Weekend box office report: 20-22 November 2020

1. Two By Two: Overboard!

Noah's ark drifts on the open seas, with best friends Finny and Leah on board. But, after weeks with no land in sight, food stocks are running low. The fragile peace between carnivores and herbivores could break any second. After a series of unfortunate events, the kids find themselves inadvertently washed overboard - along with the last of the food supplies. Leah and fellow castaway, their new friend Jelly, are marooned on a remote island. While Finny wakes in a strange colony filled with oddly familiar creatures living in harmony - under the threat of a menacing volcano. In a race against time, tide and terrifying tremors, Finny must rescue his friends, reunite with his family and save a whole colony from total destruction.

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Director(s): Toby Genkel, Sean McCormack
Writer(s): Richie Conroy, Mark Hodkinson
Actors(s): Max Carolan, Ava Connolly, Dermot Magennis
Runtime: 85 min
Total gross to date: £994,099.00
Weekend gross: £3,422.00
Number of cinemas: 16
Site average: £214.00
Country of origin: Ire/Ger/Lux
Distributor: eOne Films
Change from last week: 19
Weeks on release: 5

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 5.8/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 20%

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2. The Secret Garden

Living in India, Mary Lennox (Kate Maberly), a young, privileged girl, is left orphaned when her parents are killed in an earthquake. She is sent back to England where she goes to live on her Uncle Lord Archibald Craven's (John Lynch's) estate. It is a fairly isolated existence and she has to find things to keep herself occupied. She finds sickly young Colin Craven (Heydon Prowse), and a secret garden.

Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Director(s): Agnieszka Holland
Writer(s): Frances Hodgson Burnett, Caroline Thompson
Actors(s): Kate Maberly, Maggie Smith, Heydon Prowse
Runtime: 101 min
Total gross to date: £674,561.00
Weekend gross: £2,635.00
Number of cinemas: 13
Site average: £203.00
Country of origin: UK/Fra
Distributor: Sky Cinema
Change from last week: -50
Weeks on release: 5

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.3/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 88%

Metacritic: 74/100

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3. Collective

In 2015, a fire at Bucharest's Colectiv club leaves 27 dead and 180 injured. Soon, more burn victims begin dying in hospitals from wounds that were not life-threatening. Then a doctor blows the whistle to a team of investigative journalists. One revelation leads to another as the journalists start to uncover vast health care fraud. When a new health minister is appointed, he offers unprecedented access to his efforts to reform the corrupt system but also to the obstacles he faces. Following journalists, whistle-blowers, burn victims, and government officials, Collective is an uncompromising look at the impact of investigative journalism at its best.

Genre: Documentary, Crime
Director(s): Alexander Nanau
Writer(s): Alexander Nanau, Antoaneta Opris
Actors(s): Dan Alexandru Condrea, Liviu Iolu, Razvan Lutac
Runtime: 109 min
Total gross to date: £1,926.00
Weekend gross: £1,926.00
Number of cinemas: 1
Site average: £1,926.00
Country of origin: Rou/Lux
Distributor: Dogwoof
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 8.1/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 99%

Metacritic: 95/100

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4. Honest Thief

They call him the In-and-Out-Bandit because meticulous thief Tom Carter (Liam Neeson) has stolen $9 million from small-town banks while managing to keep his identity a secret. But after he falls in love with the bubbly Annie (Kate Walsh), Tom decides to make a fresh start by coming clean about his criminal past, only to be double-crossed by two ruthless FBI agents.

Genre: Action, Thriller
Director(s): Mark Williams
Writer(s): Steve Allrich, Mark Williams
Actors(s): Liam Neeson, Kate Walsh, Jai Courtney
Runtime: 99 min
Total gross to date: £659,443.00
Weekend gross: £1,910.00
Number of cinemas: 10
Site average: £191.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Signature Entertainment
Change from last week: -40
Weeks on release: 5

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.0/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 40%

Metacritic: 46/100

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5. A Christmas Gift From Bob

A struggling street musician finds himself the target of an animal welfare investigation that threatens to take away his beloved cat at Christmas.

