Narnia sets Irish box office record

The big screen movie of The Chronicles of Narnia left cinema audiences spellbound this weekend taking in over €1m in three days.

The children’s classic, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, beat several other blockbusters including Toy Story 2 which took in €912,000 in its opening weekend, and went on to make €4.63m in Ireland alone.

The classic children’s tale was the biggest opening for a Disney film making €1.061m since it opened in cinemas across Ireland on December 9 last.

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe took $108.8m (€91m) and went straight to number one in 14 countries.

[Ireland Online]