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Weekend box office report: 14-16 January 2022

1. Spider-Man: No Way Home

Peter Parker's secret identity is revealed to the entire world. Desperate for help, Peter turns to Doctor Strange to make the world forget that he is Spider-Man. The spell goes horribly wrong and shatters the multiverse, bringing in monstrous villains that could destroy the world.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Director(s): Jon Watts
Writer(s): Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, Stan Lee
Actors(s): Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch
Runtime: 148 min
Total gross to date: £84,127,768.00
Weekend gross: £3,215,166.00
Number of cinemas: 679
Site average: £4,735.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Change from last week: -28
Weeks on release: 5

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 71/100

2. Scream

A year after her mother's death, Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) and her friends started experiencing some strange phone calls. They later learned the calls were coming from a crazed serial killer, in a white faced mask and a large black robe, looking for revenge. His phone calls usually consist of many questions, the main one being: What's your favorite scary movie? Along with much scary movie trivia, ending with bloody pieces of innocent lives scattered around the small town of Woodsboro.

Genre: Horror, Mystery
Director(s): Wes Craven
Writer(s): Kevin Williamson
Actors(s): Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette
Runtime: 111 min
Total gross to date: £2,468,510.00
Weekend gross: £2,468,510.00
Number of cinemas: 622
Site average: £3,969.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Paramount
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.4/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 80%

Metacritic: 65/100

3. The King's Man

In the early years of the 20th century, the Kingsman agency is formed to stand against a cabal plotting a war to wipe out millions.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Director(s): Matthew Vaughn
Writer(s): Matthew Vaughn, Karl Gajdusek, Mark Millar
Actors(s): Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton, Rhys Ifans
Runtime: 131 min
Total gross to date: £6,459,482.00
Weekend gross: £627,445.00
Number of cinemas: 577
Site average: £1,087.00
Country of origin: UK/USA
Distributor: Disney
Change from last week: -30
Weeks on release: 3

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.3/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 41%

Metacritic: 44/100

4. Clifford The Big Red Dog

As middle schooler Emily Elizabeth struggles to fit in at home and at school, she discovers a small red puppy who is destined to become her best friend from a magical animal rescuer. When Clifford becomes a gigantic red dog in her New York City apartment and attracts the attention of a genetics company who wish to supersize animals, Emily and her clueless Uncle Casey have to fight the forces of greed as they go on the run across New York City and take a bite out of the Big Apple. Along the way, Clifford affects the lives of everyone around him and teaches Emily and her uncle the true meaning of acceptance and unconditional love. Based on the beloved Scholastic character, Clifford will teach the world how to love big.

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Director(s): Walt Becker
Writer(s): Jay Scherick, David Ronn, Blaise Hemingway
Actors(s): Darby Camp, Jack Whitehall, Izaac Wang
Runtime: 96 min
Total gross to date: £7,977,918.00
Weekend gross: £525,107.00
Number of cinemas: 620
Site average: £847.00
Country of origin: UK/USA
Distributor: eOne Films
Change from last week: -16
Weeks on release: 6

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 5.9/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 58%

Metacritic: 55/100

5. Licorice Pizza

LICORICE PIZZA is the story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and falling in love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973. Written and Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, the film tracks the treacherous navigation of first love.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Paul Thomas Anderson
Writer(s): Paul Thomas Anderson
Actors(s): Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn
Runtime: 133 min
Total gross to date: £1,527,797.00
Weekend gross: £393,988.00
Number of cinemas: 369
Site average: £1,068.00
Country of origin: USA/Can
Distributor: Universal
Change from last week: -55
Weeks on release: 2

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.2/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 91%

