After topping the UK Box Office within hours of beginning its initial theatrical previews, The Inbetweeners Movie had cinema owners scrambling to open more screens to show the film; which has now gone on to become a record-breaking movie, and earn an even bigger accolade, by earning the biggest opening week ever for a live action comedy.
And while that sounds fairly impressive; as it’s beat down classic British comedies such as The Full Monty with little-to-no trouble at all; it’s even more impressive when you consider that that includes comedies from both the US and UK; putting The Inbetweeners ahead of movies such as Bridesmaids (which for a point held the 2011 crown, with nearly £6million) and Meet the Fockers (which earned just shy of £10.9million).
Earlier this year The Hangover Part II broke the same record, and clocked in with an opening week of over £17million (beating previous record holder Hancock; which took a mere £13million), yet The Inbetweeners Movie; the first Film4 production to be adapted from a TV show; grossed a lofty $20million+ in its first week alone, had earned £27,715,177 by August 30th (10 days after it was released on August 19th), and is still going strong in cinemas nationwide now.
You can find our review of The Inbetweeners Movie here, learn what the show’s creators and film writers Iain Morris and Damon Beesley have to say about the film and watch its official trailer here, and find the first teaser trailer here.
