UK Box Office Weekend Report 4th - 6th December 2020: Elf hits the top of the box office 17 years after first release

It's time for another catalogue film to hit the top of the UK box office as England comes out of lockdown and cinemas slowly start to open again, 231 cinemas made up this weeks box office.

Elf was first released in the UK at the beginning of December 2003, it never hit the top then spending 4 weeks in the runner up spot, exactly 17 years later the movie get to the top.

Highest new movie of the week is a new telling of Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol while outside the top 5 Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular makes a debut at number 10, director Rob Savage's move Host is new at 14 and the re-edit of The Godfather Part III is new at 15.

UK box office Quickview.

• Number 1 - Elf (1st Week)
• Highest Debut - A Christmas Carol (@4)
• Longest run - Two By Two: Overboard! (7 weeks)^* **
• Highest total gross - Two By Two: Overboard! (£1,019,031)^*
^*Not including catalogue re-releases - ^**There are a total of 4 films which have spent 7 weeks on the box office

Here is a breakdown of the top 5 film on the UK box office 4th - 6th December 2020.

Elf

After 17 years director Jon Favreau's festival favourite hits the top of the UK box office, albeit under strange circumstances, with a weekend gross of £48,244, a 97% increase from last weekend.

The big increase from last weekend is due to the increased number of cinemas that have re-opened, but the movie has taken a total of £17 Million since its release in 2003.

Home Alone

The Chris Columbus movie falls from the top this week with £36,878, a 93% increase from last weekend!

This pushes the movies total gross to £9.64 Million since its 1990 release.

Wolfwalkers

Highest film of the weeks that is not a re-release is this animation from directors Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart which takes £26,171, a 94% increase over last weekend.

The movie has now taken £74,874 since its release 4 weeks ago.

A Christmas Carol

Highest new movie of the week lands at number 4, a re-telling of the classic Christmas story, this time directed by Jacqui Morris and starring Simon Russell Beale and Martin Freeman.

The film takes £22,366 on its debut weekend of release.

Two By Two: Overboard!

Finally on the top 5 is the former number 1 movies which takes £21,952 on its 7th weekend of release giving the animated take a total gross of £1 Million, it finally made it over the Million line!

This weeks top 10 UK Box Office films

1. Elf - £48,244
2. Home Alone - £36,878
3. Wolfwalkers - £26,171
4. A Christmas Carol - £22,366
5. Two By Two: Overboard! - £21,952
6. Honest Thief - £21,818
7. Pixie - £18,824
8. The Grinch - £17,377
9. Die Hard - £16,980
10. Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular - £15,799

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