Weekend box office report: 13-15 March 2020

1. 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: £5,291,686.00
Weekend gross: £1,272,748.00
Number of cinemas: 636
Site average: £2,001.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Disney
Change from last week: -63
Weeks on release: 2

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.4/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 88%

Metacritic: 61/100

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2. The Invisible Man

The film follows Cecilia, who receives the news of her abusive ex-boyfriend's suicide. She begins to re-build her life for the better. However, her sense of reality is put into question when she begins to suspect her deceased lover is not actually dead.

Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Director(s): Leigh Whannell
Writer(s): Leigh Whannell, H.G. Wells
Actors(s): Elisabeth Moss, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Harriet Dyer
Runtime: 124 min
Total gross to date: £6,555,330.00
Weekend gross: £827,746.00
Number of cinemas: 559
Site average: £1,481.00
Country of origin: USA/Aus
Distributor: Universal
Change from last week: -46
Weeks on release: 3

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 72/100

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3. The Hunt

Lucas is a Kindergarten teacher who takes great care of his students. Unfortunately for him, young Klara has a run-away imagination and concocts a lie about her teacher. Before Lucas is even able to understand the consequences, he has become the outcast of the town. The hunt is on to prove his innocence before it's taken from him for good.

Genre: Drama
Director(s): Thomas Vinterberg
Writer(s): Thomas Vinterberg, Tobias Lindholm
Actors(s): Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp
Runtime: 115 min
Total gross to date: £542,475.00
Weekend gross: £542,475.00
Number of cinemas: 448
Site average: £1,211.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Universal
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 8.3/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 92%

Metacritic: 77/100

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4. Bloodshot

Ray Garrison, an elite soldier who was killed in battle, is brought back to life by an advanced technology that gives him the ability of super human strength and fast healing. With his new abilities, he goes after the man who killed his wife, or at least, who he believes killed his wife. He soon comes to learn that not everything he learns can be trusted. The true question is: Can he even trust himself?

Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Director(s): Dave Wilson
Writer(s): Jeff Wadlow, Eric Heisserer, Kevin VanHook
Actors(s): Vin Diesel, Eiza González, Sam Heughan
Runtime: 109 min
Total gross to date: £444,917.00
Weekend gross: £444,917.00
Number of cinemas: 419
Site average: £1,062.00
Country of origin: USA/Chn
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 5.7/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 31%

Metacritic: 44/100

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5. Military Wives

Inspired by global phenomenon of military wives choirs, the story celebrates a band of misfit women who form a choir on a military base. As unexpected bonds of friendship flourish, music and laughter transform their lives, helping each other to overcome their fears for loved ones in combat.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Director(s): Peter Cattaneo
Writer(s): Rachel Tunnard, Rosanne Flynn
Actors(s): Kristin Scott Thomas, Sharon Horgan, Emma Lowndes
Runtime: 112 min
Total gross to date: £2,366,794.00
Weekend gross: £407,409.00
Number of cinemas: 659
Site average: £618.00
Country of origin: UK
Distributor: Lionsgate
Change from last week: -58
Weeks on release: 2

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.5/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 77%

Metacritic: 55/100

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6. Sonic The Hedgehog

Based on the global blockbuster videogame franchise from Sega, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG tells the story of the world's speediest hedgehog as he embraces his new home on Earth. In this live-action adventure comedy, Sonic and his new best friend Tom (James Marsden) team up to defend the planet from the evil genius Dr. Robotnik (Jim Carrey) and his plans for world domination. The family-friendly film also stars Tika Sumpter and Ben Schwartz as the voice of Sonic.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Director(s): Jeff Fowler
Writer(s): Pat Casey, Josh Miller
Actors(s): Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Jim Carrey
Runtime: 99 min
Total gross to date: £18,986,844.00
Weekend gross: £397,171.00
Number of cinemas: 579
Site average: £686.00
Country of origin: USA/Jpn/Kor
Distributor: Paramount
Change from last week: -58
Weeks on release: 5

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.5/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 64%

Metacritic: 47/100

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7. Misbehaviour

A group of women hatch a plan to disrupt the 1970 Miss World beauty competition in London.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Director(s): Philippa Lowthorpe
Writer(s): Rebecca Frayn, Gaby Chiappe
Actors(s): Keira Knightley, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jessie Buckley
Runtime: 106 min
Total gross to date: £347,643.00
Weekend gross: £347,643.00
Number of cinemas: 511
Site average: £680.00
Country of origin: UK
Distributor: Disney
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.3/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 86%

Metacritic: 62/100

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8. My Spy

A hardened CIA operative finds himself at the mercy of a precocious 9-year-old girl, having been sent undercover to surveil her family.

Genre: Action, Comedy
Director(s): Peter Segal
Writer(s): Erich Hoeber, Jon Hoeber
Actors(s): Dave Bautista, Chloe Coleman, Parisa Fitz-Henley
Runtime: 99 min
Total gross to date: £345,575.00
Weekend gross: £345,575.00
Number of cinemas: 444
Site average: £778.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: STX Entertainment
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.3/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 48%

