Weekend box office report: 11-13 September 2020

1. Tenet

In a twilight world of international espionage, an unnamed CIA operative, known as The Protagonist, is recruited by a mysterious organization called Tenet to participate in a global assignment that unfolds beyond real time. The mission: prevent Andrei Sator, a renegade Russian oligarch with precognition abilities, from starting World War III. The Protagonist will soon master the art of "time inversion" as a way of countering the threat that is to come.

Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director(s): Christopher Nolan
Writer(s): Christopher Nolan
Actors(s): John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki
Runtime: 150 min
Total gross to date: £12,446,578.00
Weekend gross: £1,233,090.00
Number of cinemas: 612
Site average: £2,015.00
Country of origin: UK/USA
Distributor: Warner Bros
Change from last week: -42
Weeks on release: 3

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.3/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 69%

Metacritic: 69/100

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2. After We Collided

Tessa has everything to lose. Hardin has nothing to lose. - except her. After We Collided - Life will never be the same. After a tumultuous beginning to their relationship, Tessa and Hardin were on the path to making things work. Tessa knew Hardin could be cruel, but when a bombshell revelation is dropped about the origins of their relationship - and Hardin's mysterious past - Tessa is beside herself. Hardin will always be - Hardin. But is he really the deep, thoughtful guy Tessa fell madly in love with despite his angry exterior - or has he been a stranger all along? She wishes she could walk away. It's just not that easy. Hardin knows he made a mistake, possibly the biggest one of his life. He's not going down without a fight. But can he change? Will he change - for love? Yes, yes he will.

Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Roger Kumble
Writer(s): Anna Todd, Mario Celaya
Actors(s): Josephine Langford, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Dylan Sprouse
Runtime: 105 min
Total gross to date: £763,664.00
Weekend gross: £442,661.00
Number of cinemas: 386
Site average: £1,147.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Shear Entertainment
Change from last week: 72
Weeks on release: 2

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 5.0/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 13%

Metacritic: 14/100

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3. Break The Silence: The Movie (Concert)

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Total gross to date: £374,060.00
Weekend gross: £249,997.00
Number of cinemas: 363
Site average: £689.00
Country of origin: Kor
Distributor: Trafalgar
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 2

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4. The New Mutants

After a near-death experience during a strange tornado, Danielle Moonstar awakens in an abandoned research facility run by the mysterious Dr Cecilia Reyes. There, Dr Reyes introduces Dani to four other equally uncommon teenagers: Illyana Rasputin, Rahne Sinclair, Sam Guthrie, and Roberto da Costa, who wants to keep them safe and sound until they learn how to be in full control of their extraordinary abilities. However, even though the exceptional team of traumatised inmates believes that they're being treated and cared for, before long, they all start to experience horrifying hallucinations. But, this institution was supposed to be a safe place. Are they patients or prisoners?

Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery
Director(s): Josh Boone
Writer(s): Josh Boone, Knate Lee
Actors(s): Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton
Runtime: 94 min
Total gross to date: £1,101,989.00
Weekend gross: £200,660.00
Number of cinemas: 542
Site average: £370.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Disney
Change from last week: -70
Weeks on release: 2

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 5.3/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 36%

Metacritic: 43/100

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5. Onward

In a suburban fantasy world, two teenage elf brothers, Ian and Barley Lightfoot, go on a journey to discover if there is still a little magic left out there in order to spend one last day with their father, who died when they were too young to remember him. Like any good quest, their journey is filled with magic spells, cryptic maps, impossible obstacles and unimaginable discoveries. When the boys' fearless mom, Laurel, realizes that her sons are missing, she teams up with the legendary winged-lion-scorpion former warrior -- The Manticore -- and heads off to find them. Perilous curses aside, this one magical day could mean more than any of them ever dreamed.

