‘Downton Abbey 3’ tops £10m at UK-Ireland box office; ‘A Big Bold Beautiful Journey’ misses top five

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‘Downton Abbey 3’ tops £10m at UK-Ireland box office; ‘A Big Bold Beautiful Journey’ misses top five

UK-Eire prime 5, Sep 19-21
Rank Movie (origin) Distributor  Sep 19-21  Whole Week
1  Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale  (UK)  Common  £2.3m  £10.1m  2
 The Conjuring: Final Rites  (US)
 Warner Bros  £1.5m  £15m  3
 Demon Slayer: Infinity Fortress  (Japan)
 Sony  £907,171  £5.5m  2
 The Lengthy Stroll  (US)   Lionsgate  £820,447   £2.6m  2
 The Roses  (UK-US)
 Disney  £602,000  £8.5m  4

GBP to USD conversion fee: 1.35

Common’s Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale held the UK-Eire field workplace crown on its second weekend; as Sony’s A Huge Daring Stunning Journey missed out on the highest 5 on debut.

Downton Abbey 3 added £2.3m on its second session – a 49% drop that introduced it to £10.1m. It’s behind the primary Downton Abbey movie, which had £13.2m at this stage in 2019; however forward of 2022’s Downton Abbey: A New Period, which was at £7.7m.

Warner Bros’ former primary The Conjuring: Final Rites moved up a spot to second, on its third weekend in cinemas. The horror added £1.5m – a 47% drop – and is simply shy of £15m.

It has already surpassed the totals of the earlier The Conjuring movies, The Conjuring  (£10.5m, 2013), The Enfield Case (£11m, 2016) and The Satan Made Me Do It (£9.6m, 2021), in addition to the next from The Conjuring universe:Annabelle (£7.5m, 2014), Annabelle: Creation (£8.3m, 2017), Annabelle Comes Dwelling  (£6.6m, 2019), The Nun  (£11.4m, 2018), The Nun 2 (£6.5m, 2023).

Sony anime Demon Slayer: Infinity Fortress moved to 3rd on its second weekend, with a £907,171 session – a 74% drop on its opening. It’s now as much as £5.5m in complete, already forward of the totals of the three earlier Demon Slayer movies mixed.

Thriller The Lengthy Stroll posted one of the best maintain within the prime 5, dropping simply 27% on its second weekend. The Lionsgate title added £820,447 and is as much as £2.6m.

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Disney’s The Roses starring Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch held a top-five spot for the fourth weekend. The household comedy dropped 36%, with £602,000 taking it to £8.5m complete.

After a robust weekend final day out, takings for the highest 5 dropped 53%, to £6.1m. The figures are nonetheless up 28% on the equal weekend from final 12 months, as UK-Eire cinemas look to observe a tricky August with a greater September. Paul Thomas Anderson’s well-reviewed One Battle After One other affords an excellent probability to maintain figures up subsequent weekend, for Warner Bros.

Journey  begins

Romance A Huge Daring Stunning Journey  began out slowly for Sony, taking £532,327 from 649 websites at an £820 web site common, mirroring its delicate worldwide launch.

Common animation sequel The Unhealthy Guys 2 is displaying an extended tail, falling simply 18% on its ninth weekend in cinemas with £232,309 bringing it to £13.3m complete. One other couple of weeks in cinemas will see it overtake the £13.8m of 2022’s The Unhealthy Guys.

A two-day weekend launch of The Sound Of Music took £177,067 for Trafalgar Releasing, for the movie’s 60th anniversary.

Polish comedy Tesciowie 3 opened with £145,341 for Magnetes Photos – forward of the totals of the earlier two movies within the collection, 2021’s Tesciowie (£75,206) and 2023’s Tesciowie 2 (£125,050).

Now by a seventh weekend for Disney, physique swap comedy Freakier Friday added £138,000 on its newest session – a 35% drop that introduced it to £8.7m.

