Tim Burton brings his unique style to the live action movie and charms audiences but leaves critics less than thrilled with the re-telling of the classic tale.
The films makes its UK debut with a healthy £6 million debut which makes it already the 16th top grossing film of 2019.
Four weeks on and the Marvel super hero movie is at number 2 with a weekend gross of £1.7 million.
This brings the films total Uk gross to £32.5 million and is, for the moment, the top grossing film of 2019.
Jordan Peele's horror film missed out on the top spot last week and falls to 3 this week with £1.7 million pushing its total to £6 million.
The British comedy falls to 4 this week but the film has had a successful run at the box office, this week it takes £629,247.
This takes the films total gross to £4.8 million after 3 weeks and should pass £5 million by next weekend.
Finally in the top 5 is the American comedy which takes £300,641 on its third weekend of release taking its total to £2.5 million.
The Oscar winning movie has probably had the best run on the box office post ceremony and this week spends its 9th weekend on the box office with £95,129 and a £9.8 million total.
It should pass £10 million before it finishes its UK box office run.
