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The Wolf of Wall Street dominated the box office over the weekend, taking in a huge £4.7m, the third highest opening weekend for an 18-certificate film ever, behind Hannibal in 2001 (£6.4m) and Bruno in 2009 (£5m). Leading man, Leonardo DiCaprio, won the Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy gong at the Golden Globes last week, and is now a hot tip to finally win a coveted Best Actor Oscar at the upcoming Academy awards in March. Continued awards recognition over the coming weeks will only boost the box office for The Wolf of Wall Street.
Another awards contender, 12 Years A Slave put in a strong showing, taking a further £3m in its second week, bringing its cume to £7.1m. Steve McQueen’s drama won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Drama last week and received a chunky nine Oscar nominations on Thursday, behind only American Hustle and Gravity, which both received 10. Speaking of American Hustle, David O. Russell’s crime caper continued to perform strongly, easing just 20% to £1.5m, bringing its cume to £9.4m.
Now in its seventh week of release, Frozen stays in the top five, with a £1.2m showing for the weekend, which is a measly decrease of 13% week on week. Frozen’s cume now stands at a whopping £34.2m. Rounding out the top five is new release, Devil’s Due, racking up a respectable £1m.
Overall, the box office is up 11% on the previous weekend and 23% up on the same weekend last year, which is a great result considering last year saw the debut of Django Unchained and Les Misérables continuing to perform strongly.
In the US, playing at 2,663 locations, Ride Along scored a fantastic $41.5m over the three-day Martin Luther King, Jr weekend, easily securing the top spot and setting a January opening record in the process.
Ride Along‘s audience was 57% female and 54% over the age of 25. Ride Along bumped last week’s number one, Lone Survivor into second place, which secured $22.1m, bringing its cume to $72.9m. Animated romp, The Nut Job landed in third place, taking a respectable £19.4m in its opening weekend. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit and Frozen rounded out the top five, taking $15.5m and $11.8m respectively. This brings Frozen’s US cume to a massive £332.4m.
