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Weekend box office report: 2-4 December 2022

1. 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: £7,848,147.00
  • Weekend gross: £2,531,782.00
  • Number of cinemas: 692
  • Site average: £3,659.00
  • Country of origin: UK/USA
  • Distributor: Sony Pictures
  • Change from last week: -38
  • Weeks on release: 2
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 7.1/10
  • Metacritic: 72/100
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2. 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: £29,473,743.00
  • Weekend gross: £1,505,886.00
  • Number of cinemas: 637
  • Site average: £2,364.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Disney
  • Change from last week: -44
  • Weeks on release: 4
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 6.7/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 84%
  • Metacritic: 67/100
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3. Violent Night

A team of elite mercenaries breaks into a wealthy family compound on Christmas Eve, taking everyone inside hostage. But the team isn't prepared for a surprise combatant: Santa Claus is on the grounds, and he's about to show why this Nick is no saint.
  • Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
  • Director(s): Tommy Wirkola
  • Writer(s): Pat Casey, Josh Miller
  • Actors(s): David Harbour, John Leguizamo, Beverly D'Angelo
  • Runtime: 112 min
  • Total gross to date: £822,647.00
  • Weekend gross: £822,647.00
  • Number of cinemas: 580
  • Site average: £1,418.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Universal
  • Change from last week: -
  • Weeks on release: 1
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 6.7/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 73%
  • Metacritic: 55/100
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4. 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: £1,392,346.00
  • Weekend gross: £442,409.00
  • Number of cinemas: 590
  • Site average: £750.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Disney
  • Change from last week: -46
  • Weeks on release: 2
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 5.6/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 72%
  • Metacritic: 65/100
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5. The Menu

A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.
  • Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
  • Director(s): Mark Mylod
  • Writer(s): Seth Reiss, Will Tracy
  • Actors(s): Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult
  • Runtime: 107 min
  • Total gross to date: £2,602,865.00
  • Weekend gross: £334,430.00
  • Number of cinemas: 525
  • Site average: £637.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Disney
  • Change from last week: -22
  • Weeks on release: 3
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 7.2/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 88%
  • Metacritic: 71/100
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6. She Said

New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation — a story that helped launch the #MeToo movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood.
  • Genre: Drama, History
  • Director(s): Maria Schrader
  • Writer(s): Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey
  • Actors(s): Lola Petticrew, Katherine Laheen, Zoe Kazan
  • Runtime: 129 min
  • Total gross to date: £942,084.00
  • Weekend gross: £199,912.00
  • Number of cinemas: 515
  • Site average: £388.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Universal
  • Change from last week: -55
  • Weeks on release: 2
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 7.2/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 88%
  • Metacritic: 74/100
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7. Aftersun

Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she d...
  • Genre: Drama
  • Director(s): Charlotte Wells
  • Writer(s): Charlotte Wells
  • Actors(s): Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio, Celia Rowlson-Hall
  • Runtime: 102 min
  • Total gross to date: £679,873.00
  • Weekend gross: £101,939.00
  • Number of cinemas: 171
  • Site average: £596.00
  • Country of origin: UK/USA
  • Distributor: MUBI
  • Change from last week: -7
  • Weeks on release: 3
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 7.7/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 96%
  • Metacritic: 95/100
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8. The Banshees Of Inisherin

Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.
  • Genre: Comedy, Drama
  • Director(s): Martin McDonagh
  • Writer(s): Martin McDonagh
  • Actors(s): Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon
  • Runtime: 114 min
  • Total gross to date: £8,750,442.00
  • Weekend gross: £101,486.00
  • Number of cinemas: 229
  • Site average: £443.00
  • Country of origin: UK/Irl/USA
  • Distributor: Disney
  • Change from last week: -10
  • Weeks on release: 7
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 7.7/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 96%
  • Metacritic: 87/100
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9. Bones And All

Maren, a young woman, learns how to survive on the margins of society.
  • Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance
  • Director(s): Luca Guadagnino
  • Writer(s): David Kajganich, Camille DeAngelis
  • Actors(s): Timothée Chalamet, Taylor Russell, Mark Rylance
  • Runtime: 131 min
  • Total gross to date: £586,996.00
  • Weekend gross: £95,936.00
  • Number of cinemas: 349
  • Site average: £275.00
  • Country of origin: Ita/USA
  • Distributor: Warner Bros
  • Change from last week: -69
  • Weeks on release: 2
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 6.8/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 82%
  • Metacritic: 74/100
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10. Living

In 1950s London, a humorless bureaucrat decides to take time off work to experience life after receiving a grim diagnosis.
  • Genre: Drama
  • Director(s): Oliver Hermanus
  • Writer(s): Kazuo Ishiguro, Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto
  • Actors(s): Bill Nighy, Aimee Lou Wood, Alex Sharp
  • Runtime: 102 min
  • Total gross to date: £3,316,746.00
  • Weekend gross: £94,085.00
  • Number of cinemas: 302
  • Site average: £312.00
  • Country of origin: UK
  • Distributor: Lionsgate
  • Change from last week: -28
  • Weeks on release: 5
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 7.3/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 96%
  • Metacritic: 81/100
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11. Black Adam

Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods-and imprisoned just as quickly-Black Adam (Johnson) is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world.
  • Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
  • Director(s): Jaume Collet-Serra
  • Writer(s): Adam Sztykiel, Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani
  • Actors(s): Dwayne Johnson, Aldis Hodge, Pierce Brosnan
  • Runtime: 125 min
  • Total gross to date: £19,775,753.00
  • Weekend gross: £91,728.00
  • Number of cinemas: 288
  • Site average: £318.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Warner Bros
  • Change from last week: -45
  • Weeks on release: 7
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 6.3/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 38%
  • Metacritic: 41/100
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12. CBeebies Panto 2022: Dick Whittington And His Cat

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  • Total gross to date: £78,629.00
  • Weekend gross: £78,629.00
  • Number of cinemas: 422
  • Site average: £186.00
  • Country of origin: UK
  • Distributor: Modern Films
  • Change from last week: -
  • Weeks on release: 1
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13. Home Alone (Re: 2018)

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  • Total gross to date: £1,332,165.00
  • Weekend gross: £68,226.00
  • Number of cinemas: 246
  • Site average: £277.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Park Circus
  • Change from last week: 107
  • Weeks on release: 210
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14. The Muppet Christmas Carol (30th Anniversary)

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  • Total gross to date: £66,678.00
  • Weekend gross: £66,678.00
  • Number of cinemas: 315
  • Site average: £212.00
  • Country of origin: USA/UK
  • Distributor: Park Circus
  • Change from last week: -
  • Weeks on release: 1
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15. Elf (Re: 2021)

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  • Total gross to date: £759,103.00
  • Weekend gross: £65,600.00
  • Number of cinemas: 229
  • Site average: £286.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Park Circus
  • Change from last week: 67
  • Weeks on release: 54
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