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‘Gladiator II’ muscles up £8.8m at UK-Ireland box office for Ridley Scott record opening

Rank Movie (distributor) Three-day gross (Nov 15-17) Whole gross so far Week
 1. Gladiator II (Paramount) £8.8m £9.1m 1
 2. Paddington In Peru (Studiocanal) £6.8m £18.9m 2
 3. Pink One (Warner Bros) Figures to return Figures to return 2
 4. Heretic (EFD) £505,119 £4.9m 3
 5. Venom: The Final Dance (Sony) £398,202 £11.8m 4

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Gladiator II posted a powerful £8.8m begin on the UK-Eire field workplace, for the most important opening weekend of director Ridley Scott’s profession.

The Paramount blockbuster comfortably bested the £6.6m begin of Scott’s The Martian from 2015. It additionally took a 146.4% improve on the £3.6m opening of Gladiator from 2000.

Enjoying in 722 cinemas, Gladiator II took a £12,134 website common. Its £9.1m complete is the fourth greatest of the yr, behind Deadpool & Wolverine (£12.6m), Inside Out 2 (£11.3m) and Paddington In Peru (£9.7m).

Paddington In Peru posted an honest second weekend maintain within the context of one other blockbuster title. The Studiocanal household movie fell simply 29.4% with £6.8m, which introduced it to an £18.9m complete – presently the ninth-highest-grossing movie of the yr after simply 10 days in cinemas.

This was a barely greater drop than the 20% fall of 2017’s Paddington 2, though that movie solely had £16.9m on the identical stage.

Figures for Warner Bros’ Pink One are nonetheless to return.

Hugh Grant-starring horror Heretic added £505,119, after a 50.2% drop throughout its third weekend. The Leisure Movie Distributors title is as much as £4.9m within the UK and Eire alone – a powerful outcome given its reported funds of £8m.

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On its fourth weekend in cinemas, Sony comedian e book adaptation Venom: The Final Dance dropped 58.7% with £398,202 taking it to £11.8m, and can finish down on the £20.2m of 2018’s Venom and £18.1m of 2021’s Venom: Let There Be Carnage.

The Wild Robotic added £386,653 on its fifth weekend – a 42% fall – and is as much as £13.2m, falling behind the £21.5m complete of fellow 2024 Common animation Migration though nonetheless performing nicely for an authentic movie.

Additional figures to return.

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