Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Moana 2’ Paddles to U.K., Ireland Box Office Crown as ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ Looms

Disney's Moana topped the UK and Ireland box office charts for the third week in a row with £3.6 million ($4.5 million) for a total of £26.4 million ($33.5 million). 

Universal's Wicked maintained second place with £3.4 million in its fourth weekend, bringing its total to £43.6 million. Paramount's Gladiator 2 rounded out the top three with £918,256 for a five-week total of £28.4 million. StudioCanal's Paddington maintained fourth place with £821,657 and a six-week total of £30.2 million. 

Sony's new film Kraven the Hunter started in fifth place with £686,806. Black Bear's Conclave came in sixth with £554,970 in its third weekend, bringing its total to £4 million. Warner Bros' new film The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim was seventh with £483,583. 

Movie's Queer came in eighth with £293,040. Warner Bros' The Red One came in ninth with £259,405 in its sixth weekend, bringing its total to £7.7 million. AA Films UK's Pushpa 2 - The Rule rounded out the top ten with £207,347 in its second weekend, bringing its total to £1.6 million. 

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 Looking to the future, Trafalgar Releasing's special Royal Opera House event "Ivanov/Wright's Nutcracker" opens on Tuesday. Ahead of Christmas, Netflix's "Wallace & Gromit: The Revenge" hits cinemas in select areas on Wednesday, featuring voice actors Ben Whitehead, Peter Kay and Lauren Patel. 

A notable new release on Friday is Disney's long-awaited "Mufasa: The Lion King," which is expected to be a box office success. Also opening on Friday is Miracle Dazzler's animated film "Dolphin Boy," the story of a boy who survives a plane crash and is rescued by a wild young dolphin. 

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Films opening in India this Friday include Zee Studios International's Hindi action-drama "Vanvaas," starring Nana Patekar and Utkarsh Sharma, and Dreams Entertainment's Malayalam action film "Marco," a spinoff of 2019's "Mikael," starring Unni Mukundan. The film's antagonist 

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