Weekend box office report: 1-3 September 2023

1. The Equalizer 3

Robert McCall finds himself at home in Southern Italy but he discovers his friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall knows what he has to do: become his friends' protector by taking on the ...

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Director(s): Antoine Fuqua
Writer(s): Richard Wenk, Michael Sloan, Richard Lindheim
Actors(s): Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Eugenio Mastrandrea
Runtime: 109 min
Total gross to date: $2,783,302.00
Weekend gross: $2,783,302.00
Number of cinemas: 578
Site average: $4,815.00
Country of origin: USA/Ita
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

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2. Barbie

Barbie suffers a crisis that leads her to question her world and her existence.

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Director(s): Greta Gerwig
Writer(s): Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach
Actors(s): Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Issa Rae
Runtime: 114 min
Total gross to date: $92,584,022.00
Weekend gross: $1,641,410.00
Number of cinemas: 749
Site average: $2,191.00
Country of origin: UK/USA
Distributor: Warner Bros
Change from last week: -15
Weeks on release: 7

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.4/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 88%

Metacritic: 80/100

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3. Oppenheimer

The story of American scientist, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.

Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Director(s): Christopher Nolan
Writer(s): Christopher Nolan, Kai Bird, Martin Sherwin
Actors(s): Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon
Runtime: 180 min
Total gross to date: $55,413,089.00
Weekend gross: $960,504.00
Number of cinemas: 695
Site average: $1,382.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Universal
Change from last week: -41
Weeks on release: 7

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 8.6/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 93%

Metacritic: 88/100

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4. Sound Of Freedom

The incredible true story of a former government agent turned vigilante who embarks on a dangerous mission to rescue hundreds of children from sex traffickers.

Genre: Action, Biography, Drama
Director(s): Alejandro Monteverde
Writer(s): Rod Barr, Alejandro Monteverde
Actors(s): Jim Caviezel, Mira Sorvino, Bill Camp
Runtime: 131 min
Total gross to date: $760,060.00
Weekend gross: $760,060.00
Number of cinemas: 523
Site average: $1,453.00
Country of origin: USA/Mex
Distributor:
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 43/100

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5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

The film follows the Turtle brothers as they work to earn the love of New York City while facing down an army of mutants.

Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure
Director(s): Jeff Rowe, Kyler Spears
Writer(s): Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Jeff Rowe
Actors(s): Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr., Nicolas Cantu
Runtime: 99 min
Total gross to date: $9,148,597.00
Weekend gross: $618,912.00
Number of cinemas: 631
Site average: $981.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Paramount
Change from last week: 29
Weeks on release: 5

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.4/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 97%

Metacritic: 74/100

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6. Elemental

Follows Ember and Wade, in a city where fire-, water-, land- and air-residents live together.

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Director(s): Peter Sohn
Writer(s): John Hoberg, Kat Likkel, Brenda Hsueh
Actors(s): Leah Lewis, Mamoudou Athie, Ronnie Del Carmen
Runtime: 101 min
Total gross to date: $17,933,102.00
Weekend gross: $559,291.00
Number of cinemas: 565
Site average: $990.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Disney
Change from last week: 63
Weeks on release: 9

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.0/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 74%

Metacritic: 58/100

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7. The Meg 2

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Total gross to date: $12,474,467.00
Weekend gross: $534,668.00
Number of cinemas: 528
Site average: $1,013.00
Country of origin: UK/USA/Chn
Distributor: Warner Bros
Change from last week: -31
Weeks on release: 5

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8. Blue Beetle

An alien relic chooses Jaime Reyes to be its symbiotic host, bestowing the teenager with a suit of armor that's capable of extraordinary and unpredictable powers, forever changing his destiny as he becomes the superhero Blue Beetle.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Director(s): Angel Manuel Soto
Writer(s): Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer
Actors(s): Bruna Marquezine, Xolo Maridueña, Susan Sarandon
Runtime: 127 min
Total gross to date: $3,993,395.00
Weekend gross: $495,507.00
Number of cinemas: 531
Site average: $933.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Warner Bros
Change from last week: -35
Weeks on release: 3

Ratings:

Rotten Tomatoes: 76%

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9. Haunted Mansion

A single mom named Gabbie hires a tour guide, a psychic, a priest and a historian to help exorcise her newly bought mansion after discovering it is inhabited by ghosts.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Director(s): Justin Simien
Writer(s): Katie Dippold
Actors(s): LaKeith Stanfield, Rosario Dawson, Owen Wilson
Runtime: 123 min
Total gross to date: $3,978,483.00
Weekend gross: $394,331.00
Number of cinemas: 543
Site average: $726.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Disney
Change from last week: 3
Weeks on release: 4

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.2/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 38%

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10. Cobweb

An eight-year-old boy tries to investigate the mysterious knocking sounds that are coming from inside the walls of his house, unveiling a dark secret that his sinister parents have kept hidden from him.