UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 17th to Sunday 19th July 2015… After three weeks atop the chart, Minions has been knocked from pole position at the UK box office by Marvel’s latest superhero blockbuster Ant-Man, which debuted in first place with an opening weekend of £4,011,345.While certainly solid, […]
Inside Out topples Ant-Man at the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 24th to Sunday 26th July 2015… It was Joy at the UK box office for Disney this past weekend, as Pixar’s Inside Out topped the chart with an opening weekend of £7,376,513, while Marvel’s Ant-Man enjoyed a healthy second weekend of £2.52 million […]
Minions topples Jurassic World with biggest ever UK opening for an animated film
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 26th June to Sunday 28th June 2015… Universal Pictures continued its stellar box office run this past weekend with the release of the Despicable Me spinoff Minions, which dethroned Jurassic World at the top of the UK chart with a solid opening weekend […]
Jurassic World fends off competition from Take That at the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 19th June to Sunday 21st June 2015… Universal’s box office juggernaut Jurassic World has retained top spot here in the UK, pulling in a whopping second weekend haul of £11.1 million to leave its gross on these shores just shy of £40 million […]
Melissa McCarthy comedy Spy tops the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 5th June to Sunday 7th June 2015… Melissa McCarthy’s latest collaboration with director Paul Feig, the action comedy Spy, has topped the UK box office chart in its opening weekend, with the film earning £2,557,824, including £198k in previews. That’s pretty much on […]
James Wan signs on to direct Aquaman and Robotech
Having been linked to the project back in April, it’s now official that James Wan is set to direct Warner Bros.’ DC feature Aquaman, which will star Jason Momoa in the title role as the King of Atlantis.“The Aquaman film will be a major tentpole picture for us and James’s span of work has proven […]
David Harbour discusses Red Guardian role in Marvel’s Black Widow
Stranger Things and Hellboy star David Harbour is set to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe this May as he takes on the role of Alexei Shostakov, a.k.a. Red Guardian, the Russian counterpart to Captain America, and the actor has been speaking to The Wrap about his part in the Scarlett Johansson-led superhero spy adventure.“He’s this […]
Marvel’s Black Widow gets an official synopsis, Alexandre Desplat to compose score
Following on from yesterday’s Special Look trailer, Marvel Studios has now unveiled an official synopsis for Black Widow, the long-awaited solo movie for Scarlett Johansson’s Natasha Romanoff; check it out here…In Marvel Studios’ action-packed spy thriller “Black Widow,” Natasha Romanoff, aka Black Widow, confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with […]
Kevin Bacon keen on Tremors return
He’s been absent from three sequels (not to mention the upcoming fifth instalment), but it seems that we may one day see Kevin Bacon returning to the Tremors franchise, with the actor revealing to Metro that he’d be keen on reprising his role as Val McKee from the original 1990 cult horror comedy. “Definitely Tremors, […]
Pitch Perfect 2 tops the UK box office chart ahead of Mad Max: Fury Road
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 15th May to Sunday 17th May 2015… After three weeks atop the UK box office chart, Avengers: Age of Ultron has lost its place to two new sequels, with the musical comedy Pitch Perfect 2 fending off competition from post apocalyptic action epic […]
