Knocking A Star Is Born off the top of the UK box office after two weeks, Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody debuted with a commanding £6.48m (£9.53m including takings last Wednesday and Thursday).
Cinema bookers may be looking with less confidence to the coming weekend, although they will be hoping for strong holds from the likes of Bohemian Rhapsody and A Star Is Born.
Bohemian Rhapsody is also the second chart-topper this year to suffer the loss of its director mid-shoot, the other being Solo: A Star Wars Story.
Bohemian Rhapsody is the fourth music-based No 1 film this year, following The Greatest Showman, Mamma Mia!
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