Film / Box Office
Box Office Chart: December 29-31 2017
1. Star Wars: The Last Jedi £7,975,174 (£68,263,774, 3 weeks)
2. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle £5,210,725 (£17,835,902, 2 weeks)
3. The Greatest Showman £4,754,049 (new release)
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4. Pitch Perfect 3 £2,322,065 (£8,887,440, 2 weeks)
5. Paddington 2 £1,884,062 (£37,567,705, 8 weeks)
6. Ferdinand £1,387,426 (£6,145,052, 2 weeks)
7. Daddy’s Home 2 £492,920 (£13,569,913, 6 weeks)
8. Tiger Zinda Hai £265,424 (£1,262,123, 2 weeks)
9. Wonder £160,396 (£4,294,199, 5 weeks)
10. Murder on the Orient Express £82,146 (£23,900,453, 9 weeks)
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi continues to lag around 30% behind The Force Awakens, but is about to become the UK’s highest grossing film released in 2017. Technically, however, it had taken ‘just’ £68m by the end of 2017, putting it a little behind last year’s box office champ Beauty and the Beast‘s £72m. In second place, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle continues to do a roaring trade after just two weeks on release and came pretty close to toppling the lightsaber brigade. This means we can probably expect Jumanji: Welcome Back to the Jungle in 2019 and Jumanji: Welcome Back to the Jungle Again in 2021. The Greatest Showman‘s bid to become this year’s La La Land seems unlikely to succeed, but that £4.7m opening is pretty strong given the stinky reviews. Meanwhile, Paddington 2 just keeps on going, with its takings now back up to the level its was enjoying a month ago.