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The Weekend Round-up
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation opened in the top spot with £5.4m, which included £1m from Thursday previews. Even the sunny weather couldn’t stop the Tom Cruise-led franchise to the ninth highest Friday to Sunday opening of the year. In terms of the other films in the franchise, it’s the third biggest opening in the series, behind MI3 (£4.8m) and MI2 (£4.6m).
Last week’s top film, Inside Out, fell to second with a hefty 52% drop to £3.6m. After ten days in cinemas, the Pixar animation has now grossed £17m.
Southpaw moved up one place to third with a strong hold, falling just 32% to £1.1m. The Jake Gyllenhaal boxing drama has now grossed a solid £4m.
Ant-Man fell to fourth, adding £1.1m and has now banked £12.8m.
Minions fell 56% to £1m but it crossed the £40m mark in the process. It looks like it will just fall short of Despicable Me 2’s final total of £47.5m.
Outside of the top five, the Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara comedy, Hot Pursuit, opened in seventh with £312k and Adam Sandler comedy, The Cobbler, opened in fifteenth with £58k.
Overall, the box office was down 19% from last weekend and down 8% from the same weekend last year, when the top three films were Guardians Of The Galaxy, Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes, How To Train Your Dragon 2 and Hercules.
Next Weekend
Fantastic Four is in cinemas on Thursday. Director, Josh Trank, made a big splash with his debut film, Chronicle and the cast he’s assembled (Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan) is terrific.
The Gift is the directorial debut of actor, Joel Edgerton (Warrior, The Great Gatsby). It has been getting surprisingly strong reviews and stars Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall and Edgerton himself.
The Diary Of A Teenage Girl is a frank drama about a teen artist living in 1970s San Francisco enters into an affair with her mother's boyfriend. It has been getting great reviews and currently has a score of 86 on Metacritic. There has been some controversy over the 18 certificate is has been given by the BBFC.
Max is the story of a dog that helped US Marines in Afghanistan and is adopted by his handler's family after suffering a traumatic experience. It was released in the US in June and has grossed over $40m to date.
Manglehorn stars Al Pacino as an eccentric small-town locksmith who tries to start his life over again after he’s left heartbroken.
The Buzz
Straight Outta Compton is a biopic about the legendary hip-hop group, N.W.A. that launched the careers of Dr. Dre, Ice Cube and Eazy-E. It opens in the US next week and the first reviews are coming in. Variety were glowing, saying it’s ’intensely human and personal in its characterizations and attention to detail, director F. Gary Gray’s movie is a feast for hip-hop connoisseurs and novices alike.’ While Screen International were impressed, they weren’t quite as effusive: ‘despite a twisty, juicy and compelling story, there remains a staid conventionality that keeps the political and thematic undercurrents from being explored as satisfyingly as one might hope.” It’s out in the UK on 27 August.
Across The Pond
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation took the top spot, pulling in an impressive $55.5m. Vacation opened in second place with $14.7m from Friday to Sunday for a five day opening of $21m. Ant-Man fell 49% to $12.8m in third and has now grossed $132.3m. Minions fell 46% to $12.4m in fourth and has now grossed a terrific $287.6m. Pixels completed the top five, adding $10.5m for a ten day total of $45.7m.
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