Originally published October 22, 2015. Updated April 15, 2018.
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 hefty £6,317,438. That figure was inflated by preview screenings for the previous two Saturday and Sundays, with the film actually grossing £2.82 million over the three day weekend.
In second place (and also benefiting from four days of previews totaling £1.4 million) was Suffragette, which claimed second place with £2,938,446, while Pan shook off a poor U.S. debut to take third place with £2,738,758, although again that was boosted by £1.04 million of previews from the previous weekend.
One film that didn’t have any preview screenings to help it out was Guillermo del Toro’s Crimson Peak, which faltered with £967,168 in fifth, and The Lobster took ninth place with £229,619.
Number one this time last year: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1. Hotel Transylvania 2, £6,317,438 weekend (New)
2. Suffragette, £2,938,446 weekend (New)
3. Pan, £2,738,758 weekend (New)
4. The Martian, £2,419,958 weekend; £17,491,033 total (3 weeks)
5. Crimson Peak, £967,168 weekend (New)
6. Sicario, £877,236 weekend; £3,341,737 total (2 weeks)
7. Legend, £449,248 weekend; £17,578,665 total (6 weeks)
8. The Intern, £269,851 weekend; £2,402,314 total (3 weeks)
9. The Lobster, £229,619 weekend (New)
10. Everest, £218,450 weekend; £10,265,763 total (5 weeks)
Incoming…
Along with a special reissue of Back to the Future Part II, yesterday saw the release of Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension and The Last Witch Hunter, while Friday’s newcomers include Paper Planes, Maya the Bee, Brand: A Second Coming [read our review here] and Mississippi Grind [read our review here].
