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For the first time in three weeks, The Wolf of Wall Street failed to top the UK box office. The Scorsese hit dropped to third as a straight fight for the top spot took place between Mr.Peabody and Sherman and RoboCop.
Although the Friday to Sunday totals were close, the Twentieth Century Fox animation came out on top with £3.9m, which included £1.4m from previews. That’s a very impressive start, especially considering the pairing aren’t so well known in the UK, having made their debut as part of The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show in the US in the 1960s.
The RoboCop remake opened with £2.4m, which is a strong debut. The recent Total Recall remake managed the same figure on its opening in August 2012, but that was from a Wednesday start, so had two extra days, which were also in the school holidays. Total Recall’s Friday to Sunday opening was £1.5m. With half term approaching next week, Robocop should have no trouble surpassing that film’s final total of £5.7m. The Wolf of Wall Street added a further £1.6m for a cume of £17.8m and is getting closer to Hannibal’s £21.6m, to become the highest grossing 18-cert film in UK cinema ever.
On a good weekend for new entries, Oscar hopeful Dallas Buyers Club opened in fourth with £1.1m (including £44k from previews). The McConnaisance continues apace and that’s the biggest Friday to Sunday opening for a film in which Matthew McConaughey has had a starring role since Failure to Launch in 2006. Another Oscar hopeful, 12 Years a Slave completed the top five with a further £893k taking it past the £15m mark. One other notable performer was Gravity, down in 15th spot, which over the past week crossed the £30m mark and is now on its 14th week in cinemas.
Overall the box office was up 27% from last weekend but down 5% from the same weekend last year, which saw Wreck-It Ralph open big.
Across the Atlantic, The LEGO Movie opened with the second highest February opening ever with $69.1m. The audience was 55% male and 59% over the age of 18.
Second place was taken by The Monuments Men with $22.7m. The audience was 52% female and 75% over the age of 35. In third, Ride Along crossed the $100m mark with $9.4m, a drop-off of 22% that takes its cume to $105.2m. In fourth, Frozen added $6.9m for a new cume of $368.7m. The top five was completed by That Awkward Moment, which fell 37% to $5.5m and a cume of $16.8m. One other notable performer was Vampire Academy, which flopped in seventh with $4.1m.
