Film / Box Office
Box Office Chart: January 18-21 2019
1. Glass £3,423,380 (new release)
2. Mary Queen of Scots £2,082,160 (new release)
3. Stan & Ollie £1,791,697 (£6,096,816, 2 weeks)
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4. Mary Poppins Returns £1,668,638 (£40,,699,643, 5 weeks)
5. The Favourite £1,337,885 (£11,137,384, 3 weeks)
6. Aquaman £721,417 (£21,441,716, 6 weeks)
7. Bumblebee £635,593 (£11,612,645, 4 weeks)
8. Bohemian Rhapsody £630,734 (£51,141,113, 13 weeks)
9. Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 £523,223 (£17,299,915, 8 weeks)
10. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse £502,544 (£9,294,314, 6 weeks)
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M. Night Shyamalan’s not-especially-cunning plan seems to have worked. By bringing together characters from two of his bigger hits – Unbreakable and Split – he hoped to enjoy an even bigger success with Glass. And sure enough, it easily topped the UK box office chart, opening 34% ahead of Split. Glass was probably helped by offering blessed popcorn blockbuster relief from all those worthy awards season flicks, as well as the fact that second-placed Mary Queen of Scots doesn’t seem to be doing quite as well as its gong-craving rivals Stan & Ollie and The Favourite. Other contenders are enjoying mixed fortunes too. A sharp drop in takings caused Colette to tumble out of the top ten, while Beautiful Boy failed to chart – despite doing okay-ish business. At the other end of the popularity scale, a couple of enduring crowd-pleasers reached big milestones this week, with Mary Poppins topping £40m and Bohemian Rhapsody powering through the £50m barrier.
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