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Director(s): Dan Scanlon
Writer(s): Dan Scanlon, Keith Bunin, Jason Headley
Actors(s): Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Runtime: 102 min
Total gross to date: £7,068,168.00
Weekend gross: £97,253.00
Number of cinemas: 444
Site average: £219.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Disney
Change from last week: -28
Weeks on release: 28

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.4/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 88%

Metacritic: 61/100

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6. The Broken Hearts Gallery

What if you saved a souvenir from every relationship you've ever been in? THE BROKEN HEARTS GALLERY follows the always unique Lucy (Geraldine Viswanathan), a 20-something art gallery assistant living in New York City, who also happens to be an emotional hoarder. After she gets dumped by her latest boyfriend, Lucy is inspired to create The Broken Heart Gallery, a pop-up space for the items love has left behind. Word of the gallery spreads, encouraging a movement and a fresh start for all the romantics out there, including Lucy herself.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Natalie Krinsky
Writer(s): Natalie Krinsky
Actors(s): Geraldine Viswanathan, Dacre Montgomery, Utkarsh Ambudkar
Runtime: 109 min
Total gross to date: £87,568.00
Weekend gross: £87,568.00
Number of cinemas: 472
Site average: £186.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.3/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 79%

Metacritic: 57/100

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7. Petla

Based on a true story about a 2nd generation cop who has designs on becoming a detective but his goals descend into bribery, corruption and addiction.

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Patryk Vega
Writer(s): Grzegorz Barlog, Olaf Olszewski, Patryk Vega
Actors(s): Antoni Królikowski, Katarzyna Warnke, Piotr Stramowski
Runtime: 105 min
Total gross to date: £85,021.00
Weekend gross: £85,021.00
Number of cinemas: 201
Site average: £423.00
Country of origin: Pol
Distributor: Kinostar
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 3.6/10

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8. 100% Wolf

100% Wolf centers on Freddy Lupin, heir to a proud family line of werewolves. Positive he'll become the most fearsome werewolf ever, Freddy is in for a shock when his first "warfing" goes awry, turning him into a ferocious - poodle.

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Director(s): Alexs Stadermann
Writer(s): Ranald Allan, David Breen, Fin Edquist
Actors(s): Loren Gray, Adriane Daff, Akmal Saleh
Runtime: 96 min
Total gross to date: £1,120,650.00
Weekend gross: £76,000.00
Number of cinemas: 453
Site average: £168.00
Country of origin: Aus
Distributor: Vertigo
Change from last week: -21
Weeks on release: 7

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 5.6/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 69%

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9. Unhinged

Academy Award winner Russell Crowe stars in Unhinged, a psychological thriller that takes something we've all experienced- road rage - to an unpredictable and terrifying conclusion. Rachel (Caren Pistorius) is running late getting to work when she crosses paths with a stranger (Crowe) at a traffic light. Soon, Rachel finds herself, and everyone she loves, the target of a man who feels invisible and is looking to make one last mark upon the world by teaching her a series of deadly lessons. What follows is a dangerous game of cat and mouse that proves you never know who you're driving next to.

Genre: Action, Thriller
Director(s): Derrick Borte
Writer(s): Carl Ellsworth
Actors(s): Russell Crowe, Caren Pistorius, Gabriel Bateman
Runtime: 90 min
Total gross to date: £1,570,326.00
Weekend gross: £61,855.00
Number of cinemas: 275
Site average: £225.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Altitude
Change from last week: -36
Weeks on release: 7

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.0/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 48%

Metacritic: 40/100

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10. Trolls World Tour

Poppy and Branch discover that they are but one of six different Troll tribes scattered over six different lands devoted to six different kinds of music: Funk, Country, Techno, Classical, Pop and Rock. Their world is about to get a lot bigger and a whole lot louder. A member of hard-rock royalty, Queen Barb, aided by her father King Thrash, wants to destroy all other kinds of music to let rock reign supreme. With the fate of the world at stake, Poppy and Branch, along with their friends, set out to visit all the other lands to unify the Trolls in harmony against Barb, who's looking to upstage them all.

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Director(s): Walt Dohrn, David P. Smith
Writer(s): Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger, Maya Forbes
Actors(s): Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Rachel Bloom
Runtime: 91 min
Total gross to date: £810,838.00
Weekend gross: £37,965.00
Number of cinemas: 258
Site average: £147.00
Country of origin: USA/Jpn
Distributor: Universal
Change from last week: -23
Weeks on release: 23

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.1/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 71%

Metacritic: 51/100

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11. Pinocchio

Inventor Gepetto creates a wooden marionette called Pinocchio. His wish for Pinocchio to be a real boy is unexpectedly granted by a fairy. The fairy assigns Jiminy Cricket to act as Pinocchio's "conscience" and keep him out of trouble. Jiminy is not too successful in this endeavor and most of the film is spent with Pinocchio deep in trouble.

