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‘Back To Black’ holds UK-Ireland box office lead; ‘Civil War’ rises, ‘Abigail’ opens fifth

Rank Movie (distributor) Three-day gross (Apr 19-21) Complete gross up to now Week
 1. Again To Black (Studiocanal) £1.9m £6.4m 2
 2. Civil Struggle (Leisure Movie Distributors) £1.1m £3.8m 3
 3. Kung Fu Panda 4 (Common) £898,807 £18.6m 4
 4. Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire (Warner Bros) £649,284 £12.9m 4
 5. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Sony) £594,971 £594,971 1

GBP to USD conversion price: 1.23

Amy Winehouse biopic Again To Black topped the UK-Eire field workplace chart for a second weekend; as horror Abigail began fifth on a weekend dominated by holdover titles.

Again To Black added £1.9m – an honest maintain from its opening, falling simply 30.1%. It is a higher second-weekend maintain than current music biopics, together with this 12 months’s Bob Marley: One Love (-42.9%) and 2019’s Rocketman (-37.5%), though the Studiocanal movie’s £6.4m complete is decrease than each on the identical stage.

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It has additionally handed the £3.8m complete of Asif Kapadia’s 2015 documentary Amy, concerning the late singer.

Alex Garland’s Civil Struggle additionally put in a powerful efficiency on its second session, rising to second within the chart. It dropped simply 33% on its opening, with £1.1m taking it to a £3.8m complete; and has handed the £2.9m of Ex Machina to grow to be Garland’s highest-grossing movie as director within the territory.

Common animation Kung Fu Panda 4 dropped to 3rd on its fourth weekend. A 49% fall gave it £898,807 for a wholesome £18.6m complete. It has already handed the £17m of 2011’s Kung Fu Panda 2  and £14.2m of 2016’s quantity three; one other couple of weeks in cinemas ought to see it move the £20.4m of 2008’s Kung Fu Panda to grow to be the highest-grossing title of the sequence.

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Warner Bros’ Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire added £649,284 on its fourth weekend, and is as much as £12.9m. The £16m of 1998’s Godzilla and the £17.2m of 2014’s Godzilla  might show barely past it.

Horror Abigail began in fifth for Common with a £594,971 weekend, from 526 websites at a £1,104 common.

High 5 takings got here in at nearly £5.1m – down 37.1% on final weekend, and maybe extra concerningly down 33.2% on the equal weekend from final 12 months. Cinemas will look to Warner Bros’ Challengers to serve up audiences subsequent weekend.

Holdovers, occasion titles prosper

Sony’s Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire added £395,186 on its fifth weekend – a 49.8% drop. The movie is as much as £14.7m, as comfortably the highest-grossing Ghostbusters title up to now forward of 1984’s Ghostbusters (£12.4m).

Former primary Dune: Half Two added £331,441 on its eighth weekend, to hit a £38.7m complete. It has now entered the 90 highest-grossing movies of all time within the UK and Eire, passing the likes of Quick & Livid 7 and The Simpsons (each decrease £38.7m).

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Monkey Man

Dev Patel’s Monkey Man added £215,472 on its third weekend in cinemas, a 44% drop that introduced it to nearly £2.2m in complete.

Horror The First Omen leads Disney’s slate, and fell 64% on its third weekend with £93,746 taking it to £1.4m complete.

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Occasion cinema releases proceed to be a worthwhile terrain for cinemas. Trafalgar Releasing’s newest Met Opera 2023/24 title La Rondine introduced in £78,917 from simply 100 screenings predominantly on Saturday, April 20, with closing figures nonetheless to come back.

CinemaLive’s occasion cinema launch of An American In Paris introduced in £72,387 on Sunday, April 21, and has £142,186 together with its Thursday, April 18 occasion opening.

Signature Leisure’s Canadian animation Butterfly Story opened to £63,487 this weekend.

One other animation, Common’s Migration, continues to flap its wings with £50,809 on its 12th session taking it to a £21.1m complete.

On its ninth weekend in cinemas Studiocanal’s Depraved Little Letters added £34,369 to hit a decent £9.4m.

Now on a wonderful ninth consecutive week in cinemas, Wim Wenders’ Oscar-nominated Excellent Days dropped simply 5 % on its earlier session, with £26,740 bringing it to a formidable £1.2m cume.

Generally I Assume About Dying  starring Daisy Ridley opened to £21,801 for Vertigo Releasing, and has £29,398 together with previews.

Jeymes Samuel’s religious-themed journey comedy The Ebook Of Clarence opened to a flat £20,490 for Sony, and has £36,255 together with previews.

Ilker Catak’s Oscar-nominated The Lecturers’ Lounge added £20,959 on its second session, and is as much as £78,353 from two weekends for Curzon.

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Black Bear horror Immaculate starring Sydney Sweeney added £16,000 on its fifth weekend, and has simply over £1.7m in complete. 

Jeanne Du Barry starring Johnny Depp opened to a low £13,299 for Miracle63, and has £13,770 together with previews with 11 venues nonetheless to report.

Vertigo Releasing’s Late Evening With The Satan added £12,597 on an honest fifth weekend in cinemas, and is as much as £782,410.

Moms’ Intuition starring Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain is dropping out of cinemas after 4 weekends, including £12,018 on its newest session for Studiocanal to hit £962,737.

Picture-making documentary Improbable Machine opened to £9,000 for Picturehouse Leisure, and has £11,500 together with previews.

UK comedy Swede Caroline starring Jo Hartley opened to £6,161 for Picnik Leisure. The movie has £9,670 together with previews, with many extra bookings for the approaching weeks, predominantly on weekdays.

Paul Duane’s UK-Eire people horror All You Want Is Dying opened to £7,000 together with previews for Blue Finch Movies.

Thomas Pickering’s eco-health documentary I Might By no means Go Vegan opened to £5,306 together with previews for Dartmouth Movies.

Seventh Artwork Distribution’s newest art-themed occasion cinema launch John Singer Sargent: Vogue & Swagger took £55,164 on Tuesday, April 16; and has £95,900 via Sunday, April 21.

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