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| Author | Tom Linay |
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The Weekend Round-up
- A Star Is Born posted its second sensational hold in a row, topping the box office for a second successive week. The blockbuster musical fell just 7% to £2.9m, which takes its total to £14.9m. Musicals are experiencing a real moment and A Star Is Born is 13% ahead of The Greatest Showman at the same stage of its run (£13.6m). It may not have the same legs as The Greatest Showman but its heading towards £20m.
- Halloween opened in second with £2.7m, including £8k from previews. There’s been a spate of remakes, reboots or sequels of classic horror films in recent years and Halloween has outperformed Poltergeist and Evil Dead, which opened with £1.5m and £1.4m respectively. With 31 October still over a week away, interest in Halloween should sustain well over the next couple of weeks.
- Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween opened in third with £2.1m, which includes £787k from previews. The first Goosebumps opened with £2.7m, including £1m from previews in February 2016, but that film had the power of Jack Black in the cast.
- Johnny English Strikes Again fell to fourth, falling 42% to £1.7m. That takes its past the £10m mark and it’s now on £11m. With many of the schools around the country off for half term this week, this could be a lucrative week for the British comedy.
- Venom completed the top five, adding £1.6m for a new total of £16.7m. Hopefully the 15-certificate won’t hinder its half-term business too much. It should cruise past Ant-Man And The Wasp’s final total of £17.8m this week regardless.
- Outside of the top five, First Man’s hold didn’t suggest it is likely to bounce back from last weekend’s disappointing opening. It fell 45% to £1.3m and a new cume of £5.1m.
- Gary Oldman and Gerard Butler thriller, Hunter Killer, opened in eighth with £368k. This time last year, Gerard Butler was starring in Geostorm, which opened with £1.6m.
Overall, the box office was down 15% from last weekend and up 39% from the same weekend last year, when the top films were Blade Runner 2049, Geostorm, The LEGO Ninjago Movie and Happy Death Day.
Next Weekend
- Bohemian Rhapsody is a chronicle of the years leading up to Queen's legendary appearance at the Live Aid concert in 1985.
- The Hate U Give is a moving drama about Starr who witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressure from all sides of the community, Starr must find her voice and stand up for what's right.
The Buzz
The world premiere of Stan & Ollie closed the London Film Festival last night and a number of DCMers were in attendance. Steve Davis called it ‘a touching tribute to the demise of two of the godfathers of comedy’, while Zoe Aresti said it featured ‘outstanding performances from the whole cast, and it really picked up when the wives came in, adding even more humour, laughs and emotion. An enjoyable watch!’ It’s out on 11 January. It was also given four stars in The Telegraph and The Independent, and FIVE stars in The Radio Times.
Across The Pond
Halloween made a sensational start in the US, opening with $76.2m, the second largest October opening weekend of all-time, just behind the record set by Venom a few weeks ago. A Star is Born had a great third weekend, adding $19m, which takes its total to $126.1m. After two weeks in the top spot, Venom fell to third adding $18m, taking its total to $171.1m. Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween came in fourth, adding $9.7m for a new cume of $28.8m. First Man completed the top five, falling 48% to in its second weekend to $8.3m and a new total of $30m.