Fright fans land the acclaimed horror yarn starring Toni Collette at No 2 in first week of release in the UK, as the Jurassic World sequel stays put at the top

The winner: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

After a succession of sunny weekends affected cinema-going across the UK, theatre owners were thankful for the return of greyer skies. In the Top 10, no film fell by more than 32% from the previous session. Just a week ago, there were box-office slumps of up to 68%.

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom delivered second-weekend takings of £7.22m, pushing the total after 12 days to £25.6m. That’s the third biggest total for a film after two weekends of play so far this year, after Avengers: Infinity War and Black Panther. Deadpool 2, which comes next in that list, had reached £20.7m after two weekends, and is now at £30.6m.

In June 2015, franchise reboot Jurassic World had reached £38.5m at this stage of its release, on its way to £64.3m. In other words, Fallen Kingdom is running 34% behind the pace of Jurassic World, putting it on course to achieve a total about £43m. So far this year, the biggest hits are Avengers: Infinity War (£70.2m) and Black Panther (£50.6m).

The new arrival: Hereditary

With the start of the World Cup, Hollywood studios shunned the weekend of 15-17 June as a launch platform for major new releases. Local distributor Entertainment Films spied the opportunity and released acclaimed US indie horror Hereditary, which debuted with £1.58m (£1.86m including Thursday previews).

Hereditary, which premiered at the Sundance film festival in January, has been placed by many critics in a lineage of quality indie horror titles including It Follows, The Witch and The Babadook. All three reached about £1.3m in the UK – commercially modest outcomes.

On the other hand, you might compare Hereditary to Get Out or A Quiet Place. Get Out began with £2.16m in March 2017, and A Quiet Place with £1.99m (£2.70m including previews) two months ago. Entertainment’s release strategy, launching Hereditary into a hefty 527 UK cinemas, suggests it saw the film more as a Get Out than an It Follows. So far, that confidence is paying off.

The Bollywood alternative: Race 3

Action thriller Race 3, starring Anil Kapoor and Salman Khan, was released to coincide with the religious holiday of Eid. With a debut of £783,000, it has posted the biggest opening for a Bollywood title in the UK since Padmaavat in January. However, Padmaavat benefited from previews and grossed just £734,000 for the weekend period. Other Bollywood hits of recent years – including Sultan and Prem Ratan Dhan Payo – likewise saw their opening figures boosted by previews. To find a title achieving a bigger number than Race 3 over Friday-to-Sunday, you would have to go back to December 2013, when Dhoom 3 began with £885,000.

The box-office milestone: Avengers: Infinity War

Avengers: Infinity War broke through £70m at the weekend – an achievement that, a few weeks ago, looked unlikely. The Marvel hit is only the 10th film to achieve £70m at the UK box office, joining two Star Wars films (The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi), two Bonds (Skyfall, Spectre), Avatar, Titanic, Toy Story 3, the final Harry Potter movie and Beauty and the Beast. The last of these, with £72.5m, was the biggest hit of 2017, and Infinity War would have to achieve an extraordinarily long tail to match it. These figures are not adjusted for inflation.

The market

Thanks to the dearth of commercially potent new titles, the overall market is 28% down on the previous session. However, it’s a healthy 128% up on the equivalent weekend from 2017, when Wonder Woman remained at the top spot in its third week of release, and the top new films – Churchill and Gifted – were middling efforts . Despite a patchy release calendar affected by the World Cup, this month looks on course to beat June 2017 at the box office. Top new title this week is Ocean’s 8, which landed in cinemas on Monday. It is joined on Friday by modest fare, including the Overboard remake starring Anna Faris.

Top 10 films, 15-17 June

1. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, £7,220,952 from 667 sites. Total: £25,571,845 (two weeks)

2. Hereditary, £1,863,913 from 527 sites (new)

3. Solo: A Star Wars Story, £972,673 from 583 sites. Total: £17,988,593 (four weeks)

4. Deadpool 2, £874,668 from 527 sites. Total: £30,619,381 (five weeks)

5. Race 3, £782,951 from 141 sites (new)

6. Book Club, £413,904 from 518 sites. Total: £3,128,182 (three weeks)

7. Avengers: Infinity War, £408,451 from 380 sites. Total: £70,168,399 (eight weeks)

8. Sherlock Gnomes, £404,882 from 570 sites. Total: £8,045,654 (six weeks)

9. Show Dogs, £226,703 from 479 sites. Total: £2,820,827 (four weeks)

10. Blade Runner: The Final Cut – Secret Cinema, £166,756 from one site. Total: £4,292,376 (13 weeks)

Other openers

The Happy Prince, £107,178 from 34 sites

Super Troopers 2, £101,881 from 306 sites

Saat Din Mohabbat In, £34,351 from 38 sites

Studio 54, £20,550 from 20 sites

The Ciambra, £10,312 from 20 sites

The Piano, £8,357 from 14 sites (rerelease)

Stanley: A Man of Variety, £439 from one site

• Thanks to comScore. All figures relate to takings in UK and Ireland cinemas.