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Star Wars: The Force Awakens shatters UK records with highest number of ticket sales in 24 hours

October 22, 2015 by Gary Collinson

Star Wars mania swept the globe this week as Disney and Lucasfilm unleashed the theatrical trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens and advance tickets for the December release became available, crashing theater websites around the world as fans clamored to make sure they’d be among the first to see the hotly-anticipated film. The J.J. Abrams-directed sequel […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, UK Box Office Tagged With: Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Minions makes it three weeks in a row at the top of the UK box office

July 15, 2015 by Gary Collinson

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 10th to Sunday 12th July 2015… Universal’s animated smash hit Minions made it three weeks in a row at the top of the UK box office chart this past weekend, fending off competition from Ted 2 to retain first place with a £4.15 […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, UK Box Office Tagged With: Amy, Jurassic World, Love & Mercy, magic mike xxl, Minions, Song of the Sea, Spy, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, Ted 2, Terminator: Genisys

American Sniper climbs to the top of the UK box office

January 28, 2015 by Gary Collinson

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th January 2015… After losing out on top spot during its opening weekend, Clint Eastwood’s box office juggernaut American Sniper has climbed to the top of the UK box office at the second attempt, dethroning Taken 3 with a solid […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, UK Box Office Tagged With: American Sniper, Birdman, Ex Machina, Into the Woods, Mortdecai, Paddington, Taken 3, The Gambler, The Theory of Everything, Whiplash

Big Hero 6 retains top spot at the UK box office

February 11, 2015 by Gary Collinson

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 6th February to Sunday 8th February 2015… Despite four new entries cracking the top ten this week, Disney’s Big Hero 6 and Matthew Vaughn’s Kingsman: The Secret Service held firm in first and second place this past weekend, with Aardman’s Shaun the Sheep […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, UK Box Office Tagged With: American Sniper, Big Hero 6, Into the Woods, Jupiter Ascending, Kingsman: The Secret Service, Selma, Shaun the Sheep Movie, Taken 3, the interview, The Theory of Everything

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 […]

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

Taken 3 fends off American Sniper at the UK box office

January 21, 2015 by Gary Collinson

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 […]

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

Taken 3 tops the UK box office chart ahead of Into the Woods

January 14, 2015 by Gary Collinson

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 9th to Sunday 11th January 2015… Despite taking a pasting from critics, Liam Neeson’s third outing as former CIA agent Bryan Mills proved to be a hit with audiences as Taken 3 took the UK box office by storm with an opening weekend […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, UK Box Office Tagged With: Annie, Birdman, Foxcatcher, Into the Woods, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, Paddington, Taken 3, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Theory of Everything, The Woman in Black: Angel of Death

The Theory of Everything topples The Hobbit at the UK box office

January 7, 2015 by Gary Collinson

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th January 2015… After three weeks atop the UK box office chart, Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies has been dethroned by The Theory of Everything, with the Eddie Redmayne-headlined Stephen Hawking biopic pulling in £3,749,293 […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, UK Box Office Tagged With: Annie, Birdman, Dumb and Dumber To., Exodus: Gods and Kings, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, Paddington, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Theory of Everything, The Woman in Black: Angel of Death

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 […]

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

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 tops the UK box office chart with biggest opening weekend of 2014

November 26, 2014 by Gary Collinson

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd November 2014… Exactly a year after its predecessor topped the chart, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 debuted in first place at the UK box office, pulling in £12,654,109 – accounting for 2 out of every 3 cinema tickets […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, UK Box Office Tagged With: Chaar Sahibzaade, Gone Girl, Interstellar, Mr Turner, Nativity 3: Dude Where's My Donkey, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Book of Life, The Drop, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, The Imitation Game

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