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Big Hero 6 fends off Kingsman: The Secret Service at the UK box office

February 5, 2015 by Gary Collinson

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 30th January to Sunday 1st February 2015…

Disney’s animated Marvel adaptation Big Hero 6 finally made it to this side of the Pond this past weekend, with the film fending off the challenge of Kingsman: The Secret Service to take top spot with £4,293,286.

Matthew Vaughn’s spy caper Kingsman was forced to settle for second place despite pulling in £4,241,292, while Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice opened in ninth with £363,133, followed by the Met Opera’s latest live event Les Contes D’Hoffmann in tenth with £238,597.

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

1. Big Hero 6, £4,293,286 weekend (New)
2. Kingsman: The Secret Service, £4,241,292 weekend (New)
3. American Sniper, £1,586,745 weekend; £9,335,482 total (3 weeks)
4. The Theory of Everything, £1,032,912 weekend; £16,643,178 total (5 weeks)
5. Taken 3, £801,562 weekend; £16,560,282 total (4 weeks)
6. Into the Woods, £734,370 weekend; £8,411,168 total (4 weeks)
7. Paddington, £442,869 weekend; £35,517,698 total (10 weeks)
8. Ex Machina, £410,327 weekend; £2,055,694 total (2 weeks)
9. Inherent Vice, £363,133 weekend (New)
10. Les Contes D’Hoffmann: Met Opera, £238,597 weekend (New)

Incoming…

The first weekend of February brings several new releases, including the Wachowskis’ Jupiter Ascending (cert. 12A) and controversial comedy The Interview (cert. 15) [read our review here], as well as Shaun the Sheep the Movie (cert. U), The Turning (cert. 15), Selma (cert. 12A) [read our review here], Still Life (cert. 12A), and Amour Fou (cert. 12A).

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Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, UK Box Office Tagged With: American Sniper, Big Hero 6, Ex Machina, Inherent Vice, Into the Woods, Kingsman: The Secret Service, Les Contes D’Hoffmann, Paddington, Taken 3, The Theory of Everything

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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