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.
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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 |