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Amy set to become the UK’s highest-grossing British documentary

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Asif Kapadia’s acclaimed documentary Amy is on course to become the highest-grossing British documentary of all time in the UK, as well as the third-highest grossing documentary of all time, Variety reports. The film, which has been a huge critical and commercial success, has grossed over £3.16 million ($4.89 million) since it opened, and is […]

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation tops the UK box office

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UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 31st to Sunday 2nd August 2015… Tom Cruise returned to the top of the UK box office this past weekend, with Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation claiming first place with an opening haul of £5,351,344. Despite claiming top spot, Rogue Nation couldn’t overtake […]

Inside Out topples Ant-Man at the UK box office

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UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 24th to Sunday 26th July 2015… It was Joy at the UK box office for Disney this past weekend, as Pixar’s Inside Out topped the chart with an opening weekend of £7,376,513, while Marvel’s Ant-Man enjoyed a healthy second weekend of £2.52 million […]

Ant-Man topples Minions at the UK box office

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UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 17th to Sunday 19th July 2015… After three weeks atop the chart, Minions has been knocked from pole position at the UK box office by Marvel’s latest superhero blockbuster Ant-Man, which debuted in first place with an opening weekend of £4,011,345. While certainly […]

Minions makes it three weeks in a row at the top of the UK box office

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UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 10th to Sunday 12th July 2015… Universal’s animated smash hit Minions made it three weeks in a row at the top of the UK box office chart this past weekend, fending off competition from Ted 2 to retain first place with a £4.15 […]

Minions fends off Terminator Genisys and Magic Mike XXL at the UK box office

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UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th July 2015… Universal’s animated Despicable Me spinoff Minions held on to first place at the UK box office in its second weekend, comfortably fending off competition from new arrivals Terminator Genisys and Magic Mike XXL to top the chart […]

Minions topples Jurassic World with biggest ever UK opening for an animated film

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UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 26th June to Sunday 28th June 2015…   Universal Pictures continued its stellar box office run this past weekend with the release of the Despicable Me spinoff Minions, which dethroned Jurassic World at the top of the UK chart with a solid opening […]

Jurassic World fends off competition from Take That at the UK box office

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UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 19th June to Sunday 21st June 2015… Universal’s box office juggernaut Jurassic World has retained top spot here in the UK, pulling in a whopping second weekend haul of £11.1 million to leave its gross on these shores just shy of £40 million […]

Jurassic World enjoys biggest opening at the UK box office since Skyfall

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UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 12th June to Sunday 14th June 2015… Having pulled in a record domestic and international debut, Jurassic World has stormed to the top of the box office here in the UK with a whopping £19,350,727 haul – the biggest opening weekend on these […]