Warner Bros’ blockbuster
Wonder Woman 1984 opened top of the UK-Ireland box office this weekend, grossing £545,000 from Friday to Sunday – a decent total given the limited number of available cinemas and reduced screen capacities.
The film was released on Wednesday 16, the day London and much of the south-east of England moved into ‘tier three’, requiring all cinemas in those regions to close (the regions have subsequently moved to a new tier four). It took £846,000 including the Wednesday and Thursday screenings, from 252 sites – an impressive average of £2,163 at the weekend.
This boosted the overall UK-Ireland box office, which was up 37.8% on the previous weekend with £1.39m, despite the aforementioned screen deficit.