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Straight Outta Compton goes straight to the top of the UK box office

September 3, 2015 by Gary Collinson

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 28th August to Sunday 30th August 2015… Having proven a smash hit over in the States, the N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton took first place at the UK box office this past weekend, with the F. Gary Gray-directed film pulling in an opening […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, UK Box Office Tagged With: 45 Years, Hitman: Agent 47, Inside Out, Minions, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Paper Towns, Pixels, Sinister 2, Straight Outta Compton, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Fantastic Four tops the UK box office chart

August 11, 2015 by Gary Collinson

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 7th August to Sunday 9th August 2015… It may have failed to dethrone Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation in the States, but 20th Century Fox’s Fantastic Four has had a modicum of good new here in the UK, with the reboot shaking off […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, UK Box Office Tagged With: Amy, Ant-Man, fantastic four, Inside Out, Jurassic World, Minions, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Southpaw, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, the gift

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation tops the UK box office

August 5, 2015 by Gary Collinson

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 31st to Sunday 2nd August 2015… Tom Cruise returned to the top of the UK box office this past weekend, with Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation claiming first place with an opening haul of £5,351,344. Despite claiming top spot, Rogue Nation couldn’t overtake […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, UK Box Office Tagged With: Ant-Man, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, hot pursuit, Inside Out, Jurassic World, Minions, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Southpaw, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, Ted 2

Ant-Man topples Minions at the UK box office

July 22, 2015 by Gary Collinson

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 […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, UK Box Office Tagged With: Amy, Ant-Man, Jurassic World, magic mike xxl, Minions, Ted 2, Terminator: Genisys, The Gallows

Inside Out topples Ant-Man at the UK box office

July 29, 2015 by Gary Collinson

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 […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, UK Box Office Tagged With: Ant-Man, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Inside Out, Jurassic World, magic mike xxl, Minions, Southpaw, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, Ted 2, Terminator: Genisys

Minions topples Jurassic World with biggest ever UK opening for an animated film

July 1, 2015 by Gary Collinson

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 […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, UK Box Office Tagged With: Entourage, Jurassic World, Knock Knock, Minions, Mr. Holmes, San Andreas, Slow West, Spy, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, The Longest Ride

Jurassic World fends off competition from Take That at the UK box office

June 24, 2015 by Gary Collinson

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 […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, UK Box Office Tagged With: Entourage, Insidious: Chapter 3, Jurassic World, Mad Max: Fury Road, Mr. Holmes, San Andreas, Spy, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, Take That Live, The Longest Ride

Melissa McCarthy comedy Spy tops the UK box office

June 10, 2015 by Gary Collinson

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 […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, UK Box Office Tagged With: Avengers: Age of Ultron, Dil Dhadakne Do, Insidious: Chapter 3, Mad Max: Fury Road, Man Up, Pitch Perfect 2, San Andreas, Spy, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, Tomorrowland

Pitch Perfect 2 tops the UK box office chart ahead of Mad Max: Fury Road

May 20, 2015 by Gary Collinson

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 […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, UK Box Office Tagged With: A Royal Night Out, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Far from the Madding Crowd, Fast & Furious 7, Home, Mad Max: Fury Road, Pitch Perfect 2, Spooks: The Greater Good, The Age of Adaline, Unfriended

Avengers: Age of Ultron fends off Spooks: The Greater Good at the UK box office

May 13, 2015 by Gary Collinson

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 8th May to Sunday 10th May 2015… Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron has retained the top spot at the UK box office for the third week running, fending off competition from Spooks: The Greater Good to push its cumulative gross beyond £40 million, […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, UK Box Office Tagged With: Avengers: Age of Ultron, Big Game, Cinderella, Far from the Madding Crowd, Fast & Furious 7, Home, Spooks: The Greater Good, The Age of Adaline, Two By Two, Unfriended

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