UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 25th - Sunday 27th August 2013...
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Despite mixed reviews - especially next to that of his debut, District 9 - Neill Blomkamp's sci-fi Elysium comfortably topped the UK box office chart in its opening weekend, with the Matt Damon starrer pulling in £3,127,005 to claim first place. That's an improvement over District 9 (which in fairness, it should have been given its leading man), although if you strip out the £974k of Thursday previews, then Elysium's three-day weekend just falls short of its predecessors £2.29 million opening.
Elysium wasn't the only newcomer to make an impact in the top ten, with the Jason Sudeikis / Jennifer Aniston comedy We're the Millers pulling in £1,508,326 in second and franchise hopeful The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones underwhelming somewhat in fourth with £1,143,385, which includes £474k of Wednesday and Thursday previews. However, the big winners this past weekend were the animated holdovers, with Disney's Planes adding another £1,165,315 in third and Monsters University and the year's highest-earner Despicable Me 2 both performing well despite having been on screens for the best part of two months now.
Number one this time last year: Brave
1. Elysium- £3,127,005 weekend (New)
2. We're the Millers - £1,508,326 weekend (New)
3. Planes - £1,165,315 weekend; £4,096,501 total (2 weeks)
4. The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones - £1,143,385 weekend (New)
5. Grown Ups 2 - £678,466 weekend; £6,417,368 total (3 weeks)
6. 2 Guns - £639,968 weekend; £2,996,738 total (2 weeks)
7. Kick-Ass 2 - £613,817 weekend; £4,230,695 total (2 weeks)
8. Monsters University - £592,070 weekend; £27,570,037 total (7 weeks)
9. Despicable Me 2 - £566,019 weekend; £43,861,335 total (8 weeks)
10. The Smurfs 2 - £546,075 weekend; £9,958,208 total (4 weeks)
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Today sees two new films entering the UK marketplace in Adam Wingard's home invasion horror You're Next (cert. 18) [read our review here] and Nat Faxon and Jim Rash's comedy drama The Way, Way Back (cert. 12A), while Thursday brings the concert movie One Direction - This Is Us (cert. PG) and Friday's newcomers include Michael Bay's Pain & Gain (cert. 15) [read our review here], Shane Carruth's Upstream Colour (cert. TBC) [read our review here], Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain (cert. 15) [read our review here] and Viking actioner Hammer of the Gods (cert. 18).
Elysium wasn't the only newcomer to make an impact in the top ten, with the Jason Sudeikis / Jennifer Aniston comedy We're the Millers pulling in £1,508,326 in second and franchise hopeful The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones underwhelming somewhat in fourth with £1,143,385, which includes £474k of Wednesday and Thursday previews. However, the big winners this past weekend were the animated holdovers, with Disney's Planes adding another £1,165,315 in third and Monsters University and the year's highest-earner Despicable Me 2 both performing well despite having been on screens for the best part of two months now.
Number one this time last year: Brave
1. Elysium- £3,127,005 weekend (New)
2. We're the Millers - £1,508,326 weekend (New)
3. Planes - £1,165,315 weekend; £4,096,501 total (2 weeks)
4. The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones - £1,143,385 weekend (New)
5. Grown Ups 2 - £678,466 weekend; £6,417,368 total (3 weeks)
6. 2 Guns - £639,968 weekend; £2,996,738 total (2 weeks)
7. Kick-Ass 2 - £613,817 weekend; £4,230,695 total (2 weeks)
8. Monsters University - £592,070 weekend; £27,570,037 total (7 weeks)
9. Despicable Me 2 - £566,019 weekend; £43,861,335 total (8 weeks)
10. The Smurfs 2 - £546,075 weekend; £9,958,208 total (4 weeks)
Incoming...
Today sees two new films entering the UK marketplace in Adam Wingard's home invasion horror You're Next (cert. 18) [read our review here] and Nat Faxon and Jim Rash's comedy drama The Way, Way Back (cert. 12A), while Thursday brings the concert movie One Direction - This Is Us (cert. PG) and Friday's newcomers include Michael Bay's Pain & Gain (cert. 15) [read our review here], Shane Carruth's Upstream Colour (cert. TBC) [read our review here], Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain (cert. 15) [read our review here] and Viking actioner Hammer of the Gods (cert. 18).