UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 10th April to Sunday 12th April 2015…
Despite four new enteries cracking the top ten, none could put up any kind of challenge to reigning box office champ Fast & Furious 7, with the latest instalment in the action franchise adding another £5.4 million to push its UK haul of £26.25 million after just two weekends. Small potatoes really when it’s already hit $800 million worldwide…
Turning to the new releases and The Duff claimed fourth place with £891,691, although that included four extra days of previews, having opened on Easter Monday. The Keanu Reeves action thriller John Wick debuted in sixth with £539,602, followed by Woman in Gold in seventh with £494,512 and comedy sequel Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 in eigth with £480,158.
Number one this time last year: Captain America: The Winter Soldier
1. Fast & Furious 7, £5,407,918 weekend; £26,250,373 total (2 weeks)
2. Cinderella, £1,785,864 weekend; £15,190,144 total (3 weeks)
3. Home, £1,544,988 weekend; £18,437,033 total (4 weeks)
4. The Duff, £891,691 weekend (New)
5. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, £651,140 weekend; £6,537,814 total (3 weeks)
6. John Wick, £539,602 weekend (New)
7. Woman in Gold, £494,512 weekend (New)
8. Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, £480,158 weekend (New)
9. Get Hard, £376,917 weekend; £4,269,547 total (3 weeks)
10. The Divergent Series: Insurgent, £232,793 weekend; £7,536,186 total (3 weeks)
Incoming…
This week’s new releases include The Last Five Years (cert. 12A) starring Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan, Cold War thriller Child 44 (cert. TBC) with Tom Hardy, Joel Kinnaman and Gary Oldman and Last Knights (cert. 15) starring Morgan Freeman and Clive Owen, along with limited releases for Rurouni Kenshin 3: The Legend Ends (cert. 15), Glassland (cert. TBC), The Salvation (cert. 15) and The Town That Dreaded Sundown (cert. TBC). So, three weeks in a row for Fast & Furious 7, then…
