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UK Box Office Weekend 4th August 2017: Dunkirk stays on top for a third weekend keeping The Emoji Movie to debut at two

UK Box Office Weekend 4th August 2017:  Dunkirk stays on top for a third weekend keeping The Emoji Movie to debut at two
The Emoji Movie
Still selling enough tickets to keep it on top for a third week is Dunkirk which holds off a strong debut from The Emoji Movie.

War film Dunkirk from director Christopher Nolan keeps pulling in the punters and stays on top for an incredible third weekend with a gross of £4.6 million.

This brings the films total to £28 million with no sign of slowing down yet, and with a weak load of new releases next week we could see a fourth weekend on top.

Coming in at number 2 this week is The Emoji Movie which takes a very good £2.7 million on its debut.

With the summer holidays in full swing this is a timely release and it could mean the film stays in the upper reaches of the chart for a while to come.

Big budget movie Valerian and The City of A Thousand Planets from Luc Besson should have been a massive hit but we have a bit of a flop on our hands as the film debuts at number 3 with £1.8 million.

With 6 weeks on the chart Baby Driver is this week longest running film and with nearly £40 million in total grosses Despicable Me 3 is the highest total grossing film.

Historical Chart's

A Year Ago - This time last year the excellent Suicide Squad debuted at the top knocking off Finding Dory after a single week at the top.

Five Years Ago - Ted from Seth Mcfarlane made its debut at the top knocking The Dark Knight Rises down to number 2 after a couple of weeks on top.

Ten Years Ago - The Simpsons Movie held on to the top of the box office while top new film Evan Almighty made its debut at number 4.

Fifteen Years Ago - Men in Black II made its debut at the top knocking off Austin Powers in Goldmember from the top after a single week.

Twenty Years Ago - The first Men in Black film made its debut at the top of the UK box office knocking The Lost World: Jurassic park down to number 3 after 2 weeks on top.

Twenty Five Years Ago - Far and Away with Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman was the top film of the week, it knocked Universal Soldier down to 2 after a week on top.

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