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UK Box Office Analysis 26th - 28th July 2019: The Lion King still reigns at the top with Andre Rieu the highest new entry

UK Box Office Analysis 26th - 28th July 2019:  The Lion King still reigns at the top with Andre Rieu the highest new entry
The Lion King
With Disney's live action The Lion King remaining at the top of the UK box office there were no big new releases so André Rieu 2019 Maastricht Concert: Shall We Dance? Event Cinema showing came in as the highest new entry.

The Lion king

Remaining at the top of the UK box office this week is the live action movie remake from Disney which takes an amazing £10.6 Million on its 2nd weekend.

This puts the films total gross at £36.8 Million puts its above that of the original animation, although adjusted for inflation it is well behind, at the moment.

Toy Story 4

The Pixar animation sits at number 2 again this week with a gross of £2.5 Million after 6 weeks of release.

The film now has a total gross in the Uk of £51 Million easily putting it as the second highest of the year.

Spider-Man: Far From Home

Sony's MCU movie is at number 3 this week with £1.7 Million putting it at £30.5 Million for its total gross.

André Rieu 2019 Maastricht Concert: Shall We Dance?

André Rieu 2019 Maastricht Concert: Shall We Dance?

Always a popular pull on the Event Cinema scene the 2019 Maastricht Concert from André Rieu enters the box office at number 4 with £1.5 Million.

Yesterday

The Danny Boyle directed movie falls to 5 this week with £613,000 over the weekend pushing its total to £11 Million after 5 weeks.

Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans

May a bit of a disappointment the movie version of popular childrens TV show Horrible Histories enters at 6 this week with £609,490.

Rocketman

Rocketman

Maybe making its last appearence on the box office this week the Elton John fantasy Bio-Pic falls to number 15 after 10 weeks with a total gross of £24.4 Million.

This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films

  1. The Lion King - £10,660,287
  2. Toy Story 4 - £2,525,047
  3. Spider-Man: Far From Home - £1,714,153
  4. André Rieu 2019 Maastricht Concert: Shall We Dance?? - £1,492,154
  5. Yesterday - £613,000
  6. Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans - £609,490
  7. Annabelle Comes Home - £496,373
  8. The Current War - £454,676
  9. Casino Royale - £361,831
  10. Aladdin - £179,492
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