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Weekend box office report: 27-29 August 2021

1. Free Guy

In the extremely popular video game, Free City, a NPC named Guy learns the true nature of his existence when he meets the girl of his dreams, a human player. This player's interactions with Guy has massive affects on him, the game, and real world as they play it.
  • Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
  • Director(s): Shawn Levy
  • Writer(s): Matt Lieberman, Zak Penn
  • Actors(s): Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer, Taika Waititi
  • Runtime: 115 min
  • Total gross to date: £10,597,750.00
  • Weekend gross: £1,607,761.00
  • Number of cinemas: 655
  • Site average: £2,455.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Disney
  • Change from last week: -29
  • Weeks on release: 3
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 7.1/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 80%
  • Metacritic: 62/100
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2. Candyman

Helen Lyle is a student who decides to write a thesis about local legends and myths. She visits a part of the town, where she learns about the legend of the Candyman, a one-armed man who appears when you say his name five times, in front of a mirror. Of course, Helen doesn't believe all this stuff, but the people of the area are really afraid. When she ignores their warnings and begins her investigation in the places that he is rumored to appear, a series of horrible murders begins. Could the legend be true?
  • Genre: Horror, Thriller
  • Director(s): Bernard Rose
  • Writer(s): Clive Barker, Bernard Rose
  • Actors(s): Virginia Madsen, Xander Berkeley, Tony Todd
  • Runtime: 99 min
  • Total gross to date: £1,112,674.00
  • Weekend gross: £1,112,674.00
  • Number of cinemas: 604
  • Site average: £1,842.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Universal
  • Change from last week: -
  • Weeks on release: 1
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 6.7/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 79%
  • Metacritic: 61/100
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3. The Paw Patrol Movie

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  • Total gross to date: £5,685,558.00
  • Weekend gross: £563,145.00
  • Number of cinemas: 649
  • Site average: £868.00
  • Country of origin: Can/USA
  • Distributor: Paramount
  • Change from last week: -45
  • Weeks on release: 3
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4. Andre Rieu’s 2021 Summer Concert: Together Again (Concert)

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  • Total gross to date: £420,056.00
  • Weekend gross: £420,056.00
  • Number of cinemas: 551
  • Site average: £762.00
  • Country of origin: Nld
  • Distributor: Piece of Magic
  • Change from last week: -
  • Weeks on release: 1
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5. Jungle Cruise

1916. Dreaming about saving countless lives and having another adventure, the feisty English feminist and doctor of botany, Dr Lily Houghton, embarks on a peril-laden mission to change the world. Along with her fashionable brother, MacGregor, Dr Houghton enlists the help of the arrogant, wisecracking riverboat skipper, Captain Frank Wolff, to guide them through the serpentine Amazon River in La Quila, his swift wooden boat. Now, as the intrepid trio ventures deeper and deeper into the heart of an impenetrable green maze, searching for something that cannot be found, a centuries-old curse and the ruthless aristocrat, Prince Joachim, threaten to put an end to their ambitious plans. And, sooner or later, the jungle always wins. Is it true that the Spanish conquistador, Don Aguirre, was lost in the same God-forsaken part of the world?
  • Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
  • Director(s): Jaume Collet-Serra
  • Writer(s): Michael Green, Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
  • Actors(s): Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Edgar Ramírez
  • Runtime: 127 min
  • Total gross to date: £10,957,787.00
  • Weekend gross: £402,715.00
  • Number of cinemas: 586
  • Site average: £687.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Disney
  • Change from last week: -38
  • Weeks on release: 5
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  • Internet Movie Database: 6.6/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 62%
  • Metacritic: 50/100
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6. The Suicide Squad

