The Lego Movie opened this same weekend in 2014 to just over £8 million and The Lego Batman Movie has almost done exactly the same with opening to just under £8 million.
The Lego Movie went on to be the top grossing movie of 2014 with £37 million, time will tell with The Lego Batman Movie, this are looking good but we have a number of big franchise movies coming this year which could get in its way.
Fifty Shades of Grey opened in 2015 to £13.5 million over a valentines weekend, this week Fifty Shades Darker opens to £7 million at number 2, but not a valentines weekend, next week will be a tell time for the movie.
Sing falls down to number 3 this week with £2.3 million which brings the films total gross in the UK to £18 million.
Highest total grossing movie on the box office this week is La La Land which has now taken £26.4 million while the longest running film is Trolls which re-enters the chart and spends its 14th week in total.
Historical chart
A year ago - Deadpool wowed the audiences and made its debut at the top of the UK box office, its knocked Goosebumps down to 5.
Five years ago - Daniel Radcliffe enjoyed post Harry Potter success with The Woman In Black which debuted at the top, it knocked Chronicle down to number 5.
Ten years ago - Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore starred in romantic comedy Music and Lyrics which entered at the top while Dreamgirls fell to number 8.
Fifteen years ago - Monsters, Inc. debuted at the top of the box office, it knocked The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of The Ring off the top after 7 weeks of play.
Twenty years ago - Ransom was the top new film at number 1 on the box office, The Frighteners fell to number 5 after a couple of weeks at the top.
Twenty five years ago - Father of The Bride was the top new film of the week at number 1 while JFK fell to number 3 after a couple of weeks at the top.