long-running franchise (though not the biggest Friday to Sunday result if you remove previews), but it has a long way to go to match Fast & Furious 7 on $49m (£38.6m).

    Get Out continued its impressive run by posting $575,000 (£455,000) from 345 locations to keep it seventh in the chart. The US comedy has now taken $11.5m (£9.1m) in the UK.

    Cannibal drama Raw dropped 62% in its second week, adding $24,000 (£19,000) for a running total of $193,000 (£153,000).

    DISNEY

    Still playing in 673 sites this weekend, Beauty And The Beast suffered only a 2% drop over the Fri-Sun period, clocking up a further $3.3m (£2.6m) to take its cumulative total to $83.2m (£65.9m).

    The live action remake of Disney’s animated classic now sits 11th in the list of the UK’s highest-grossing films of all time and is on the cusp of breaking into the top ten.

    Moana, still playing in 213 sites in its 20th week of release, crossed $25m (£20m) this weekend.

    FOX

    After opening top last week, The Boss Baby added a healthy $4.6m (£3.6m) Fri-Sun from 614 sites to take its running total to $23m (£18.1m). The film was one of only two titles in the top ten to record an uptick this weekend, with the Easter holiday helping it to a 29% rise on the previous Fri-Sun period.

    The latest entry in live cinema experience Secret Cinema, which is themed around Fox’s Moulin Rouge!, posted a three-day total of £257,000 (£203,000) from its single location Fri-Sun, taking it to $3.3m (£2.6m).

    Now in its seventh week, Logan added $206,000 (£162,000) from 216 sites to take its running total to $30m (£23.7m).

    Viceroy’s House added $29,000 (£23,000) from 41 sites and now sits on a little under $5m (£3.9m).

    EONE

    Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience dropped 51% in its second week, adding $652,000 (£514,000) from 546 sites. Its running total now sits at $3.3m (£2.8m) after two weeks.

    WARNER BROS

    Crime caper Going In Style posted $634,000 (£499,000) from 458 sites in its second week of release and now sits on $2.4m (£1.9m).

    In its sixth week of release, Kong: Skull Island added $218,000 (£172,000) to take it onto $19.9m (£15.7m).

    SONY

    Animated feature Smurfs: The Lost Village was boosted by the Easter weekend, seeing a 16% rise in takings to $556k (£440,000), which took its running total to $4.9m (£3.9m).

    PARAMOUNT

    Ghost In The Shell was hit by a 50% drop in its third week of release, posting $465k (£367k) for a running cume of $6.6m (£5.2m).

    CURZON ARTIFICIAL EYE

    Opening this weekend, The Handmaiden posted $347,000 (£274,000) Fri-Sun from 95 locations. Including previews, the film’s debut totalled $695,000 (£548,000).

    LIONSGATE

    Power Rangers dropped out of the top ten in its fourth week of release, taking $277,000 ($218,000) from 340 sites for a running total of $5.8m (£4.6m).

    ALTITUDE

    Documentary I Am Not Your Negro added $64,000 (£50,000) to take it to $283,000 (£226,000).

     

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