Film / Box Office
Box Office Chart: February 28-March 1 2020
1. The Invisible Man £2,163,798 (new release)
2. Sonic the Hedgehog £1,937,939 (£17,215,552, 3 weeks)
3. Parasite £1,047,024 (£10,361,508, 4 weeks)
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4. Dark Waters £860,942 (new release)
5. Dolittle £837,444 (£15,187,431, 4 weeks)
6. Emma £678,531 (£6,203,027, 3 weeks)
7. 1917 £608,202 (£42,847,234, 8 weeks)
8. The Call of the Wild £507,281 (£2,315,914, 2 weeks)
9. Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn £358,436 (£8,386,648, 4 weeks)
10. Bad Boys For Life £249,692 (£15,703,614, 7 weeks)
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The coronavirus might have sent wimpy old James Bond scurrying into self-isolation, but sturdy punters were still going to cinemas at the weekend. The Invisible Man materialised at the top of the chart in what is a pretty good result for Universal. Oscar winner Parasite remains the discerning punters’ arthouse choice and is on course to become the UK’s biggest foreign language release of all time next week. As if the popularity of Bong Joon-ho’s black comedy needed underlining, you’ll have noticed that the sniffy chattering class backlash is now in full swing. True-life pollution/courtroom drama Dark Waters was the second-highest new entry, encouragingly way ahead of the big flop: Disney’s Downhill, starring Will Ferrell, which failed to chart. Outside the top ten, Portrait of a Lady on Fire is doing well on a limited release, but there’s been comparatively little interest in True History of the Kelly Gang.
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