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A second weekend gross of £12.3 million for Beauty and The Beast is something most films would be happy to have as their debut weekend gross and would be in the top 100 highest grossers.
This brings the films total gross over 10 days to nearly £40 million and makes it the top grossing film of the year so far, overtaking La La Land.
With this type of momentum there is a chance it could end up being the top film of the year, although there are some big hitters coming later and a massive film at the tend of the year.
Power Rangers make their debut at number 2 this week in their revamped, re-booted, big budget incarnation to the tune of £1.5 million.
There was one other Power Rangers movie, back in 1995, based on the TV show it had the full title of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers The Movie and debuted in the UK to the tune of £1.3 million.
If we take inflation into account the 1995 film did far better and would today have debuted to the tune of £3.2 million.
Worth noting is that if the chart were counted for the whole week rather than just Friday - Sunday Power Rangers would have been at number 5 this week.
Also new this week is The Lost City of Z debuting at 7 with £0.28 million and CHiPs at number 8 with £0.2 million.
Longest running film this week is The Lego Batman Movie which has been around now for 7 weeks and the top grossing movie, after just 10 days is Beauty and The Beast.
Historical Chart's
A Year Ago - Batman V Superman Dawn of Justice made its long awaited debut a the top of the box office knocking King Fu Panda to number 3.
Five Years Ago - The first of The Hunger Games movies was unleashed on the world and hit the top on its debut weekend, it knocked The Devil Inside down to number 4.
Ten Years Ago - Zack Snyder brought us his big screen cinematic style in 300 which debuted at the top knocking Norbit down to number 4.
Fifteen Years Ago - Ali G Indahouse made its debut at the top of the box office, it knocked Ocean�s Eleven down to number 3 after 5 weeks on top.
Twenty Years Ago - The speacial edition of Star Wars made its debut at the top of the UK box office, it knocked The English Patient down to number 2.
Twenty Five Years Ago - Cape fear remained at the top for a third weekend, it kept off Bugsy which debuted at number 2.
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