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On a quiet weekend for new entries, Rush secured pole position, moving one place up the roster, knocking Insidious: Chapter 2 into second place in the process. The F1 drama fell 36% to £1.3m and now has a cume of £4.7m. Senna performed incredibly for a documentary in 2011 but could still only manage £3.2m in its entire run. After its strong opening last weekend, Insidious Chapter 2 fell 63% to £1.1m and now has a cume of £4.9m. It will have the first Insidious’ final total of £7.1m in its sights, but it may fall slightly short.
White House Down held on to the third spot with £711k and now has a cume of £2.5m. That’s a stronger second weekend hold than Olympus Has Fallen experienced but it has no chance of matching that film’s £6.2m final total.
About Time experienced the joint strongest hold in the top 15, falling 36% to £701k and now has a healthy cume of £5.3m. Richard Curtis’ last film, The Boat That Rocked, finished on £6.2m and About Time should have no problem surpassing that.
The weekend’s biggest disappointment was Diana, which opened in fifth with £623k. Diana’s two most obvious comparatives, The Iron Lady and The Queen opened with £2.2m and £856k respectively, the Naomi Watts starring drama couldn’t get close to those two.
There were two other new entries in the top 15, R.I.P.D. openned with £507k in seventh and The Call with £410k in eighth.
One Direction: This Is Us crossed the £7m mark and Despicable Me 2 crossed the £46m mark.
Overall the box office was down 36% from last weekend but up 1% from the same weekend last year, when Killing Them Softly and The House at the end of the Street made their debuts.
In the US and ahead of its release in the UK this weekend, Prisoners opened with $21.4m and the audience was 52% women and 72% over the age of 25. In second spot, Insidious: Chapter 2 fell 64% to $14.5m and has grossed $60.9m to date, which is more than the first Insidious made in its entire run.
The Family fell 50% to an estimated $7m in third place and has a solid cume of $25.6m. In fourth place Spanish-language comedy Instructions Not Included increased 17% to $5.7m and now has a cume of $34.3m. Battle of the Year rounded out the top five with $5m.
