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Paddington in Peru records biggest opening weekend in UK for British film since No Time to Die
The lovable bear’s latest adventure, which stars Olivia Colman and Antonio Banderas, alongside the regular cast scored highly at the box office despite tepid reviews
Studiocanal, the studio behind all three Paddington films, reports that it took £9.65m at the UK box office over the first three days of its release since Friday, playing to an estimated audience of 1.2m people in 732 cinemas. The Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw said it was“just as jolly as the previous two films, but not really as funny”, while the Observer’s Wendy Ide thought that it “lack[ed] the inventive agility, wit, comic timing and, most crucially, the magic of its predecessors”. Starring Olivia Colman and Antonio Banderas alongside series regulars Ben Whishaw and Hugh Bonneville, Paddington in Peru is directed by Dougal Wilson with Paul King, the director of the first two instalments, contributing to the story.
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