Weekend box office report: 26-28 January 2024

1. Mean Girls

Lindsay Lohan stars as Cady Heron, a 16 year old homeschooled girl who not only makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels (Jonathan Bennett), the ex-boyfriend of queenbee Regina George (Rachel McAdams), but also unintentionally joins The Plastics, led by Regina herself. Join Cady as she learns that high school life can and will be really tough.

Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Mark Waters
Writer(s): Rosalind Wiseman, Tina Fey
Actors(s): Lindsay Lohan, Jonathan Bennett, Rachel McAdams
Runtime: 97 min
Total gross to date: $5,524,957.00
Weekend gross: $1,496,629.00
Number of cinemas: 647
Site average: $2,313.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Paramount
Change from last week: -53
Weeks on release: 2

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.1/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 84%

Metacritic: 66/100

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2. All Of Us Strangers

A screenwriter drawn back to his childhood home enters into a fledgling relationship with his downstairs neighbor while discovering a mysterious new way to heal from losing his parents 30 years ago.

Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Director(s): Andrew Haigh
Writer(s): Andrew Haigh, Taichi Yamada
Actors(s): Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Carter John Grout
Runtime: 105 min
Total gross to date: $1,176,972.00
Weekend gross: $1,176,972.00
Number of cinemas: 493
Site average: $2,387.00
Country of origin: UK/USA
Distributor: Disney
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.7/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 96%

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3. Wonka

With dreams of opening a shop in a city renowned for its chocolate, a young and poor Willy Wonka discovers that the industry is run by a cartel of greedy chocolatiers.

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Director(s): Paul King
Writer(s): Roald Dahl, Paul King, Simon Farnaby
Actors(s): Timothée Chalamet, Gustave Die, Murray McArthur
Runtime: 116 min
Total gross to date: $59,768,006.00
Weekend gross: $1,047,752.00
Number of cinemas: 674
Site average: $1,555.00
Country of origin: UK/USA
Distributor: Warner Bros
Change from last week: -38
Weeks on release: 8

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.0/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 82%

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4. Anyone But You

After an amazing first date, Bea and Ben's fiery attraction turns ice-cold--until they find themselves unexpectedly reunited at a wedding in Australia. So they do what any two mature adults would do: pretend to be a couple.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Will Gluck
Writer(s): Ilana Wolpert, Will Gluck
Actors(s): Sydney Sweeney, Glen Powell, Alexandra Shipp
Runtime: 103 min
Total gross to date: $8,358,865.00
Weekend gross: $817,810.00
Number of cinemas: 474
Site average: $1,725.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Change from last week: -24
Weeks on release: 5

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.2/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 56%

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5. Poor Things

An account of the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Yorgos Lanthimos
Writer(s): Tony McNamara, Alasdair Gray
Actors(s): Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe
Runtime: 141 min
Total gross to date: $5,068,533.00
Weekend gross: $690,024.00
Number of cinemas: 542
Site average: $1,273.00
Country of origin: UK/USA/Irl
Distributor: Disney
Change from last week: -36
Weeks on release: 3

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 8.0/10

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6. The Holdovers

A cranky history teacher at a prep school is forced to remain on campus over the holidays with a grieving cook and a troubled student who has no place to go.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Alexander Payne
Writer(s): David Hemingson
Actors(s): Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa
Runtime: 133 min
Total gross to date: $1,739,990.00
Weekend gross: $655,556.00
Number of cinemas: 475
Site average: $1,380.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Universal
Change from last week: -4
Weeks on release: 2

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 8.0/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 97%

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7. Fighter

Top IAF aviators come together in the face of imminent danger, to form Air Dragons. FIGHTER unfolds their camaraderie, brotherhood and battles, internal and external.

Genre: Action, Thriller
Director(s): Siddharth Anand
Writer(s): Siddharth Anand, Ramon Chibb, Abbas Dalal
Actors(s): Hrithik Roshan, Deepika Padukone, Anil Kapoor
Runtime: 166 min
Total gross to date: $590,146.00
Weekend gross: $590,146.00
Number of cinemas: 252
Site average: $2,342.00
Country of origin: Ind
Distributor: Viacom 18
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.5/10

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8. The Color Purple

This film follows the life of Celie, a young black girl growing up in the early 1900's. The first time we see Celie, she is 14 - and pregnant - by her father. We stay with her for the next 30 years of her tough life...

Genre: Drama
Director(s): Steven Spielberg
Writer(s): Menno Meyjes, Alice Walker
Actors(s): Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey
Runtime: 154 min
Total gross to date: $452,364.00
Weekend gross: $452,364.00
Number of cinemas: 619
Site average: $731.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Warner Bros
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.7/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 73%

Metacritic: 78/100

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9. One Life

Sir Nicholas 'Nicky' Winton, a young London broker who, in the months leading up to World War II, rescued over 600 children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.

Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Director(s): James Hawes
Writer(s): Lucinda Coxon, Nick Drake, Barbara Winton
Actors(s): Anthony Hopkins, Lena Olin, Johnny Flynn
Runtime: 109 min
Total gross to date: $8,511,456.00
Weekend gross: $451,852.00
Number of cinemas: 587
Site average: $770.00
Country of origin: UK
Distributor: Warner Bros
Change from last week: -47
Weeks on release: 4

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.6/10

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10. The Beekeeper

One man's brutal campaign for vengeance takes on national stakes after he is revealed to be a former operative of a powerful and clandestine organization known as "Beekeepers."

Genre: Action, Thriller
Director(s): David Ayer
Writer(s): Kurt Wimmer
Actors(s): Jason Statham, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Bobby Naderi
Runtime: 105 min
Total gross to date: $2,842,300.00
Weekend gross: $417,112.00
Number of cinemas: 389
Site average: $1,072.00
Country of origin: UK/USA
Distributor: StudioCanal
Change from last week: -38
Weeks on release: 3

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.4/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 71%

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11. Baghead

Four struggling actors retreat to a cabin in Big Bear, California in order to write a screenplay that will make them all stars. Problem is: What happens when their story idea -- a horror flick about a group of friends tormented by a villain with a bag over his head -- starts to come true?

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Director(s): Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass
Writer(s): Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass, John E. Bryant
Actors(s): Ross Partridge, Steve Zissis, Greta Gerwig
Runtime: 84 min
Total gross to date: $330,008.00
Weekend gross: $330,008.00
Number of cinemas: 370
Site average: $892.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: StudioCanal
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.0/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 79%

Metacritic: 62/100

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12. Wish

A young girl named Asha wishes on a star and gets a more direct answer than she bargained for when a trouble-making star comes down from the sky to join her.