The film was released into UK cinemas on 4th May 2016 where it easily hit the top of the box offie on its debut with a £14.4 million opening weekend, the 25th highest in the UK.
After an excellent 3 week run at the top the film started dropping, but it dropped hard and had a 7 week box office run in total.
During that time the film managed an excellent £36.7 million in total grosses making it the 60th top grossing film in the UK.
Globally, as is the norm with Marvel films, Civil War too £1.1 billion and is the 12th top grossing movie across the world.
The jungle Book falls after a couple of weeks at the top to number 2 this week but is still selling well.
Other new film this week are Florence Foster Jenkins at number 3, Thomas and Friends The Great Race at number 4 and further down Bruce Willis in Precious Cargo at 12.
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