Film / Box Office
Box Office Chart: February 2-4 2018
1. The Greatest Showman £2,201,523 (£23,226,869, 6 weeks)
2. Coco £1,651,929 (£10,221,949, 3 weeks)
3. Darkest Hour £1,638,985 (£18,682,098, 4 weeks)
4. Early Man £1,502,262 (£3,928,482, 2 weeks)
5. Maze Runner: The Death Cure £1,350,666 (£4,321,683, 2 weeks)
6. Den of Thieves £1,082,560 (new release)
7. The Post £960,488 (£7,223,656, 3 weeks)
8. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri £884,478 (£9,435,132, 4 weeks)
9. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle £874,788 (£35,343,483, 7 weeks)
10. Phantom Thread £727,104 (new release)
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All the media chatter has been about awards season, but the latest big contender, Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread, had to settle for tenth place in the chart. It still did a lot better than Roman J. Israel, Esq, for which Denzel Washington was Oscar nominated as Best Actor. This flopped spectacularly at the UK box office, taking just £22,000 nationwide. Instead, as noted here a couple of weeks ago, the great British public are continuing flock in droves to a musical that was released on Boxing Day to what might be politely described as a somewhat muted critical response. Now, after six weeks on release, The Greatest Showman has jumped from fourth place to the top of the chart for the first time, with a remarkable 6% increase in takings as it powered through the £20m barrier. Expect much verbiage to be expended on this phenomenon. Should you wish to join in – or avoid like the plague, according to taste – you may wish to know that the singalong version of the film is scheduled for release in Bristol multiplexes from February 23. Elsewhere, there’s further good news for Aardman as Nick Park’s Early Man climbed a place, setting it up nicely to stage a major pocket money raid over half-term.
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