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UK Box Office Weekend Report 14th - 16th October 2016: Inferno makes its debut but its not enough to topple Girl on the Train from the top

UK Box Office Weekend Report 14th - 16th October 2016:  Inferno makes its debut but its not enough to topple Girl on the Train from the top
Inferno
With a new Tom Hanks film in cinemas and a Dan Brown adaptation at that it was assumed that The Girl On the Train would be a one week wonder, but Inferno was not strong enough.

The Emily Blunt starring movie makes it 2 weeks at the top with The Girl On the Train with a second weekend gross of £3.4 million.

This brings the total gross of the film in the UK to £13.6 million, if you compare this to last years Gone Girl it is actually head of that films £9 million after 2 weeks.

Inferno

Highest new entry of the week comes in at number 2 in the shape of Inferno from the book by Dan Brown and a sequel to The De Vinci Code and Angela and Demons.

Inferno makes in debut with £2.9 million which is the lowest of the series so far, The De Vinci Code and Angela and Demons made £9 million and £6 million respectively on their debuts.

Also new this week is Storks at number 3 and event movie Miss Saigon 25th Anniversary Performance which was a one off performance in Saturday night.

Longest running film this week is Finding Dory with 12 weeks, it is also the highest total grossing movie with £42 million, this is far higher that Finding Nemo even if you take inflated ticket prices into account.

This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films

  1. The Girl On the Train - £3,412,472
  2. Inferno - £2,970,026
  3. Storks - £2,247,038
  4. Miss Saigon 25th Anniversary Performance - £2,033,031
  5. Bridget Jones's Baby - £1,888,985
  6. Miss Peregrines Home For Peculiar Children - £1,313,861
  7. Deepwater Horizon - £456,456
  8. The Magnificent Seven - £212,000
  9. Finding Dory - £187,951
  10. American Honey - £175,383
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