UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 13th November to Sunday 15th November 2015…
Spectre has made it three weeks in a row atop the UK box office, with 007’s 24th outing pulling in £7.83 million over the Friday to Sunday period to push its total haul to £77.6 million.
Although its weekend declines are sharper than that of Skyfall, Spectre is still edging ahead of its predecessor, which had earned £77.3 million over the same time frame. However, Bond will face stiff competition this week from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2, and will likely fall short of Skyfall’s UK record gross of £102.9 million.
In terms of newcomers, the Maggie Smith-headlined The Lady in the Van pulled in a solid £2,256,121 to open in second place, with Bollywood romantic drama Prem Ratan Dhan Payo claiming fourth place with £911,942, followed by Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs biopic in fifth with £903,214.
Number one this time last year: Interstellar
1. Spectre, £7,833,891 weekend; £77,579,879 total (3 weeks)
2. The Lady in the Van, £2,256,121 weekend (New)
3. Hotel Transylvania 2, £912,896 weekend; £18,559,789 total (5 weeks)
4. Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, £911,942 weekend (New)
5. Steve Jobs, £903,214 weekend (New)
6. Brooklyn, £782,363 weekend; £2,782,461 total (2 weeks)
7. Pan, £485,702 weekend; £8,416,089 total (5 weeks)
8. The Martian, £295,607 weekend; £23,106,801 total (7 weeks)
9. Suffragette, £255,578 weekend; £9,248,554 total (5 weeks)
10. Burnt, £174,802 weekend; £944,610 total (2 weeks)
Incoming…
The Hunger Games franchise draws to a close tomorrow with the arrival of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2, which will surely dethrone Bond at the top of the UK chart. Meanwhile, Friday’s new releases include The Dressmaker, The Perfect Guy, Momentum, Love, and documentaries Mr. Calzaghe and Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans.
