Manx movie storms UK cinema charts

Thursday, 18 May 2017 00:00

A new Manx-made movie has shot into the UK's cinema charts - taking £280,000 on its first weekend.

Mindhorn was released on May 5th - figures from the British Film Institute show it entered the top ten at number 8 in its first week.

The film stars Julian Barratt and Simon Farnaby and is the first Isle of Man film since George Formby's No Limit to be set here.

It follows a fictional detective who's called back to the Island to help police find a serial killer, and has now been released on streaming service Netflix.

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