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The Weekend Round-up
Paper Towns became the second John Green adaptation, after The Fault In Our Stars, to top the UK box office. It opened last Monday, so had four days of previews, and delivered a seven day total of £2.1m, with the previews making up £1.3m of that total.
Inside Out had another strong hold, falling 28% to £1.4m. It was the biggest film from Friday to Sunday and on Saturday it crossed the £30m mark. It now sits on a terrific £30.7m.
Sinister 2 opened in third with £1.1m. That’s a solid start and not far off the £1.4m that the first Sinister film opened with in October 2012. That film finished on £6.6m.
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation fell to fourth but a drop of 34% to £1m is a strong hold on such a sunny weekend. It has now grossed £16.9m and has a decent shot at topping Ghost Protocol’s final total of £18.3m.
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. completed the top five, adding £918k for a ten day total of £3.5m.
Outside of the top five, a couple of new entries disappointed. Vacation was the weekend’s biggest loser, opening in seventh with £609k (including £29k from previews). It seemed like We’re The Millers was a good comparison, being a comedy road-movie that also opened in August, but that film kicked off its run with £1.5m.
The Bad Education Movie proved to be more Keith Lemon: The Movie than Mrs. Brown’s Boys Da Movie in eighth, as it opened with £595k.
Overall, the box office was down 14% from last weekend and down 16% from the same weekend last year, when the top four films were Lucy, The Inbetweeners 2, Guardians Of The Galaxy and Into The Storm.
Next Weekend
Straight Outta Compton looks to be the biggest release next weekend. It was released on 14 August in the US and has already grossed $111.5m. It might not have the same audience base here but with strong reviews it has the potential to do well.
Zac Efron stars in We Are Your Friends as an aspiring DJ who attempts to find the path in life that leads to fame and fortune.
Hitman: Agent 47 is the latest incarnation of the popular video game. Rupert Friend stars as the elite, genetically engineered assassin. It opened with $8.2m in the US this past weekend.
The Buzz
American Ultra is a stoner action-comedy starring Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart. It opened in the US last Friday and has received spectacularly mixed reviews. The Village Voice gave it full marks, saying it’s ‘violent, brash, inventive and horrific, and perhaps the most romantic film of the year.’ The Guardian gave it two stars saying it ‘simply doesn't know if it wants to be Jason Bourne or Cheech and Chong’. It opens here on 4 September.
Across The Pond
Straight Outta Compton topped the box office for the second successive week, falling 56% to $26.8m and after ten days in cinemas has already banked $111.5m. Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation stayed in second with another strong hold, falling 32% to $11.7m for a cume of $157.8m. Sinister 2 opened in third with $10.6m and Hitman: Agent 47 opened in fourth with $8.2m. The Man From U.N.C.L.E. completed the top five, adding $7.4m for a ten day total of $26.6m.
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