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UK Box Office Analysis 29th November - 1st December 2019: Frozen II remains strong at the top with Knives Out making an impact at number 2

UK Box Office Analysis 29th November - 1st December 2019:  Frozen II remains strong at the top with Knives Out making an impact at number 2
Frozen II
With little competition Frozen II hangs on to the top spot for a second weekend while Knives Out makes its debut on the chart at 2 and lower down the re-boot of Charlies Angels makes its debit on the top 5.

Frozen II

Disney's sequel movie holds onto the top spot for a second weekend with a gross of an amazing £8.7 Million.

With an incredible second weekend this puts the films total UK gross to £27.3 Million, and with the UK Christmas holidays just around the corner this will go up considerably.

The movie managed to command 53% of the total taking of this weeks top 15 movie.

The film is beating the first movies gross at the same stage by some considerable amount, it is already the 9th highest grossing movie of 2019 and will go on to be one of the top 10 grossing movies ever in the UK.

Knives Out

Knives Out

Rian Johnsons first film since Star Wars: The Last Jedi has been met with glowing reviews and is the tip grossing movie of the week with a debut of £2.9 Million.

With such good reviews the film could hang around quite a while, an achievement for a low budget movie.

Last Christmas

Paul Feig's festive movie falls to 3 this weekend with a gross of £1.6 Million, the films has taken £9.9 Million after 3 weeks of release.

Blue Story

The film has been hit with much controversy with some cinema chains refusing to show the movie but the directorial debut from Andrew Onwubolu falls to 4 this week with £850,427 for a 2 week total of £2.9 Million.

Charlie's Angels

The Elizabeth Banks directed reboot of the '70's TV cop show makes its UK box office debut at number with a weekend gross os £547,004.

The movie has picked up some very positive reviews and its a surprise the film only entered at 5, the chances are the film wont get any higher and has been a flop around the globe so a sequel is looking unlikely.

Joker

The Joaquin Phoenix starring movie has the longest run on the UK box office with 9 weeks and is also the highest totla grossing film with £57.4 Million.

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