Weekend box office report: 27-29 November 2020

1. Home Alone (Re: 2018)

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Total gross to date: £402,251.00
Weekend gross: £2,705.00
Number of cinemas: 4
Site average: £676.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Park Circus
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 105

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2. 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: £662,012.00
Weekend gross: £1,963.00
Number of cinemas: 10
Site average: £196.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Signature Entertainment
Change from last week: 2
Weeks on release: 6

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.0/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 40%

Metacritic: 46/100

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3. 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: £677,429.00
Weekend gross: £1,657.00
Number of cinemas: 12
Site average: £138.00
Country of origin: UK/Fra
Distributor: Sky Cinema
Change from last week: -41
Weeks on release: 6

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.3/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 88%

Metacritic: 74/100

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4. 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: £996,391.00
Weekend gross: £1,599.00
Number of cinemas: 13
Site average: £123.00
Country of origin: Ire/Ger/Lux
Distributor: eOne Films
Change from last week: -59
Weeks on release: 6

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 5.8/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 20%

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5. Wolfwalkers

In a time of superstition and magic, when wolves are seen as demonic and nature an evil to be tamed, a young apprentice hunter, ROBYN, comes to Ireland with her father to wipe out the last pack. But when Robyn saves a wild native girl, MEBH, their friendship leads her to discover the world of the WOLFWALKERS.

Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure
Director(s): Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart
Writer(s): Will Collins, Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart
Actors(s): Honor Kneafsey, Eva Whittaker, Sean Bean
Runtime: 103 min
Total gross to date: £37,721.00
Weekend gross: £1,496.00
Number of cinemas: 7
Site average: £214.00
Country of origin: Ire/USA/Lux/Fra
Distributor: Wildcard
Change from last week: 148
Weeks on release: 5

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 8.0/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 99%

Metacritic: 87/100

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6. Elf (Re: 2019)

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Total gross to date: £438,407.00
Weekend gross: £1,426.00
Number of cinemas: 6
Site average: £238.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Park Circus
Change from last week: 119
Weeks on release: 52

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7. The Muppet Christmas Carol (Re: 2017)

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Total gross to date: £360,439.00
Weekend gross: £1,047.00
Number of cinemas: 4
Site average: £262.00
Country of origin: USA/UK
Distributor: Park Circus
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 156

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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: £17,420,052.00
Weekend gross: £756.00
Number of cinemas: 3
Site average: £252.00
Country of origin: UK/USA
Distributor: Warner Bros
Change from last week: -37
Weeks on release: 14

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.3/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 69%

Metacritic: 69/100

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9. Back To The Future (Re: 2020)

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Total gross to date: £211,853.00
Weekend gross: £717.00
Number of cinemas: 3
Site average: £239.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Park Circus
Change from last week: 12
Weeks on release: 22

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10. Harry Potter & The Order Of The Phoenix

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Total gross to date: £50,018,367.00
Weekend gross: £698.00
Number of cinemas: 2
Site average: £349.00
Country of origin: UK/USA
Distributor: Warner Bros
Change from last week: 371
Weeks on release: 699

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11. War Horse - NT Live 2020 (Theatre)

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Total gross to date: £11,006.00
Weekend gross: £657.00
Number of cinemas: 3
Site average: £219.00
Country of origin: UK
Distributor: National Theatre
Change from last week: -56
Weeks on release: 4

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12. 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.