Film / Box Office
Box Office Chart: October 19-21 2018
1. A Star is Born £2,883,000 (£14,874,834, 3 weeks)
2. Halloween £2,656,097 (new release)
3. Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween £2,119,165 (new release)
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4. Johnny English Strikes Again £1,681,394 (£10,973,138, 3 weeks)
5. Venom £1,568,433 (£16,652223, 3 weeks)
6. Smallfoot £1,427,000 (£4,332,853, 2 weeks)
7. First Man £1,324,867 (£5,115,235, 2 weeks)
8. Hunter Killer £368,082 (new release)
9. Metropolitan Opera Live: Samson et Dalila £176,889 (new release)
10. The House with a Clock in Its Walls £175,353 (£7,706,580, 5 weeks)
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A Star is Born just about held off the pre-Halloween challenge from, er, Halloween and its kiddie counterpart Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween to secure a second week at the top, though Freddie Mercury is likely to see off Cooper and Gaga next week. But regardless of the chart placings, it was an excellent weekend at the UK box office with each of the top seven films taking more than £1m. Generic thriller Hunter Killer was the loser, though audiences also seem to have tired of Michael Moore. Back in 2004, his career peak Fahrenheit 9/11 took £1.3m at 132 cinemas over its opening weekend to bag third place in the chart. Fahrenheit 11/9, by contrast, earned just £56,000 at 40 cinemas. Maybe punters just didn’t need to be told how awful Donald Trump is. Also struggling to find its (yoof) audience was Brit ‘battle rap’ drama VS., which took less than £9,000 nationwide.
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