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UK Box Office Analysis Weekend 29th - 31st March 2019: Dumbo from Disney debuts at the top with 6 million opening weekend

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Dumbo
Disney continue their run of live action movie re-images of classic cartoons with Dumbo which makes its box office debut at the top this weekend.

Captain Marvel

Dumbo

Tim Burton brings his unique style to the live action movie and charms audiences but leaves critics less than thrilled with the re-telling of the classic tale.

The films makes its UK debut with a healthy £6 million debut which makes it already the 16th top grossing film of 2019.

Captain Marvel

Four weeks on and the Marvel super hero movie is at number 2 with a weekend gross of £1.7 million.

This brings the films total Uk gross to £32.5 million and is, for the moment, the top grossing film of 2019.

Us

Jordan Peele's horror film missed out on the top spot last week and falls to 3 this week with £1.7 million pushing its total to £6 million.

Fishermans Friends

The British comedy falls to 4 this week but the film has had a successful run at the box office, this week it takes £629,247.

This takes the films total gross to £4.8 million after 3 weeks and should pass £5 million by next weekend.

What Men Want

Finally in the top 5 is the American comedy which takes £300,641 on its third weekend of release taking its total to £2.5 million.

Green Book

The Oscar winning movie has probably had the best run on the box office post ceremony and this week spends its 9th weekend on the box office with £95,129 and a £9.8 million total.

It should pass £10 million before it finishes its UK box office run.

This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films

  1. Dumbo - £6,076,779
  2. Captain Marvel - £1,770,433
  3. Us - £1,692,205
  4. Fisherman's Friends - £629,247
  5. What Men Want - £300,641
  6. Fighting With My Family - £188,930
  7. Die Walküre: ROH London 2019 Opera - £176,277
  8. Lucifer - £147,682
  9. The White Crow - £143,585
  10. The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part - £140,519
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