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Pixels tops the UK box office thanks to four extra days of previews

August 19, 2015 by Gary Collinson

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 16th August to Sunday 18th August 2015…

Adam Sandler’s sci-fi comedy Pixels topped the UK box office chart with £2,660,772 from its opening “weekend”, which happens to include four days of previews, which accounted for £1.33 million of that figure.

If it wasn’t for previews, Pixels would have opened in fourth behind Inside Out, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, and fellow new release The Man from U.N.C.L.E., which earned £1,448,298 from its own opening weekend.

Two other newcomers managed to crack the top ten, with the Judd Apatow / Amy Schumer comedy Trainwreck opening in fifth with £931,981, followed by Simon Pegg comedy Absolutely Anything in ninth with £487,147.

Number one this time last year: Lucy

1. Pixels, £2,660,772 weekend (New)
2. Inside Out, £1,912,671 weekend; £27,414,119 total (4 weeks)
3. Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, £1,585,062 weekend; £14,773,294 total (3 weeks)
4. The Man from U.N.C.L.E., £1,448,298 weekend (New)
5. Trainwreck, £931,981 weekend (New)
6. Fantastic Four, £701,406 weekend; £4,836,085 total (2 weeks)
7. Southpaw, £625,828 weekend; £7,033,990 total (4 weeks)
8. Minions, £581,573 weekend; £43,237,367 total (8 weeks)
9. Absolutely Anything, £487,147 weekend (New)
10. The Gift, £330,679 weekend; £1,449,135 total (2 weeks)

Incoming…

This Monday has already seen the release fo the YA romance Paper Towns (cert. 12A), while Friday’s newcomers include Vacation (cert. 15), Sinister 2 (cert. 18), Pressure (cert. TBC), Escobar: Paradise Lost (cert. TBC), Gemma Bovery (cert, 15), Strange Magic (cert. U) and The Bad Education Movie (cert. 15).

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Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, UK Box Office Tagged With: Absolutely Anything, fantastic four, Inside Out, Minions, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Pixels, Southpaw, the gift, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Trainwreck

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