The Fall Guy Tops UK Box Office
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The Fall Guy, starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, has shot to the top of the UK box office.
Screen Daily reports that the action comedy made £3.2 million over its opening weekend, and an additional £1.3 million on Bank Holiday Monday. The film's UK gross now stands at £4.9 million.
The 25th-anniversary rerelease of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace opened in second place, with £1.2 million. This is in addition to the £56.4 million the prequel made during its original theatrical run.
Last week's number one, Luca Guadagnino's Challengers, fell to third place with £986,858. This brings its UK box office total to approximately £4 million.
The Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black is fourth with £770,973. Its UK total now stands at £10.8 million.
Kung Fu Panda 4 rounds out the top five. The animated sequel, starring Jack Black, has now made £20.9 million at the UK box office. This makes it the highest-grossing film of the series in the UK, pulling ahead of the original Kung Fu Panda.
Tarot, the feature film debut of Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg, opened in sixth place with £432,692 across 400 sites. This puts it ahead of Alex Garland's Civil War, which added £310,694 for a UK box office total that currently stands at £5.9 million.
Rose Glass' Love Lies Bleeding, starring Kristen Stewart and Katy O'Brian, debuted with £309,613 across its opening weekend. This puts it ahead of Glass' previous film Saint Maud, which opened with a £263,671 weekend gross.
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire added £301,057 to its total. The sequel has now made £14.3 million at the UK box office and $547 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing Godzilla film of all time.
Watch the trailer for The Fall Guy below.