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Director(s): Norman Ferguson, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson
Writer(s): Carlo Collodi, Ted Sears, Otto Englander
Actors(s): Dickie Jones, Christian Rub, Mel Blanc
Runtime: 88 min
Total gross to date: £732,341.00
Weekend gross: £34,016.00
Number of cinemas: 295
Site average: £115.00
Country of origin: UK/Ita/Fra
Distributor: Vertigo
Change from last week: -40
Weeks on release: 5

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.5/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 100%

Metacritic: 99/100

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12. Les Miserables

In late 18th Century (1795) France, in the middle of the French Revolution, the unemployed woodman Jean Valjean is arrested for stealing bread to feed his family and sentenced to five years in prison in Toulon. He tries to escape from prison due to the mistreatment of cruel Javert, increasing his sentence. Nineteen years later he is released but forced to carry ID that labels him a thief, making him unwelcome at inns and many other places but is helped by the kind Bishop Myriel that feeds and shelters him. However he steals his silverware in the dawn but he is arrested by two policemen and brought back to the bishop. The bishop tells that the silver objects were a gift and gives two additional candlesticks to Valjean. When the policemen leave the place, the bishop tells that he has bought his soul and now he should live an honest life. Jean Valjean becomes a well-succeeded businessman with the alias Madeleine, bringing prosperity to a small town by producing black beads that he had learned to make in the prison and then the becomes the major. His life changes when Javert is assigned the chief of police of his town. Javert arrests the beggar Fantine accused of prostitution but Madeleine asks him to release her and brings her home. He learns that she sends money to a couple to raise her daughter Cosette. Meanwhile Javert travels to Paris to denounce Madeleine, but he learns that Jean Valjean is arrested. But Madeleine confesses the truth to the court and releases the man. Now Javert will take him back to Toulon. What will Jean Valjean do ?

Genre: Drama, History
Director(s): Glenn Jordan
Writer(s): John Gay, Victor Hugo
Actors(s): Richard Jordan, Anthony Perkins, Cyril Cusack
Runtime: 150 min
Total gross to date: £121,066.00
Weekend gross: £31,270.00
Number of cinemas: 129
Site average: £242.00
Country of origin: Fra
Distributor: Altitude/Aerodrome
Change from last week: -34
Weeks on release: 2

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.3/10

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13. The Roads Not Taken

Sally Potter's THE ROADS NOT TAKEN follows a day in the life of Leo (Javier Bardem) and his daughter, Molly (Elle Fanning) as she grapples with the challenges of her father's chaotic mind. As they weave their way through New York City, Leo's journey takes on a hallucinatory quality as he floats through alternate lives he could have lived, leading Molly to wrestle with her own path as she considers her future.

Genre: Drama
Director(s): Sally Potter
Writer(s): Sally Potter
Actors(s): Javier Bardem, Elle Fanning, Branka Katic
Runtime: 85 min
Total gross to date: £27,742.00
Weekend gross: £27,742.00
Number of cinemas: 232
Site average: £120.00
Country of origin: UK
Distributor: Universal
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 5.2/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 44%

Metacritic: 42/100

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14. Black Panther

After the events of Captain America: Civil War, Prince T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new king. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne from factions within his own country. When two foes conspire to destroy Wakanda, the hero known as Black Panther must team up with C.I.A. agent Everett K. Ross and members of the Dora Milaje, Wakandan special forces, to prevent Wakanda from being dragged into a world war.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Director(s): Ryan Coogler
Writer(s): Ryan Coogler, Joe Robert Cole, Stan Lee
Actors(s): Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o
Runtime: 134 min
Total gross to date: £50,720,275.00
Weekend gross: £26,396.00
Number of cinemas: 185
Site average: £143.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Disney
Change from last week: -45
Weeks on release: 135

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.3/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 96%

Metacritic: 88/100

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15. Memories Of Murder (Re: 2020)

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Total gross to date: £18,799.00
Weekend gross: £18,799.00
Number of cinemas: 40
Site average: £470.00
Country of origin: Kor
Distributor: Curzon
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

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