In exchange for lighter sentences, just like the anti-hero team in Suicide Squad (2016), a new batch of Belle Reve's meta-humans strike a deal with the cold head of Task Force X, Amanda Waller. This time, her ragtag band of super-powered convicts--Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker, King Shark, Polka-Dot Man, and Ratcatcher 2--venture into the peril-laden South American island nation of Corto Maltese to find the Thinker: the evil scientist in charge of the mysterious Project Starfish. But, as the band joins forces with an old leader of the notorious team, humankind is on the verge of extinction. Can the expendable Suicide Squad stop the new menace that could mean the end of the world as we know it?
  • Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
  • Director(s): James Gunn
  • Writer(s): James Gunn
  • Actors(s): Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena
  • Runtime: 132 min
  • Total gross to date: £13,227,720.00
  • Weekend gross: £377,660.00
  • Number of cinemas: 514
  • Site average: £735.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Warner Bros
  • Change from last week: -42
  • Weeks on release: 5
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 7.2/10
  • Metacritic: 72/100
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7. People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan

Since the end of their pirate radio station, life has been quiet for the Kurupt FM boys, but everything is about to change. News reaches them that one of their songs has been used on a popular game show in Japan. They've made it. Their music is reaching hundreds of thousands of people. It's finally time for them to enjoy the fame and fortune that they've always known they deserved. Chabuddy G steps excitedly back into his management role as Grindah, Beats, Steves and Decoy begin their journey to international stardom - But is Japan really ready for Kurupt FM?
  • Genre: Comedy, Music
  • Director(s): Jack Clough
  • Writer(s): Lily Brazier, Asim Chaudhry, Allan Mustafa
  • Actors(s): Allan Mustafa, Hugo Chegwin, Steve Stamp
  • Runtime: 97 min
  • Total gross to date: £1,553,058.00
  • Weekend gross: £267,329.00
  • Number of cinemas: 415
  • Site average: £644.00
  • Country of origin: UK
  • Distributor: Universal
  • Change from last week: -70
  • Weeks on release: 2
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 6.8/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 82%
  • Metacritic: 63/100
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8. Space Jam: A New Legacy

A algorithm named Al G Rhythm captures famed basketball player LeBron James and his son Dom. Al G challenges LeBron to a basketball game against Al's digitized champions. LeBron gets the help of Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes to win the basketball game and get his son back.
  • Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
  • Director(s): Malcolm D. Lee
  • Writer(s): Leo Benvenuti, Steve Rudnick, Timothy Harris
  • Actors(s): LeBron James, Don Cheadle, Cedric Joe
  • Runtime: 115 min
  • Total gross to date: £11,740,467.00
  • Weekend gross: £262,389.00
  • Number of cinemas: 516
  • Site average: £509.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Warner Bros
  • Change from last week: -39
  • Weeks on release: 7
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 4.5/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 26%
  • Metacritic: 36/100
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9. The Croods 2: A New Age

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  • Total gross to date: £8,584,218.00
  • Weekend gross: £245,581.00
  • Number of cinemas: 547
  • Site average: £449.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Universal
  • Change from last week: -40
  • Weeks on release: 7
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10. The Courier

In the shadow of the Cold War a letter from Oleg Penkovsky (Merab Ninidze) an agency of the Soviet Union received by MI6 stating the concern of Penkovsky about world safety and his anxiety about a nuclear war, So Emily Donovan (Rachel Brosnahan) a CIA Agent reached out to MI6 Agent Dickie Franks (Angus Wright) , who recruited British salesman Greville Wynne (Benedict Cumberbatch) to be their spy.
  • Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
  • Director(s): Dominic Cooke
  • Writer(s): Tom O'Connor
  • Actors(s): Benedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan
  • Runtime: 112 min
  • Total gross to date: £1,348,796.00
  • Weekend gross: £168,578.00
  • Number of cinemas: 359
  • Site average: £470.00
  • Country of origin: UK
  • Distributor: Lionsgate
  • Change from last week: -39
  • Weeks on release: 3
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 7.2/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 85%
  • Metacritic: 65/100
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11. Chal Mera Putt 2

