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| Author | Tom Linay |
The Weekend Round-up
- After being deposed by Gerard Butler’s Angel Has Fallen last weekend, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood turned history on its head and went back up to the top of the box office. On a weekend where every major film posted strong holds, Tarantino’s latest epic fell just 9% from last weekend to £1.8m, which takes its total to £16.4m. It has now overtaken 2013’s Django Unchained (£15.7m) to become Tarantino’s highest grossing film of all-time in the UK.
- The Lion King had a terrific weekend, increasing on last weekend’s total by 11% to £1.2m. It has now crossed the £70m mark and sits on a huge £71.7m. Over the next week it will overtake Beauty and the Beast’s final total of £72.4m to become Disney’s highest grossing live-action adaptation of their classic animated films.
- Last weekend’s top film, Angel Has Fallen fell to third but a drop of just 15% from last weekend (once previews are removed) is terrific for a film of this kind. That takes its total to £4.5m and it has a good chance of overtaking the first film in the series, Olympus Has Fallen’s final total of £6.2m.
- Dora & The Lost City Of Gold found treasure this weekend, posting a huge leap from last weekend, increasing 28% to £623k. That takes its total to £4.1m and it now looks like finishing north of £5m, which didn’t look certain a couple of weeks ago.
- Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw completed the top five, adding £610k, a drop of just 4% from last weekend. That takes its total to £19.1m and it has now overtaken Fast & Furious 5’s final total of £18.5m to become the fourth highest grossing film in the series in the UK.
- Outside of the top five, The Informer was the weekend’s highest new entry in tenth with £301k.
Overall the box office is down 9% from last weekend and down 10% from the same weekend last year when the top films were Disney’s Christopher Robin, Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again!, BlacKkKlansman and The Meg.
Next Weekend
- It: Chapter Two is the sequel to the biggest horror film of all time, which grossed £32.3m in the UK. Twenty-seven years after their first encounter with the terrifying Pennywise, the Losers Club have grown up and moved away, until a devastating phone call brings them back.
The Buzz
Joker is the highly anticipated comic book standalone origin story of the iconic villain. Joaquin Phoenix plays Arthur Fleck, a man disregarded by society in this cautionary tale. It had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday and it has received some glowing reviews. Xan Brooks in The Observer went the full five stars saying ‘what a gloriously daring and explosive film Joker is. It’s a tale that’s almost as twisted as the man at its centre, bulging with ideas and pitching towards anarchy.’ Tim Grierson in Screen Daily was similarly effusive, saying ‘an iconic comic-book villain gets an appropriately epic origin story in Joker, which allows Joaquin Phoenix’s raw talent its grandest stage yet.’ Both Empire Magazine and Total Film went the full five stars too. It’s in cinemas on 4 October.
Across The Pond
On the Labor Day holiday weekend, Angel Has Fallen topped the box office for a second week, adding $11.6m for a new total of $40.7m. Good Boys posted a great hold in second, falling 21% to $9.2m for a new total of $56.2m. The Lion King added $6.7m in third, for a new total of $520.9m. Hobbs & Shaw fell -22% in fourth to $6.3m. That takes its total to $157.1m. Overcomer completed the top five, adding $5.7m for a new total of $17.2m.