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The Weekend Round-up
Dunkirk has become the first film this year to hold on to the top spot for four consecutive weekends. The Christopher Nolan war-drama added £2.6m, which takes its total to a huge £44.8m. It’s now the second biggest film of 2017, behind only Beauty and the Beast (£72.4m).
Annabelle: Creation conjured up £2m, which was enough to open in second. That’s almost exactly the same as the first Annabelle film opened with in 2014, in fact only £14k separates them, with Annabelle: Creation coming out on top.
Charlize Theron action-thriller Atomic Blonde opened in third with £1.7m, which includes £556k from previews. Since the first trailer launched Atomic Blonde has constantly been compared to John Wick, but it took more in its opening five days than the first film in that series grossed in its entire run (£1.6m).
The Emoji Movie fell to fourth but had a strong hold, falling 33% to £1.2m. That takes its total to £6.1m and outside of Despicable Me 3 and Cars 3, it’s shaping up as the biggest family film of the summer and still has a chance of topping Cars 3.
Despicable Me 3 completed the top five, adding £751k for a new cume of £41.6m. It has now overtaken Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, which was the second biggest film of 2017, but last week both were overtaken by Dunkirk so Despicable Me 3 has to be content with being the third biggest film of the year so far.
Outside of the top five, Girls Trip had another strong hold and is now up to £5.5m, while Spider-Man: Homecoming has now crossed the £28m mark in seventh and sits on £28.2m.
In the lower end of the top 15, animated caper The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature opened in tenth with £354k. The first Nut Job film opened with £667k in August 2014, so it’s a way down on that.
Overall the box office was down 25% from last weekend and down 18% from the same weekend last year, when the top four films were Suicide Squad, Finding Dory, Jason Bourne and The BFG.
Next Weekend
The Hitman’s Bodyguard is an action comedy starring Ryan Reynolds as the world's top bodyguard, who gets a new client, a hit man (Samuel L. Jackson) who must testify at the International Court of Justice. They must put their differences aside and work together to make it to the trial on time. It’s in cinemas on Thursday.
The Dark Tower is the long-awaited adaptation of Stephen King’s cult series. Idris Elba plays the last Gunslinger, Roland Deschain, who has been locked in an eternal battle with Walter O'Dim, also known as the Man in Black (Matthew McConaughey), determined to prevent him from toppling the Dark Tower, which holds the universe together.
Everything, Everything is a romantic drama, in the vein of The Fault In Our Stars. Amandla Stenberg plays a teenager who's spent her whole life confined to her home, but for the boy next door.
Final Portrait is a biopic of the Swiss painter and sculptor Alberto Giacometti. Oscar-winner Geoffrey Rush plays Giacometti and the cast also includes Armie Hammer and Clémence Poésy.
The Buzz
The Limehouse Golem is a British period chiller about a series of murders that shakes the East End community to the point where people believe that only a legendary creature from dark times - the mythical so-called Golem - must be responsible. A classy British cast has been assembled, including Bill Nighy, Olivia Cooke and Eddie Marsan, and the film premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival to some strong reviews. The Guardian and The Evening Standard both gave the film four stars. It’s in cinemas on 1 September.
Across the Pond
Annabelle: Creation opened in the top spot with $35m, which is almost the same as the $37.1m the first Annabelle film opened with in October 2014. Dunkirk fell to second, adding $10.9m for a new cume of $153.2m. Opening in third spot was The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature with $8.3m. That’s less than half the $19.4m the first Nut Job opened with in January 2014. The Dark Tower fell 59% in fourth to $7.8m, which takes its total to $34.3m. The Emoji Movie rounded out the top five, falling 46% to $6.5m for a new cume of $63.4m.