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UK Box Office Weekend Report 2nd - 4th March 2018: Black Panther still dominates after 3 weeks beating Red Sparrow on its debut

UK Box Office Weekend Report 2nd - 4th March 2018:  Black Panther still dominates after 3 weeks beating Red Sparrow on its debut
Black Panther
Still showing its dominance on the UK box office is the Marvel titan Black Panther which tops the chart for a third straight weekend beating Red Sparrow which makes its debut. Black Panther

Now in its 3rd week of release the film still manages to take over £3 million which brings the films total UK gross to just over £35 million.

The film is on track to be the second or third biggest Marvel film in the UK as its tracking slightly behind Avengers Assemble and Avengers: Age of Ultron.

Highest new film of the week is the Jennifer Lawrence vehicle Red Sparrow which enters at number 2 with a gross of £1.8 million.

Still hitting the top 5 after 10 weeks of release which is simply incredible is The Greatest Showman.

The film takes £1.2 million from the weekend which pushes its UK gross to £35.2 million, it is second to Black Panther at the top grossing film of 2018.

Red Sparrow

Game Night makes its debut at number 4 this week with just over a million for the weekend and finishing off the top 5 is Lady Bird.

This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films

  1. Black Panther - £3,736,954
  2. Red Sparrow - £1,843,124
  3. The Greatest Showman - £1,239,069
  4. Game Night - £1,094,478
  5. Lady Bird - £926,935
  6. Kobiety Mafii - £570,540
  7. Coco - £556,898
  8. I, Tonya - £547,455
  9. Finding Your Feet - £465,621
  10. The Shape of Water - £418,969
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