Originally published March 18, 2015. Updated December 15, 2019.
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 13th March to Sunday 15th March 2015…
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has made it three weeks in a row at the UK box office, fending off competition from the Liam Neeson action thriller Run All Night to retain first place with a weekend haul of £1.4 million.
Run All Night had to settle for second place, with the film pulling in £823,833 over the weekend, while the only other newcomer to crack the top ten was Suite Francaise, which earned £503,928 to claim fourth.
Number one this time last year: Need for Speed
1. The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – £1,409,311 weekend (3 weeks)
2. Run All Night – £823,833 weekend (New)
3. Focus – £805,244 weekend (3 weeks)
4. Suite Francaise – £503,928 weekend (New)
5. Fifty Shades of Grey – £487,635 weekend (5 weeks)
6. Chappie – £448,288 weekend (2 weeks)
7. Still Alice – £419,327 weekend (2 weeks)
8. Big Hero 6 – £387,905 weekend (7 weeks)
9. Kingsman: The Secret Service – £292,368 weekend (7 weeks)
10. Shaun the Sheep Movie – £262,862 weekend (6 weeks)
Incoming…
This week sees the release of YA sequel The Divergent Series: Insurgent (cert. 12A) on Thursday, while Friday brings us DreamWorks Animation’s Home (cert. U), action thriller The Gunman (cert. 15), Ryan Reynolds black comedy The Voices (cert. 15) [read our review here], Jason Statham crime thriller Wild Card (cert. 15), Studio Ghibli’s The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (cert. U) [read our review here] and Xavier Dolan’s Mommy (cert. 15).
