In the film, the Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy attempt to prevent Thanos from collecting the six all-powerful Infinity Stones as part of his quest to kill half of all life in the universe. Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo and written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, the film features an ensemble cast including Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Don Cheadle, Tom Holland, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Danai Gurira, Letitia Wright, Dave Bautista, Zoe Saldana, Josh Brolin, and Chris Pratt. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the sequel to The Avengers (2012) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), and the 19th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Rampage, £189,221 from 307 sites.Avengers: Infinity War is a 2018 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers. Blade Runner: The Final Cut – Secret Cinema, £230,016 from one site. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, £305,925 from 491 sites. Life of the Party, £618,311 from 449 sites (new)ĥ. Avengers: Infinity War, £5,706,170 from 636 sites. Alternatives this weekend include Lady Bird star Saoirse Ronan in On Chesil Beach, and the French indie-drama Jeune Femme. A cash bonanza is anticipated, one that should become even richer with the release on 24 May of Solo: A Star Wars Story. Cinema operators are instead focusing on today’s arrival of Deadpool 2. The indie scene: Lean on Pete and Beastĭespite the lack of commercially potent new releases, takings overall slid a relatively mild 12% from the previous session, and they are up 3% on the equivalent weekend from 2017, when Alien: Covenant landed at the top spot. Weekend takings of £361,000 push Quiet Place’s total to £11.4m. Universal’s film faced robust competition from Paramount’s A Quiet Place, which is in its sixth week of release. The generic-looking title began with £425,000 from 320 venues. Home-invasion thriller Breaking In landed in the chart behind Life of the Party, although it achieved a higher site average. Including previews, The Heat and Spy opened north of £2.5m at UK cinemas. The Boss began with a similar £595,000 in June 2016, while the poorly received Tammy kicked off with £471,000 in July 2014. This trend continues with McCarthy and Falcone’s Life of the Party, which debuts in the UK with a middling £540,000 from 449 cinemas, and £618,000 including previews. Photograph: Hopper Stone/APįilms produced by Melissa McCarthy and directed by her husband, Ben Falcone – namely Tammy and The Boss – have fared less well at the box office than McCarthy vehicles directed by Paul Feig, such as The Heat and Spy. The other spots in the lineup are taken by new arrivals. Rampage fell 26% from the previous session, I Feel Pretty declined 22%, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society was down just 14%, A Quiet Place held well with a fall of 9%, and Secret Cinema’s Blade Runner event held steady as usual, with a decline of 1%.
Infinity War experienced the biggest drop of any film in the UK Top 10. Infinity War ended the weekend as the fifth-biggest hit worldwide, with $1.61bn, behind Avatar ($2.79bn), Titanic ($2.19bn), Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($2.07bn) and Jurassic World ($1.67bn). This comparison is not adjusted for ticket-price inflation.
Takings of £5.71m for the period push the 18-day total to a mighty £60.4m at UK cinemas.ĭisney was quick to boast that Infinity War is now the biggest superhero film of all time in the UK market, ahead of The Dark Knight Rises (£56.3m). Avengers: Infinity War, which fell a steep 57% in its second session, declined a gentler 44% in its third weekend of play.
Mixed weather across the UK at the weekend saw most titles post decent holds.
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