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UK Box Office Weekend 9th - 12th February 2018: Fifty Shades Freed takes the series end to the top on its debut weekend

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Fifty Shades Freed
Marking the end of the Fifty Shades series Fifty Shades Freed easily makes its debut at the top of the UK box office with a gross similar to that of Fifty Shades Darker.

Falling to number 2 this week on its 7th weekend of release is The Greatest Showman which has shown incredible staying power.

A weekend gross of nearly £2 million brings the total to just over £26 million.

Dropping to 3 this week is Pixar's Coco which has shown good staying power but not like other Pixar films, a £1.2 million weekend brings the total to £11.6 million after 4 weeks.

Despite not being a number one hit for Aardman Early Man has stayed in the top 5 consistently and this week brings in another £1.1 million to bring its total to over £5 million.

Finishing off the top 5 is Darkest Hour which has a total UK gross of £20.6 million.

Worth noting this week is The Greatest Showman takes over from Darkest Hour as the top film of 2018 to date.

This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films

  1. Fifty Shades Freed - £6,132,414
  2. The Greatest Showman - £1,925,895
  3. Coco - £1,213,572
  4. Early Man - £1,130,466
  5. Darkest Hour - £980,171
  6. Maze Runner: The Death Cure - £747,585
  7. Den of Thieves - £599,326
  8. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - £592,089
  9. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle - £564,716
  10. The Post - £471,794
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