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Fast & Furious 7 enjoys the second biggest opening of the year at the UK box office

April 8, 2015 by Gary Collinson

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 3rd April to Sunday 5th April 2015…

Fast & Furious 7 raced into cinemas this past weekend, with the film pulling in a franchise-high opening of £12,765,033, which is over £4 million more than its predecessor Fast & Furous 6’s £8.72 million debut back in 2013. It’s also the second-biggest debut of the year, behind Fifty Shades of Grey’s £13,550,290.

In addition to Furious 7, three other newcomers managed to crack the top ten, with Russell Crowe’s The Water Diviner earning £521,546 in seventh, followed by Noah Baumbach’s While We’re Young in eighth with £427,151 and Ridley Scott’s sci-fi classic Blade Runner: The Final Cut in ninth with £267,452.

Number one this time last year: Captain America: The Winter Soldier

1. Fast & Furious 7 – £12,765,033 weekend (New)
2. Cinderella – £2,969,426 weekend (2 weeks)
3. Home – £2,387,579 weekend (3 weeks)
4. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water – £1,121,097 weekend (2 weeks)
5. Get Hard – £845,040 weekend (2 weeks)
6. The Divergent Series: Insurgent – £594,587 weekend (3 weeks)
7. The Water Diviner – £521,546 weekend (New)
8. While We’re Young – £427,151 weekend (New)
9. Blade Runner: The Final Cut – £267,452 weekend (New)
10. The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – £176,769 weekend (6 weeks)

Incoming…

The Duff (cert. 12A) opened in cinemas this past Monday, giving it a head start against Friday’s newcomers, which include Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (cert. 15), Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (cert. PG), John Wick (cert. 15) [read our review here], Lost River (cert. 15) [read our review here], Good Kill (cert. 15), Force Majeure (cert. 15), Broken Horses (cert. TBC), Woman In Gold (cert. TBC) and Cobain: Montage of Heck (cert. TBC) [read our review here].

Originally published April 8, 2015. Updated January 18, 2020.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, UK Box Office Tagged With: Blade Runner, Blade Runner: The Final Cut, Cinderella, Fast & Furious 7, Furious 7, Get Hard, Home, Insurgent, The Divergent Series: Insurgent, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, The Water Diviner, While We’re Young

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Flickering Myth. He is a film, television and digital content writer and producer, whose work includes the gothic horror feature The Baby in the Basket and the suspense thriller Death Among the Pines. He is also the author of Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen.

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