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‘Pre-sales are bigger than Barbie’: Bridget Jones 4 set to break box office records – despite no US cinema release
The fourth instalment, Mad About the Boy, on course to become biggest homegrown hit of the year in the UK, but will only be available on streamers stateside
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, the fourth instalment in the misadventures of Helen Fielding’s hapless romantic, may be unlikely to dominate the Academy Awards, but it is set to clean up at screens across the country over the Valentine’s Day period – and beyond. Nine years after Renée Zellweger’s bumbling reporter fell pregnant in Bridget Jones’s Baby, she is now back with two children but no husband, as human rights lawyer Mark Darcy has been killed off during a heroic humanitarian trip to Sudan. Early word of mouth on the film, whose reviews are embargoed until 12 February, has been positive, with many praising the reinvention and stamina of the franchise, despite the central love triangle having two new corners: Chiwetel Ejiofor (who plays a strict yet ripped science teacher) and Leo Woodall(a strapping parks supervisor).
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