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Box Office Round-up
Project Hail Mary held on to the top spot with a legendary hold, INCREASING on last week by 3%, to £4.8m. Those stellar audience scores (it’s currently in the Letterboxd top 100 films of all-time and IMDB Top 250) are really starting to have an impact. That takes its total to £15.1m, and with the Easter holidays ahead and it being suitable for all ages, Project Hail Mary is going to be HUGE. Just a reminder that Ryan Gosling’s last film in cinemas was The Fall Guy, which finished on £12.4m, so Project Hail Mary is going to more than double that, and it could become the biggest film where he’s been the lead, reaching La La Land’s £30.7m.
The Magic Faraway Tree opened in second with £2.8m. This is an adaptation of an Enid Blyton book, and we haven’t had many Enid Blyton adaptations in cinemas over the last decade. This time last year, Disney’s Snow White opened with £3.9m but didn’t hold up well and finished on £11.6m. While The Magic Faraway Tree opened below that, don’t be surprised to see its final total match or surpass Snow White’s.
Hoppers fell to third, adding £1m, which is down just 17% from last weekend, a terrific hold considering the new competition from The Magic Faraway Tree. That takes its total to £10.8m, and it has now surpassed the final total of 2022’s Lightyear which finished on £10.5m. With the Easter holidays starting this week, there should be a bit more in the tank too.
Dhurandhar 2: The Revenge added £664k on its second weekend, a drop of 60%, which is typical for a South Asian release. That takes its total to £3.4m, so it has surpassed the final total of the first Dhurandhar, and Pathaan’s final total of £4.4m (the biggest south Asian release of all-time) may just be within reach.
Reminders Of Him rounded out the top five, adding £515k, which is down 24% from last weekend. That takes its total to £3.4m. Hopefully a decent run across the Easter holidays can see it get up towards Regretting You’s final total of £6.3m.
Outside of the top five, They Will Kill You opened in seventh with £326k, which includes £38k from previews. Bluey is back in the top 10 as Bluey At The Cinema: Playdates With Friends opened in eighth with £185k. The two Bluey films to hit cinemas to date have opened with £179k and 181k so this is right in the same ballpark.
Next Weekend
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is a sequel to the HUGE 2023 animation. Mario ventures into space, exploring cosmic worlds and tackling galactic challenges far from the familiar Mushroom Kingdom. It’s in cinemas from Wednesday.
The Drama stars Zendaya and Robert Pattinson as a happily engaged couple that is put to the test when an unexpected turn sends their wedding week off the rails.
Fuze is an action-thriller from David Mackenzie (Hell Or High Water, Starred Up) starring Theo James, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Aaron Taylor Johnson. An unexploded WWII bomb is discovered on a busy construction site in the centre of London. Chaos ensues as the military and police begin a mass evacuation against a ticking clock.
Amelie is one of the most iconic films of the 2000s and it gets a 25th anniversary re-release. Audrey Tautou stars as a waitress who, despite being caught in her imaginative world, decides to help people find happiness. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey during which she finds true love.
The Buzz
The End Of Oak Street is the latest film from David Robert Mitchell (It Follows). Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor star as parents of a family who live in a typical suburban American street. The family bands together to navigate their new surroundings after a cosmic event transports their suburban neighbourhood to someplace unknown. The mysterious trailer suggests that in their new location they will be battling dinosaurs. It’s a very Twilight Zone-esque premise and it seems to be influenced by Steven Spielberg / Amblin films from the 1980s, like E.T and Poltergeist. It’s one of the most exciting prospects of summer 2026, and Warner Bros have dated it in the same weekend they had major success with Weapons last year, on 14 August.
Across The Pond
Project Hail Mary held on to the top spot with a terrific hold, falling 32% to $54.5m. That takes its total after 10 days in cinemas to $164.3m. Hoppers came in second, adding $12.2m for a new total of $138.6m. They Will Kill You opened in third with $5m, and Dhurandhar: The Revenge added $4.7m in fourth, for a new total of $22.8m. Reminders Of Him rounded out the top five, adding $4.7m for a new total of $41.1m.