UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 14th to Sunday 16th November 2014…
Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar fought off competition from The Imitation Game and Nativity 3: Dude, Where’s My Donkey?! to retain top spot at the UK box office in its second weekend, pulling in £3.78 million to take its total gross to £12.13 million.
The Benedict Cumberbatch-headlined Imitation Game took second place with £2,742,725, while festive family comedy Nativity 3 claimed third with £1,800,419. Meanwhile crime thriller The Drop also managed to crack the top ten, debuting in fifth with £637,867.
Number one this time last year: Gravity
1. Interstellar, £3,777,804 weekend; £12,131,990 total (2 weeks)
2. The Imitation Game, £2,742,725 weekend (New)
3. Nativity 3: Dude, Where’s My Donkey?!, £1,800,419 weekend (New)
4. Mr Turner, £741,748 from 383 sites. Total: £4,357,230 total (3 weeks)
5. The Drop, £637,867 weekend (New)
6. Gone Girl, £454,488 from 354 sites. Total: £21,545,587 total (7 weeks)
7. The Book of Life, £442,863 from 492 sites. Total: £5,376,374 total (4 weeks)
8. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, £437,437 from 452 sites. Total: £13,506,581 total (5 weeks)
9. Fury, £359,822 from 372 sites. Total: £7,863,014 total (4 weeks)
10. Ouija, £308,516 from 324 sites. Total: £3,207,638 total (3 weeks)
Incoming…
The big release this week is The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (cert. 12A), which opens in UK cinemas tomorrow, while Friday’s new releases include Get On Up (cert. 12A), My Old Lady (cert. 12A), No Good Deed (cert. 15), The Homesman (cert. 15) and What We Do In the Shadows (cert. 15) [read our review here].
