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The Weekend Round-up
After a stunning opening weekend last week, Avengers: Infinity War delivered a strong second weekend, especially considering the fantastic weather throughout the UK. It added £10.1m, a drop of 56%, which takes its total to £49.1m. Including bank holiday Monday, when it added another £2.7m, it has now grossed £51.8m, which makes it the biggest film of the year so far overtaking Black Panther (£50.4m). Today it should overtake Avengers Assemble (£51.9m) to become the biggest Marvel film in UK history.
Amy Schumer had her best ever opening in the UK as I Feel Pretty kicked off its run with £1.3m, which included £83k from previews. Including bank Holiday Monday, it’s on £1.5m. Schumer’s previous films Trainwreck and Snatched opened with £932k and £842k respectively, so I Feel Pretty should end up as Schumer’s biggest hit to date in the UK, which is currently Trainwreck with £3.2m.
A Quiet Place fell 57% to £395k over the weekend, which takes its total to £10.8m. It added a further £81k on bank holiday Monday and it has overtaken the £10.4m that Get Out finished its run with last year.
The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society took something of a tumble in the hot weather, falling 63% to £357k. That takes its total to £4.3m, and with another £76k on bank holiday Monday, it is now up to £4.4m and has surpassed Their Finest’s final total of £4.1m.
Rampage completed the top five, falling 65% from the previous weekend to £256k. That takes its total to £8.3m, and after it added another £80k on Monday, it’s now on £8.4m.
Outside of the top five, a couple of other new entries failed to make much of an impression, with The Strangers: Prey At Night opening in seventh with £205k (£242k including Monday), and Tully opening in seventh with £139k (£172k including Monday).
Overall, the box office was down 61% from last weekend and up 22% from the same weekend last year, when the top films were Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2, A Dog’s Purpose, Fast & Furious 8 and The Boss Baby.
Next Weekend
Life Of The Party is the third collaboration between Melissa McCarthy and her husband, director Ben Falcone (Tammy, The Boss). Melissa McCarthy plays a woman who, after her husband abruptly asks for a divorce, returns to college in order to complete her degree. It opens on Thursday.
Sherlock Gnomes is a family animation and sequel to 2011 hit, Gnomeo And Juliet. Garden gnomes, Gnomeo & Juliet, recruit renowned detective Sherlock Gnomes to investigate the mysterious disappearance of other garden ornaments.
Entebbe is a gritty thriller inspired by the true events of the 1976 hijacking of an Air France flight en route from Tel Aviv to Paris, and the most daring rescue mission ever attempted. The classy cast includes Rosamund Pike and Daniel Brühl.
Breaking In is a thriller starring Gabrielle Union. She plays a woman who fights to protect her family during a home invasion.
How To Talk To Girls At Parties is a comedy from Hedwig And The Angry Inch and Rabbit Hole director, John Cameron Mitchell. An alien touring the galaxy breaks away from her group and meets two young inhabitants of the most dangerous place in the universe: the London suburb of Croydon. The cast includes Elle Fanning, Nicole Kidman and Ruth Wilson.
The Buzz
Solo: A Star Wars Story has its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in just one week time. Tickets are now on sale ahead of its 24 May release and in the US, The Hollywood Reporter are reporting that initial ticket sales are double those of Black Panther, and only behind Avengers: Infinity War so far this year. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/solo-a-star-wars-story-is-no-2-preseller-year-first-24-hours-1108854.
Across The Pond
Avengers: Infinity War topped the box office once again with $114.8m, beating the film in second place by over $100m. That’s the second largest second weekend ever and takes the film to $453.1m. Overboard, a remake of the 1987 film starring Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn, opened in second with $14.7m, while A Quiet Place added $7.8m in fourth, which takes its total to $160.1m. I Feel Pretty came in fourth, adding $5.1m, which takes its total to $37.9m. Rampage completed the top five, adding $4.6m for a new total of $84.8m.