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There is still no sign of any movies grossing anywhere near the million pound mark in a single weekend but the country is not that far away now from the first major cinema event in nearly 6 months.
Here is the top 5 movies in the UK 7th - 9th August 2020.
Russell Crowe stars in director Derrick Borte movie about a driver who goes a bit off the rails when bumped in his car by an innocent driver, the movie take a little less than on its debut last week with a £115.1K gross over the weekend.
This takes the movies total to £440.8K over its 2 weeks of release.
Disney's Onward is still in the number 2 position and has been the one staple on the box office before and after the pandemic closures.
This weekend the movie takes £46.5K which pushes the movies total gross after 9 weeks on the box office to £5.8 Million.
Alexs Stadermann's animated tale of a family of werewolves stays put at number 3 this week with £42.5K over the weekend and £128.5K over its 2 weeks of release.
Highest new movie of the week is the latest comedy/drama starring Seth Rogen who has a duel role in the film when a man meets his relative thats been pickled for 100 years.
The movie takes £27.7K over the week and makes its debut at number 4.
The 40 year old Star Wars sequel falls to number 5 this week with a weekend gross of £27.6K, it has spent a total of 44 weeks on the chart since its 1980 release and has taken £22.9 Million.
For fun the movie has sold since release in the region of 11 million cinema tickets in the UK and adjusted for inflation if release today would have made about £80.2 Million.
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