Disney’s “Lilo & Stitch” held onto the top spot at the U.K. and Ireland box office for a second consecutive weekend, drawing £6.1 million ($8.2 million) to push its cumulative gross to a £25.9 million ($34.9 million), according to numbers from Comscore.
Paramount’s “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” secured second place with $4.6 million, bringing its total to $23.5 million after two weeks.
Opening in third, Sony’s franchise continuing “Karate Kid: Legends,” featuring Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio alongside a new generation of stars, debuted with $3.5 million.
Black Bear’s “The Salt Path,” based on Raynor Winn’s memoir and starring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs, bowed in fourth with $1.9 million. Trafalgar Releasing’s “Peppa Meets The Baby Cinema Experience” rounded out the top five with $1.4 million.
Further down the rankings, Warner Bros.’ “Final Destination: Bloodlines” placed sixth with $1.32 million in its third weekend, pushing its total to $12.7 million. Universal’s “The Phoenician Scheme” came in seventh with $588,658, bringing its two-week haul to $2.6 million.
At No. 8, “Doctor Who – The Two Episode Finale” from CinemaLive earned $514,960. Disney’s “Thunderbolts*” followed at No. 9 with $349,166, pushing its cumulative box office to $21.4 million. Closing out the top 10 was Warner Bros.’ “Sinners,” which added $268,168 in its seventh week for a running total of $21 million.
Coming up, Lionsgate U.K. will unleash “From the World of John Wick: Ballerina” on June 6. The spin-off to the action franchise stars Ana de Armas as a revenge-driven assassin navigating the high-stakes underworld previously dominated by Keanu Reeves’ iconic hitman.
Also bowing this week is Vertigo Releasing’s horror thriller “Dangerous Animals,” directed by Sean Byrne and with Jai Courtney, Hassie Harrison, and Josh Heuston in the lead. Another entry in the genre comes from Entertainment Film Distributors, who will debut “Clown in a Cornfield.”
Curzon presents the U.K. release of “The Piano Teacher,” the restoration of Michael Haneke’s film, starring Isabelle Huppert. The film is part of a Haneke retrospective. Also marking a classic revival is “Showgirls” (30th Anniversary 4K restoration), brought back to cinemas by Park Circus.
From Germany comes “Falling Into Place,” a Scotland and London-set romantic drama directed by and starring Aylin Tezel. Released by Bulldog Film Distribution, the film features Chris Fulton and Alexandra Dowling. Meanwhile, Dartmouth Films launches “Big Star: The Nick Skelton Story”, a sports documentary profiling the legendary British show jumper.
National Theatre Live will re-release “Streetcar Named Desire – NT Live 2014,” and Hammer’s “The Quatermass Xperiment” returns to the big screen via Kaleidoscope. Ceema Entertainment’s “Restart”, Anime Ltd’s “Dan Da Dan: Evil Eye,” and Bakrania Media’s Bollywood sequel “Housefull 5” are also in the mix. Additional niche offerings include “The Encampments” from Watermelon Pictures and “Goebbels and the Fuhrer” via Miracle Comms.