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UK Box Office Analysis 23rd - 25th August 2019: Angel Has Fallen makes its debuts at the top with Scary Stories also entering high

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Angel Has Fallen
Threequel movie Angel Has Fallen makes its debut at the top of the UK box office while Scary Movie To Tell In The Dark makes a debut inside the top 5.

Angel Has Fallen

Landing at the top of the box office this weekend is the third in the action series starring Gerard Butler and Morgan Freeman.

The film takes a fairly respectable £2.11 Million over its debut weekend, this is lower than the last film London Has Fallen but about the same as the first film Olympus Has Fallen.

Once Upon A Time ... In Hollywood

Quentin Tarantino 9th film falls from the top spot into number 2 this weekend although it was a close call with the Hollywood history film taking £2.10 Million.

This pushes the films total UK gross to £12.7 Million after 2 weeks of release.

The Lion King

Disneys remake is still pulling in the audiences over the summer holidays and this week falls to 3 with a gross of £1.09 Million.

This takes the Jon Favreau directed movie to an excellent £69 Million after 6 weeks of release.

Fast & Furious Presents Hobbs And Shaw

The Fast & Furious film falls to number 4 this weekend with £634,421 on its 4th weekend of release.

This takes the Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham starring movie to a £12.8 Million total UK gross.

Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark

Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark

Second new entry inside the top 5, at 5, is the scare fest from director Andre Ovredal which takes £611,218 on its debut weekend.

Toy Story 4

Sitting at number 8 this week is the Pixar animated hit which is now 10 weeks into its box office run and has taken £62.5 Million.

This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films

  1. Angel Has Fallen - £2,122,408
  2. Once Upon a Time ... In Hollywood - £2,109,591
  3. The Lion King - £1,093,891
  4. Fast and Furious Presents Hobbs and Shaw - £634,421
  5. Scary Stories to Tell In the Dark - £611,218
  6. Dora and the Lost City of Gold - £488,100
  7. Crawl - £458,796
  8. Toy Story 4 - £448,391
  9. Good Boys - £346,495
  10. Casino Royale - £323,291
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