| Date | |
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| Author | Tom Linay |
| Categories | box Office |
The Weekend Round-up
- Christopher Robin made it three weeks in the top spot, falling 46% to £1.2m. That takes its total to £10.6m and with no family film opening in the UK until Smallfoot on October 12, it should be looking at a total north of £15m.
- It’s now on its seventh weekend but Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again is still delivering and once again came in second. The blockbuster musical added £976k, which takes its total to a huge £61.6m. It’s now the 16th biggest film in UK history and having just overtaken Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King in 17th place. Next in its sights is Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring in 15th place with £62.5m.
- Spike Lee’s powerful thriller BlacKkKlansman posted the best hold in the top 15, falling just 18% to £923k. That takes its 10 day total to £3.1m and if it continues to post holds like that, there’s a good deal more to come.
- The Meg continued its great run, falling 42% to £881k, which was enough for fourth place. That takes its total to just shy of £14m and it has been one of the big success stories of the summer.
- New entry Searching completed the top five, kicking off its run with £765k, which includes £103k from previews. This is the second film released in the last month to be entirely set on a computer desktop, after Unfriended: Dark Web. Searching has proven much more popular with the UK public as Unfriended: Dark Web has only grossed £577k since being released on 10 August.
- Outside of the top five, Melissa McCarthy puppet comedy The Happytime Murders could only open in sixth with £694k, which includes £352k from previews after opening on bank holiday Monday. That continues McCarthy’s run of disappointing openings, after Life Of The Party opened with £618k in May.
Overall, the box office was down 35% from last weekend and up 33% from the same weekend last year, when the top films were American Made, Dunkirk, The Hitman’s Bodyguard and The Emoji Movie.
Next Weekend
- The Nun is the latest film in The Conjuring universe. A priest with a haunted past and a novice on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate the death of a young nun in Romania and confront a malevolent force in the form of a demonic nun. It’s in cinemas on Thursday.
- American Animals is the latest film from Bart Layton (The Imposter). Four young men mistake their lives for a movie and attempt one of the most audacious heists in U.S. history.
- The Miseducation Of Cameron Post is a drama set in 1993 where a teenage girl is forced into a gay conversion therapy centre by her conservative guardians. It won the Grand Jury Prize at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
The Buzz
A Star Is Born is Bradley Cooper’s directorial debut and stars Cooper alongside Lady Gaga. Cooper plays a musician who helps a young singer and actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral. It premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Friday to rave reviews with both The Guardian and The Telegraph giving it the full five stars. It’s out in the UK on 5 October.
Across The Pond
Crazy Rich Asians made it three weeks in a row at the top, adding $28.3m, which is just a 10% drop from last weekend and takes its total to $117m. The Meg took second, falling just 18% to $13.5m, which takes its total to an impressive $123.4m. Mission: Impossible - Fallout fell just 13.4% to $9m in third, which takes its total over the $200m mark to $206.4m. Historical drama Operation Finale came in fourth, kicking off its run with $7.8m. Searching completed the top five, adding $7.7m for a new total of $8.1m.