The lovable bear’s latest adventure, which stars Olivia Colman and Antonio Banderas, alongside the regular cast scored highly at the box office despite tepid reviews

Paddington in Peru, the third film in the hit Paddington series adapted from the books by Michael Bond, has scored the highest opening weekend box office for a British film since No Time to Die, the most recent Bond movie.

Studiocanal, the studio behind all three Paddington films, reports that it took £9.65m at the UK box office over the first three days of its release since Friday, playing to an estimated audience of 1.2m people in 732 cinemas. By contrast No Time to Die, released in 2021 during the pandemic, recorded £21m on its opening three days, after showing in a higher number of venues (772).