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Weekend box office report: 24-26 January 2020

1. 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: £26,297,179.00
Weekend gross: £4,518,270.00
Number of cinemas: 742
Site average: £6,089.00
Country of origin: UK/USA
Distributor: eOne Films
Change from last week: -27
Weeks on release: 3

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 8.2/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 89%

Metacritic: 78/100

2. Bad Boys For Life

Marcus and Mike have to confront new issues (career changes and midlife crises), as they join the newly created elite team AMMO of the Miami police department to take down the ruthless Armando Armas, the vicious leader of a Miami drug cartel.

Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Director(s): Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah
Writer(s): Peter Craig, Joe Carnahan, Chris Bremner
Actors(s): Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens
Runtime: 124 min
Total gross to date: £8,276,495.00
Weekend gross: £2,744,313.00
Number of cinemas: 559
Site average: £4,909.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Change from last week: -27
Weeks on release: 2

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.5/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 76%

Metacritic: 59/100

3. The Personal History Of David Copperfield

A fresh and distinctive take on Charles Dickens' semi-autobiographical masterpiece, The Personal History of David Copperfield, set in the 1840s, chronicles the life of its iconic title character as he navigates a chaotic world to find his elusive place within it. From his unhappy childhood to the discovery of his gift as a storyteller and writer, David's journey is by turns hilarious and tragic, but always full of life, color and humanity.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Armando Iannucci
Writer(s): Armando Iannucci, Simon Blackwell, Charles Dickens
Actors(s): Dev Patel, Hugh Laurie, Tilda Swinton
Runtime: 119 min
Total gross to date: £1,524,147.00
Weekend gross: £1,524,147.00
Number of cinemas: 656
Site average: £2,323.00
Country of origin: UK/USA
Distributor: Lionsgate
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.4/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 92%

Metacritic: 77/100

4. Little Women

In the years after the Civil War, Jo March (Saoirse Ronan) lives in New York City and makes her living as a writer, while her sister Amy March (Florence Pugh) studies painting in Paris. Amy has a chance encounter with Theodore "Laurie" Laurence (Timothée Chalamet), a childhood crush who proposed to Jo, but was ultimately rejected. Their oldest sibling, Meg March (Emma Watson), is married to a schoolteacher, while shy sister Beth (Eliza Scanlen) develops a devastating illness that brings the family back together.

Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Greta Gerwig
Writer(s): Greta Gerwig, Louisa May Alcott
Actors(s): Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh
Runtime: 135 min
Total gross to date: £18,498,695.00
Weekend gross: £1,004,904.00
Number of cinemas: 643
Site average: £1,563.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Change from last week: -32
Weeks on release: 5

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.8/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 95%

Metacritic: 91/100

5. Jumanji: The Next Level

The gang is back but the game has changed. As they return to Jumanji to rescue one of their own, they discover that nothing is as they expect. The players will have to brave parts unknown and unexplored, from the arid deserts to the snowy mountains, in order to escape the world's most dangerous game.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Director(s): Jake Kasdan
Writer(s): Jake Kasdan, Jeff Pinkner, Scott Rosenberg
Actors(s): Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart
Runtime: 123 min
Total gross to date: £33,592,531.00
Weekend gross: £921,225.00
Number of cinemas: 547
Site average: £1,684.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Change from last week: -13
Weeks on release: 7

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.7/10

Metacritic: 58/100

6. The Gentlemen

A talented American graduate of Oxford, using his unique skills, and audacity, creates a marijuana empire using the estates of impoverished British aristocrats. However, when he tries to sell his empire to a fellow American billionaire, a chain of events unfolds, involving blackmail, deception, mayhem and murder between street thugs, Russian oligarchs, Triad gangsters and gutter journalists.

Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Director(s): Guy Ritchie
Writer(s): Guy Ritchie, Ivan Atkinson, Marn Davies
Actors(s): Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Michelle Dockery
Runtime: 113 min
Total gross to date: £9,327,683.00
Weekend gross: £883,621.00
Number of cinemas: 448
Site average: £1,972.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Entertainment
Change from last week: -19
Weeks on release: 4

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 51/100

7. Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker

N/A

Genre: N/A
Director(s): Steve Meyer
Writer(s): N/A
Actors(s): J.J. Abrams, John Boyega, Madlyn Burkert
Runtime: 126 min
Total gross to date: £57,375,552.00
Weekend gross: £541,886.00
Number of cinemas: 488
Site average: £1,110.00
Country of origin: UK/USA
Distributor: Disney
Change from last week: -39
Weeks on release: 6

Ratings:

8. 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: £6,340,164.00
Weekend gross: £508,588.00
Number of cinemas: 518
Site average: £982.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Disney
Change from last week: 0
Weeks on release: 5

