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UK Box Office Analysis Weekend 5th - 7th April 2019: Shazam! makes its box office debut at the top with a 4 million pound opening weekend

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Shazam!
Two major new releases made their debuts on the UK box office this weekend as Shazam! from the Warner Bros. DC Universe stable did good business and horror film Pet Sematary did OK!

Pet Samatary

Shazam!

Making its debut at the top of the Uk box office Shazam! makes a good £4 million debut, lower than other super hero movies but for a little known character not bad.

In comparison it is lower than recent origin films Wonder Woman , Aquaman and Captain Marvel but about the same as Marvels Ant-Man who was similarly fairly unknown.

Dumbo

Dumbo falls into second place on its second weekend of release with the Tim Burton movie taking £3.5 million over the weekend pushing its total UK gross to £12 million.

Pet Sematary

A new adaptation of Stephen Kings horror novel enters the box office at number 3 this week with £1.5 million, perhaps a little lower than expected considering the hype.

The original adaptation took half a million pound on its debut in 1989 which adjusted for inflation is about £1.5 million, the same, that film went on to make £1 million (£3 million adjusted) so expect similar from this version.

Captain Marvel

The Brie Larson and Samuel L. Jackson starring movie takes £1.2 million on its 5th weekend of release pushing its total UK gross to £34.6 million.

With a high turnaround on the charts at the moment the films is not only the highest grossing movie on the UK top 15 but also the longest running film on the charts at 5 weeks.

Peppa Pig: Festival Of Fun

One for the kids at number 5 this week as Peppa Pig returns to the box office for the first time since 2017 where it takes just under a million pound on its debut.

This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films

  1. Shazam! - £4,067,068
  2. Dumbo - £3,508,551
  3. Pet Sematary - £1,554,881
  4. Captain Marvel - £1,156,476
  5. Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun - £982,617
  6. Us - £931,089
  7. Missing Link - £644,649
  8. Fisherman's Friends - £391,995
  9. The Sisters Brother's - £253,187
  10. What Men Want - £138,001
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