When Mamma Mia! The Movie opened last month, backers Universal hoped it would beat Moulin Rouge! (£18.5million) to become the biggest movie musical at the UK box office. Never in their wildest dreams did they imagine the ABBA-powered island romance would crack £50million and enter the All Time UK Box Office Top 10. Yesterday, Mamma Mia! beat The Full Monty to become the ninth biggest movie of all time, and tonight it should move up a place to eighth, when it vanquishes the second Pirates Of The Caribbean flick, the most successful in that trilogy. Tomorrow, Friday, the singalong version expands into more cinemas, and we hear it will now be in the improved bouncing-karaoke-ball caption style. The all-time Top 10 films in the UK are:
1. Titanic £69.0million
2. Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone £66.1million
3. Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship Of The Ring £63.0million
4. Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King £61.1million
5. Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers £57.6million
6. Casino Royale £55.6million
7. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets £54.8million
8. Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest £52.5million
9. Mamma Mia! The Movie £52.3million
10. The Full Monty £52.2million