Denis Villeneuve’s smart sci-fi epic starring Amy Adams soars, as Ewan McGregor’s Philip Roth adaptation stumbles
Arrival was the only film released at the weekend in more than 100 prints, and it enjoyed plenty of attention from cinemagoers, pushing Doctor Strange off the top spot. Opening at 561 cinemas, the brainy sci-fi took £2.57m, with Thursday takings pushing the total to £2.92m. The JK Rowling-created Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them arrives this week, which explains why Arrival was given such a clear field – distributors in general were reluctant to release a film and then have it clobbered after seven days.
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