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UK Box Office Weekend Report 28th February - 1st March 2020: The Invisible Man makes its debut at the top of the box office with £2 Million while Dark Waters also makes its debut high

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The Invisible Man
The UK box office has a change at the top as director Leigh Whannell's take on The Invisible Man knocks Sonic The Hedgehog from the top while true life thriller Dark Waters makes its debut at number 4.

The Invisible Man

Starring Elisabeth Moss this monster movie makes its debut at the top of the UK box office with a weekend gross of £2.1 Million.

Contributing to the surprise success is the very positive reviews from both critics and public alike.

We can expect this movie to continue to do well over the coming weeks especially as the only competition coming up is the Pixar movie Onward which is aimed at a totally different demographic.

Sonic The Hedgehog

The Jim Carrey starring film falls from the top to number 2 this week with a weekend gross of £1.9 Million.

This takes the movies total UK gross to £17.2 Million making it not only one of the most successful video game adaptation but by far the top Jim Carrey film in 10 years.

Parasite

The South Korean Oscar darling remains at number 3 this week with a take of £1 Million taking its total gross in the UK to £10.3 Million after 4 weeks of release.

Dark Waters

Dark Waters

Making its debut at number 4 this week of this Todd Haynes directed drama starring Mark Ruffalo which takes £860,942 over its first weekend.

Dolittle

Robert Downey Jr. take on the man who walks and talks with animals falls to number 5 this week with £837,444 taking the films total gross to £15.1 Million after 4 weeks.

1917

The World War drama is the top total grossing film this week with £42.8 Million and the longerst running film on the chart this week with 8 weeks.

This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films

  1. The Invisible Man - £2,163,797
  2. Sonic the Hedgehog - £1,937,938
  3. Parasite - £1,047,024
  4. Dark Waters - £860,942
  5. Dolittle - £837,444
  6. Emma. - £678,531
  7. 1917 - £608,202
  8. The Call of the Wild - £507,281
  9. Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) - £358,436
  10. Bad Boys For Life - £249,691
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