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On another weekend of glorious weather, coupled with wall-to-wall international football, A Quiet Place Part II held on to the top spot with £1.3m, a drop of 42% from last weekend, which is a very respectable hold. That takes its total to £6.4m, which is the same total the first film was on at the same stage of its run. The first film held up well over weeks three and four to finish on £12.2m.
Peter Rabbit 2 again came in second, falling a chunky 61% to £799k. A steep drop was to be expected though with last weekend featuring the Friday of half term. The family sequel is now up to £13.9m and it still needs another £3.5m to overtake Tenet and become the biggest pandemic-era film.
Cruella ensured the top three was the same as last weekend, adding £732k for a new total of £5.9m. The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, stayed in fourth, adding £665k for a new total of £6.8m. It has now overtaken the final total of Annabelle Comes Home, a film from The Conjuring universe, which finished on £6.6m.
Completing the top five, new entry Nobody has yet to make much of an impression, opening with £574k, which includes £198k from previews after opening on Wednesday. Outside of the top five, The Father, featuring Anthony Hopkins’s Oscar Best Actor winning performance, opened in sixth with £395k, which includes £38k from previews.
Overall the box office is down 41% from last weekend.
Comscore is reporting that there were 736 cinemas open across the UK and Ireland at the weekend, up from 671 last week.
Next Weekend
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In The Heights is an adaptation of the Broadway musical in which Usnavi, a sympathetic New York bodega owner, saves every penny every day as he imagines and sings about a better life. It’s absolutely not to be confused with…
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Monster Hunter is an action adventure based on the popular video game. When Lt. Artemis and her loyal soldiers are transported to a new world, they engage in a desperate battle for survival against enormous enemies with incredible powers. Milla Jovovich stars.
Across The Pond
A Quiet Place Part II moved back up to the top spot with $11.7m, which takes its total to $109m. It’s the first film in the pandemic-era to cross the $100m mark. In the Heights opened in second with $11.4m, which was below expectations for a film that has been very warmly received. It is available to HBO Max subscribers at home though. Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway opened in third with $10.4m and fourth place was taken by last week’s top film, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It. The spooky horror is now up to $43.8m. Cruella completed the top five, adding $6.7m for a new total of $56m. For the first time in 16 months, four films did over $10m at the box office.