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UK Box Office Report 19th - 22nd January 2018: Coco goes to the top on its debut

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Coco
Coco from Disney/Pixar makes it debut at the top of this weekends bozx office with a gross of £5.2 million.

The film has been a smash hit worldwide and continues the success that Pixar has had with the likes of the Toy Story series and Finding Nemo.

Falling to second place this week after a single week at the top is Darkest Hour with a £3.3 million weekend which boosts the movies total to £10.1 million.

Steven Spielberg lets loose the first of 2 film for the first half of the year with Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep starring in The Post, debuting to the tune of £2.1 million.

Rounding out the top 5 is The Greatest Showman at 4 and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle at 5.

Worth of a mention is Star Wars: The Last Jedi which although falling to 9 this week boosts its total to £81.4 million, its now in the top 5 grossing UK films of all time.

This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films

  1. Coco - £5,209,214
  2. Darkest Hour - £3,295,716
  3. The Post - £2,152,977
  4. The Greatest Showman - £2,103,605
  5. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle - £1,840,248
  6. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - £1,621,878
  7. The Commuter - £1,602,680
  8. Insidious: The Last Key - £1,025,740
  9. Star Wars: The Last Jedi - £861,320
  10. Pitch Perfect 3 - £374,386
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