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Taken 3 fends off American Sniper at the UK box office

January 21, 2015 by Gary Collinson

Originally published January 21, 2015. Updated November 29, 2022.

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

American Sniper enjoyed a record-breaking January debut over in the States, but despite giving director Clint Eastwood his biggest ever opening here in the UK with £2,530,47, the Bradley Cooper-headlined war drama couldn’t dethrone Bryan Mills from the top of the box office, with Taken 3 retaining first place with £3.3 million and pushing its two-week haul to £12.2 million.

In addition to American Sniper, three other newcomers managed to crack the top ten, with Whiplash pulling in £573,546 million in seventh, Wild earning £524,941 to take ninth, and a live event stream of the Met Opera’s The Merry Widow propping up the chart in tenth with a solid £463,195.

 

Number one this time last year: The Wolf of Wall Street

1. Taken 3, £3,295,309 weekend; £12,223,651 total (2 weeks)
2. American Sniper, £2,530,473 weekend (New)
3. The Theory of Everything, £2,326,473 weekend; £11,942,161 total (3 weeks)
4. Into the Woods, £1,999,377 weekend; £5,368,800 total (2 weeks)
5. Paddington, £943,320 weekend; £34,067,531 total (8 weeks)
6. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, £640,490 weekend; £40,331,079 total (6 weeks)
7. Whiplash, £573,546 weekend (New)
8. Birdman, £551,250 weekend; £4,015,427 total (3 weeks)
9. Wild, £524,941 weekend (New)
10. Met Opera: The Merry Widow, £463,195 weekend (New)

Incoming…

Several new films open in the UK this Friday, including The Gambler (cert. 15) [read our review here], Ex Machina (cert. 15), A Most Violent Year (cert. 15) and Mortdecai (cert. 12A).

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

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, UK Box Office Tagged With: American Sniper, Birdman, Into the Woods, Paddington, Taken 3, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Merry Widow, The Theory of Everything, Whiplash, wild

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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