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Mad About the Boy's first weekend in the UK and Ireland was the biggest of the year so far, but was below the openings registered by blockbusters like Deadpool & Wolverine, Wicked and Moana 2 in 2024.

She added: "When it comes to Mad About the Boy, it's less that Bridget Jones has finally matured, and more that she's shown us how human she really is."

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Renée Zellweger's fourth film as the much-loved-yet-shambolic diarist, made £11.8m in its first four days after its release on Thursday.

Now, “Bridget Jones” is back with the fourth film in the series, “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy.”

While “Mad About the Boy” has classic rom-com elements and all of the idiosyncrasies fans love about Bridget, the film moves further into drama than the franchise ever has.