Universal’s movie The Fall Guy made a strong entrance at the U.K. and Ireland box office, claiming the top spot with earnings of £3.5 million ($4.5 million), as per Comscore. Disney’s rerelease of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace for its 25th anniversary followed closely in second place, with a debut gross of £1.1 million.
This, when combined with the £56.4 million earned since its original 1999 release, puts it neck-and-neck with Joker at the 30th spot in the region’s all-time box office rankings.
Challengers, a Warner Bros. film led by Zendaya, dropped to third place in its second weekend with £986,885, totaling £3.6 million overall. Studiocanal’s Back to Black held fourth place with £770,973, bringing its four-week earnings to £10.5 million. Universal’s Kung Fu Panda 4 secured fifth place, collecting £562,704 in its sixth weekend for a cumulative total of £20.4 million.
Sony’s new release Tarot entered the chart in sixth place with £509,181, while Lionsgate’s Love Lies Bleeding debuted in eighth with £309,613.
Disney will soon be launching Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, the latest entry in the long-running franchise, on May 9. Several other movies will also be released this Friday, including The Almond and the Seahorse by Picnik Entertainment, which explores the effects of traumatic brain injuries.
Journeyman Pictures will unveil the documentary The Trust Fall: Julian Assange, while Altitude presents Made in England: The Films of Powell & Pressburger and Peccadillo Pictures introduces Cannes winner Our Mothers. Additionally, Curzon will release Cannes-featured La Chimera.
This weekend’s rereleases include the restored version of Drylongso (1998) from Tape Collective, the 30th-anniversary edition of Danny Boyle’s Shallow Grave from Park Circus, and Big Banana Feet, a restored documentary from 1976 that captures Billy Connolly’s live shows in Dublin and Belfast back in 1975. Source
