Your US Box Office Report for 5th – 7th December… With virtually no competition, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 has made it three weeks a the top of the US box office on a very slow winter weekend. Adding another $21.6 million to its total, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 now sits […]
Fifty Shades of Grey shatters records at the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 13th February to Sunday 15th February 2015… Well, given its colossal worldwide opening, this won’t come as a surprise at all, but Fifty Shades of Grey has shattered records here in the UK with its debut weekend of £13,550,290 giving it the biggest […]
American Sniper climbs to the top of the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th January 2015… After losing out on top spot during its opening weekend, Clint Eastwood’s box office juggernaut American Sniper has climbed to the top of the UK box office at the second attempt, dethroning Taken 3 with a solid […]
Big Hero 6 retains top spot at the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 6th February to Sunday 8th February 2015… Despite four new entries cracking the top ten this week, Disney’s Big Hero 6 and Matthew Vaughn’s Kingsman: The Secret Service held firm in first and second place this past weekend, with Aardman’s Shaun the Sheep […]
Big Hero 6 fends off Kingsman: The Secret Service at the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 30th January to Sunday 1st February 2015… Disney’s animated Marvel adaptation Big Hero 6 finally made it to this side of the Pond this past weekend, with the film fending off the challenge of Kingsman: The Secret Service to take top spot with […]
Taken 3 fends off American Sniper at the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 16th to Sunday 18th January 2015… American Sniper enjoyed a record-breaking January debut over in the States, but despite giving director Clint Eastwood his biggest ever opening here in the UK with £2,530,47, the Bradley Cooper-headlined war drama couldn’t dethrone Bryan Mills from the […]
Taken 3 tops the UK box office chart ahead of Into the Woods
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 9th to Sunday 11th January 2015… Despite taking a pasting from critics, Liam Neeson’s third outing as former CIA agent Bryan Mills proved to be a hit with audiences as Taken 3 took the UK box office by storm with an opening weekend […]
The Theory of Everything topples The Hobbit at the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th January 2015… After three weeks atop the UK box office chart, Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies has been dethroned by The Theory of Everything, with the Eddie Redmayne-headlined Stephen Hawking biopic pulling in £3,749,293 […]
Eddie Redmayne wants to play Bananaman – or a Thundercats role
He may be heavily tipped for an Oscar for his performance as Doctor Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything, but British actor Eddie Redmayne is looking to stretch his acting muscles in the superhero genre. But does he want to play one of the Inhumans for Marvel or Green Lantern for DC? Nope. He wants […]
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel dethrones Fifty Shades of Grey at the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 27th February to Sunday 1st March 2015… After two weeks atop the UK box office chart, Universal’s Fifty Shades of Grey has been knocked into second place by the comedy sequel The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, which opened with £3,771,852, including £705,000 […]
