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The Weekend Round-up
Peter Rabbit has followed in the footsteps of another beloved British children’s character who recently made the leap to the big screen, Paddington, by proving a big hit with UK audiences. Beatrix Potter’s most famous creation saw his debut live-action feature open with a terrific £7.3m, the second biggest opening weekend of the year, behind Black Panther. Compared to the two Paddington films to date, it’s a big jump from the first Paddington’s £5.2m opening weekend and not far behind Paddington 2’s £8.3m. With the Easter holidays on the horizon, Peter Rabbit will be looking to get close to Paddington’s final total of £37.9m.
Tomb Raider opened in second with £3.1m, which includes £530k from previews. Compared to recent video game adaptations, that’s a solid performance. Assassin’s Creed opened with £5.3m, but that included £3.4m from previews, and Warcraft opened with £3.6m, but that included £2.1m from previews, so Tomb Raider’s Friday to Sunday total of £2.6m is better than both. Assassin’s Creed finished its run on £8m, so that will be the target for Tomb Raider.
After four weeks in the top spot, Black Panther fell to third but still had a decent weekend, falling 36% to £1.9m. That takes its total to £42.8m and it has now overtaken Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 to become Marvel’s third biggest film of all time, behind only both Avengers films.
The Greatest Showman had a bigger fall than usual, but it still had the best hold in the top 15. On its 12th weekend it fell 33% to £1.1m – it has yet to post a weekend total under £1m – and it takes its total to £38.9m.
Red Sparrow completed the top five, falling 50% to £589k. That takes its total to £5.3m and it has comfortably overtaken Atomic Blonde’s final total of £3.8m.
Outside of the top five, Mary Magdalene made a disappointing start, kicking off its run with £239k in eleventh, while Palme d’Or winner The Square opened in 12th with £221k, which includes £67k from previews.
Next Weekend
Pacific Rim: Uprising is the sequel to the 2013 sci-fi actioner. John Boyega stars as Jake Pentecost, son of Stacker Pentecost, who reunites with Mako Mori to lead a new generation of Jaeger pilots, including rival Lambert and 15-year-old hacker Amara, against a new Kaiju threat.
A Wrinkle In Time is a lavish Disney fantasy sci-fi directed by Ava DuVernay (Selma). After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg (Storm Reid), her brother, and her friend to space in order to find him. The classy cast includes Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, Chris Pine and Gugu Mbatha-Raw.
Unsane is the latest film from Oscar winner Steven Soderbergh (Erin Brockovich, Traffic, Ocean’s 11). It stars Claire Foy as a young woman who is involuntarily committed to a mental institution, where she is confronted by her greatest fear, but is it real or a product of her delusion?
Proud Mary is an action-thriller starring Taraji P. Henson as a hit woman working for an organized crime family in Boston, whose life is completely turned around when she meets a young boy whose path she crosses when a professional hit goes bad.
The Buzz
A Quiet Place is a horror starring and directed by John Krasinski (Jim in the US The Office). A family lives an isolated existence in utter silence, for fear of an unknown threat that follows and attacks at any sound. It co-stars Krasinski’s real-life wife, Emily Blunt, and had its premiere at SXSW festival a couple of weeks ago. The first reviews are now in and it looks like we might have a horror classic on our hands. The Hollywood Reporter called it ‘a terrifying thriller with a surprisingly warm heart, John Krasinski's A Quiet Place is a monster-movie allegory for parenting in a world gone very, very wrong.’ Den of Geek said it’s ‘smart, scary, emotional and quite, quite brilliant, with barely a sliver of fat on it.’ It’s in UK cinemas on 6 April.
Across The Pond
Black Panther topped the box office for the fifth straight weekend with $27m. It’s the first film to do so since Avatar and has now grossed a gargantuan $605.4m. It will soon overtake Avengers Assemble to become the highest grossing super-hero film in history. Tomb Raider opened in second with $23.6m, making it the sixth largest opening for a video game adaptation ever. Opening in third is religious drama I Can Only Imagine, which kicked off its run with $17m. A Wrinkle in Time fell to fourth, adding $16.3m, which takes its total to $61m. Completing the top five is Love, Simon, which opened with $11.8m.