The Martian was released to great reviews on 2nd October 2015 where it entered the UK box office at number 1 where it stayed for a couple of weeks.
It spent a respectable 8 weeks on the box office top 15 an slipped out of the charts at the very beginning of this year where is spent a couple of extra weeks.
The film is the 136th highest grossing film in the UK having make a total gross of £23.5 million and it is the 104th highest grossing film in the world with a total gross of $598.8 million.
It is Ridley Scotts 3rd best film and Matt Damon's second best film in the UK.
Legend falls from the top of the chart into second position this week.
Also new on the chart is: Pan at number 3 and The Lobster at number 16.
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