Spotlight, the winner of the Best Picture gong at last Monday’s Oscars saw its box office takings double on the previous weekend, while British film The Lady in the Van enjoyed a strong opening weekend.
The new release, based on a biographical play by Alan Bennett about an eccentric woman who lived in a van on his driveway for 15 years, took $2.077m on its opening weekend on 266 screens.
It still could not touch Marvel Comics’ Deadpool, which took $2.5m on 407 screens to stay at the top of the box office – with takings now topping $37m.
Oscar winner Spotlight, a hard-hitting film about a team of journalists investigating widespread child abuse in the Catholic Church, took $454,815 over the weekend on 176 screens – up from $233,963 on 159 screens the previous weekend.
Rebel Wilson’s How to Be Single slipped to third place with $1.317m on 265 screens, with a total take of $8.098m, while Coen Brothers’ film Hail, Caesar! slipped to $675,091 on 248 screens on its second week.
Another new release, Triple 9, about a group of criminals planning their biggest heist, took $454,001 on 145 screens.
|
| Title (Distributor) |
Weekend B/O |
Screens |
Total B/O |
|
Deadpool (Fox)
|
$2,556,624 |
407 |
$37,235,734 |
|
The Lady In The Van (Sony)
|
$2,077,445 |
266 |
$2,208,857 |
|
How To Be Single (Wb)
|
$1,317,245 |
265 |
$8,098,655 |
|
Hail, Caesar! (Universal)
|
$675,091 |
248 |
$2,548,854 |
|
Gods Of Egypt (Eone)
|
$552,301 |
200 |
$1,732,287 |
|
Spotlight (Eone)
|
$454,815 |
176 |
$4,358,016 |
|
Triple 9 (Roadshow)
|
$454,001 |
145 |
$466,403 |
|
Brooklyn (Transmission)
|
$419,196 |
185 |
$4,612,817 |
|
Ride Along 2 (Universal)
|
$319,960 |
173 |
$2,606,647 |
|
The Revenant (Fox)
|
$316,652 |
147 |
$19,550,179 |
|
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi (Paramount)
|
$254,207 |
170 |
$1,096,046 |
|
The Finest Hours (Disney)
|
$237,858 |
183 |
$237,858 |
|
Zoolander 2 (Paramount)
|
$227,204 |
190 |
$6,840,510 |
|
The Lion King (Bvi)
|
$160,220 |
70 |
$27,267,400 |
|
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Disney)
|
$113,684 |
57 |
$93,607,048 |
|
The Big Short (Paramount)
|
$106,573 |
59 |
$7,251,601 |
|
The Mermaid (Sony)
|
$97,307 |
19 |
$1,133,489 |
|
The Boy And The Best (Madman)
|
$89,001 |
41 |
$89,001 |
|
45 Years (Madman)
|
$78,748 |
44 |
$687,669 |
|
Three Wise Cousins (Ms21 Films)
|
$62,380 |
17 |
$672,407 |