David Farnor | On 17, Jul 2020

Military Wives has flown to Number 1 on the UK’s Official Film Chart this week, following its release on DVD and Blu-ray.

Military Wives tells the story of a group of women whose partners are away serving in Afghanistan, who form a choir and find themselves the centre of a media phenomenon; along the way their unique friendships helping to overcome their fears for their loved ones. The British comedy-drama starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Sharon Horgan and Jason Flemyng is up eight places on last week in the only weekly chart in the world to count both physical disc and digital download sales.

The result sees the film join its namesake as an Official Chart Number 1 – the original Military Wives Choir, led by Gareth Malone, earned the UK’s coveted Christmas Number 1 single with Wherever You Are in 2011, followed by a Number 1 album on Mother’s Day 2012 with In My Dreams.

Elsewhere on the chart, Sonic The Hedgehog zooms back up to Number 2 just ahead of family favourite Frozen 2, as Birds of Prey (4), Dolittle (5) and last week’s Number 1, thriller The Invisible Man (6), all drop.

1917 is also down a place, while Joker starring Joaquin Phoenix takes a leap up eight places to return to the Top 10 at Number 8 – its highest placing since April.

Finally, Dark Waters drifts down two to Number 9, and Onward hangs on for a tenth consecutive week at Number 10.

Read on below for the full top 10, and to watch the film chart’s round-up, which includes a sneak peek at Julia Garner in The Assistant, available to buy on DVD from 20th July.

Rank	Last week	Film
1	9	Military Wives
2	5	Sonic the Hedgehog
3	4	Frozen 2
4	3	Birds of Prey
5	2	Dolittle
6	1	The Invisible Man (2019)
7	6	1917
8	16	Joker
9	7	Dark Waters
10	8	Onward

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