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The Weekend Round-up
One of the best blockbusters in years, Blade Runner 2049, opened in the top spot with £6.1m, which includes £858k from Thursday previews. Another recent 80s classic which received the sequel treatment was Mad Max: Fury Road, which opened with £4.5m in 2015 on its way to £17.4m. In terms of recent epic sci-fi, Interstellar opened with £5.4m in 2014, which compares with Blade Runner 2049’s Friday to Sunday total of £5.2m.
After taking the top spot for the last two weekends, Kingsman: The Golden Circle fell to second, adding £2.1m which takes its total to £19.5m. It will cross £20m before next weekend and it has already seen significant uplift on the first film’s final total of £17.3m.
It cemented its status as the biggest horror film of all time by adding £808k. It has now crossed the £30m mark and sits on £31m, making it the fifth biggest film of 2017. The fourth film on that list is Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 on £41m, so It won’t be climbing any higher.
Romantic disaster movie, The Mountain Between Us opened in fourth with £778k. Another female aimed film, The Intern opened on the same weekend in 2015 with £757k, on its way to £2.9m and it looks like The Mountain Between Us will perform similarly.
Completing the top five is Victoria and Abdul which took its first big tumble, falling 51% to £467k. That takes its total to £8.3m, and while it’s going to fall short of Philomena’s final total of £11.4m.
Overall the box office was up 13% from last weekend and down 21% from the same weekend last year, when the top films were The Girl On The Train, Bridget Jones’s Baby and Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children.
Next Weekend
The Snowman is an adaptation of the Jo Nesbø novel starring Michael Fassbender as detective Harry Hole who investigates the disappearance of a woman whose pink scarf is found wrapped around an ominous-looking snowman. The strong cast includes Rebecca Ferguson, J.K. Simmons, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Toby Jones and Val Kilmer.
The LEGO Ninjago Movie is the third animation featuring the LEGO characters, after The LEGO Movie and The LEGO Batman Movie. Shunned by everyone for being the son of an evil warlord, a teenager seeks to defeat him with the help of his fellow ninjas. It previewed at the weekend and delivered 156k DCM admissions, which bodes well for its release on Friday.
The Ritual is a British horror starring Rafe Spall. A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that's stalking them.
Loving Vincent is the world's first fully oil painted feature film, bringing the artwork of Vincent van Gogh to life in an exploration of the complicated life and controversial death of one of history's most celebrated artists.
The Buzz
Breathe is the inspiring true love story of Robin and Diana Cavendish, an adventurous couple who refuse to give up in the face of Robin contracting Polio. It’s the directorial debut of Andy Serkis and it opened the London Film Festival last Wednesday, with many DCMers in attendance. Ana Takis said it is an ‘inspiring story of a really kick-ass worman’, Zoe Aresti said it ‘tugged on the heartstrings’ and Jonny Darke said that ‘after a slow start, it turned into a very good and powerful film’. It opens in the UK on 27 October.
Across The Pond
With $32.8m, Blade Runner 2049 opened in the top spot but came in well below expectations. That figure puts it just above Tom Cruise sci-fi, Edge of Tomorrow ($28.8m) and just below Tom Cruise sci-fi Oblivion ($37.1m). The audience was 71% male and 63% over 35. The Mountain Between Us opened in second with $10.6m, while It came in third, adding $9.9m, which takes its total to $305.2m. My Little Pony opened in fourth with $8.9m and Kingsman: The Golden Circle completed the top five, adding $8.7m, which takes its total to $80.5m.