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UK Box Office Results Weekending 26th February 2015: Deadpool stays while Grimsby is highest new film

UK Box Office Results Weekending 26th February 2015:  Deadpool stays while Grimsby is highest new film
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Making it a cool 3 weeks in a row if Fox's Marvel superhero adaptation Deadpool, while the highest new film of the week enters at 2 in the shape of Grimsby.

A £2.9 million weekend is good enough to keep Deadpool at the top of the UK box office making it 3 weeks in a row now.

The big Marvel hit has now taken an incredible £31.1 million in the UK and is set to become one of Fox's biggest entries in their Marvel superhero cannon.

Highest new film of the week is Grimsby which enters the chart at number 2, maybe a little disappointing with all the press but the Sasha Baron Cohen film takes £1.9 million for the weekend.

For Cohen this is the lowest of all his film, Borat (or to give it a full title - Borat: Cultural Learnings of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan) is his highest with over £6 million on its debut.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens is still holding on in their and is one again the highest total grossing film of the week, not with £122.6 million.

Historical charts

A year ago - The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel made its debut at the top of the box office knocking Fifty Shades of Grey to second after a couple of weeks at the top.

Five years ago - Gnomeo and Juliet remained at the top for another week with I Am Number Four entering the highest at number 3.

Ten years ago - Date Movie was the highest new film knocking Disney's Chicken Little into the runner up spot.

Fifteen years ago - Hannibal remain at the top of the box office, and in an unusual move the highest new film of the week was at number 6 with Finding Forrester.

Twenty years ago - There was an all new top 3 headed by Sense and Sensibility, Jumanji fell to number 4.

Twenty five years ago - Dances With Wolves remained at the top for another week after its Oscar glory with Pacific Heights the highest new film at number 2.

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