Genre: Drama, Family
Director(s): Charles Martin Smith
Writer(s): James Bowen, Garry Jenkins
Actors(s): Luke Treadaway, Anna Wilson-Jones, Kristina Tonteri-Young
Runtime: 92 min
Total gross to date: £6,076.00
Weekend gross: £1,758.00
Number of cinemas: 12
Site average: £146.00
Country of origin: UK
Distributor: Lionsgate
Change from last week: -4
Weeks on release: 3

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.3/10

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6. War Horse - NT Live 2020 (Theatre)

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Total gross to date: £9,406.00
Weekend gross: £1,496.00
Number of cinemas: 5
Site average: £299.00
Country of origin: UK
Distributor: National Theatre
Change from last week: -46
Weeks on release: 3

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7. The Kid Detective

A once-celebrated kid detective, now 32, continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity. Until a naive client brings him his first 'adult' case, to find out who brutally murdered her boyfriend.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Director(s): Evan Morgan
Writer(s): Evan Morgan
Actors(s): Kaitlyn Chalmers-Rizzato, Adam Brody, Kaleb Horn
Runtime: 100 min
Total gross to date: £1,478.00
Weekend gross: £1,478.00
Number of cinemas: 11
Site average: £134.00
Country of origin: Can
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.0/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 85%

Metacritic: 74/100

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8. 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: £17,418,700.00
Weekend gross: £1,212.00
Number of cinemas: 2
Site average: £606.00
Country of origin: UK/USA
Distributor: Warner Bros
Change from last week: -23
Weeks on release: 13

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.3/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 69%

Metacritic: 69/100

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9. Cats & Dogs: Paws Unite!

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Total gross to date: £1,379,358.00
Weekend gross: £1,212.00
Number of cinemas: 9
Site average: £135.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Warner Bros
Change from last week: -38
Weeks on release: 8

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10. Grease (40th Anniversary)

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Total gross to date: £589,590.00
Weekend gross: £1,174.00
Number of cinemas: 2
Site average: £587.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Park Circus
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 137

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11. Uncle Vanya (Theatre)

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Total gross to date: £145,104.00
Weekend gross: £1,072.00
Number of cinemas: 3
Site average: £357.00
Country of origin: UK
Distributor: More2Screen
Change from last week: 144
Weeks on release: 5

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12. The Goonies (4K Restoration)

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Total gross to date: £154,766.00
Weekend gross: £738.00
Number of cinemas: 2
Site average: £369.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Warner Bros
Change from last week: 442
Weeks on release: 84

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13. 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: £1,494,032.00
Weekend gross: £685.00
Number of cinemas: 3
Site average: £228.00
Country of origin: Aus
Distributor: Vertigo
Change from last week: 28
Weeks on release: 17

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 5.6/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 69%

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14. Elf (Re: 2019)

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Total gross to date: £436,887.00
Weekend gross: £650.00
Number of cinemas: 2
Site average: £325.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Park Circus
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 51

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15. Spies In Disguise

Super spy Lance Sterling and scientist Walter Beckett are almost exact opposites. Lance is smooth, suave and debonair. Walter is not. But what Walter lacks in social skills he makes up for in smarts and invention, creating the awesome gadgets Lance uses on his epic missions. But when events take an unexpected turn, Walter and Lance suddenly have to rely on each other in a whole new way. And if this odd couple can't learn to work as a team, the whole world is in peril.

Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure
Director(s): Nick Bruno, Troy Quane
Writer(s): Lucas Martell, Cindy Davis, Brad Copeland
Actors(s): Rachel Brosnahan, Jarrett Bruno, Claire Crosby
Runtime: 102 min
Total gross to date: £7,654,806.00
Weekend gross: £640.00
Number of cinemas: 2
Site average: £320.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Disney
Change from last week: 50
Weeks on release: 48

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 54/100

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