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The Weekend Round-up
Minions held off the challenge from two major new entries and held on to the top spot for the second successive weekend. A further £6.2m means the animated blockbuster has now grossed a massive £21m. While that’s lower than the £22.9m that Despicable Me 2 had banked after its second weekend, the Despicable Me 2 total included an extra weekend of previews.
Terminator: Genisys opened in second with £3.8m, which includes £716k of previews. Terminator Salvation opened with £6.9m (including £2.2m in previews) in 2009, so Genisys is some way behind that.
Jurassic World had its first serious drop, falling 55% to £2.6m but it has now crossed the £50m mark and sits on £53.8m. It’s currently the fifteenth biggest film of all time in the UK.
Magic Mike XXL was in fourth, opening with £1.6m, which included £48k from previews. That’s less than the Friday to Sunday total the first film opened with (£1.6m) and that film also had over £1m in previews too.
Amy opened in fifth with £523k (including £127k from previews), which is the biggest ever opening weekend for a British documentary at the UK box office.
Overall, the box office was down 21% from last weekend but up a chunky 160% from the same weekend last year when the World Cup was in its knock-out stages and the biggest films were Mrs. Brown’s Boys D’Movie, The Fault In Our Stars, 22 Jump Street and Maleficent.
Next Weekend
Ted 2 is in cinemas from Wednesday. The first Ted is one of the biggest US comedies of all time in the UK, grossing over £30m, so this sequel has a lot to live up to.
Love & Mercy is a drama about Beach Boys lead singer Brian Wilson. It has been well received in the US, with an excellent Metacritic score of 80, and it has performed solidly on limited release, grossing $9.8m to date.
Song Of The Sea is an Oscar-nominated animation about Saoirse, a little girl who can turn into a seal, and goes on an adventure with her brother to save the spirit world and other magical beings like her. It gets five stars in this month’s Empire Magazine.
The Buzz
Southpaw is in cinemas on 24 July and the first reviews are slowly being released. Whilst they’re mixed, they all have one thing in common - their praise for Jake Gyllenhaal’s lead performance. The Hollywood Reporter said ‘Southpaw sticks to tried-and-tested genre rules, yet an edgy cast - led by formidable leading man Jake Gyllenhaal - keeps the story in sharp focus’.
Across The Pond
On the 4 July holiday weekend, Jurassic World held on to the top spot for the fourth consecutive weekend, adding $19.2m and crossing the $550m mark. It has achieved that milestone in a record 24 days. Inside Out stayed in second, adding $29.8m for a terrific cume of $245.9m. Terminator: Genisys opened on Wednesday and was the highest new entry in third, kicking off with $27m over the three day weekend. Including Wednesday and Thursday it has banked $44.2m. Magic Mike XXL was in fourth with a disappointing $12.9m over the weekend and $27.9m since Wednesday. That’s less than the $39.1m the first film made in its first three days. Ted 2 plummeted 67% to $11.2m and after ten days in cinemas has now grossed $58.5m.
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