Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Spider-Man keeps Cameron Diaz comedy off the top spot at UK box office

The Other Woman, starring Cameron Diaz and Leslie Mann, replicates its US success but can't overtake superhero sequel The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Full week-by-week UK box office analysis

Despite dropping 45% from the previous weekend, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 had no problem holding on to the UK top spot, with second session takings of £3.37m and a gross to date of £16.54m. The film is behind the pace of the original The Amazing Spider-Man from summer 2012 that film stood at £18.85m after two weekends, although it benefited from one more day of play due to a more aggressive previews strategy. Thereafter, The Amazing Spider-Man faced much tougher competition than is the case this time, since The Dark Knight Rises crashed the party on the film's third weekend. For that reason, distributor Sony will be hoping that The Amazing Spider-Man 2 will now start decaying at a slower rate than its predecessor.

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Source: http://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2014/apr/29/the-amazing-spider-man-2-the-other-woman-uk-box-office

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