UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 7th to Sunday 9th June 2013...
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Well, it seems that Sony made a smart move leaving M. Night Shyamalan's name off the promotional material for After Earth, with the Will Smith / Jaden Smith sci-fi managing to shake off negative reviews to top the UK box office with an opening weekend of £2,249,532.
While this is far less than the debut hauls recorded by the year's big hitters, it was enough to comfortably take first place this week, and more than double that of its nearest rival The Hangover Part III, which slipped to second in its third weekend with £1.1 million, making it the only other film to reach the seven figure mark.
Heading towards the bottom of the chart and three other newcomers managed to crack the top ten this past weekend; Steven Soderbergh's Behind the Candelabra opened in eighth place with £513,288, Shane Meadows' documentary The Stone Roses: Made of Stone followed in ninth with £367,319 (including two days of previews) and Ariel Vromen's The Iceman propped up the chart in tenth with £201,789.
Number one this time last year: The Amazing Spider-Man
1 - After Earth - £2,249,532 weekend (New)
2 - The Hangover Part III - £1,145,249 weekend (3 weeks)
3 - Fast & Furious 6 - £846,541 weekend (4 weeks)
4 - Epic - £665,456 weekend (3 weeks)
5 - The Great Gatsby - £658,225 weekend (4 weeks)
6 - Star Trek Into Darkness - £616,662 weekend (5 weeks)
7 - The Purge - £541,859 weekend (2 weeks)
8 - Behind the Candelabra - £513,288 weekend (New)
9 - The Stone Roses: Made of Stone - £367,319 weekend (New)
10 - The Iceman - £201,789 weekend (New)
Incoming...
It doesn't take an expert to work out what will be sitting atop the box office chart this time next week, as director Zack Snyder and producer Christopher Nolan unleash their eagerly-anticipated Superman reboot Man of Steel (cert. 12A), while Friday's other releases include Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing (cert. 12A) [read our reviews here and here], along with Admission (cert. 12A), Summer in February (cert. 15) and Stuck in Love (cert. 15).
While this is far less than the debut hauls recorded by the year's big hitters, it was enough to comfortably take first place this week, and more than double that of its nearest rival The Hangover Part III, which slipped to second in its third weekend with £1.1 million, making it the only other film to reach the seven figure mark.
Heading towards the bottom of the chart and three other newcomers managed to crack the top ten this past weekend; Steven Soderbergh's Behind the Candelabra opened in eighth place with £513,288, Shane Meadows' documentary The Stone Roses: Made of Stone followed in ninth with £367,319 (including two days of previews) and Ariel Vromen's The Iceman propped up the chart in tenth with £201,789.
Number one this time last year: The Amazing Spider-Man
1 - After Earth - £2,249,532 weekend (New)
2 - The Hangover Part III - £1,145,249 weekend (3 weeks)
3 - Fast & Furious 6 - £846,541 weekend (4 weeks)
4 - Epic - £665,456 weekend (3 weeks)
5 - The Great Gatsby - £658,225 weekend (4 weeks)
6 - Star Trek Into Darkness - £616,662 weekend (5 weeks)
7 - The Purge - £541,859 weekend (2 weeks)
8 - Behind the Candelabra - £513,288 weekend (New)
9 - The Stone Roses: Made of Stone - £367,319 weekend (New)
10 - The Iceman - £201,789 weekend (New)
Incoming...
It doesn't take an expert to work out what will be sitting atop the box office chart this time next week, as director Zack Snyder and producer Christopher Nolan unleash their eagerly-anticipated Superman reboot Man of Steel (cert. 12A), while Friday's other releases include Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing (cert. 12A) [read our reviews here and here], along with Admission (cert. 12A), Summer in February (cert. 15) and Stuck in Love (cert. 15).