Disney’s Alice sequel has to settle for second with $3.3m (£2.23m) debut; Curzon Artificial Eye’s Love & Friendship enjoys excellent $381,000 (£261,330) bow from 80 sites.
UK TOP FIVE
| Ranking | Film/Distributor | Wkend gross | Cume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | X-Men: Apocalypse (Fox) | $3.7m (£2.54m) | $18.9m (£12.96m) |
| 2 | Alice Through The Looking Glass (Disney) | $3.3m (£2.23m) | $4.5m (£3.1m) |
| 3 | The Angry Birds Movie (Sony) | $1.34m (£920,000) | $9.1m (£6.25m) |
| 4 | Money Monster (Sony) | $1.19m (£820,000) | $1.62m (£1.11m) |
| 5 | The Jungle Book (Disney) | $1.14m (£780,000) | $62.6m (£42.9m) |
FOX
In an increasingly crowded marketplace, X-Men: Apocalypse managed to hold off all newcomers to retain its UK lead for the second consecutive week.
Fox’s latest instalment fell around 50% (excluding previews) on its way to a $3.7m (£2.54m) second weekend. With a non-final $1.22m (£838,893) added yesterday [May 30], it stands at $18.9m (£12.96m).
Apocalypse should overtake likes of X-Men: First Class ($21.92m/£15.03m) and X-Men Origins: Wolverine ($23.75m/£16.28m) by the end of this coming weekend.
Also for Fox, Secret Cinema’s production of 28 Days Later… ended its run with $1.92m (£1.33m), while Florence Foster Jenkins added $107,000 (£73,255) over the weekend and now stands at $4.2m (£2.9m).
Kung Fu Panda 3 and Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Road Chip have amassed $20.1m (£13.77m) and $24.3m (£16.67m), respectively.
DISNEY
Alice Through The Looking Glass echoed its disappointing North American bow in the UK as it charted second.
Disney’s sequel sailed to $3.3m (£2.23m) from its 590 sites, some way down on Alice In Wonderland’s huge $15.4m (£10.56m) bow from 533 sites in March 2010.
Alice will hope to recover over the school holidays this week and has got off to a strong start, with $1.24m (£850,000) banked yesterday, lifting its running total to $4.5m (£3.1m).
Also for Disney, The Jungle Book fell 46% with a $1.14m (£780,000) seventh weekend. It is still set for a decent half term with $547,000 (£375,000) taken yesterday, meaning it has now swung to an excellent $62.6m (£42.9m).
Captain America: Civil War fought to an extra $975,000 (£668,000) over the weekend and stands at $52.2m (£35.8m).
SONY
The Angry Birds Movie fell to third with a $1.34m (£920,000) third weekend.
Sony’s animated video game adaptation grossed an extra $693,000 (£475,000) yesterday, meaning it has now flown to $9.1m (£6.25m) in the UK ahead of what is likely to be a prosperous week.
Also for Sony, Money Monster banked a healthy $1.19m (£820,000) from its 414 sites on its UK debut.
The result means it’s already Jodie Foster’s best UK outing as director (though it also received her widest-ever release), and the film stands at $1.62m (£1.11m) as of yesterday.
UNIVERSAL
Warcraft: The Beginning enjoyed an auspicious start to its UK run.
Universal’s video game adaptation topped the market on its opening day yesterday with $1.5m (£1.02m) from 469 sites, although it won’t officially be in the chart until next week [June 3-5].
Also for Universal, Bad Neighbours 2 fell around 50% with a further $572,000 (£392,257) and has amassed $8.6m (£5.92m) to date.
PARAMOUNT
Like Warcraft, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows opened yesterday to take advantage of the school holidays.
Paramount’s sequel sliced to a non-final $1.05m (£720,000) from its 448 sites and, like Warcraft, won’t officially appear in the chart until next week.
CURZON ARTIFICIAL EYE
Love & Friendship was the undoubted success story of the Bank Holiday weekend at the UK box office.
Curzon Artificial Eye’s Jane Austen adaptation scored an excellent non-final $381,000 (£261,330) debut, including $22,000 (£15,326) in previews, from its 80 sites, marking a terrific $4,767 (£3,267) site average.
Including Monday’s take of $167,000 (£114,441) with one site still to report, Love & Friendship has grossed $548,000 (£375,771) and will shortly become Whit Stillman’s best UK performer.
Also for Curzon Artificial Eye, Mustang stands at $349,000 (£239,420).
LIONSGATE
From its Vue-exclusive release, Lionsgate’s Miniscule: Valley Of The Lost Ants posted a UK bow of $142,000 (£97,647) from its 74 sites, and has taken $240,000 (£164,258) as of yesterday.
Also for Lionsgate, Sing Street added $103,000 (£70,276) over Fri-Sun and has now amassed $1.7m (£1.15m).
ICON FILM DISTRIBUTION
Posting a hefty drop in its second weekend, Icon Film Distributon’s A Hologram For The King could only take $123,000 (£84,059) for $1.03m (£707,790) to date.
WARNER BROS
Top Cat Begins struggled on its UK bow, grossing $102,000 (£69,784) from its 371 sites.
Warner Bros’ prequel was considerably down on the $669,000 (£457,157) debut of Top Cat from 452 sites, and is up to $159,000 (£108,906) as of Monday.
METRODOME
The Daughter enjoyed a $49,000 (£33,582) UK opening, including previews, from its 23 sites through Metrodome. As of yesterday, it’s up to $58,000 (£39,777).
EONE
From its one-site release, eOne’s Bobby grossed $1,500 (£1,061) on its UK debut.
UPCOMING RELEASES
Aside from Warcraft and Turtles, this week also sees saturation releases for Icon Film Distribution’s The Nice Guys and Warner Bros’ Me Before You on Friday [June 3].
Altitude’s Race receives a wide release, while Dogwoof’s Versus: The Life And Films Of Ken Loach and Studiocanal’s Only Yesterday are among the films receiving a limited release.
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