‘The Conjuring,’ ‘Peter Rabbit 2’ Lead U.K. Box Office, ‘Cruella’ Opens in Third Place

variety.com:

Naman Ramachandran Warner Bros.’ chiller “The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It” topped the box office with £2,708,455 ($3,839,694) in its opening week as the U.K.

basked in late May sunshine and a long bank holiday weekend.The good weather that traditionally keeps audiences outdoors did not appear to have a detrimental effect on the box office, with Sony’s family-friendly “Peter Rabbit 2” scoring £2,045,999 in its second week in second place, according to numbers released by Comscore.However, if going purely by weekend numbers, “Peter Rabbit 2” collected £2 million, a shade over the £1.9 million taken by “The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It.”“Peter Rabbit 2” has now collected more than £7,484,061 in the U.K.