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 54/100

9. Jojo Rabbit

A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy named Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis) whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother (Scarlett Johansson) is hiding a young Jewish girl (Thomasin McKenzie) in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler (Taika Waititi), Jojo must confront his blind nationalism.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Director(s): Taika Waititi
Writer(s): Christine Leunens, Taika Waititi
Actors(s): Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Scarlett Johansson
Runtime: 108 min
Total gross to date: £6,319,296.00
Weekend gross: £502,851.00
Number of cinemas: 392
Site average: £1,283.00
Country of origin: Nzl/USA/Cze
Distributor: Disney
Change from last week: -24
Weeks on release: 4

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.9/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 80%

Metacritic: 58/100

10. Paw Patrol: Ready, Race, Rescue

The pups have built an awesome race track and are ready to be the pit crew for their race hero. But when the legendary racer is unable to drive, he calls on his biggest fan-pup Marshall to take the wheel and race in his place.

Genre: Animation, Family
Director(s): Charles E. Bastien, Keith Chapman
Writer(s): Steven Sullivan
Actors(s): Julius Cho, Anya Cooke, Cal Dodd
Runtime: 66 min
Total gross to date: £483,886.00
Weekend gross: £483,886.00
Number of cinemas: 524
Site average: £923.00
Country of origin: Can
Distributor: Paramount
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 4.6/10

11. The Grudge

Karen Davis, an American Nurse, moves to Tokyo and encounters a supernatural spirit who is vengeful and often possesses its victims. A series of horrifying and mysterious deaths start to occur, with the spirit passing its curse onto each victim. Karen must now find a way to break this spell, before she becomes its next victim.

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Director(s): Takashi Shimizu
Writer(s): Stephen Susco, Takashi Shimizu
Actors(s): Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr, Clea DuVall
Runtime: 91 min
Total gross to date: £461,921.00
Weekend gross: £461,921.00
Number of cinemas: 390
Site average: £1,184.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 5.9/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 40%

Metacritic: 49/100

12. Psy 3: W Imie Zasad

After 25 years, Franz Maurer gets out of from prison and came into a new Poland, where nothing is the same as he remembered. Who and what is waiting for a man who has done nothing for the last quarter century? How will he find himself in a world where old principles, roles and loyalty have ceased to apply? We'll find out this when the fate brings Franz and "New" back together. Their meeting will change everything.

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Wladyslaw Pasikowski
Writer(s): Wladyslaw Pasikowski
Actors(s): Boguslaw Linda, Marcin Dorocinski, Cezary Pazura
Runtime: 126 min
Total gross to date: £407,435.00
Weekend gross: £407,435.00
Number of cinemas: 172
Site average: £2,369.00
Country of origin: Pol
Distributor: Magnetes
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.2/10

13. Frozen 2

N/A

Genre: Short
Director(s): Neha Lohia
Writer(s): N/A
Actors(s): Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Parineeti Chopra
Runtime: N/A
Total gross to date: £52,361,128.00
Weekend gross: £402,544.00
Number of cinemas: 510
Site average: £789.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Disney
Change from last week: -21
Weeks on release: 10

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 3.9/10

14. Bombshell

When Gretchen Carlson slaps Fox News founder Roger Ailes with a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment, not a soul could predict what would happen next. Her decision leads to Fox News correspondent Megyn Kelly coming forward with her own story, as well as multiple other women, inciting a movement that reverberates around the world.

Genre: Biography, Drama
Director(s): Jay Roach
Writer(s): Charles Randolph
Actors(s): Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie
Runtime: 109 min
Total gross to date: £1,558,504.00
Weekend gross: £360,879.00
Number of cinemas: 447
Site average: £807.00
Country of origin: USA/Can
Distributor: Lionsgate
Change from last week: -51
Weeks on release: 2

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.8/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 68%

Metacritic: 64/100

15. Just Mercy

A powerful and thought-provoking true-story, "Just Mercy" follows young lawyer Bryan Stevenson (Jordan) and his history-making battle for justice. After graduating from Harvard, Bryan might have had his pick of lucrative jobs. Instead, he heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned, with the support of local advocate Eva Ansley (Larson.) One of his first, and most incendiary, cases is that of Walter McMillian (Foxx,) who, in 1987, was sentenced to die for the notorious murder of an 18-year-old girl, despite a preponderance of evidence proving his innocence and the fact that the only testimony against him came from a criminal with a motive to lie. In the years that follow, Bryan becomes embroiled in a labyrinth of legal and political maneuverings and overt and unabashed racism as he fights for Walter, and others like him, with the odds-and the system-stacked against them.

Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Destin Daniel Cretton
Writer(s): Destin Daniel Cretton, Andrew Lanham, Bryan Stevenson
Actors(s): Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Brie Larson
Runtime: 137 min
Total gross to date: £1,083,691.00
Weekend gross: £259,255.00
Number of cinemas: 331
Site average: £783.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Warner Bros
Change from last week: -51
Weeks on release: 2

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.6/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 85%

Metacritic: 68/100

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