Friendship and love between illegal immigrants struggling and facing challenges. Showing us that when it comes to the struggle of life, no border can divide human hearts and the love inside.
  • Genre: Drama
  • Director(s): Janjot Singh
  • Writer(s): Rakesh Dhawan, Sunil Dhawan
  • Actors(s): Amrinder Gill, Simi Chahal, Nasir Chinyoti
  • Runtime: 124 min
  • Total gross to date: £275,148.00
  • Weekend gross: £168,166.00
  • Number of cinemas: 58
  • Site average: £2,899.00
  • Country of origin: UK/Ind
  • Distributor: Rhythm Boyz Entertainment/Fountain Films
  • Change from last week: -
  • Weeks on release: 77
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  • Internet Movie Database: 8.9/10
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12. Our Ladies

In 1990s Scotland, a group of Catholic school girls get an opportunity to go into Edinburgh for a choir competition, but they're more interested in drinking, partying and hooking up than winning the competition.
  • Genre: Comedy, Drama
  • Director(s): Michael Caton-Jones
  • Writer(s): Michael Caton-Jones, Alan Sharp, Alan Warner
  • Actors(s): Abigail Lawrie, Rona Morison, Marli Siu
  • Runtime: 106 min
  • Total gross to date: £124,295.00
  • Weekend gross: £124,295.00
  • Number of cinemas: 388
  • Site average: £320.00
  • Country of origin: UK/USA
  • Distributor: Sony Pictures
  • Change from last week: -
  • Weeks on release: 1
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 6.7/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 93%
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13. The Nest

Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of their safe American suburban surroundings, the family is plunged into the despair of an archaic '80s Britain and their unaffordable new life in an English manor house threatens to destroy the family.
  • Genre: Drama, Romance
  • Director(s): Sean Durkin
  • Writer(s): Sean Durkin
  • Actors(s): Jude Law, Carrie Coon, Oona Roche
  • Runtime: 107 min
  • Total gross to date: £121,186.00
  • Weekend gross: £121,186.00
  • Number of cinemas: 131
  • Site average: £925.00
  • Country of origin: UK/Ire/Can
  • Distributor: Picture House Entertainment
  • Change from last week: -
  • Weeks on release: 1
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 6.3/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 90%
  • Metacritic: 80/100
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14. The Night House

Having buried her husband recently, emotionally scarred, grief-stricken high-school teacher Beth returns to the spacious, eerily vacant lake house he built for her in the heart of a gloomy forest. But as pained Beth tries to pick up the pieces, before long, mysterious shadows and blood-curdling reflections on the windows start to taunt her, and suddenly, she finds herself opening boxes, rummaging through the deceased's belongings. And little by little, Beth's intense late-night nightmares become increasingly vivid, taking a toll on her already fragile sanity. Now, pressing questions demand clear answers. Will Beth ever unearth the secret of the night house?
  • Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
  • Director(s): David Bruckner
  • Writer(s): Ben Collins, Luke Piotrowski
  • Actors(s): Rebecca Hall, Sarah Goldberg, Vondie Curtis-Hall
  • Runtime: 107 min
  • Total gross to date: £689,339.00
  • Weekend gross: £117,697.00
  • Number of cinemas: 314
  • Site average: £375.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Disney
  • Change from last week: -62
  • Weeks on release: 2
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 6.5/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 80%
  • Metacritic: 68/100
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15. Snake Eyes

Ricky Santoro is a flamboyant and corrupt Atlantic City cop with a dream: become so well connected that he can become mayor. In lieu of that, he'll settle for keeping his comfortable lifestyle. On the night of the heavyweight boxing championship, Rick becomes mixed up in the assassination of the Secretary of Defense, an assassination involving his best friend. Becoming the investigating officer in the case, Rick soon uncovers a conspiracy to kill the Secretary and a mysterious woman in white. The conspiracy was shocking, but not half as shocking as the identity of its mastermind.
  • Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
  • Director(s): Brian De Palma
  • Writer(s): Brian De Palma, David Koepp
  • Actors(s): Nicolas Cage, Gary Sinise, John Heard
  • Runtime: 98 min
  • Total gross to date: £909,612.00
  • Weekend gross: £116,476.00
  • Number of cinemas: 449
  • Site average: £259.00
  • Country of origin: USA/Can
  • Distributor: Paramount
  • Change from last week: -78
  • Weeks on release: 2
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 6.1/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 41%
  • Metacritic: 52/100
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