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UK Box Office Analysis January to June 2016

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Half of 2016 is over, were into the summer season at the box office, so what has happened during the first part of the year at the UK box office.

Like the rest of the work Disney has well and truly ruled, although on the strong superhero front although its Marvel who have dominated its not a Disney Marvel.

Oddly the highest grossing movie of the year so far is a 2015 release, Star Wars: The Force Awakens which has grossed £57 million in 2016.

Out of interest the film was the second highest grossing film in 2015 with a total gross of £65.9 million, the film has made a shed load of money.

Disney's live action version of The Jungle Book is the second highest grossing movie of the year so far with £45.6 million.

Now comes the superhero movie taking their turn.

The third highest grossing film of the year so far is a Marvel superhero movie but not a Disney one, Deadpool has taken £37.6 million.

Captain America Civil War is fourth with £36.4 million and maybe the biggest disappointment in terms of expectation is Batman V Superman Dawn of Justice which is the fifth top film of the year so far with £36.4 million.

The rest of the top 10 film of the year so far are, Zootopia, The Revenant, X-Men Apocalypse, Alvin and The Chipmunks The Road Chip and Daddys Home.

There are obviously some big films to come this year but with The Force Awakens so far ahead already will it really take another Star Wars film to challenge it?

This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films

  1. Star Wars: The Force Awakens - £10,304,562
  2. Daddy's Home - £2,908,358
  3. Joy - £1,519,936
  4. The Danish Girl - £1,376,191
  5. Snoopy and Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie - £1,296,199
  6. The Good Dinosaur - £849,828
  7. In the Heart of the Sea - £436,453
  8. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 - £352,830
  9. Spectre - £278,547
  10. Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale 2015 - £230,100
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