"Jungle Book" Was Beaten By "Bridget Jones' Baby" In 2016 Highest Grossing Film?"
By Hazel Jane F. Mortiga | Nov 05, 2016 06:52 AM EDT
"Jungle Book" was beaten by the hilarious film, "Bridget Jones' Baby" with a total gross of $173.4 million against a budget of $35 million. On the other hand, it was reported that the said movie was UK's top grossing film for 2016.
The romantic comedy film, "Bridget Jones' Baby" which was directed by Sharon Maguire earned an incredible £46.27 million at the box office. It was reported that the said movie was UK's best-selling film for 2016. Bridget Jones' Baby beats Disney's live-action remake of the "Jungle Book" which ranked number 2 in the top grossing film for 2016. Jungle Book earned £46.1million followed by Pixar's Finding Dory which had a total gross of £42.6million. On the other hand, "Deadpool" ranked number 3 which has a total gross of £37.9million, Captain America: Civil War" was on the fourth list which totaled to £37.09 million and "Girl on the Train" ranked number 5 which earned a total gross of £20 million.
During the promotion of the film, an exclusive interview with The Independent to Firth about his doubt if the movie could work without his co-star, Hugh Grant. "At first I thought, 'it can't possibly work.' I had no idea if Hugh would prove to be completely irrelevant.", he said. "I thought it couldn't work without Hugh. I think it was really only once Patrick showed up and it so well that I thought 'no, we're fine.'', he added. As the movie was said to be UK's top grossing film for 2016, it is a definitive proof that the film could.
On the other hand, "Jungle Book" was still on the top five list for highest grossing film in 2016. The American fantasy film had a huge financial success that brought it into a blockbuster movie for 2016. The said movie had a total gross of $996.3 million worldwide against a budget of $175 million. Though the film did not get UK's top grossing film for 2016, still the movie made a big success.
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