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The Vatican may not have wanted anyone to see it but a large number of people did anyway as The Devil Inside topped the weekend’s box office. The found footage exorcism horror grossed an impressive £2m, which is significantly more than the similarly themed Exorcism of Emily Rose (£1.3m) and The Last Exorcism (£1.1m). In second place was the brilliantly funny 21 Jump Street with £1.6m.
In third place, fractionally behind 21 Jump Street, was The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel with £1.5m. Easing just 14% from last weekend, this is the fourth £1m plus weekend in a row for the India set comedy and it now has a cume total of £13.9m. In fifth and sixth place were two more new entries, We Bought A Zoo and Contraband.
One notable occurrence over the weekend was The Woman In Black crossing the £20m mark with a further £545k. The period chiller, comfortably the biggest film of the year so far, now has a cume total of £20.5m. Overall, the UK box office was up 6% from last weekend and up 37% from the same weekend last year.
In the US, 21 Jump Street opened to an estimated $35m beating Superbad’s $33.1m to become the highest opening high school comedy ever. The audience was 53% male, which suggests that Channing Tatum probably helped draw more women to the theatre than would otherwise have attended. Dr. Seuss' The Lorax fell 41% to an estimated $22.8m in its third weekend. So far, the animated hit has earned $158.4m. John Carter fell 55% to an estimated $13.5m and it has now earned $53.2m. Will Ferrell's Spanish-language comedy Casa De Mi Padre debuted in ninth place with an estimated $2.2m despite only playing at 382 locations. Friends with Kids expanded to 640 theatres but fell 26% to an estimated $1.5m. The romantic comedy has now made $4.2m through 10 days.