In its second week of release, Disney’s “Deadpool & Wolverine” continued to dominate the box office in the United Kingdom and Ireland, slicing through the competition and maintaining its position as the #1 film in both countries.
Over the course of the weekend, the superhero movie brought in a total of £33.4 million ($42.4 million), according to the figures provided by Comscore. This brings the film’s overall gross to £8 million ($10.1 million). As a result, it is now the third biggest earning picture of 2024 in the area, behind “Inside Out 2” and “Dune: Part Two.”
With an additional £2.5 million, Universal’s “Despicable Me 4” maintained its position as the second most successful film of the four-week period, reaching a total of £30.8 million. The film “Twisters” produced by Warner Bros. remained in the top three with a total of £1.1 million in revenue during its third week of release, bringing the film’s total to a cumulative total of £10.1 million.
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Disney earned another triumph with “Inside Out 2,” which showed surprising staying power in its seventh week. The picture grabbed the fourth slot with £939,144, increasing its total to £52.2 million.
The highest-ranking new entry, Sony’s “Harold and the Purple Crayon,” opened at number five with an opening of £641,548.
Other significant arrivals were a one-week re-issue of “Spider-Man,” which landed at seventh position with £253,260, and the Blackpink concert video “Blackpink World Tour (Born Pink) in Cinemas,” which entered the list at number nine, earning £93,518 in its inaugural weekend.
While the current box office scene remains competitive, cinema-goers can look forward to an eclectic variety of new titles entering theaters on Friday, Aug. 9.
Among the most anticipated films is M. Night Shyamalan’s horror “Trap,” starring Josh Hartnett, from Warner Bros., due to debut in over 300 theaters. Sony’s romance drama “It Ends With Us,” based from the popular Colleen Hoover book, with Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, Jenny Slate, Hasan Minhaj and Amy Morton, is likewise primed to make a stir.
Sci-fi action lovers may look forward to Eli Roth’s “Borderlands,” Lionsgate’s version of the renowned video game series, stars Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Edgar Ramírez and Jamie Lee Curtis. Apple Original Films is presenting Doug Liman’s buddy comedy “The Instigators,” starring Matt Damon and Casey Affleck.
For independent cinema aficionados, Altitude’s Sundance-winning thriller “Radical,” directed by Christopher Zalla and starring Eugenio Derbez, Daniel Haddad and Jennifer Trejo, will debut in limited theaters. Superhero lovers may see a one-week-only re-issue of Sony’s “Spider-Man 2.”
Family audiences have options too, with Kaleidoscope Entertainment’s “Gracie and Pedro: Mission Impossible” boasting a cast including Bill Nighy, Susan Sarandon, Alicia Silverstone, Danny Trejo and Brooke Shields, while “Bluey At The Cinema: Family Trip Collection” offers a big-screen treat for younger viewers.
Art house theaters will exhibit Venice title “Sky Peals” from BFI Distribution, and A24’s drama-fantasy “Tuesday,” starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lola Petticrew and Leah Harvery. For those wanting more violent entertainment, Vertigo’s “Caligula: The Ultimate Cut,” stars Malcolm McDowell and Helen Mirren will show in certain locations.
Other releases include Vertigio’s action feature “Duchess” directed by Neil Marshall, and SXSW-playing buddy comedy “Babes.” The weekend will finish with the broad premiere of Signature’s animation “Ozi: Voice Of The Forest” on Saturday, Aug. 10, starring an all-star voice cast including Laura Dern, Amandla Stenberg, Donald Sutherland, Djimon Hounsou, RuPaul, Dean-Charles Chapman and Rachel Shenton.