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Paddington holds on to top spot at the UK box office

December 10, 2014 by Gary Collinson

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 6th to Sunday 8th December 2014…

Paddington made it two weeks in a row at the top of the UK box office, with the live-action / CG hybrid pulling in £3.84 million in its second weekend.

The highest new entry of the weekend was DreamWorks Animation’s Madagascar spin-off Penguins of Madagascar, which debuted with £1,575,949.

British festive comedy Get Santa opened in seventh place with £576,722, followed by St. Vincent in ninth with £389,136, and the Jude Law-headlined submarine thriller Black Sea in tenth with £246,309.

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Number one this time last year: Frozen

1. Paddington – £3,837,885 weekend (2 weeks)
2. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 – £2,249,045 weekend (3 weeks)
3. Penguins of Madagascar – £1,575,949 weekend (New)
4. The Imitation Game – £874,620 weekend (4 weeks)
5. Horrible Bosses 2 – £642,627 weekend (2 weeks)
6. Interstellar – £610,289 weekend (5 weeks)
7. Get Santa – £576,722 weekend (New)
8. Nativity 3: Dude, Where’s My Donkey?! – £453,261 weekend (4 weeks)
9. St. Vincent – £389,136 weekend (New)
10. Black Sea – £246,309 weekend (New)

Incoming…

Peter Jackson takes us back to Middle-earth for the final time this Friday with the release of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (cert. 12A), while other newcomers include Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast (cert. U), Face of Love (cert. 12A), The Snow Queen: Magic of the Mirror (cert. U) and We Still Kill The Old Way (cert. 18).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=UjZ2TF1kEjE&list=PL18yMRIfoszH_jfuJoo8HCG1-lGjvfH2F

Originally published December 10, 2014. Updated November 29, 2022.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, UK Box Office Tagged With: Black Sea, Get Santa, Horrible Bosses 2, Interstellar, Nativity 3: Dude Where's My Donkey, Paddington, Penguins of Madagascar, st vincent, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, The ImitationGame

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer, who is the founder of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature film 'The Baby in the Basket' and the upcoming suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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