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Empire Strikes Back tops box office chart as more cinemas reopen

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A 40-year-old Star Wars film has topped the box office chart in the UK, as cinemas continue to resort to old favourites to woo back customers.

The Empire Strikes Back was the most popular release during the second weekend that screens were reopen in England after lockdown.

The figures, published by the British Film Institute, cover those cinemas that have reopened in England, together with a few cinemas in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

Box office takings in Ireland are traditionally included with figures for the UK. Other old favourites in the top 10 included Dirty Dancing, Grease, The Shawshank Redemption and Harry Potter & The Philosopher’s Stone.

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