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UK Box Office Weekend Report 3rd - 5th January 2014: American Hustle climbs to number 1 after going wide in the UK

UK Box Office Weekend Report 3rd - 5th January 2014:  American Hustle climbs to number 1 after going wide in the UK
American Hustle
American Hustle After a limited early release for 2 weeks in the UK the critically acclaimed movie American Hustle tops the UK box office on its 3rd weekend.

Ending the 3 week run at the top for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, American Hustle takes over with a weekend box office gross of £3.4 million.

Falling to number 2 in a very close race is The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, which takes £3.2 million on its fourth weekend.

The hit Disney movie Frozen is still inside the top three for another weekend as the movie takes nearly £3 Million on its 5th weekend of release.

Highest new film of the weekend is the veteran starring movie Last Vegas which boasts a cast including Micheal Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Klein, it takes £1.8 million on its debut.

Last Vegas

This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films

  1. American Hustle - £3,467,644
  2. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - £3,200,972
  3. Frozen - £2,922,721
  4. Last Vegas - £1,811,695
  5. Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones - £1,584,354
  6. Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues - £1,543,091
  7. Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom - £1,472,500
  8. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty - £1,184,474
  9. Walking With Dinosaurs - £757,637
  10. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - £538,493
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