Metacritic: 46/100

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9. Parasite

The Kims - mother and father Chung-sook and Ki-taek, and their young adult offspring, son Ki-woo and daughter Ki-jung - are a poor family living in a shabby and cramped half basement apartment in a busy lower working class commercial district of Seoul. Without even knowing it, they, especially Mr. and Mrs. Kim, literally smell of poverty. Often as a collective, they perpetrate minor scams to get by, and even when they have jobs, they do the minimum work required. Ki-woo is the one who has dreams of getting out of poverty by one day going to university. Despite not having that university education, Ki-woo is chosen by his university student friend Min, who is leaving to go to school, to take over his tutoring job to Park Da-hye, who Min plans to date once he returns to Seoul and she herself is in university. The Parks are a wealthy family who for four years have lived in their modernistic house designed by and the former residence of famed architect Namgoong. While Mr. and Mrs. Park are all about status, Mrs. Park has a flighty, simpleminded mentality and temperament, which Min tells Ki-woo to feel comfortable in lying to her about his education to get the job. In getting the job, Ki-woo further learns that Mrs. Park is looking for an art therapist for the Parks' adolescent son, Da-song, Ki-woo quickly recommending his professional art therapist friend "Jessica", really Ki-jung who he knows can pull off the scam in being the easiest liar of the four Kims. In Ki-woo also falling for Da-hye, he begins to envision himself in that house, and thus the Kims as a collective start a plan for all the Kims, like Ki-jung using assumed names, to replace existing servants in the Parks' employ in orchestrating reasons for them to be fired. The most difficult to get rid of may be Moon-gwang, the Parks' housekeeper who literally came with the house - she Namgoong's housekeeper when he lived there - and thus knows all the little nooks and crannies of it better than the Parks themselves. The question then becomes how far the Kims can take this scam in their quest to become their version of the Parks.

Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Bong Joon Ho
Writer(s): Bong Joon Ho, Han Jin-won
Actors(s): Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong
Runtime: 132 min
Total gross to date: £11,971,951.00
Weekend gross: £235,613.00
Number of cinemas: 342
Site average: £689.00
Country of origin: Kor
Distributor: StudioCanal
Change from last week: -55
Weeks on release: 6

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 8.5/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 99%

Metacritic: 96/100

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10. Dark Waters

A corporate defense attorney takes on an environmental lawsuit against a chemical company that exposes a lengthy history of pollution.

Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Director(s): Todd Haynes
Writer(s): Nathaniel Rich, Mario Correa, Matthew Michael Carnahan
Actors(s): Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins
Runtime: 126 min
Total gross to date: £2,411,637.00
Weekend gross: £224,252.00
Number of cinemas: 412
Site average: £544.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: eOne Films
Change from last week: -55
Weeks on release: 3

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.6/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 89%

Metacritic: 73/100

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11. Dolittle

After his wife's death, Dr. John Dolittle (Robert Downey, Jr.) decided to hide from the world with his beloved animals. But he has to take a journey to a mysterious island to find a healing tree, which is the only medicine that can help the dying Queen Victoria (Jessie Buckley) in Buckingham Palace.

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Director(s): Stephen Gaghan
Writer(s): Stephen Gaghan, Dan Gregor, Doug Mand
Actors(s): Robert Downey Jr., Antonio Banderas, Michael Sheen
Runtime: 101 min
Total gross to date: £15,880,947.00
Weekend gross: £147,740.00
Number of cinemas: 497
Site average: £297.00
Country of origin: UK/USA
Distributor: Universal
Change from last week: -59
Weeks on release: 6

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 5.6/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 15%

Metacritic: 26/100

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12. Blumhouse's Fantasy Island

Genre:
Director(s):
Writer(s):
Actors(s):
Runtime:
Total gross to date: £725,144.00
Weekend gross: £136,886.00
Number of cinemas: 354
Site average: £387.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Change from last week: -65
Weeks on release: 2

Ratings:

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13. 1917

April 1917, the Western Front. Two British soldiers are sent to deliver an urgent message to an isolated regiment. If the message is not received in time the regiment will walk into a trap and be massacred. To get to the regiment they will need to cross through enemy territory. Time is of the essence and the journey will be fraught with danger.

Genre: Action, Drama, War
Director(s): Sam Mendes
Writer(s): Sam Mendes, Krysty Wilson-Cairns
Actors(s): Dean-Charles Chapman, George MacKay, Daniel Mays
Runtime: 119 min
Total gross to date: £43,707,991.00
Weekend gross: £108,947.00
Number of cinemas: 293
Site average: £372.00
Country of origin: UK/USA
Distributor: eOne Films
Change from last week: -56
Weeks on release: 10

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 8.2/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 89%

Metacritic: 78/100

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14. Emma

Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people's affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are utterly wrong for each other. Despite her interest in romance, Emma is clueless about her own feelings, and her relationship with gentle Mr. Knightly.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Douglas McGrath
Writer(s): Jane Austen, Douglas McGrath
Actors(s): Gwyneth Paltrow, James Cosmo, Greta Scacchi
Runtime: 120 min
Total gross to date: £7,411,754.00
Weekend gross: £94,782.00
Number of cinemas: 329
Site average: £288.00
Country of origin: UK
Distributor: Universal
Change from last week: -66
Weeks on release: 5

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.6/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 89%

Metacritic: 66/100

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15. Chal Mera Putt 2

Friendship and love between illegal immigrants struggling and facing challenges. Showing us that when it comes to the struggle of life, no border can divide human hearts and the love inside.

Genre: Drama
Director(s): Janjot Singh
Writer(s): Rakesh Dhawan, Sunil Dhawan
Actors(s): Amrinder Gill, Simi Chahal, Nasir Chinyoti
Runtime: 124 min
Total gross to date: £89,906.00
Weekend gross: £89,906.00
Number of cinemas: 56
Site average: £1,605.00
Country of origin: Ind
Distributor: Rhythm Boyz Entertainment/Fountain Films
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 8.9/10

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