Metacritic: 90/100

6. West Side Story

West Side Story is the award-winning adaptation of the classic romantic tragedy "Romeo and Juliet". The feuding families become two warring New York City gangs--the white Jets led by Riff and the Latino Sharks, led by Bernardo. Their hatred escalates to a point where neither can coexist with any form of understanding. But when Riff's best friend (and former Jet) Tony and Bernardo's younger sister Maria meet at a dance, no one can do anything to stop their love. Maria and Tony begin meeting in secret, planning to run away. Then the Sharks and Jets plan a rumble under the highway--whoever wins gains control of the streets. Maria sends Tony to stop it, hoping it can end the violence. It goes terribly wrong, and before the lovers know what's happened, tragedy strikes and doesn't stop until the climactic and heartbreaking ending.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Musical
Director(s): Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise
Writer(s): Ernest Lehman, Arthur Laurents, Jerome Robbins
Actors(s): Natalie Wood, George Chakiris, Richard Beymer
Runtime: 153 min
Total gross to date: £6,601,202.00
Weekend gross: £350,015.00
Number of cinemas: 490
Site average: £714.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Disney
Change from last week: -14
Weeks on release: 6

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.6/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 92%

Metacritic: 86/100

7. The Matrix: Resurrections

Return to a world of two realities: one, everyday life; the other, what lies behind it. To find out if his reality is a construct, to truly know himself, Mr. Anderson will have to choose to follow the white rabbit once more.

Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Director(s): Lana Wachowski
Writer(s): Lana Wachowski, David Mitchell, Aleksandar Hemon
Actors(s): Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Runtime: 148 min
Total gross to date: £6,995,772.00
Weekend gross: £299,182.00
Number of cinemas: 477
Site average: £627.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Warner Bros
Change from last week: -41
Weeks on release: 4

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 5.7/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 63%

Metacritic: 63/100

8. Encanto

Encanto tells the tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals, who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical house, in a vibrant town, in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift from super strength to the power to heal-every child except one, Mirabel. But when she discovers that the magic surrounding the Encanto is in danger, Mirabel decides that she, the only ordinary Madrigal, might just be her exceptional family's last hope.

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Director(s): Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Charise Castro Smith
Writer(s): Charise Castro Smith, Jared Bush, Byron Howard
Actors(s): Stephanie Beatriz, María Cecilia Botero, John Leguizamo
Runtime: 102 min
Total gross to date: £6,840,827.00
Weekend gross: £221,635.00
Number of cinemas: 476
Site average: £466.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Disney
Change from last week: 3
Weeks on release: 8

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 75/100

9. House Of Gucci

House of Gucci is inspired by the family empire behind the Italian fashion house of Gucci. When Patrizia Reggiani (Lady Gaga), an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel the family legacy and triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately...murder.

Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Ridley Scott
Writer(s): Becky Johnston, Roberto Bentivegna, Sara Gay Forden
Actors(s): Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Al Pacino
Runtime: 158 min
Total gross to date: £9,432,785.00
Weekend gross: £173,687.00
Number of cinemas: 227
Site average: £765.00
Country of origin: UK/USA
Distributor: Universal
Change from last week: -20
Weeks on release: 8

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.6/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 62%

Metacritic: 59/100

10. The 355

When a top-secret weapon falls into mercenary hands, wild card CIA agent Mason "Mace" Brown will need to join forces with rival badass German agent Marie, former MI6 ally and cutting-edge computer specialist Khadijah, and skilled Colombian psychologist Graciela on a lethal, breakneck mission to retrieve it, while also staying one-step ahead of a mysterious woman, Lin Mi Sheng, who is tracking their every move. As the action rockets around the globe from the cafes of Paris to the markets of Morocco to the wealth and glamour of Shanghai, the quartet of women will forge a tenuous loyalty that could protect the world-or get them killed.

Genre: Action, Thriller
Director(s): Simon Kinberg
Writer(s): Theresa Rebeck, Simon Kinberg
Actors(s): Jessica Chastain, Penélope Cruz, Bingbing Fan
Runtime: 122 min
Total gross to date: £713,765.00
Weekend gross: £161,483.00
Number of cinemas: 430
Site average: £376.00
Country of origin: UK/USA
Distributor: Universal
Change from last week: -56
Weeks on release: 2

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 5.5/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 24%

Metacritic: 40/100

11. Ghostbusters: Afterlife

When a single mom and her two kids arrive in a small town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind.

