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Home defeats The Divergent Series: Insurgent at the UK box office

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UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 20th March to Sunday 22nd March 2015… DreamWorks Animation’s Home fended off competition from YA sequel The Divergent Series: Insurgent to take top spot at the UK box office this past weekend with a hefty £6,025,917 opening, although that did include £3.4 million […]

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel makes it three in a row at the top of the UK box office

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UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 13th March to Sunday 15th March 2015… The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has made it three weeks in a row at the UK box office, fending off competition from the Liam Neeson action thriller Run All Night to retain first place with […]

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel retains top spot at the UK box office

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UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 6th March to Sunday 8th March 2015… Comedy sequel The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has retained top spot at the UK box office, with the film pulling in £1.96 million in its second weekend to comfortably see off the competition, while Focus […]

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel dethrones Fifty Shades of Grey at the UK box office

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UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 27th February to Sunday 1st March 2015… After two weeks atop the UK box office chart, Universal’s Fifty Shades of Grey has been knocked into second place by the comedy sequel The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, which opened with £3,771,852, including £705,000 […]

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 outgrosses Guardians of the Galaxy at the box office

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As has been expected for the past couple of weeks, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 officially surpassed the worldwide total of its series predecessor, Guardians of the Galaxy, at the box office this weekend. Vol. 2 is still bringing in box office dollars at a fairly rapid pace, as the film is only in its fourth week […]

Hotel Transylvania 2 tops the UK box office chart

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UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 16th October to Sunday 18th October 2015… The UK box office chart received a shakeup this past weekend with five new entries all cracking the top ten, the best of which was Hotel Transylvania 2, with the Sony animated sequel pulling in a […]

Batman v Superman drops 81% on second Friday at the US box office

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It’s been a week of ups and downs for the Warner Bros. and DC Comics blockbuster Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice; negative reviews have sent the film’s Rotten Tomatoes score down to around 29%, but out of that has come many box office records all across the world. In the last week, the Zack […]

Batman v Superman sets new pre-summer record with $170.1 million domestic opening weekend

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It’s had a tough time with critics, but that hasn’t stopped Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice from enjoying a record-breaking weekend in North America, with Warner Bros. DC superhero epic pulling in $170.1 million over the Easter weekend. The film has registered the sixth-biggest opening of all-time, and set records for the biggest Easter […]

Deadpool looking at $170 million plus global opening weekend

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20th Century Fox’s Deadpool has been rolling out this week, with the film opening in the UK on Wednesday and making its way across the Pond to North America today. Early tracking had suggested the film would be looking at a $55 million domestic opening weekend, but it looks like the Merc with a Mouth […]