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Weekend box office report: 13-15 January 2023

1. Avatar: The Way Of Water

Jake Sully lives with his newfound family formed on the extrasolar moon Pandora. Once a familiar threat returns to finish what was previously started, Jake must work with Neytiri and the army of the Na'vi race to protect their home.
  • Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
  • Director(s): James Cameron
  • Writer(s): James Cameron, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver
  • Actors(s): Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver
  • Runtime: 192 min
  • Total gross to date: £63,733,634.00
  • Weekend gross: £4,172,161.00
  • Number of cinemas: 659
  • Site average: £6,331.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Disney
  • Change from last week: -29
  • Weeks on release: 5
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 7.7/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 76%
  • Metacritic: 67/100

2. M3gan

A robotics engineer at a toy company builds a life-like doll that begins to take on a life of its own.
  • Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
  • Director(s): Gerard Johnstone
  • Writer(s): Akela Cooper, James Wan
  • Actors(s): Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Ronny Chieng
  • Runtime: 102 min
  • Total gross to date: £2,356,357.00
  • Weekend gross: £2,356,357.00
  • Number of cinemas: 562
  • Site average: £4,193.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Universal
  • Change from last week: -
  • Weeks on release: 1
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 6.4/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 93%
  • Metacritic: 72/100

3. Empire Of Light

A drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times, set in an English coastal town in the early 1980s.
  • Genre: Drama, Romance
  • Director(s): Sam Mendes
  • Writer(s): Sam Mendes
  • Actors(s): Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Colin Firth
  • Runtime: 115 min
  • Total gross to date: £1,721,921.00
  • Weekend gross: £1,721,921.00
  • Number of cinemas: 683
  • Site average: £2,521.00
  • Country of origin: UK/USA
  • Distributor: Disney
  • Change from last week: -
  • Weeks on release: 1
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 6.6/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 45%
  • Metacritic: 54/100

4. Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody

A joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, one of the greatest female R&B pop vocalists of all time, tracking her journey from obscurity to musical superstardom.
  • Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
  • Director(s): Kasi Lemmons
  • Writer(s): Anthony McCarten
  • Actors(s): Naomi Ackie, Stanley Tucci, Ashton Sanders
  • Runtime: 144 min
  • Total gross to date: £8,203,259.00
  • Weekend gross: £1,103,064.00
  • Number of cinemas: 662
  • Site average: £1,666.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Sony Pictures
  • Change from last week: -20
  • Weeks on release: 3
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 6.6/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 44%
  • Metacritic: 51/100

5. Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical

Based on the hit award-winning musical and the beloved novel by Roald Dahl, Matilda tells the story about Matilda, a intelligent little girl who is stuck with her nasty parents and her sadist school headmistress. With her kind teacher, revolting classmates, and her huge imagination, she tries to change her destiny.
  • Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
  • Director(s): Matthew Warchus
  • Writer(s): Dennis Kelly, Tim Minchin, Roald Dahl
  • Actors(s): Alisha Weir, Emma Thompson, Lashana Lynch
  • Runtime: 117 min
  • Total gross to date: £25,027,891.00
  • Weekend gross: £857,293.00
  • Number of cinemas: 673
  • Site average: £1,274.00
  • Country of origin: UK/USA
  • Distributor: Sony Pictures
  • Change from last week: -28
  • Weeks on release: 8
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 7.1/10
  • Metacritic: 72/100

6. A Man Called Otto

Otto is a grump who's given up on life following the loss of his wife and wants to end it all. When a young family moves in nearby, he meets his match in quick-witted Marisol, leading to a friendship that will turn his world around.
  • Genre: Comedy, Drama
  • Director(s): Marc Forster
  • Writer(s): Fredrik Backman, Hannes Holm, David Magee
  • Actors(s): Tom Hanks, Mariana Treviño, Rachel Keller
  • Runtime: 126 min
  • Total gross to date: £2,575,470.00
  • Weekend gross: £796,076.00
  • Number of cinemas: 652
  • Site average: £1,221.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Sony Pictures
  • Change from last week: -26
  • Weeks on release: 2
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 7.4/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 69%
  • Metacritic: 51/100

7. Varisu

Vijay Rajendran is a happy to-go lucky man. Things change when his father becomes terminally ill, and he is left to manage his business empire.
  • Genre: Action, Drama
  • Director(s): Vamshi Paidipally
  • Writer(s): Vamshi Paidipally, Hari, Ahishor Solomon
  • Actors(s): Joseph Vijay, Rashmika Mandanna, Shaam
  • Runtime: 169 min
  • Total gross to date: £648,230.00
  • Weekend gross: £648,230.00
  • Number of cinemas: 161
  • Site average: £4,026.00
  • Country of origin: Ind
  • Distributor: Ahimsa Entertainment
  • Change from last week: -
  • Weeks on release: 1
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 6.1/10

8. Tar

In the murky depths of Los Angeles' world-famous La Brea Tar Pits there lies an ancient secret - a creature that, awakened by underground construction, turns a night of somber packing for Barry Greenwood and his co-workers into a desperate fight for survival.
  • Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
  • Director(s): Aaron Wolf
  • Writer(s): Timothy Nuttall, Aaron Wolf
  • Actors(s): Timothy Bottoms, Graham Greene, Aaron Wolf
  • Runtime: 96 min
  • Total gross to date: £394,649.00
  • Weekend gross: £394,649.00
  • Number of cinemas: 136
  • Site average: £2,902.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Universal
  • Change from last week: -
  • Weeks on release: 1
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 3.8/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 29%

