UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 30th October to Sunday 1st November 2015…
James Bond’s 24th adventure Spectre has shattered the record for the biggest ever opening at the UK box office, posting a whopping £41,299,090 haul to annihilate the previous holder, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, which debuted with £23.88 million.
Both of those figures are bolstered by their respective films opening in a Monday, boosting the totals by four days of previews. In terms of the Friday-Sunday weekend, Spectre fell just short of £20 million for the third-biggest opening below Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (£23.75 million) and Skyfall (£20.18 million).
With 007 dominating the multiplexes, the only other newcomer in the top ten is the New York Met Opera’s live stream of Tannhauser, which grossed £162,876 to take eighth place.
Number one this time last year: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1. Spectre, £41,299,090 weekend (New)
2. Hotel Transylvania 2, £2,417,940 weekend; £16,027,267 total (3 weeks)
3. Pan, £790,332 weekend; £7,165,126 total (3 weeks)
4. Paranormal Activity: Ghost Dimension, £704,814 weekend; £2,957,877 total (2 weeks)
5. Suffragette, £594,930 weekend; £7,447,800 total (3 weeks)
6. The Martian, £590,743 weekend; £21,797,926 total (5 weeks)
7. The Last Witch Hunter, £388,484 weekend; £2,179,554 total (2 weeks)
8. Tannhauser – Met Opera, £162,876 weekend (New)
9. Inside Out, £156,456 weekend; £38,911,159 total (15 weeks)
10. Crimson Peak, £153,312 weekend; £2,335,449 total (3 weeks)
Incoming…
Going up against the might of Spectre this week are Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse [read our review here], Brooklyn [read our review here], He Named Me Malala [read our review here], The Runner [read our review here], Burnt, and Kill Your Friends.
Originally published November 4, 2015. Updated April 14, 2018.
