‘Spider-Man’ Perches Atop U.K. Box Office, ‘Scream’ Scares Up Strong debut
variety.comNaman Ramachandran Sony’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home” spent a fifth consecutive weekend at the top of the U.K. and Ireland box office, collecting £3.2 million ($4.3 million), according to numbers provided by Comscore.With a mighty total of £84.1 million ($114.2 million), “Spider-Man” has swung past “Titanic” (£80.2 million) and “Star Wars: The Last Jedi (£82.7) to claim seventh position in the all time U.K.
and Ireland box office chart and now has its sights set on the sixth position held by “Avengers: Endgame” (£88.7 million).Paramount’s horror reboot “Scream” debuted in second place with a strong £2.4 million.
In its third weekend, Disney prequel “The King’s Man” collected £627,445 in third place and now has a total of £6.4 million.
In its sixth weekend, eOne’s “Clifford The Big Red Dog” took £525,107 in fourth place and now has £7.9 million.Rounding off the top five was Universal’s “Licorice Pizza” with £393,988 and has now collected £1.5 million.Over the upcoming weekend are Kenneth Branagh’s much-nominated awards season darling “Belfast,” with a cast that includes Jamie Dornan and Judi Dench, from Universal, and Guillermo del Toro’s thriller “Nightmare Alley,” with an all-star cast featuring Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Rooney Mara, Ron Perlman, Mary Steenburgen, and David Strathairn, from Disney.
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