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UK Box Office Analysis 17th - 19th May 2019: John Wick debuts at number 1 knocking Pokemon to number 2 after a week at the top

UK Box Office Analysis 17th - 19th May 2019:  John Wick debuts at number 1 knocking Pokemon to number 2 after a week at the top
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
The John Wick series of films has gained more popularity as each film has been released and this week the series reaches its pinacle as John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum makes its debut at the top.

Paw Patrol: Mighty Pups

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

Starring Keanu Reeves the high octane action movie hits the ground running and makes its debut at the top of the UK box office on its debut weekend of release.

The film, directed by Chad Stahelski, makes its debut with a weekend gross of £3.6 million which is by far a series high.

Pokémon: Detective Pikachu

The live action film starring Ryan Reynolds as the voice of Pikachu, which made its debut last weekend at the top falls to 2 this week with a £2.7 million gross.

This pushes the films total to a non too shabby £8.9 million after 2 weeks of release.

Avengers: Endgame

The Marvel mega hit falls to 3 this week but still has a fantastic weekend gross of £2.2 million after 4 weeks of release.

The film now has an amazing total UK gross of £83.9 million which makes it the fourth highest grossing UK film ever, its now £10 million behind Avatar at number 4 which it may not get to.

Dumbo

The Hustle

The con artist movie falls to 4 this week with a second weekend gross of £793,328 pushing its total to £2.3 million.

Paw Patrol: Mighty Pups

Making its debut at number 5 this week is the Nickelodeon TV show which transitions to the big screen and makes £521,504 on its debut.

Dumbo

Longest chart run this week is the live action Dumbo which has now been around for 8 weeks and has taken £24.7 million.

This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films

  1. John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum - £3,562,524
  2. Pokémon Detective Pikachu - £2,718,116
  3. Avengers: Endgame - £2,232,115
  4. The Hustle - £793,328
  5. PAW Patrol: Mighty Pups - £521,504
  6. Long Shot - £220,008
  7. Dumbo - £170,126
  8. Amazing Grace - £124,173
  9. Tolkien - £119,683
  10. The Curse of La Llorona - £114,232
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