Box office analysis: UK
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Charles Gant: Plucky ursine hero draws in a family audience to nudge Hunger Games: Mockingjay off the top spot
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Part 1 of the latest sequel matches predecessor Catching Fire – and can expect a clear run until the Hobbit franchise returns, writes Charles Gant
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Second world war thriller starring Benedict Cumberbatch as codebreaker Alan Turing finds the perfect combination for success
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Charles Gant: Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi film tops the UK chart with an epic weekend gross, while Mike Leigh’s art biopic makes its mark
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A huge draw at arthouse and multiplex alike, Mike Leigh’s acclaimed biopic, starring Timothy Spall as the great 19th-century painter, exceeds expectations, writes Charles Gant
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Brad Pitt’s second world war tank drama obliterates the competition, including Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper reunion and This Is Where I Leave You
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Photographer Elaine Constantine’s feature debut lands inside the top 10 despite a release on just 83 screens; while Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sends Gone Girl packing
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Charles Gant: Ben Affleck drama falls just 15% despite restrictive 18 certificate, indicating wider appeal beyond fans of the novel, and teen adventure The Maze Runner makes respectable numbers
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Charles Gant: David Fincher’s film about a woman’s disappearance shows there’s still life in contemporary fiction adaptations, while dark horse Dracula Untold claims second place in the rankings
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Charles Gant: A single performance of the hit stage musical beamed to cinemas across the country edges out Denzel Washington’s action thriller
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Charles Gant: Film adaptation of Laura Wade’s play Posh makes an unimpressive debut, while stop-frame animation The Boxtrolls retains the UK crown for a second week
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Charles Gant: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes rakes in 50% more than its predecessor, but The Inbetweeners' £31m take is phenomenal for a TV sitcom spinoff
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A muscular opening from Luc Besson's heroine bodes well for action women, ending the laddish TV quartet's run at top spot, writes Charles Gant
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Gap-year comedy still No 1, in spite of Expendables 3's craggy army, while Simon Pegg's Hector comedy disappoints, leaving the apes in charge this summer, writes Charles Gant
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The hapless quartet's adventures in Australia steam into the top spot, shoving Guardians of the Galaxy into second, writes Charles Gant
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Marvel's latest offering overtakes Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, while Secret Cinema's Back to the Future experience proves it was well worth the wait, writes Charles Gant
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Even with a drop in audience, Dawn conquers the Dwayne Johnson togafest in the UK, with a potential boost from summer holiday viewers, writes Charles Gant
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Apes franchise makes solid opening while new Transformers slides fast – but Boyhood shows staying power in the arthouse, writes Charles Gant
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Charles Gant: Age of Extinction gives cinemas a blockbuster boost after the football frenzy; while Boyhood and Begin Again offer strong alternatives to mainstream Hollywood fare
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Charles Gant: Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie retains the top spot, though the true picture is somewhat different
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Charles Gant: UK sitcom's jump to the big screen surprises with strong earnings, and DreamWorks Animation's How to Train Your Dragon 2 charms Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland
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Charles Gant: Teenage love story enjoys sensational UK box-office debut, while Clint Eastwood's music biopic falls flat without big names
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Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill hold firm at the top, but all the self-reflexive franchise banter in the world can't help them transcend an exceptionally flat weekend
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Charles Gant: The Channing Tatum/Jonah Hill action-comedy goes more than one better, while Angelina Jolie's wicked turn in Maleficent sustains the Disney fairy tale's magic
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Charles Gant: Before World Cup fever sets in, Angelina Jolie's fairytale film makes a wicked start in UK cinemas, while the X-Men and Tom Cruise prove they are not past their prime
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It's seventh time lucky for the X-Men franchise, which beats Godzilla into second place, while Rio 2 and The Lego Movie return to mop up the half-term hiatus
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Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne and Zac Efron's comedy beats all other films combined, while new Arnie movie Sabotage limps in at number seven on the chart
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Charles Gant: Superhero sequel posts its third successive weekend at the top, as Zac Efron comedy is left out of official box-office rankings
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The pressure is on JJ Abrams, director of the next instalment in the monumental space saga, to beat Avatar's box-office record, writes Ben Child
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The Other Woman, starring Cameron Diaz and Leslie Mann, replicates its US success but can't overtake superhero sequel The Amazing Spider-Man 2, writes Charles Gant
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Charles Gant: Superhero sequel posts biggest opening at the UK box office of the year so far, £1m ahead of The Lego Movie's bow
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Charles Gant: The Winter Soldier surges past the £14m mark after 19 days, while Hammer horror The Quiet Ones creeps into the frame
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Charles Gant: Animation sequel tops UK box office with Marvel's Winter Soldier looking strong in second; meanwhile Noah hits UK shores intact
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Marvel film power is underlined with strong takings and a big gap between The Winter Soldier and next-placed Muppets, writes Charles Gant
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Charles Gant: Wes Anderson enjoys first UK No 1 as takings look set to eclipse his Fantastic Mr Fox
Topics
- How to Train Your Dragon 2
- Gone Girl
- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
- X-Men: Days of Future Past
- Maleficent
- Film industry
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- 22 Jump Street
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2
- The Inbetweeners 2
- Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie
- Transformers: Age of Extinction
- The Fault in Our Stars
- Mr Turner
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier
- Edge of Tomorrow
- The Book of Life
- Interstellar
- The Maze Runner