Pixar’s Onward Leads U.K. Box Office with £49K

Pixar’s Onward topped the U.K. box office this weekend, for the second time in the three weekends that cinemas have been allowed to reopen.

The film led on the July 3-5 frame—the first weekend U.K. cinemas could open their doors after the Covid-19 shutdown—with £21,626. It then rose +62.2 percent to £35,086 from July 10-12, despite falling to second place behind a re-release of 1980’s Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back with £50,406.

In its third weekend back in U.K. cinemas, Onward regained the lead with another +40.4 percent increase to £49,271. Empire fell to second place, declining -33.8 percent to £33,343. 

For comparison, Onward led the U.K. box office over its original March 6-8 debut with £3,419,500 and again on March 13-15 with £1,272,748. The latter weekend was the last in which the nation’s cinemas were still largely open.

Onward is gradually increasing its presence in the market after the restart, reopening at 47 sites, followed by 95 in last weekend’s tally, to 123 in its latest frame. The animated title had played across 632 and 636 sites in its two March weekends before Covid-19 closures. Empire similarly increased from 101 to 115 cinemas.

The weekend’s top 15 films actually declined -10.5 percent versus last weekend, from £264,645 to £241,931. The top 15 films were down -99 percent versus this same weekend last year, when The Lion King led with £16,671,765.

Of the top 15 films this weekend, seven were originally released within the past year, while eight were older.

Of the top 15 films this weekend, 13 were from the U.S, one was from Australia (action thriller Black Water: Abyss, ranking fourth), one was from Denmark (animated fantasy Dreambuilders, ranking sixth).

The three The Lord of the Rings films will be re-released in the U.K. next weekend.

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Rank	Film	Weekend Gross	Distributor	Number of cinemas	Average
1	Onward	£               49,271	Disney	123	£                    401
2	Star Wars: Episode V – Empire Strikes Back [1980]	£               33,343	20th Century Fox	115	£                    290
3	Trolls World Tour	£               23,454	Universal	88	£                    267
4	Black Water: Abyss	£               16,093	Altitude	86	£                    187
5	Dirty Dancing [1987]	£               14,398	Lionsgate	39	£                    369
6	Dreambuilders	£               12,407	Signature Entertainment	51	£                    243
7	Knives Out	£               11,624	Lionsgate	4	£                 2,906
8	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets [2002]	£               11,130	Warner Bros	61	£                    182
9	A Star is Born [2018]	£               10,936	Warner Bros	51	£                    214
10	Sonic The Hedgehog	£               10,911	Paramount	74	£                    147
11	The Dark Knight [2008]	£               10,159	Warner Bros	43	£                    236
12	Pulp Fiction [1994]	£               10,148	Park Circus	7	£                 1,450
13	Reservoir Dogs [1992]	£                 9,854	Lionsgate	15	£                    657
14	The Invisible Man	£                 9,437	Universal	31	£                    304
15	Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone [2001]	£                 8,766	Warner Bros	48	£                    183

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