Film / Box Office
Box Office Chart: May 5-7, 2017
1. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 £6,097,082 (£27,419,501, 2 weeks)
2. A Dog’s Purpose £1,300,097 (new release)
3. Fast & Furious 8 £817,596 (£28,124,754, 4 weeks)
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4. The Boss Baby £663,776 (£25,647,161, 5 weeks)
5. Beauty and the Beast £418,813 (£71,180,862, 8 weeks)
6. Sleepless £369,135 (new release)
7. Their Finest £325,717 (£3,247,805, 3 weeks)
8. Mindhorn £280,483 (new release)
9. Unlocked £258,452 (new release)
10. Baahubali: The Conclusion (Hindi) £183,913 (£601,408, 2 weeks)
Chart copyright Rentrak
The space critters of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 comfortably held off the challenge from the sentimentalised pooches of A Dog’s Purpose, but are certain to be blown away by those more malevolent xenomorphs of Alien: Covenant next week. Vol. 2 is on course to overtake the first film and currently ranks as the sixth most successful Marvel film in the UK. Elsewhere, it was a fairly quiet week on the chart, with none of the other major new releases managing to drum up much interest. But indie comedy Mindhorn is doing a roaring trade on a relatively small number of screens, taking more than the big-budget thriller Unlocked managed from a saturation release. The film with the most staying power, however, is Lady Macbeth, which recorded a tiddly decline in takings during its second weekend and has now amassed nearly half-a-million quid from just 113 cinemas.