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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies holds on to top spot at the UK box office for the third weekend

January 2, 2015 by Gary Collinson

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 26th to Sunday 28th December 2014… Peter Jackson’s final voyage to Middle-earth, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, closed out the UK box office chart of 2014 by retaining the crown for the third consecutive week, pulling in £4.25 million to […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, UK Box Office Tagged With: Annie, Dumb and Dumber To., Exodus: Gods and Kings, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, Paddington, Penguins of Madagascar, PK, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, Unbroken

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies tops the UK box office chart

December 17, 2014 by Gary Collinson

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 12th to Sunday 14th December 2014… Exactly a year after The Desolation of Smaug debuted in first place and two years after An Unexpected Journey did the same, Peter Jackson is back at the top of the UK box office chart with the […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, UK Box Office Tagged With: Get Santa, Horrible Bosses 2, Interstellar, Nativity 3: Dude Where's My Donkey, Paddington, Penguins of Madagascar, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, The Imitation Game, Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast

Paddington topples The Hunger Games at the UK box office, Frozen re-enters the top ten

December 3, 2014 by Gary Collinson

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 28th to Sunday 30th November 2014… After just one week atop the UK chart, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 has been pushed down into second place, with new release Paddington taking top spot with a solid £5,125,519 opening weekend. Despite being […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, UK Box Office Tagged With: Frozen, Hockney, Horrible Bosses 2, Interstellar, Mr Turner, Nativity 3: Dude Where's My Donkey, Paddington, The Drop, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, The Imitation Game

Interstellar fends off The Imitation Game at the UK box office

November 19, 2014 by Gary Collinson

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 14th to Sunday 16th November 2014… Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar fought off competition from The Imitation Game and Nativity 3: Dude, Where’s My Donkey?! to retain top spot at the UK box office in its second weekend, pulling in £3.78 million to take its […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, UK Box Office Tagged With: Fury, Gone Girl, Interstellar, Mr Turner, Nativity 3: Dude, ouija, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Book of Life, The Drop, The Imitation Game, Where's My Donkey?!

Star Wars: The Force Awakens overtakes Skyfall to become the UK’s biggest movie of all time

January 8, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Star Wars: The Force Awakens has overtaken Skyfall to become the UK’s highest-grossing film of all time, surpassing the 23rd Bond movie’s £103.2 million haul in just 20 days, compared to the 66 days it took Skyfall to reach that amount. The new record coincides with today’s announcement that BAFTA has nominated The Force Awakens […]

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

Star Wars: The Force Awakens overtakes Spectre to become UK’s biggest film of 2015, hits $1.5 billion worldwide

January 3, 2016 by Gary Collinson

It’s only a matter of time before it does this on a global scale, but Star Wars: The Force Awakens has overtaken Spectre to become the biggest movie of 2015 here in the UK. Having pulled in £94.06 million so far, The Force Awakens has also surpassed James Cameron’s Avatar to become the second-highest grossing release […]

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

Hotel Transylvania 2 holds onto top spot at the UK box office

October 28, 2015 by Gary Collinson

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 23rd October to Sunday 25th October 2015… Sony Animation’s sequel Hotel Transylvania 2 held on to top spot at the UK box office for the second week in a row with £2.28 million – although its reign will be short-lived, with Spectre pulling […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, UK Box Office Tagged With: Crimson Peak, Hotel Transylvania 2, Legend, Pan, Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension, Sicario, Suffragette, The Last Witch Hunter, the lobster, The Martian

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 […]

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

Straight Outta Compton retains top spot at the UK box office

September 9, 2015 by Gary Collinson

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 4th September to Sunday 6th September 2015… Despite four new entries cracking the top ten, the N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton held on to top spot in its second weekend, pulling in £1.37 million to push its UK haul to £5.8 million and […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, UK Box Office Tagged With: American Ultra, Hitman: Agent 47, Inside Out, me and earl and the dying girl, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, No Escape, Pixels, Straight Outta Compton, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Transporter Refueled

Tom Hardy’s Legend tops the UK box office chart

September 16, 2015 by Gary Collinson

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 11th September to Sunday 13th September 2015… It was all change at the top of the UK box office this past weekend with three newcomers occupying the top spots in the chart, led by the Tom Hardy-headlined Legend, whcih pulled in an impressive […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, UK Box Office Tagged With: Inside Out, irrational man, Legend, Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, No Escape, Pixels, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, Straight Outta Compton, The Visit

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