As for Out of the Shadows, predecessor Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles began in October 2014 with £4.79m, including £1.56m in previews.
Landing at number three in the chart with £1.79m, Me Before You in fact outgrossed both Warcraft: The Beginning and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows on the weekend period. The film’s preview takings were a negligible £42,000.
With an official opening number of £3.62m, Warcraft: The Beginning wins the box-office chart, just ahead of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows on £3.5m.
The fact that the Warcraft and Turtles movies played for seven days in the reporting period allows easy comparison with films that were already on release.