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23/08/2011
Inbetweeners Set £13.3m Standard
The Inbetweeners movie has set a new benchmark for UK comedy film.
Film4's comedy smashed UK box office records for Entertainment Film Distributors this weekend as it opened on a reported £13.2m putting it comfortably on top of the UK and Ireland box office chart.
These figures make it the biggest ever opening for any independently produced UK film, as well as for any UK-produced comedy.
The result is the second-biggest UK opening of 2011, behind only Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2 (£23.7m).
According to Screen Daily the film scored a bigger debut than 2011 hits Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (£11.6m) and Transformers: Dark Of The Moon (£10.7m) and ranks among the top 30 biggest openings ever in the UK.
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason held the previous record for highest opening by a UK comedy.
The only other independent production that has opened stronger in the UK is Summit-produced Twiglight Saga: Eclipse.
The film has already surpassed the lifetime box office performances of Ali G Indahouseand Kevin & Perry Go Large, two successful adaptations of popular UK TV comedy.
Producer Chris Young commented: "We are thrilled that 'The Inbetweeners Movie' is the biggest opening of all time for a UK comedy. We really want to thank all the cinema goers out there who have made the film such a huge success."
(LB/BMcC)
Film4's comedy smashed UK box office records for Entertainment Film Distributors this weekend as it opened on a reported £13.2m putting it comfortably on top of the UK and Ireland box office chart.
These figures make it the biggest ever opening for any independently produced UK film, as well as for any UK-produced comedy.
The result is the second-biggest UK opening of 2011, behind only Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2 (£23.7m).
According to Screen Daily the film scored a bigger debut than 2011 hits Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (£11.6m) and Transformers: Dark Of The Moon (£10.7m) and ranks among the top 30 biggest openings ever in the UK.
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason held the previous record for highest opening by a UK comedy.
The only other independent production that has opened stronger in the UK is Summit-produced Twiglight Saga: Eclipse.
The film has already surpassed the lifetime box office performances of Ali G Indahouseand Kevin & Perry Go Large, two successful adaptations of popular UK TV comedy.
Producer Chris Young commented: "We are thrilled that 'The Inbetweeners Movie' is the biggest opening of all time for a UK comedy. We really want to thank all the cinema goers out there who have made the film such a huge success."
(LB/BMcC)
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