UK Box Office Weekend Report 10th - 12th February 2012: The Woman In Black tops the UK box office on its debut weekend

By Robert Hyde • Published: 16th February 2012 • Total Views: 898

Quick Links

ADVERTISMENT

Daniel Radcliffe's first film after the Harry Potter franchise - The Woman In Black - opens in the top spot on its opening weekend, although the opening gross is nowhere near that of a Potter franchise it still takes £3,153,020 over the weekend.

Last year the animated film Gnomeo and Juliet took the top spot in its opening weekend with £2,945,627.

Five years ago Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore were at the top in their opening weekend when Music and Lyrics which took £1,929,058.

Ten years ago it was another new film at the top as Pixar's Monsters Inc. took a very respectable £9,200,257 during its opening weekend.

This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films

The Woman In Black - £3,153,020
The Muppets - £2,650,664
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace - £1,528,156
The Vow - £1,091,469
Chronicle - £1,024,583
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island - £902,857
The Descendants - £743,017
War Horse - £580,984
Jack and Jill - £521,925
Man On a Ledge - £419,979

See full chart

ABOUT:
Robert Hyde

Robert has been a film buff since he first visited the old Palace Cinema in High Wycome when he was young.

After working for Ritz Video Film Hire, later Blockbuster Express, it cemented his interest in film and gave him the drive to go to university with the intention of working in the industy.

6 years of college/university studying film and Culture and he decided to take a different path, so he taught himself to develop websites.

8 years at Amazon, 3 years at eBay, a year at PayPal and 6 years running his own digital marketing agency and here we are writing and developing saltypopcorn.co.uk.