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| Author | Tom Linay |
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The Weekend Round-up
- It may have come in slightly behind expectations last weekend, but A Star Is Born more than made up for it this weekend with a spectacular hold. The powerhouse musical actually improved on last weekend’s total by £3k, taking its total to £3.1m. That’s the kind of hold we’ve seen from The Greatest Showman on occasions this year – will A Star Is Born have the same staying power? We’ll find out over coming weeks but word-of-mouth for this title is obviously sensational and it’s now up to £9.6m.
- Venom fell 47% to £3m in second, which takes its total after 12 days in cinemas to £13.7m. That’s a rock solid hold and better than the 51% that Deadpool 2 dropped on its second weekend.
- Johnny English Strikes Again also had a great hold, falling 30% to £2.9m. After 10 days in cinemas that takes its total to £8.3m and with half-term still two weeks away it will still be looking at reaching at least £15m.
- First Man’s debut wasn’t out of this world, as it launched its run with £2.4m. In terms of space films released in September - November, that’s behind The Martian (£4.9m), Interstellar (£5.4m) and Gravity (£5.6m), but due to the more sombre tone of First Man, is perhaps to be expected.
- Smallfoot completed the top five, opening with £2.3m, which includes £1k from previews. Two years ago, animated comedy Storks opened on the same weekend with £2.2m, which included £974k from previews, so Smallfoot has easily bested that.
- Outside of the top five, Kler opened in seventh with an impressive £1m, which includes £112k from previews. For the uninitiated, Kler is a Polish comedy-drama about a group of Catholic priests. It was certified 18 by the BBFC.
- In bad news for original thrillers Bad Times At The El Royale could only open in ninth with £492k. That’s the second time in a few months that an all-star original thriller has opened disappointingly, after Hotel Artemis opened with £357k in July.
Overall, the box office was down 13% from last weekend and down up 37% from the same weekend last year, when the top films were The LEGO Ninjago Movie, Blade Runner 2049, The Snowman and Kingsman: The Golden Circle.
Next Weekend
- Halloween is a sequel to John Carpenter’s classic horror. Jamie Lee Curtis returns as Laurie Strode who comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.
- Hunter Killer is an action thriller starring Gerard Butler and Gary Oldman. An untested American submarine captain teams with U.S. Navy Seals to rescue the Russian president, who has been kidnapped by a rogue general.
- Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween is a sequel to the hit 2016 comedy. Two young friends find a magic book that brings a ventriloquist's dummy to life.
The Buzz
Beautiful Boy is a drama starring Steve Carell and Timothee Chalamet and based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, chronicling the son’s drug addiction. It played at the London Film Festival over the weekend and a couple of DCMers were in attendance. Phil Jones said it ‘made him want to cry forever – but in a good way’ and Korrine Eshun said it’s ‘an emotional and beautifully acted tale, complete with fantastic chemistry between the films two male leads’. It’s in cinemas in January.
Across The Pond
With an estimated $35.7m, Sony's Venom topped the box office once again, falling 55% to $35.7m, which takes its total to $142.8m. A Star is Born stayed in second, falling just 35% to $28m, which takes its total to $94.2m. First Man opened in third with a slightly disappointing $16.5m. Goosebumps 2 came in fourth with $16.2m and Smallfoot completed the top five, adding $9.3m for a new total of $57.8m.