Film / Box Office
Box Office Chart: April 28-30, 2017
1. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 £13,092,657 (new release)
2. Fast & Furious 8 £1,743,216 (£26,195,070, 3 weeks)
3. The Boss Baby £1,293,372 (£23,930,280, 4 weeks)
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4. Beauty and the Beast £835,004 (£70,113,995, 7 weeks)
5. Their Finest £630,544 (£2,298,543, 2 weeks)
6. Baahubali: The Conclusion (Hindi) £221,452 (new release)
7. Secret Cinema: Moulin Rouge £204,200 (£3,474,112, 11, weeks)
8. Smurfs: The Lost Village £203,330 (£4,763,236, 5 weeks)
9. Baahubali: The Conclusion (Tamil) £194,522 (new release)
10. The Promise £178,388 (new release)
Chart copyright Rentrak
As anticipated, Marvel sequel Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 enjoyed a bumper opening weekend as it saw off the petrolheads of Fast & Furious 8, its £13m haul being more than double that of the first film. It now ranks as the second biggest opener of the year, just behind the all-conquering Beauty and the Beast. The Disney live-action flick also enjoyed a Bank Holiday boost to a total of £70m and now has the highest-grossing Harry Potter flick (that’s Deathly Hallows – Part 2, fact fans) in its sights as it continues to ascend the UK all-time top ten. Further down the chart, both the Hindi and Tamil-language versions of Bollywood blockbuster sequel Baahubali: The Conclusion proved more popular than the poorly received The Promise. Outside the top ten, Lady Macbeth is doing a roaring trade on a relatively small number of screens, crossover hit Get Out is on the verge of breaking through the £10m barrier, and I Am Not your Negro is now officially the most successful documentary of the year.