WARNER BROS. PICTURES’ GRAVITY OPENS TO NUMBER ONE AT THE UK BOX OFFICE WITH AN OPENING WEEKEND OF £6.2M IN THE UK AND IRELAND.
Most of you have read my review for Gravity and you know how much I loved the movie, giving it a whopping 5 stars, well it seems I’m not the only one that was taken with the movie.
Alfonso Cuarón’s critically acclaimed global phenomenon Gravity launched to an opening weekend of £6,238,375 million in the UK, Josh Berger, President and Managing Director, Warner Bros UK and Ireland announced today.
All this is no surprise as the world has gone crazy over the movie starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney.
Strong reviews and the cinema going audiences praising Gravity, it was inevitable that it would exceed all expectations its opening weekend. So far Gravity has grossed more than $470M worldwide and features an extraordinary creative team of British film-makers, technicians and craftspeople including the Oscar®-nominated visual effects supervisor Tim Webber (“The Dark Knight”) from the UK based company, Framestore.
In making the announcement, Berger stated:
“Gravity is an amazing drama, and Alfonso Cuarón has made an extraordinary film. The techniques in Gravity are groundbreaking and were created by world-renowned craftspeople many of whom are based here in the UK. We are thrilled that audiences are flocking to see the film in 3D and IMAX where the cinematic experience can be fully appreciated.”
Gravity opened in the UK on Thursday 7th November with a huge 89% 3D share, the biggest 3D share of any blockbuster in 2013 to date. The film also marks the biggest-ever opening weekend in the UK for both Sandra Bullock and George Clooney.
For me personally and this can be seen in my review of Gravity, it is an outstanding movie, the special effects, acting and the overall feel of the film is superb, as I mentioned earlier, it’s not very often I give out 5 Stars, but Gravity is certainly well worthy of each one of them.
Karen Woodham is the founder and owner of the Blazing Minds. She is also a Cinema reviewer and works with RealD 3D reviewing the latest 3D releases and IMAX, she has also had several articles published in various publications including the first edition of SFW Magazine. In 2015 she became an Award Winning Blogger and also has her website listed as one of the UK’s Top 10 Film Blogs.
