US release: 25th December 2014
Egypt release: 24th December 2014
South Korea release: 24th December 2014
£9.8 Million $128 Million
$213.1 MillionAs the UK has various different level of lockdown cinemas in some parts of the country are open while others have to remain shut so this weekends box office could be similar to recent charts.
There are 3 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Elf, for the number 1 spot?
Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.
Big Hero 6 takes the crown as the biggest selling video in the UK this week, removing single week winner Into The Woods from the top, although it's not all bad news as Disney are behind both films.
Big Hero 6 was released in the UK on 30th January 2015 and hit the top spot on it's debut week with a UK gross os £4.2 million.
It remained at the top of the box office for a couple of weeks before being knocked off by Fifty Shades of Grey.
The film spent a total of 10 weeks on the top 15 and in that time took a total of £20 million which makes it the 179th highest grossing film in the UK.
Across the world it took $652 million making it the 82nd highest grossing film ever.
Into the Woods falls to number 2 this week.
Other new film this week are: Testament of Youth at number 5 and Wild at number 9.
On the UK video sales chart this week Disneys Into The Woods outsells the competition and debuts at the top.
Into The Woods was released in the UK on 9th January this year where is debuted at number 2, missing out on the top spot by new entry that week Tak3n.
The film spent 7 weeks on the chart and was still making a showing at some cinemas in the last few weeks.
The film to date has grossed £9.8 million during it's run.
Last weeks top film The Theory of Everything fell to number 2 this week.
Other new film on the video chart are: Foxcatcher at number 4 and A Most Violent Year at number 13.
Staying put this week, Tak3n makes it 2 weeks at the top of the UK box office despite a challenge from the new Clint Eastwood film.
Liam Neeson has become the action hero of the moment with Taken 3 taking another £3.3 million from the weekend which brings it's total to £12.2 million after 10 days.
The threequel is keeping well in line with the previous film in the series but it already double that of the first films full UK cinema run.
Debuting strong at number 2 is American Sniper which enters the Uk box office with a first weekend gross of £2.5 million, Oscar nomination are boosting it's potential and it could end up one of Eastwood's highest grossing films.
The theory of Everything, Into the Woods and Paddington wound out the top five.
Other new films this week are: Whiplash at 7, Wild at 9, The Merry Widow Met Opera 2015 at 10 and Testament of Youth at 11.
Historical charts
A year ago - The Wolf of Wall Street was the first new number 1 film of the year debuting in the top spot and knocking 12 Years A Slave into second place.
Five years ago - Avatar stayed on top for yet another week and the highest new film was Up In The Air right down at 5.
Ten years ago - Highest new film and new number 1 for the week was Closer which knocked White Noise from the top to number 3.
Fifteen years ago - Sleepy Hollow kept it's hold on the top of the box office where it entered the previous week, Angelas Ashes was the highest new film of the week at 2.
A selection of the 2015 Oscar nomination, to see the full list visit Oscars.com
Here the list of the "main" nominations:
Best Picture
American Sniper - Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) - Boyhood - The Grand Budapest Hotel - The Imitation Game - Selma - The Theory Of Everything - Whiplash -Best Director
Alejandro G. I��rritu, Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) - Richard Linklater, Boyhood - Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher - Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel - Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game -Best Actor
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher - Bradley Cooper, American Sniper - Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game - Michael Keaton, Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) - Eddie Redmayne, The Theory Of Everything -Best Actress
Marion Cotillard, Two Days One Night - Felicity Jones, The Theory Of Everything - Julianne Moore, Still Alice - Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl - Reese Witherspoon, Wild -Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood - Laura Dern, Wild - Emma Stone, Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) - Meryl Streep, Into The Woods - Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game -Supporting Actor
Robert Duvall, The Judge - Ethan Hawke, Boyhood - Edward Norton, Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) - Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher - JK Simmons, Whiplash -Foreign Language Film
Ida - Leviathan - Tangerines - Timbuktu - Wild Tales -Adapted Screenplay
American Sniper - The Imitation Game - Inherent Vice - The Theory of Everything - Whiplash -Original Screenplay
Boyhood - Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) - Foxcatcher - The Grand Budapest Hotel - Nightcrawler -Animated Feature
Big Hero 6 - Boxtrolls - How To Train Your Dragon 2 - Song Of The Sea - The Tale Of Princess Kaguya -
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