Wicker Edges Primetime by About 10,000 Pounds to Top the UK Chart
Summary
Black Bear's period comedy opened to 1.76 million pounds, edging A24's Robert Pattinson thriller in a photo finish.
"Black Bear's Wicker opened at No. 1 at the UK and Ireland box office with 1.76 million pounds ($2.34 million) over the Oct. 30 to Nov. 1 weekend, beating A24's Primetime, starring Robert Pattinson, by 10,141 pounds, Variety reported. Screen International put Wicker's release at 676 cinemas. According to a roundup by One Mann's Movies, Deadline noted that Wicker's UK opening topped those of Poor Things and The Shape of Water.
Lionsgate's Ghosts: The Possession of Button House fell to third with $2 million for an $8.45 million total, and Warner Bros.' Clayface took $1.6 million in its second weekend for $6.2 million. Black Bear's Laika animation Wildwood was fifth with $863,082 in its second frame for $3.7 million.
Outside the top 10, Mubi's Fatherland added $143,327 for $808,453, passing Ida to become Pawel Pawlikowski's second-biggest UK and Ireland release after Cold War, Variety said. Wicker also opened seventh globally with about $7 million, according to a One Mann's Movies roundup of weekend estimates."
