UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 3rd April to Sunday 5th April 2015…
Fast & Furious 7 raced into cinemas this past weekend, with the film pulling in a franchise-high opening of £12,765,033, which is over £4 million more than its predecessor Fast & Furous 6’s £8.72 million debut back in 2013. It’s also the second-biggest debut of the year, behind Fifty Shades of Grey’s £13,550,290.
In addition to Furious 7, three other newcomers managed to crack the top ten, with Russell Crowe’s The Water Diviner earning £521,546 in seventh, followed by Noah Baumbach’s While We’re Young in eighth with £427,151 and Ridley Scott’s sci-fi classic Blade Runner: The Final Cut in ninth with £267,452.
Number one this time last year: Captain America: The Winter Soldier
1. Fast & Furious 7 – £12,765,033 weekend (New)
2. Cinderella – £2,969,426 weekend (2 weeks)
3. Home – £2,387,579 weekend (3 weeks)
4. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water – £1,121,097 weekend (2 weeks)
5. Get Hard – £845,040 weekend (2 weeks)
6. The Divergent Series: Insurgent – £594,587 weekend (3 weeks)
7. The Water Diviner – £521,546 weekend (New)
8. While We’re Young – £427,151 weekend (New)
9. Blade Runner: The Final Cut – £267,452 weekend (New)
10. The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – £176,769 weekend (6 weeks)
Incoming…
The Duff (cert. 12A) opened in cinemas this past Monday, giving it a head start against Friday’s newcomers, which include Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (cert. 15), Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (cert. PG), John Wick (cert. 15) [read our review here], Lost River (cert. 15) [read our review here], Good Kill (cert. 15), Force Majeure (cert. 15), Broken Horses (cert. TBC), Woman In Gold (cert. TBC) and Cobain: Montage of Heck (cert. TBC) [read our review here].
