Originally published December 24, 2014. Updated July 3, 2023.
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 19th to Sunday 21st December 2014…
Despite competition from comedy sequels Night at the Museum: The Secret of the Tomb and Dumber and Dumber To, it’s an unchanged top two at the UK box office heading into Christmas, with The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies retaining top spot with a second weekend haul of £5.41 million, and Paddington holding firm in second place with £2.51 million in its fourth weekend.
Turning to the new releases and Night at the Museum: The Secret of the Tomb debuted in third place with £2,513,675, followed by Dumb and Dumber To in fourth place with £807,059. Meanwhile, the only other newcomer to crack the top ten was PK, with the Bollywood comedy earning £649,812 to claim seventh.
Number one this time last year: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
1. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – £5,409,312 weekend (2 weeks)
2. Paddington – £2,513,675 weekend (4 weeks)
3. Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb – £1,851,424 weekend (New)
4. Dumber and Dumber To – £807,059 weekend (New)
5. Penguins of Madagascar – £723,939 weekend (3 weeks)
6. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 – £673,220 weekend (5 weeks)
7. PK – £649,812 weekend (New)
8. Nativity 3: Dude, Where’s My Donkey?! – £443,173 weekend (6 weeks)
9. The Imitation Game – £370,324 weekend (6 weeks)
10. Get Santa – £366,310 weekend (3 weeks)
Incoming…
Boxing Day brings us several new releases in the remake of Annie (cert. PG), Ridley Scott’s Exodus: Gods and Kings (cert. 12A) [read our review here], Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken (cert. 15) [read our review here], and Tim Burton’s Big Eyes (cert. 12A). Listen to our interview with Burton and Christoph Waltz here…
