Disney blockbuster “Inside Out 2” led the U.K. and Ireland box office for the fourth consecutive weekend with £5.1 million ($6.5 million). It now has a running total of £40 million, taking it past Warner Bros.’ “Dune: Part Two” to become the year’s highest-grossing film in the region. It also surpassed the lifetime box office of 2015’s “Inside Out.”
Paramount’s “A Quiet Place: Day One” held onto second place in its sophomore frame, earning £1.6 million and bringing its cumulative total to £6.1 million. “Bad Boys: Ride or Die” from Sony rounded out the top three in its fifth week, adding £446,578 to reach a total of £11 million.
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Universal’s horror entry “MaXXXine” debuted at No. 4 with £388,043, while the studio’s “The Bikeriders” dropped to fifth place in its third week, collecting £374,066 for a total of £3.1 million.
Indian sci-fi epic “Kalki 2898 AD” from Dreamz Entertainment landed at sixth with £187,610 in its second week, pushing its total to £1.2 million.
Sony’s “The Garfield Movie” continued to perform in its seventh week, securing seventh place with £183,490 and a cumulative gross of £8.5 million.
Rounding out the top 10 were Disney’s “Kinds of Kindness” (£166,842), Paramount’s “IF” (£139,139), and Punjabi-language romantic comedy “Jatt & Juliet 3” (£124,954) for totals of £736,271, £12 million and £527,024respectively.
Looking ahead, the U.K. and Ireland box office is set for an influx of new releases. Universal’s “Despicable Me 4,” featuring the voices of Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig and Will Ferrell, is slated to open in over 300 locations on July 12.
Also premiering on that day is Sony’s high-profile romantic comedy “Fly Me to the Moon,” starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum, and “Longlegs,” a thriller starring Nicolas Cage and Maika Monroe.
Several more releases are on the horizon. “Hundreds of Beavers” from Lightbulb Film Distribution will open on July 9. In this 19th century, supernatural winter epic, a drunken applejack salesman aims to become North America’s greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers.
The Friday will see the launch of Brain One’s “Eno,” a documentary about musician Brian Eno featuring David Bowie, Bono and David Byrne. Dogwoof is opening Bhutan-set Sundance-bowing documentary “Agent of Happiness.” Meanwhile, Warner Bros.’ “The Commandant’s Shadow,” the documentary that tells the true story behind the Holocaust horror explored in “The Zone of Interest,” will also debut in more than 100 cinemas. French nature documentary “Heart of an Oak” from Icon Film Distribution is also bowing.
Horror fans could thrill to Altitude’s “In a Violent Nature,” scheduled to open in over 100 locations. Other notable releases include Curzon’s Cannes-debuting Korean mystery-horror “Sleep” and Other Parties Film Company’s 4K restoration of the 1971 film “Bushman,” directed by David Schickele, where a Nigerian student in 1968 San Francisco experiences clashing cultures.
