The Revenant climbed to the top of the box office in North America this weekend.

New York, Washington and the rest of the eastern US may have been blasted from Friday into Sunday with a blizzard but that didn’t stop The Revenant, boosted by 12 Oscar nominations and feted at the Golden Globes, taking box office top spot.

The film took in $16 million to reach the box office summit for the first time in its fifth week in cinemas. That was down 50 percent on last weekend because of…
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Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s new movie The Revenant has knocked Star Wars: The Force Awakens off the top spot at the UK box office.

The Revenant has received 12 Oscar nominations and made $7.8 million (around £ 5.4 million) in the UK, ending Star Wars’ four week reign at number one.

The Leonardo DiCaprio starring film is also performing well in the US, raking in $87.7 million in box office takings since its release.

The Revenant is out in cinemas nationwide now.
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Fury took the US box office top spot this weekend with an estimated $23.5 million, according to Box Office Mojo. This figure was in line with expectations and was achieved with a predominantly male audience, showing that the right film can still draw large numbers from that demographic. Gone Girl had a strong third weekend with an estimated $17.8 million, putting it in second place, and The Book of Life rounded out the top three by opening to an estimated $17 million.
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Neil Marshall, director of the acclaimed ‘Blackwater’ episode of Game Of Thrones, is set to helm the hollywood remake of Troll Hunter. He’ll rewrite the script and have $25 million (the original was made with $3.5 million) to work with as filming gets underway early next year. The troll-sized question then, is whether his remake will be able to surpass the original in terms of quality and its ability to look so impressive on such a small budget.
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