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Box Office Round-up
The Super Mario Bros. Movie continues to be the biggest film in cinemas and has now crossed the £40m mark at the UK & Ireland box office. The Illumination-Nintendo behemoth added £4.3m over the weekend, a drop of 44% from last weekend, which takes its total to a huge £41.6m. Minions: The Rise Of Gru is the biggest animated film since cinemas re-opened with £47m and it’s only a matter of time before The Super Mario Bros. Movie surpasses that. It also looks like it will have the legs to get to £50m and join the likes of Toy Story 3 & 4, Frozen II, and Incredibles 2 as one of the only animated films to reach that milestone.
Continuing the terrific recent performance of the horror genre, Evil Dead Rise opened in second with £1.5m (including £9k from previews). The last time a new Evil Dead film was in cinemas was 10 years ago on this very weekend, and it opened with £1.4m on its way to a final total of £3.4m, so Evil Dead Rise is currently tracking ahead of that title. It’s also worth nothing that this new film was originally intended for a streaming release but was given a theatrical release when the studio realised the quality of the film and it’s a decision that looks to have paid off.
Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves fell to third but posted a strong hold, falling 35% to £769k, which takes its total to £11.9m. It’s now the sixth biggest film released so far in 2023.
In fourth is John Wick: Chapter 4, which added £590k, a drop of just 28% from last weekend, the best hold in this week’s top 15. That takes its total to a hugely impressive £15.9m, making it the fourth biggest film released so far in 2023. It has now grossed more than £5m more than John Wick: Chapter Three - Parabellum.
Amazon Studios title, Air rounded out the top five, adding £516k, a drop of just 29% from last weekend. That takes its total to £3.6m and its proving there’s definitely still an audience for adult drama in the cinema.
Outside of the top five, screen-life thriller Missing opened with £382k, which includes £29k from previews. This is a stand-alone sequel to 2018 thriller Searching, which opened with £765k and finished its run on £2.2m. Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan is the latest South Asian film to land in the top 10 of the box office, opening with £293k. Finally, French period action-drama The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan opened with £162k, which includes £17k from previews. This is part one with part two due in cinemas in France in December, so hopefully not long after that here.
The box office is down 41% from last weekend and up 7% from the same weekend last year.
Next Weekend
Polite Society is a new British action-comedy. Ria Khan believes that she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting her friends' help, she attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists, in the name of independence and sisterhood.
Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story Of The Once And Future Heavyweight Champion Of The World, and yes that’s really its full title, is a film about the life and boxing career of one of the greatest Heavyweights of all-time.
The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry is a moving drama about Harold, an ordinary man who has passed through life, living on the side lines, until he goes to post a letter one day...and just keeps walking. Jim Broadbent and Penelope Wilton star.
The Buzz
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 hits cinemas in nine days and it’s set to be one of the biggest films of the summer, forecast to deliver 12 16-34 adult TVRs. The lovable band of misfits return and are still reeling from the loss of Gamora. Starlord/Peter Quill rallies his team to defend the universe and one of their own - a mission that could mean the end of the Guardians if not successful. The first twiter reviews are coming out and Digital Spy’s Movies Editor, and one-time guest on the DCM podcast, Ian Sandwell tweeted ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 is a brilliant end to a brilliant trilogy. It's very funny, emotional and everybody gets their stand-out moment. Will Poulter's Warlock is a terrific addition, yet the focus is rightly on telling a satisfying end for the Guardians. Gonna miss them.’ It’s in cinemas from 3 May.
Across The Pond
The Super Mario Bros. Movie posted the best third weekend for an animated film in history and the seventh biggest third weekend of all films, adding $58.2m, which takes its total to a huge $434.3m. Evil Dead Rise opened in second with an impressive $23.5m, which is just behind the $25.8m Evil Dead opened with in 2013. Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant opened in third with $6.3m, while John Wick: Chapter 4 added $5.8m in fourth, which takes its total to an impressive $168.9m. Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves completed the top five, adding $5.4m for a new total of $82.2m.