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Box Office Round-up
Elvis debuts at the top of the box office with £4.0m. Baz Luhrmann’s musical-drama biopic achieved the highest opening of its genre in the post-pandemic era. Based on 3-day grosses only, its opening is ahead of Judy (£1.5m), A Star Is Born (£3.0m) and Rocketman (£3.9m) and only 38% behind the 3-day opening of Bohemian Rhapsody (£6.4m). The title also opened at No.1 in Republic of Ireland. In comScore’s PostTrak exit poll, the film achieved a 4.5-star rating and 85% Total Positive reaction. 68% of the audience said they would Definitely Recommend the title to their friends, while 93% of the audience said the film either Exceeded or Met expectations. The genre/type of film (35%) was one of the main reasons for choosing to see the film.
After holding the top spot for two consecutive weekends, Jurassic World: Dominion drops 40% to sit in second place. It grossed an additional £3.4m bringing its total to date to £27.1m, placing it at number five for the year so far, ahead of Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (£26.6m) and behind Sing 2 (£32.9m).
With the lowest drop (-21%) of the Top 10, Top Gun: Maverick, is in third place in its fifth weekend. Adding £3.3m, Tom Cruise’s sequel has achieved another milestone by crossing £60m to achieve a total to date of £63.0m.
Down one position from its opening weekend, Lightyear is at number four with £2.2m, bringing the film’s total to £6.9m.
In fifth place is another new opener, Ethan Hawke-starring supernatural horror The Black Phone with £1.3m (including previews). This is the second-highest horror opening of the year, only after Scream (£2.4m). PostTrak audiences gave it a 3-star rating and 73% Total Positive reaction. 40% of the audience cited the genre/type of film as the main reason for attending. Word of mouth was the second most influential factor, with 26% of the audience saying I heard “it was good”.
Hindi-language family comedy-drama Jug Jugg Jeeyo opens in sixth place with £163k, while Good Luck To You, Leo Grande took seventh, adding another £118k in its second weekend to bring its cume to £527k.
In eighth is Everything Everywhere All At Once, with a total to date of £4.6m. George Michael Freedom Uncut documentary is at number nine, with a cume of £420k since its Wednesday opening. Sonic The Hedgehog 2 closes the chart in tenth with £26.6m to date.
The overall box office is up 2% from last weekend. On the equivalent weekend in 2021, 818 cinemas reported across the UK & Ireland. Fast & Furious 9 opened in the top spot with £4.9m, followed by Peter Rabbit 2 in second in its sixth weekend with a gross of £837k. Halfway through the year, 2022 is running 20% behind the equivalent period in 2019, the smallest deficit since mid-April.
Next Weekend
This week we have the fifth instalment in the Despicable Me animation series, Minions: The Rise Of Gru. In the heart of the 1970s, amidst a flurry of feathered hair and flared jeans, Gru (Steve Carell) is growing up in the suburbs. A fanboy of a supervillain supergroup known as the Vicious 6, Gru hatches a plan to become evil enough to join them. Luckily, he gets some mayhem-making back-up from his loyal followers, the Minions. It opens in cinemas on 1 July.
Across The Pond
Top Gun: Maverick is back on top, proving to be resilient in its fifth week, adding another $30.5m for a total cume of $521.7m. it earned a hair more than Elvis, which opened in second also with $30.5m. Jurassic World: Dominion dropped to third, adding $26.4m for a new total of $302.8m. Another new entry, The Black Phone took fourth, opening with a strong $23.4m, while Lightyear rounded out the top five, adding $17.7m for a new total of $88.8m.