Indian comedy Jolly LLB 3 began with a good £115,677 from 105 websites at a £1,123 common for Bakrania Media; though it was nonetheless down on the £138,134 begin of Jolly LLB 2 from 2017.

Live performance movie David Gilmour Reside At The Circus Maximus, Rome took £114,464 on the weekend for Trafalgar Releasing, and has £376,184 in complete having opened on Wednesday, September 17.

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Taking part in on Sunday, September 21 alone, music movie Andrea Bocelli: As a result of I Consider made £87,448 for Trafalgar Releasing.

Weapons

Former field workplace primary Weapons added £80,787 on its seventh weekend – a 38% drop that introduced it to £11.7m.

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love By no means Dies, the sequel to hit musical The Phantom Of The Opera, introduced in £68,954 on Sunday, September 21 alone for CinemaLive.

Common’s How To Prepare Your Dragon live-action remake continues to be in cinemas after 15 weekends, including £63,462 on its newest session – a 273% enhance – to hit £23.1m complete.

Mockumentary sequel Spinal Faucet II: The Finish Continues dropped 72% on its second weekend for Sony, with £59,581 taking it to £408,145 complete.

Marvel Cinematic Universe title Incredible 4: The First Steps  added £56,000 – a 37% drop throughout its ninth weekend. The Disney launch is as much as £23.8m, the 20th highest-grossing of 36 MCU movies up to now. 

European animation Diplo: The Mighty Dinosaur began out with £53,776 for Signature Leisure, from 303 websites at a £177 common.

Comedy thriller Caught Stealing added £51,027 on its fourth weekend for Sony – a drop of 54% that introduced it to £1.7m complete.

Smurfs leads Paramount’s slate, including £39,000 on its ninth weekend for £5.7m however nonetheless down on the totals of the earlier three Smurfs options.

Jurassic World Rebirth added £36,623 on its 12th weekend for Common, dropping simply 3% on its earlier session. The dinosaur characteristic is now as much as £35.9m complete, forward of the £35.1m of 2022’s Jurassic World: Dominion and the third-highest-grossing of 4 Jurassic World movies.

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Common’s Scorching Fuzz re-release introduced in £20,343 from 89 websites at a £229 web site common.

Neo Sora’s Venice 2024 title Happyend began with £19,865 from 26 websites at a £764 common for Trendy Movies. The movie, which began within the Horizons strand, has £35,331 together with previews.

The Bare Gun  reboot added £18,000 on its eighth weekend for Paramount, and is as much as £7.6m.

Russian animation Canine At The Opera is as much as £54,372 for Miracle/Dazzler, having added £17,243 on its second session.

Irish romantic drama Women & Boys began with £17,377 together with previews from 19 websites in Eire for Break Out Photos, at a £914 common.

Ethan Coen’s Honey Don’t!  added £15,229 on its third weekend in cinemas to hit a £400,494 complete.

Celine Track’s Materialists placed on an extra £16,537 on its sixth session – a 62% drop that introduced it to nearly £3.9m complete, forward of the £3.1m of Track’s 2023 Previous Lives.

Warner Bros’ Superman is coming to floor after 12 weekends in cinemas, including £13,044 on its newest session for a £28.1m complete.

Indian motion thriller Baaghi 4 added £8,358 on its third weekend for Bakrania Media. The movie has £174,671 in complete – down on the cumes of 2018’s Baaghi 2 (£474,238) and 2020’s Baaghi 3 (£252,271).

Sophie Dupuis’ romantic drama Solo began with £6,265 together with previews from 13 websites at a £481 common for Peccadillo Photos.

Animation The Glassworker began with £5,654 for Miracle/Dazzler, from 86 screens at a £66 common.

Cannes 2024 Critics’ Week thriller Ghost Path started with £4,194 from 9 websites at a £466 common for New Wave Movies, and has £5,050 together with previews.

Anne Marie Fleming’s sci-fi Can I Get A Witness starring Sandra Oh began with £699 for T A P E Collective, and has £1,325 together with previews.

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