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UK Box Office – 06 March 2012

March 6th, 2012 Author: Tom LinayTags: Act Of Valor, Cinema Advertising, Digital Cinema Media, Dr Seuss: The Lorax 3D, Project X, Safe house, The Artist, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Woman In Black, This Means War, UK Box Office, Wanderlust

A British film topped the UK box office for the fourth weekend in succession. This time it was the turn of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel with £2.3m on its second weekend on release, an improvement of 5% from last weekend. 2003’s Calendar Girls only managed to gross £1.9m on its second weekend on wide release, which suggests that The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel may get close to that film’s final total of £20.4m. It has now grossed a very impressive £7m after ten days in cinemas.

Despite failing to top the box office for the first time since release, The Woman In Black still took second place with a further £1.9m. This takes its cume total to £17.6m and it looks set to overtake War Horse (£18.3m) as the biggest grossing film of the year so far. As you may have read in the press last week, The Woman In Black is now the most successful British horror film of all time. A terrific result for distributor Momentum and the recently revived Hammer Films.

UK Box Office – 28 February 2012

February 28th, 2012 Author: Tom LinayTags: Act Of Valor, Box Office, Cinema Advertising, Digital Cinema Media, One For The Money, Safe house, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Vow, The Woman In Black, Tom Linay, Wanderlust, War Horse

Emulating the performance of War Horse in January, The Woman In Black managed to top the weekend’s box office for the third successive weekend. The period chiller grossed a further £2.4m taking its cume to £14.6m, which far outstrips the total gross of recent hit films involving the supernatural including all Paranormal Activity films (Paranormal Activity 2 being the most successful with £11m) and Insidious (£7.1m). It now lies second behind The King’s Speech (£45.7m) in the list of distributor Momentum’s most successful releases.

The weekend’s highest new entry was The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, in second place with £2.2m. Very much aimed at the more mature audience this opening comfortably beat the similarly aimed Ladies In Lavender (£423k), Mrs Henderson Presents (£752k) and Last Orders (£101k). It will have to perform spectacularly though to beat Calendar Girls’ total gross of £20.4m.

Quarter 1 Marches On!

November 23rd, 2011 Author: Lee BesserTags: 21 Jump Street, Bel Ami, Digital Cinema Media, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, John Carter 3D, Jonah Hill, Movies and Films, Safe, The Hunger Games, The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists, The Raven, Twilight, Wanderlust, We Bought A Zoo, Wrath of the Titans 3D

March 2012 has something for everyone and sees a wealth of quality releases estimated to draw 14 million pairs of eyes to the big screen.

The month opens with Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters. This action-comedy follows the duo with a sweet tooth 15 years after their traumatic gingerbread-house incident as they seek to track and kill witches all over the world. The fairy-tale adaptation is set to take a healthy £3m in the box office and is likely to attract a predominately 18+ male audience.