UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 19th - Sunday 21st June 2013...
![Monsters University]( "Monsters University")
With the UK currently in the grip of a heat wave, the UK box office has been taking a beating over the past month and that was the case again this last weekend, although Disney-Pixar's Monsters University managed to retain top spot with a respectable second-weekend haul of £2.79 million, down just 19% from its rather disappointing opening the previous weekend.
The Monsters, Inc. prequel is now pushing £9 million overall, and with the school holidays now underway there's a good chance the film could go on to pull in a solid enough total by the time it finishes up its run this summer. Also performing strongly is fellow CG-animation Despicable Me 2, which dropped just 17%, becoming the third film this year to reach the £30 million mark in the UK after Iron Man 3 and Les Miserables.
Shifting to the new releases and the final instalment in Edgar Wright's Cornetto trilogy failed to recreate the box office success of Hot Fuzz, taking second with £2,123,576 from 530 screens, compared to a hefty £5.92 opening weekend for its predecessor back in 2007. Meanwhile, the only other newcomer to crack the top ten was the Nicolas Cage / John Cusack serial killer crime thriller The Frozen Ground, which sneaked into ninth place with £89,515. Seems about right for Cage these days...
Number one this time last year: The Dark Knight Rises
1. Monsters University - £2,791,078 weekend; £8,633,957 total (2 weeks)
2. The World's End - £2,123,576 weekend (New)
3. Despicable Me 2 - £1,850,549 weekend; £30,279,559 total (4 weeks)
4. Pacific Rim - £1,332,877 weekend; £5,163,564 total (2 weeks)
5. Now You See Me - £922,669 weekend; £7,248,705 total (3 weeks)
6. World War Z - £242,057 weekend; £13,845,532 total (5 weeks)
7. The Internship - £226,680 weekend; £2,858,468 total (3 weeks)
8. Man of Steel - £134,325 weekend; £29,558,035 total (6 weeks)
9. The Frozen Ground - £89,515 weekend (New)
10. This Is the End - £74,270 weekend; £3,951,760 total (3 weeks)
Incoming...
Hugh Jackman dons the adamantium claws once more as he returns to the screen as Logan for the sixth time in The Wolverine (cert. 12A), which opens in UK cinemas tomorrow [read our review here], while Friday sees the release of Noah Baumbach's Frances Ha (cert. 15), along with a special 3D re-release of Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder (cert. PG).
With the UK currently in the grip of a heat wave, the UK box office has been taking a beating over the past month and that was the case again this last weekend, although Disney-Pixar's Monsters University managed to retain top spot with a respectable second-weekend haul of £2.79 million, down just 19% from its rather disappointing opening the previous weekend.The Monsters, Inc. prequel is now pushing £9 million overall, and with the school holidays now underway there's a good chance the film could go on to pull in a solid enough total by the time it finishes up its run this summer. Also performing strongly is fellow CG-animation Despicable Me 2, which dropped just 17%, becoming the third film this year to reach the £30 million mark in the UK after Iron Man 3 and Les Miserables.
Shifting to the new releases and the final instalment in Edgar Wright's Cornetto trilogy failed to recreate the box office success of Hot Fuzz, taking second with £2,123,576 from 530 screens, compared to a hefty £5.92 opening weekend for its predecessor back in 2007. Meanwhile, the only other newcomer to crack the top ten was the Nicolas Cage / John Cusack serial killer crime thriller The Frozen Ground, which sneaked into ninth place with £89,515. Seems about right for Cage these days...
Number one this time last year: The Dark Knight Rises
1. Monsters University - £2,791,078 weekend; £8,633,957 total (2 weeks)
2. The World's End - £2,123,576 weekend (New)
3. Despicable Me 2 - £1,850,549 weekend; £30,279,559 total (4 weeks)
4. Pacific Rim - £1,332,877 weekend; £5,163,564 total (2 weeks)
5. Now You See Me - £922,669 weekend; £7,248,705 total (3 weeks)
6. World War Z - £242,057 weekend; £13,845,532 total (5 weeks)
7. The Internship - £226,680 weekend; £2,858,468 total (3 weeks)
8. Man of Steel - £134,325 weekend; £29,558,035 total (6 weeks)
9. The Frozen Ground - £89,515 weekend (New)
10. This Is the End - £74,270 weekend; £3,951,760 total (3 weeks)
Incoming...
Hugh Jackman dons the adamantium claws once more as he returns to the screen as Logan for the sixth time in The Wolverine (cert. 12A), which opens in UK cinemas tomorrow [read our review here], while Friday sees the release of Noah Baumbach's Frances Ha (cert. 15), along with a special 3D re-release of Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder (cert. PG).