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Director(s): Jason Reitman
Writer(s): Gil Kenan, Jason Reitman, Dan Aykroyd
Actors(s): Carrie Coon, Paul Rudd, Finn Wolfhard
Runtime: 124 min
Total gross to date: £11,414,913.00
Weekend gross: £90,601.00
Number of cinemas: 235
Site average: £386.00
Country of origin: USA/Can
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Change from last week: -23
Weeks on release: 9

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.1/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 63%

Metacritic: 45/100

12. Boiling Point

Enter the relentless pressure of a restaurant kitchen as a head chef wrangles his team on the busiest day of the year.

Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Philip Barantini
Writer(s): Philip Barantini, James Cummings
Actors(s): Stephen Graham, Vinette Robinson, Alice Feetham
Runtime: 92 min
Total gross to date: £198,353.00
Weekend gross: £73,555.00
Number of cinemas: 74
Site average: £994.00
Country of origin: UK
Distributor: Vertigo
Change from last week: -8
Weeks on release: 2

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.5/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 99%

Metacritic: 73/100

13. The Boss Baby 2

In the sequel to DreamWorks Animation's Oscar®-nominated blockbuster comedy, the Templeton brothers--Tim (James Marsden, X-Men franchise) and his Boss Baby little bro Ted (Alec Baldwin)--have become adults and drifted away from each other. Tim is now a married stay-at-home dad. Ted is a hedge fund CEO. But a new boss baby with a cutting-edge approach and a can-do attitude is about to bring them together again.. and inspire a new family business.

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Director(s): Tom McGrath
Writer(s): Marla Frazee, Tom McGrath, Michael McCullers
Actors(s): Alec Baldwin, James Marsden, Amy Sedaris
Runtime: 107 min
Total gross to date: £7,278,926.00
Weekend gross: £45,994.00
Number of cinemas: 353
Site average: £130.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Universal
Change from last week: 278
Weeks on release: 13

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 5.9/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 46%

Metacritic: 39/100

14. Memoria

From the extraordinary mind of Palme D'or winning director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, and starring Academy Award winner Tilda Swinton, comes a bewildering drama about a Scottish woman, who, after hearing a loud 'bang' at daybreak, begins experiencing a mysterious sensory syndrome while traversing the jungles of Colombia.

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Director(s): Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Writer(s): Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Actors(s): Tilda Swinton, Agnes Brekke, Daniel Giménez Cacho
Runtime: 136 min
Total gross to date: £40,115.00
Weekend gross: £40,115.00
Number of cinemas: 56
Site average: £716.00
Country of origin: Col/Tha/UK/Mex/Fra/Deu/Qat/Chi/Che
Distributor: Sovereign Film Distribution
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.5/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 90%

Metacritic: 91/100

15. The Electrical Life Of Louis Wain

The true story of eccentric British artist Louis Wain (Benedict Cumberbatch), whose playful, psychedelic pictures transformed the public's perception of cats forever. Set in the early 1900s, we follow Wain as he seeks to unlock the "electrical" mysteries of the world and, in so doing, to better understand his own life and the profound love he shared with his wife Emily Richardson (Claire Foy).

Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Director(s): Will Sharpe
Writer(s): Simon Stephenson, Will Sharpe
Actors(s): Benedict Cumberbatch, Claire Foy, Andrea Riseborough
Runtime: 111 min
Total gross to date: £354,904.00
Weekend gross: £31,857.00
Number of cinemas: 164
Site average: £194.00
Country of origin: UK/USA
Distributor: StudioCanal
Change from last week: -52
Weeks on release: 3

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.8/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 70%

Metacritic: 63/100

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