The Empire Strikes Back has topped the box office chart 40 years on as reopening cinemas show classic films to lure back customers after lockdown.
The second Star Wars film, first released in 1980, has been re-released by Disney for the milestone anniversary.
It took over £50,000 from 101 cinemas on the second weekend screens reopened .
Other old favourites in the top 10 included Dirty Dancing, Grease, The Shawshank Redemption and Harry Potter & The Philosopher’s Stone.
But the relatively low gross takings for each film reveal just how few screenings are still available.
Dirty Dancing, at number five in the top 10, grossed £15,134 from 25 cinemas.
Grease, in seventh place, was screened at just 18 locations and took £14,416.
The top new release was Australian crocodile horror film Black Water: Abyss, which made third place with £28,053 from 79 cinemas.
The figures, published by the British Film Institute, cover those cinemas that have reopened in England, together with a few in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
The total take for the top 10 at the weekend was £215,108. It was £13.2million for the equivalent time last year.
Many cinema chains are waiting until later in July or even early August for a full reopening, to coincide with the release of films such as Christopher Nolan's new blockbuster Tenet.
Meanwhile, cinemas in Scotland have just reopened, and cinemas in Wales are due to reopen from July 27.
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