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Box Office Round-up
After the biggest opening weekend of the year-to-date last weekend, Deadpool & Wolverine posted the biggest second weekend of the year to date. It added £8m, which is down 37% from last weekend. That takes its total after 11 days in cinemas to £33.3m and it has already overtaken the final total of Deadpool 2 (£32.9m). The first Deadpool is currently the series leader with £38.1m, but it looks pretty certain that Deadpool & Wolverine is heading to a total over £50m.
Despicable Me 4 stayed in second, adding £2.6m, which is down just 18% from last weekend. After four weekends in cinemas, the Illumination blockbuster is up to £30.8m and is the fourth highest grossing film of the year so far. Every single Despicable Me sequel and Minions spin-off to date has grossed between £47m and £48m at the UK & Ireland box office, so that has to be the target for Despicable Me 4. Film Monitor data suggests that 36% of the audience are 16-34 so far, which means that Despicable Me 4 has delivered approximately 9 16-34 adult TVRs across the industry.
Twisters fell to third and bounced back after taking a big hit from Deadpool & Wolverine last weekend. It fell just 21% to £1.2m and after 17 days is up to £10.2m. If it can continue to hold like that over the next couple of weeks it should still have a bit more to come.
Inside Out 2 in fourth posted the best hold in the top 15, falling just 17% to £939k. That takes its total to a huge £52.2m and only Toy Story 3, Toy Story 4, and Incredibles 2 have been bigger from Pixar. Incredibles 2 at £56.2m looks in danger. Film Monitor data suggests that 38% of the audience are 16-34 so far and 25% 16-34 women, which means that Inside Out 2 has delivered approximately 16 16-34 adult TVRs across the industry, and 23 16-34 women TVRs.
The only disappointment this weekend was Harold And The Purple Crayon, which opened in fifth with £642k, which includes £203k from previews after opening on Wednesday. This is based on a children’s book from 1955 and it appears audiences were not keen to see Harold changed from a young boy in the book to Zachary Levi in the film.
Outside of the top five, 2002’s Spider-Man is back in the top 10 with £253k. This is the first of eight Spider-Man films set to hit cinemas between now and September 20 (one per week).
Event cinema is back in the top 10 too, as BLACKPINK WORLD TOUR [BORN PINK] IN CINEMAS, a live concert from the popular K-Pop band grossed £94k over the weekend and £181k since it released last weekend.
Next Weekend
It Ends With Us is adapted from the popular Colleen Hoover novel. Blake Lively stars as Lily, who overcomes a traumatic childhood to embark on a new life. A chance meeting with a neurosurgeon sparks a connection but Lily begins to see sides of him that remind her of her parents' relationship.
Trap is the latest mystery from M. Night Shyamalan. A father and his teen daughter attend a pop concert only to realize they've entered the centre of a dark and sinister event.
Borderlands is based on the best-selling videogame and follows a ragtag team of misfits on a mission to save a missing girl who holds the key to unimaginable power. It’s in cinemas from Thursday.
Spider-Man 2 is the second in the Tobey Maguire Spider-Man films, and it remains one of the best comic book films of all-time.
Radical stars Eugenio Derbez as a teacher in a Mexican border town full of neglect, corruption, and violence who tries a radical new method to unlock their students' curiosity, potential - and maybe even their genius.
Bluey At The Cinema: Family Trip Collection sees the lovable and hugely popular Blue Heeler puppy make the leap from small screen to big screen.
The Buzz
We Live In Time is a British drama from John Crowley (Brooklyn). Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield star as an up-and-coming chef and a recent divorcée who find their lives forever changed when a chance encounter brings them together, in a decade-spanning, deeply moving romance. This is all set to play the major film festivals across September and October and could well be a major awards contender, particularly for two actors who perhaps are overdue for Oscar and BAFTA recognition. If you’re looking to reach ABC1 women in Q1 next year this could be the perfect film for you. It’s in cinemas from January 1.
Across The Pond
On its second weekend, Deadpool & Wolverine topped the box office once again, adding a huge $97m, the eighth biggest second weekend of all time. That takes its total to $395.6m and it now looks set for a total over $600m. Twisters continues to be a big draw in North America, adding $22.7m, which takes its total to $195.6m. M. Night Shyamalan’s latest thriller Trap opened with $15.6m in third, while Despicable Me 4 added $11.3m in fourth, which takes its total to $314m. Inside Out 2 rounded out the top five, adding $6.7m, which takes its total to $626.9m.