Warner Bros. Pictures' Gravity Opens to Number One at the UK Box Office With an Opening Weekend of £6.2M in the UK and Ireland

Warner Bros. Pictures' Gravity Opens to Number One at the UK Box Office With an Opening Weekend of £6.2M in the UK and Ireland

LONDON, November 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --



Alfonso Cuarón's critically acclaimed global phenomenon Gravity launched to an
opening weekend of GBP6,238,375 million in the UK, Josh Berger, President and Managing
Director, Warner Bros UK and Ireland announced today.



Following strong reviews and huge anticipation from UK cinema-goers, Gravity has
exceeded all expectations on its opening weekend. The British-produced film, which has
grossed more than $470 million worldwide to date, features an extraordinary creative team
of British film-makers, technicians and craftspeople including the Oscar(R)-nominated
visual effects supervisor Tim Webber ("The Dark Knight") from the UK based company,
Framestore.



In making the announcement, Berger stated, "Gravity is an amazing drama, and Alfonso
Cuarón has made an extraordinary film. The techniques in Gravity are groundbreaking and
were created by world-renowned craftspeople many of whom are based here in the UK. We are
thrilled that audiences are flocking to see the film in 3D and IMAX where the cinematic
experience can be fully appreciated."



Gravity opened in the UK on Thursday 7th November with a huge 89% 3D share, the
biggest 3D share of any blockbuster in 2013 to date. The film also marks the biggest-ever
opening weekend in the UK for both Sandra Bullock and George Clooney.



Academy Award(R) winners Sandra Bullock ("The Blind Side") and George Clooney
("Syriana") star in "Gravity," a heart-pounding thriller that pulls you into the infinite
and unforgiving realm of deep space. The film was directed by Oscar(R) nominee Alfonso
Cuarón ("Children of Men").



Dr. Ryan Stone (Bullock) is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission,
with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalski (Clooney) in command. But on a seemingly routine
mission, disaster strikes. The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalski completely
alone-tethered to nothing but each other and spiralling out into the blackness. The
deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth...and any chance for rescue.
As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But the
only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space.



"Gravity" was written by Alfonso Cuarón & Jonás Cuarón, and produced by Alfonso
Cuarón and David Heyman (the "Harry Potter" films). Chris deFaria, Nikki Penny and
Stephen Jones served as executive producers.



The behind-the-scenes team includes multiple Oscar(R)-nominated director of
photography Emmanuel Lubezki ("Children of Men," "The New World"); production designer
Andy Nicholson (art director "Alice in Wonderland"); editors Alfonso Cuarón and Mark
Sanger (VFX editor "Children of Men"); and costume designer Jany Temime (the "Harry
Potter" films). The visual effects were handled by Oscar(R)-nominated visual effects
supervisor Tim Webber ("The Dark Knight"). The music was composed by Steven Price ("Attack
the Block").



Warner Bros. Pictures Presents an Esperanto Filmoj/Heyday Films Production, an Alfonso
Cuarón Film, "Gravity." The film is being released in 3D and 2D and IMAX(R), and is
distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment company.



http://www.gravitymovie.co.uk



Notes to Editors:



The Proposal starring Sandra Bullock opened to GBP3,249m in the UK and Ocean's Eleven
opened to GBP5,095m in the UK for George Clooney




Warner Bros. Pictures

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