Garfield, Furiosa Battle Atop U.K., Ireland Box Office

Sony’s “The Garfield Movie” and Warner Bros.’ “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” enjoyed a fruitful long May bank holiday weekend at the U.K. and Ireland box office.

“The Garfield Movie” debuted with £2.1 million ($2.7 million) and “Furiosa” with £1.9 million ($2.5 million), per numbers from Comscore.

In its second weekend, Paramount’s “IF” collected £1.6 million for a total of £4.6 million. In its third weekend, Disney’s “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” earned £1.5 million for a total of £10.4 million.

Rounding off the top five was Universal’s “The Fall Guy” with £752,683 in its fourth weekend for a total of £9.5 million.

Studiocanal is opening “Sting” that follows Harlotte, a rebellious 12-year-old girl who finds a tiny spider in her rundown apartment building. She keeps it in a jar, but it soon starts to grow at a monstrous rate and develop an insatiable appetite for blood. As her neighbors begin to disappear, Charlotte and her family find themselves in a desperate fight for their lives against a ravenous arachnid with a taste for human flesh.

From Vertigo Releasing comes Bertrand Bonello’s 2023 Venice player “The Beast,” where as artificial intelligence reigns, emotions have become a threat; to get rid of it, Gabrielle must purify her DNA by diving back into her past lives; she finds a great love there as well as a bad feeling. The cast is led by Léa Seydoux and George MacKay.

Munro is opening “Hard Miles” where a prison social worker assembles a cycling team of teenage convicts and takes them on a transformative 1,000-mile ride in a film inspired by the life of Greg Townsend and the Ridgeview Academy cycling team.

Sony is releasing anime “Haikyu!!: The Dumpster Battle” and Peccadillo 2023 Rotterdam title “A House in Jerusalem.”

The Bollywood release this weekend is sports drama “Mr & Mrs. Mahi” from Zee Studios International and the re-release is Warner Bros.’ “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” on the occasion of its 20th anniversary.

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Update: 2024-09-16

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