‘Migration’ Continues Soaring at U.K., Ireland Box Office as ‘The Iron Claw’ Makes Strong Debut
13.02.2024 - 16:41
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Naman Ramachandran Universal’s “Migration” stayed atop the U.K. and Ireland box office for the second consecutive week with £2.4 million ($3.1 million), according to numbers from Comscore. The global hit animation now has a total of £6.6 million in the territory.
Another Universal title, “Argylle,” stayed in second place for the second weekend in a row with £994,542 for a total of £3.7 million. Lionsgate’s “The Iron Claw” made a strong debut in third position with £754,152. In its third weekend, in fourth place, Disney’s “All of Us Strangers” collected £510,035 for a total of £3.7 million.
Rounding off the top five was Trafalgar Releasing’s “Peppa’s Cinema Party” that debuted with £490,779. The re-release of Warner Bros.’ “Dune,” ahead of the release of “Dune 2” on March 1, earned £335,657 in 10th position. Coming up, there are several releases midweek on Feb.
14, Valentine’s Day. Picturehouse Entertainment is opening Trần Anh Hùng’s French culinary romance “The Taste of Things,” starring Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel. From Paramount comes “Bob Marley: One Love,” starring Kingsley Ben-Adir, Lashana Lynch and James Norton, while CinemaLive is screening “My Favorite Things – The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary.” A day later, on Feb.
15, Yash Raj Films is releasing hit Malayalam-language youthful romantic comedy “Premalu.” The day also sees the Dreamz Entertainment release of another Malayalam-language film, the highly anticipated horror-thriller “Bramayugam,” headlined by superstar Mammootty. On the Friday, Sovereign is opening Viggo Mortensen-starring “Eureka,” which debuted at Cannes 2023. Icon is debuting Venice and Toronto title “The Promised Land,” for which lead Mads Mikkelsen won best actor at the 2023
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