Venom seizes a third week at Number 1 on the Official Film Chart with biggest sales week yet

A familiar face returns as this week's highest new entry.
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Venom boasts a third week at the top of the Official Film Chart with its biggest week of sales yet, leading four brand new entries in the Top 10.

The Tom Hardy antihero adventure more than doubles last week’s performance following its release on disc - with physical formats counting towards 87% of its total this week.

Johnny English Strikes Again crashes in at Number 2 on downloads alone (available on disc on Feb 18), this week’s highest new entry. Rowan Atkinson’s bumbling spy returns for the third instalment of the series when a cyber-attack leaks the identity of MI5’s active undercover agents, forcing English and his fellow ex-agents out of retirement; not so tech-savvy, Johnny must overcome the challenges of modern technology to successfully undertake his mission to find the mastermind behind the hack.

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The House With A Clock In Its Walls ticks down one place to Number 3, and First Man lands on brand new territory, debuting at Number 4 on downloads only.  The Predator creeps down two spots to Number 5, ahead of The Greatest Showman at 6 and King Of Thieves, which climbs one rung to Number 7; Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again flaunts its 13th week on the Film Chart at Number 8.

Closing out the top ten are two more new entries: Papillon which flies in at Number 9, ahead of Bad Times At The El Royale at Number 10.

A notable new addition to the Top 20, Fifty Shades Freed moves up nine notches to Number 15 as Valentine’s Day approaches.

This week’s Official Film Chart online show features a musical clip of Bohemian Rhapsody, as Freddie Mercury and co. record the film’s title track. Check out this week's Official Film Chart online show: 

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