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		</div><p>A 40-year-old Star Wars film has topped the box office chart in the UK, as cinemas continue to resort to old favourites to woo back customers.</p>
<p>The Empire Strikes Back was the most popular release during the second weekend that screens were reopen in England after lockdown.</p>
<p>The figures, published by the British Film Institute, cover those cinemas that have reopened in England, together with a few cinemas in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.</p>
<p>Box office takings in Ireland are traditionally included with figures for the UK.</p>
<p>Other old favourites in the top 10 included Dirty Dancing, Grease, The Shawshank Redemption and Harry Potter &; The Philosopher’s Stone.</p>
<p>But the gross takings for each film reveal just how few screenings are still available.</p>
<p>Grease, in seventh place, was screened at just 18 locations and took £14,416.</p>
<p>The most popular new release was the Australian crocodile horror film Black Water: Abyss, which made third place with £28,053 from 79 cinemas.</p>
<p>The Empire Strikes Back, which has been re-released by Disney to mark the film’s 40th anniversary, took £50,406 from 101 cinemas.</p>
<p>The total amount grossed by the top 10 films for the period July 10 to 12 was £215,108.</p>
<p>This is up from £130,433 taken by the top 10 films for July 3 to 5 – but is far below the £13.2 million grossed by the top 10 films for the equivalent period in July 2019.</p>
<p>Many cinema chains are waiting until later in July or even early August for a full reopening, to coincide with the release of films such as Christopher Nolan’s new blockbuster Tenet.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, cinemas in Scotland have just reopened, and cinemas in Wales are due to reopen from July.</p>
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