Wide Eye Media and Rentrak have recently published the official statistics of the 2018 Irish box office, whose top ten is once again dominated by foreign film productions. The most viewed film of the season is Ol Parker's musical Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (€5,300,794, including previews), which grossed over €345 million worldwide. Second place is claimed by another American romantic musical, Bradley Cooper's A Star Is Born (€5,155,561), while the third position is held by Anthony and Joe Russo's superhero blockbuster Avengers: Infinity War, screened in both 2D and 3D nationwide (€4,759,402).

The top ten is rounded off by other major international successes such as Brad Bird's new Pixar flick Incredibles 2 (€4,421,028), JA Bayona'sJurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (€3,935,841), Will Gluck's live-action/computer-animated comedy Peter Rabbit (€3,300,357), Bryan Singer's biopic Bohemian Rhapsody [+lire aussi :
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The most popular Irish film of 2018 was Black '47 [+lire aussi :
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Finally, other domestic hits include Ruth Carter's comedy Damo & Ivor: The Movie (€291,748), Dave Tynan's feature debut Dublin Oldschool (€240,282), Lenny Abrahmson's gothic drama The Little Stranger [+lire aussi :
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