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Box Office Round-up
Back To Black is one of the best-selling albums of all time in the UK, and for the past two weekends it’s been the best-selling film too. Over the weekend it added £1.9m, a drop of 32% from last weekend, which takes its total after 10 days in cinemas to £6.4m. It’s clear that this is performing more like Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody, which finished its run with £11.6m, rather than Bob Marley: One Love, which is currently on £17.1m.
Alex Garland’s Civil War stayed in second, adding £1.1m, which takes its total after 10 days in cinemas to £3.8m. This is now comfortably Garland’s best performing film to date in the UK & Ireland, having surpassed Ex Machina, which finished with £2.9m.
Kung Fu Panda 4 fell to third, adding £902k, a pretty hefty drop of 49% from last weekend, which takes its total to £18.6m. It’s the second highest grossing Kung Fu Panda film to date and it’s now just less than £2m behind the total of the first Kung Fu Panda’s £20.4m. It’s going to finish with a very similar total.
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire fell to fourth, adding £652k, a drop of 45% from last weekend. That takes its total to £12.9m and it is the third highest grossing Godzilla film in the UK & Ireland, behind the 1998 version (£16m) and the 2014 version (£17.2m), and it’s going to finish as the third highest grossing Godzilla film.
On a quiet weekend for new entries, comic-horror Abigail opened in fifth with £597k. This is from the directing duo Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, also known as Radio Silence, and this is their fourth horror film in cinemas in the last five years. Unfortunately, Abigail has kicked off with the lowest opening weekend of the four. That title was previously held by 2019’s Ready Or Not, which finished its run with £2m. Since then they’ve directed the two Scream sequels, which grossed £7.6m (2022’s Scream) and £7.8m (2023’s Scream VI).
Outside the top five, Dev Patel’s Monkey Man crossed the £2m mark in eighth and is now up to £2.2m, while Malayalam-language comedy-drama Varshangalkku Shesham added £168k for a new total of £272k.
Next Weekend
Challengers is a romantic-drama starring Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist. Zendaya plays Tashi, a former tennis prodigy turned coach who is married to a champion on a losing streak. Her strategy for her husband's redemption takes a surprising turn when he must face off against his former best friend and Tashi's former boyfriend.
Spy x Family Code: White is a feature length anime. After receiving an order to be replaced in Operation Strix, Loid decides to help Anya win a cooking competition at Eden academy, by making the director's favourite meal in order to prevent his replacement.
Scarygirl is a new animation film. As her world is shrouded in darkness, a young girl must overcome her fears and travel to a mysterious city of light, save her father from a dangerous scientist and prevent the destruction of her planet.
The American Society of Magical Negroes stars Justice Smith (Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves) as a young man, Aren, who is recruited into a secret society of magical Black people who dedicate their lives to a cause of utmost importance: making white people's lives easier.
I.S.S. is a sci-fi drama starring Oscar-winner Ariana DeBose. Tensions flare in the near future aboard the International Space Station as a conflict breaks out on Earth. Reeling, the U.S. and Russian astronauts receive orders from the ground: take control of the station by any means necessary.
Ordinary Angels is a drama starring two-time Best Actress Oscar-winner Hilary Swank. It’s inspired by the incredible true story of a hairdresser who single-handedly rallies an entire community to help a widowed father save the life of his critically ill young daughter.
The Buzz
Trap is the latest mystery from M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs, Split, Glass). Josh Hartnett plays a father who takes his teen daughter to a pop concert, where they realise they're at the centre of a dark and sinister event. As usual from M. Night Shyamalan, it will be filled with twists and surprises and will be perfect for brands looking to reach a 16-34 audience in August. It comes just two weeks after Deadpool & Wolverine, and we’re expecting Trap to have a similar percentage of 16-34s in the audience. It’s one of the best films for reaching this audience in 2024 and it hits cinemas on 9 August.
Across The Pond
Alex Garland’s Civil War stayed in the top spot, adding $11.1m for a 10 day total of $44.9m. Abigail opened in second with $10.2m, so we still wait for a big horror breakout hit in 2024. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire fell to third, adding $9.5m, which takes its total to $171.6m. The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare opened with $9m and Spy x Family Code: White opened in fifth with $4.9m.