Knocking Dunkirk off the top spot of the official comScore UK box office chart, The Hitman’s Bodyguard opens with £1.98m from 467 cinemas, including preview takings of £367,000.
Only twice so far this year has a film topped the UK chart with a smaller box office number.
Dunkirk has every chance of catching the director’s top film, The Dark Knight Rises (£56.3m).
A couple of films have achieved notable box office milestones in the past week.