9. Thunivu

A mysterious mastermind - Daredevil and his team forms a plan and commits bank heist to find the corporate looted people's money.
  • Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
  • Director(s): H. Vinoth
  • Writer(s): H. Vinoth
  • Actors(s): Ajith Kumar, Manju Warrier, Samuthirakani
  • Runtime: 146 min
  • Total gross to date: £273,277.00
  • Weekend gross: £273,277.00
  • Number of cinemas: 91
  • Site average: £3,003.00
  • Country of origin: Ind
  • Distributor: DG Tech
  • Change from last week: -
  • Weeks on release: 1
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 6.1/10

10. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

The people of Wakanda fight to protect their home from intervening world powers as they mourn the death of King T'Challa.
  • Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
  • Director(s): Ryan Coogler
  • Writer(s): Ryan Coogler, Joe Robert Cole, Stan Lee
  • Actors(s): Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira
  • Runtime: 161 min
  • Total gross to date: £34,218,317.00
  • Weekend gross: £143,774.00
  • Number of cinemas: 198
  • Site average: £726.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Disney
  • Change from last week: -47
  • Weeks on release: 10
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 6.7/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 84%
  • Metacritic: 67/100

11. Strange World

The legendary Clades are a family of explorers whose differences threaten to topple their latest and most crucial mission.
  • Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure
  • Director(s): Don Hall, Qui Nguyen
  • Writer(s): Qui Nguyen
  • Actors(s): Jake Gyllenhaal, Jaboukie Young-White, Gabrielle Union
  • Runtime: 102 min
  • Total gross to date: £3,731,300.00
  • Weekend gross: £128,986.00
  • Number of cinemas: 448
  • Site average: £288.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Disney
  • Change from last week: -8
  • Weeks on release: 8
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 5.6/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 72%
  • Metacritic: 65/100

12. Waltair Veerayya

A fisherman who engages in smuggling accepts a request from a disheveled police officer in order to use it to his personal advantage
  • Genre: Action, Drama
  • Director(s): K.S. Ravindra
  • Writer(s): K.S. Ravindra, Kona Venkat, K. Chakravarthy Reddy
  • Actors(s): Chiranjeevi, Ravi Teja, Shruti Haasan
  • Runtime: 155 min
  • Total gross to date: £123,174.00
  • Weekend gross: £123,174.00
  • Number of cinemas: 55
  • Site average: £2,240.00
  • Country of origin: Ind
  • Distributor: Dreamz Entertainment
  • Change from last week: -
  • Weeks on release: 1
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 6.3/10

13. Till

In 1955, after Emmett Till is murdered in a brutal lynching, his mother vows to expose the racism behind the attack while working to have those involved brought to justice.
  • Genre: Biography, Drama, History
  • Director(s): Chinonye Chukwu
  • Writer(s): Michael Reilly, Keith Beauchamp, Chinonye Chukwu
  • Actors(s): Danielle Deadwyler, Jalyn Hall, Frankie Faison
  • Runtime: 130 min
  • Total gross to date: £630,598.00
  • Weekend gross: £119,939.00
  • Number of cinemas: 341
  • Site average: £352.00
  • Country of origin: UK/USA
  • Distributor: Universal
  • Change from last week: -63
  • Weeks on release: 2
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 7.1/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 96%
  • Metacritic: 79/100

14. Enys Men

Set in 1973 on an uninhabited island off the Cornish coast, a wildlife volunteer's daily observations of a rare flower turn into a metaphysical journey that forces her as well as the viewer to question what is real and what is nig...
  • Genre: Horror
  • Director(s): Mark Jenkin
  • Writer(s): Mark Jenkin
  • Actors(s): Mary Woodvine, Edward Rowe, Flo Crowe
  • Runtime: 91 min
  • Total gross to date: £103,250.00
  • Weekend gross: £103,250.00
  • Number of cinemas: 49
  • Site average: £2,107.00
  • Country of origin: UK
  • Distributor: BFI
  • Change from last week: -
  • Weeks on release: 1
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 6.1/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 78%
  • Metacritic: 78/100

15. Veera Simha Reddy

The father of Veera Simha Reddy is a revered man in a village and his son Bala Simha Reddy settles in the USA.When his father gets killed in the village politics, Bala Simha returns to India and takes revenge on who killed his fat...
  • Genre: Action, Drama
  • Director(s): Gopichand Malineni
  • Writer(s): Sai Madhav Burra, Srinivas Gavireddy, Gopichand Malineni
  • Actors(s): Nandamuri Balakrishna, Shruti Haasan, Honey Rose
  • Runtime: 170 min
  • Total gross to date: £95,423.00
  • Weekend gross: £95,423.00
  • Number of cinemas: 57
  • Site average: £1,674.00
  • Country of origin: Ind
  • Distributor: Dreamz Entertainment
  • Change from last week: -
  • Weeks on release: 1
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 5.0/10

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