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Gone Girl fends off competition from The Maze Runner, Annabelle and One Direction at the UK box office

October 15, 2014 by Gary Collinson

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 10th to Sunday 12th October 2014…

Four newcomers cracked the UK box office top ten this past weekend, but none of them were strong enough to topple David Fincher’s Gone Girl, which made it two weeks at the top with £3.06 million, pushing its total haul just shy of the £10 million mark.

The biggest challenge came from YA adaptation The Maze Runner, which took second with £2,041,229, followed by The Conjuring spin-off Annabelle in third with £1,939,963 and concert film One Direction: Where We Are in fourth with £1,021,527. Further on down the chart, Hugh Grant comedy The Rewrite earned just £324,889 in its opening weekend to finish up in ninth.

Number one this time last year: Prisoners

1. Gone Girl, £3,064,545 weekend; £9,827,252 total (2 weeks)
2. The Maze Runner, £2,041,229 weekend (New)
3. Annabelle, £1,939,963  weekend (New)
4. One Direction: Where We Are – The Concert Film, £1,021,527  weekend (New)
5. Dracula Untold, £847,958 weekend; £3,519,514 total (2 weeks)
6. The Equalizer, £620,025 weekend; £5,558,555 total (3 weeks)
7. The Boxtrolls, £576,772 weekend; £6,774,389 total (5 weeks)
8. What We Did On Our Holiday, £342,594 weekend; £2,858,496 total (3 weeks)
9. The Rewrite, £324,889 weekend (New)
10. Dolphin Tale 2, £292,472 weekend; £919,605 total (2 weeks)

Incoming…

Today sees the release of the Nicholas Sparks adaptation The Best of Me (cert. 12A), while Friday brings us the live-action reboot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (cert. 12A) [read our review here], along with The Judge (cert. 15) [read our review here], Palo Alto (cert. 15) [read our review here], Northern Soul (cert. 15) and Björk: Biophilia Live (cert. U) [read our review here].

Originally published October 15, 2014. Updated December 15, 2019.

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About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Flickering Myth. He is a film, television and digital content writer and producer, whose work includes the gothic horror feature The Baby in the Basket, suspense thriller Death Among the Pines, and horror franchise reboot Robert Returns. He is also the author of Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen.

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