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The Weekend Round-up
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom continued to take a big bite out of the pockets of cinemagoers this week, topping the box office with £7.2m, although this came at a drop of 50%. The film has now reached a total of £25.6m and leapfrogged Solo’s box office total. Solo may have shot first, but Jurassic World is here to remind Disney not to get cocky. Deadpool 2 is the film’s next target, and Jurassic World looks to comfortably be the second biggest film of Q2, below the untouchable Avengers: Infinity War.
Hereditary flew straight in at number 2 in this week, with an impressive opening week total of £1.86m. This is way off of It’s opening total of £10m, but is close to the £2.8m opening of 2018’s other breakout horror hit, A Quiet Place.
Solo: A Star Wars Story added £972.7k in third place, taking its total to £18m. With the runaway success of infinity War and the solid totals of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and Deadpool 2, Solo: A Star Wars Story looks to be living up to its name as the lone blockbuster box office disappointment of Q2.
Deadpool 2 is clinging onto the top 5 by a cable, adding a respectable £874.7k in its fifth week to come in at number four. This takes the film’s total to £30.6m, which is still a way off the original’s final total of £39.9m.
Completing the top 5 is Race 3, a sunny Bollywood title revolving around a family vindictive to the core, which earned an opening week total of £783k. Never underestimate the power of Bollywood.
Avengers: Infinity War added a further £408.5k to take its total over the £70m mark. The Marvel blockbuster has fully cemented its place as the 10thhighest grossing film in UK box office history, and has Beauty and the Beast’s number 9 spot in its sights – the movie will need to pass the £72m mark to topple the beast (and the beauty).
Outside of the top five, children’s titles Sherlock Gnomes and Show Dogs added £404.9k and £226.7k respectively, with the former showing an increase of 34% week on week.
Overall, the box office is down 11% from last weekend, and ranks 30th out of the latest 52 weekends. It is 120% up versus the same weekend last year, which saw openings of Churchill and Gifted, while Wonder Woman completed its third weekend at No.1 with £1.8m.
Next Weekend
The Happy Prince is Rupert Everett’s directorial debut, and sees him taking on the role of the iconic Oscar Wilde.The film opens in Paris, where Oscar Wilde, by now in his forties, penniless and in poor health, is still reeling after being imprisoned in England for his love affair with Lord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas.
Freak Show is the feature length directorial debut of Trudie Styler and followsBilly Bloom (Alex Lawther, The Imitation Game), who is one-of-a-kind: a fabulous, glitter-bedecked, gender-bending teenager whose razor-sharp wit is matched only his by his outrageous, anything-goes fashion sense.
In the Fade stars Diane Kruger, and is inspired by shocking real-life events. The film tells the story of Katja (Diane Kruger), whose life is torn apart when her husband and young son are suddenly killed in a bomb attack.
Overboardstars Anna Farris and Eva Longoria. A spoiled, wealthy yacht owner is thrown overboard and becomes the target of revenge from his mistreated employee.
The Buzz
Sicario: Day of the Soldado is the sequal to Denis Villeneuve’s 2015 cult classic, with Josh Brolin and Benicio del Toro returning under new director Stefano Sollima. Early reactions are now out on social media, with Uproxx’s Mike Ryan says the movie is ‘tense and gritty,’ while The Playlist’s Gregory Ellwood says the sequel has ‘unexpected heartbreaking moments,’ plus ‘strong performances’ from Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin. Sicario: Day of the Soldado is released in the UK on 29 June.
Across The Pond
Incredibles 2 opened with $182.7m, which is the highest opening week ever for an animated film, overtaking Frozen. Ocean’s 8 dropped down to second place, adding $19m but dropping 54.4%. Tag, another new entry, came in at number three, opening with $14.9m, whereas Solo: A Star Wars Story dropped 36.5%, adding $10m. The box office was completed by Deadpool 2, dropping 38.6% to reach a new total of $294.6m.