Weekend box office report: 21-23 October 2022

1. 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: £5,655,003.00
Weekend gross: £5,655,003.00
Number of cinemas: 650
Site average: £8,700.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Warner Bros
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.3/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 38%

Metacritic: 41/100

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2. 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: £1,643,220.00
Weekend gross: £1,643,220.00
Number of cinemas: 546
Site average: £3,010.00
Country of origin: UK/Irl/USA
Distributor: Disney
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.7/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 96%

Metacritic: 87/100

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3. Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

Follows the title reptile who lives in a house on East 88th Street in New York City. Lyle enjoys helping the Primm family with everyday chores and playing with the neighborhood kids but one neighbor insists that Lyle belongs in a zoo. Mr. Grumps and his cat, Loretta, do not like crocodiles, and Lyle tries to prove that he is not as bad as others might first think.

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Director(s): Josh Gordon, Will Speck
Writer(s): Bernard Waber, Will Davies
Actors(s): Javier Bardem, Winslow Fegley, Shawn Mendes
Runtime: 106 min
Total gross to date: £4,920,515.00
Weekend gross: £1,436,154.00
Number of cinemas: 707
Site average: £2,031.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Change from last week: -48
Weeks on release: 2

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.1/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 72%

Metacritic: 51/100

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4. Smile

After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, a psychiatrist becomes increasingly convinced she is being threatened by an uncanny entity.

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Director(s): Parker Finn
Writer(s): Parker Finn
Actors(s): Sosie Bacon, Jessie T. Usher, Kyle Gallner
Runtime: 115 min
Total gross to date: £9,018,685.00
Weekend gross: £996,477.00
Number of cinemas: 509
Site average: £1,958.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Paramount
Change from last week: -29
Weeks on release: 4

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.5/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 80%

Metacritic: 68/100

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5. Halloween Ends

The saga of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode comes to a spine-chilling climax in the final installment of this trilogy.

Genre: Horror, Thriller
Director(s): David Gordon Green
Writer(s): John Carpenter, Debra Hill, Paul Brad Logan
Actors(s): Jamie Lee Curtis, Andi Matichak, James Jude Courtney
Runtime: 111 min
Total gross to date: £3,658,659.00
Weekend gross: £703,338.00
Number of cinemas: 576
Site average: £1,221.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Universal
Change from last week: -66
Weeks on release: 2

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 5.0/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 40%

Metacritic: 47/100

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6. Decision To Leave

A detective investigating a man's death in the mountains meets the dead man's mysterious wife in the course of his dogged sleuthing.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director(s): Park Chan-wook
Writer(s): Park Chan-wook, Chung Seo-kyung
Actors(s): Park Hae-il, Tang Wei, Lee Jung-hyun
Runtime: 139 min
Total gross to date: £410,107.00
Weekend gross: £410,107.00
Number of cinemas: 114
Site average: £3,597.00
Country of origin: Kor
Distributor: MUBI
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.3/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 94%

Metacritic: 84/100

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7. Ticket To Paradise

The film follows Wren Butler, a recent University of Chicago graduate who accompanies her best friend Lily to a post-graduation jaunt to Bali. Lily's abrupt decision to marry a Balinese local triggers her parents to team to try and stop her from repeating their mistake from 25 years ago. Wren stays in Bali for the engagement/wedding festivities and, in the process, finds her own love with a local doctor.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Ol Parker
Writer(s): Ol Parker, Daniel Pipski
Actors(s): George Clooney, Sean Lynch, Julia Roberts
Runtime: 104 min
Total gross to date: £8,552,526.00
Weekend gross: £378,204.00
Number of cinemas: 481
Site average: £786.00
Country of origin: USA/UK
Distributor: Universal
Change from last week: -39
Weeks on release: 5

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.2/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 56%

Metacritic: 50/100

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8. The Woman King

A historical epic inspired by true events that took place in The Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Genre: Action, Drama, History
Director(s): Gina Prince-Bythewood
Writer(s): Dana Stevens, Maria Bello
Actors(s): Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch
Runtime: 135 min
Total gross to date: £2,995,393.00
Weekend gross: £296,196.00
Number of cinemas: 319
Site average: £929.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: eOne Films
Change from last week: -51
Weeks on release: 3

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.8/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 94%

Metacritic: 77/100

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9. Don't Worry Darling

A 1950s housewife living with her husband in a utopian experimental community begins to worry that his glamorous company could be hiding disturbing secrets.

Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Olivia Wilde
Writer(s): Katie Silberman, Carey Van Dyke, Shane Van Dyke
Actors(s): Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Chris Pine
Runtime: 123 min
Total gross to date: £9,995,806.00
Weekend gross: £286,411.00
Number of cinemas: 421
Site average: £680.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Warner Bros
Change from last week: -53
Weeks on release: 5

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.2/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 38%

Metacritic: 48/100

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10. Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris

In partnership with the House of Dior, Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris tells the story of a widowed cleaning lady in 1950s London who falls madly in love with a couture Dior dress, and decides that she must have one of her own. After she works, starves and gambles to raise the funds to pursue her dream, she embarks on an adventure to Paris which will change not only her own outlook, but the very future of the House of Dior.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Anthony Fabian
Writer(s): Paul Gallico, Carroll Cartwright, Anthony Fabian
Actors(s): Lesley Manville, Isabelle Huppert, Lambert Wilson
Runtime: 115 min
Total gross to date: £3,911,231.00
Weekend gross: £210,435.00
Number of cinemas: 425
Site average: £495.00
Country of origin: UK/Hun
Distributor: Universal
Change from last week: -46
Weeks on release: 4

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.1/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 94%

Metacritic: 70/100

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11. The Legend Of Maula Jatt

From times untold where legends are written in soil with blood, a hero is born. Maula Jatt, a fierce prizefighter with a tortured past seeks vengeance against his arch nemesis Noori Natt, the most feared warrior in the land of Pun...

Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Director(s): Bilal Lashari
Writer(s): Bilal Lashari, Nasir Adib
Actors(s): Fawad Khan, Mahira Khan, Humaima Malik
Runtime: 153 min
Total gross to date: £747,609.00
Weekend gross: £203,916.00
Number of cinemas: 76
Site average: £2,683.00
Country of origin: Pak
Distributor: Moviegoers
Change from last week: -35
Weeks on release: 2

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 8.8/10

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12. Minions: The Rise Of Gru

In the heart of the 1970s, amidst a flurry of feathered hair and flared jeans, Gru (Steve Carell) is growing up in the suburbs. A fanboy of a supervillain supergroup known as the Vicious 6, Gru hatches a plan to become evil enough to join them. Luckily, he gets some mayhem-making back-up from his loyal followers, the Minions. Together, Kevin, Stuart, Bob, and Otto - a new Minion sporting braces and a desperate need to please - deploy their skills as they and Gru build their first lair, experiment with their first weapons, and pull off their first missions. When the Vicious 6 oust their leader, legendary fighter Wild Knuckles (Alan Arkin), Gru interviews to become their newest member. It doesn't go well (to say the least), and only gets worse after Gru outsmarts them and suddenly finds himself the mortal enemy of the apex of evil. On the run, Gru will turn to an unlikely source for guidance, Wild Knuckles, and discover that even bad guys need a little help from their friends.

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Director(s): Kyle Balda, Brad Ableson, Jonathan del Val
Writer(s): Matthew Fogel, Brian Lynch
Actors(s): Steve Carell, Pierre Coffin, Alan Arkin
Runtime: 87 min
Total gross to date: £46,237,324.00
Weekend gross: £96,755.00
Number of cinemas: 338
Site average: £286.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Universal
Change from last week: -18
Weeks on release: 17

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.5/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 70%

Metacritic: 56/100

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13. Emily

"Emily" imagines the transformative, exhilarating, and uplifting journey to womanhood of a rebel and a misfit, one of the world's most famous, enigmatic, and provocative writers, who died, too soon, at age 30.

Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Frances O'Connor
Writer(s): Frances O'Connor
Actors(s): Emma Mackey, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Fionn Whitehead
Runtime: 130 min
Total gross to date: £606,936.00
Weekend gross: £82,590.00
Number of cinemas: 274
Site average: £301.00
Country of origin: UK
Distributor: Warner Bros
Change from last week: -70
Weeks on release: 2

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.9/10

Metacritic: 75/100

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14. The Lost King

In 2012, having been lost for over 500 years, the remains of King Richard III were discovered beneath a carpark in Leicester. The search had been orchestrated by an amateur historian, Philippa Langley, whose unrelenting research had been met with incomprehension by her friends and family and with scepticism by experts and academics. THE LOST KING is the life-affirming true story of a woman who refused to be ignored and who took on the country's most eminent historians, forcing them to think again about one of the most infamous kings in England's history.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Stephen Frears
Writer(s): Steve Coogan, Michael Jones, Philippa Langley
Actors(s): Sally Hawkins, Shonagh Price, Helen Katamba
Runtime: 108 min
Total gross to date: £1,155,058.00
Weekend gross: £72,681.00
Number of cinemas: 211
Site average: £344.00
Country of origin: UK
Distributor: Warner Bros
Change from last week: -62
Weeks on release: 3

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.6/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 78%

Metacritic: 64/100

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15. Amsterdam

In the 1930s, three friends witness a murder, are framed for it, and uncover one of the most outrageous plots in American history.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Director(s): David O. Russell
Writer(s): David O. Russell
Actors(s): Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, John David Washington
Runtime: 134 min
Total gross to date: £1,567,842.00
Weekend gross: £68,498.00
Number of cinemas: 199
Site average: £344.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Disney
Change from last week: -79
Weeks on release: 3

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.1/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 32%

Metacritic: 48/100

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