Weekend box office report: 28-30 August 2020

1. 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: £5,335,654.00
Weekend gross: £5,335,654.00
Number of cinemas: 611
Site average: £8,733.00
Country of origin: UK/USA
Distributor: Warner Bros
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.3/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 69%

Metacritic: 69/100

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2. Onward

In a suburban fantasy world, two teenage elf brothers, Ian and Barley Lightfoot, go on a journey to discover if there is still a little magic left out there in order to spend one last day with their father, who died when they were too young to remember him. Like any good quest, their journey is filled with magic spells, cryptic maps, impossible obstacles and unimaginable discoveries. When the boys' fearless mom, Laurel, realizes that her sons are missing, she teams up with the legendary winged-lion-scorpion former warrior -- The Manticore -- and heads off to find them. Perilous curses aside, this one magical day could mean more than any of them ever dreamed.

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Director(s): Dan Scanlon
Writer(s): Dan Scanlon, Keith Bunin, Jason Headley
Actors(s): Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Runtime: 102 min
Total gross to date: £6,657,744.00
Weekend gross: £185,028.00
Number of cinemas: 454
Site average: £408.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Disney
Change from last week: 29
Weeks on release: 26

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.4/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 88%

Metacritic: 61/100

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3. 100% Wolf

100% Wolf centers on Freddy Lupin, heir to a proud family line of werewolves. Positive he'll become the most fearsome werewolf ever, Freddy is in for a shock when his first "warfing" goes awry, turning him into a ferocious - poodle.

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Director(s): Alexs Stadermann
Writer(s): Ranald Allan, David Breen, Fin Edquist
Actors(s): Loren Gray, Adriane Daff, Akmal Saleh
Runtime: 96 min
Total gross to date: £828,469.00
Weekend gross: £140,050.00
Number of cinemas: 456
Site average: £307.00
Country of origin: Aus
Distributor: Vertigo
Change from last week: 31
Weeks on release: 5

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 5.6/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 69%

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4. Unhinged

Academy Award winner Russell Crowe stars in Unhinged, a psychological thriller that takes something we've all experienced- road rage - to an unpredictable and terrifying conclusion. Rachel (Caren Pistorius) is running late getting to work when she crosses paths with a stranger (Crowe) at a traffic light. Soon, Rachel finds herself, and everyone she loves, the target of a man who feels invisible and is looking to make one last mark upon the world by teaching her a series of deadly lessons. What follows is a dangerous game of cat and mouse that proves you never know who you're driving next to.

Genre: Action, Thriller
Director(s): Derrick Borte
Writer(s): Carl Ellsworth
Actors(s): Russell Crowe, Caren Pistorius, Gabriel Bateman
Runtime: 90 min
Total gross to date: £1,218,908.00
Weekend gross: £112,465.00
Number of cinemas: 414
Site average: £272.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Altitude
Change from last week: -37
Weeks on release: 5

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.0/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 48%

Metacritic: 40/100

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5. Pinocchio

Inventor Gepetto creates a wooden marionette called Pinocchio. His wish for Pinocchio to be a real boy is unexpectedly granted by a fairy. The fairy assigns Jiminy Cricket to act as Pinocchio's "conscience" and keep him out of trouble. Jiminy is not too successful in this endeavor and most of the film is spent with Pinocchio deep in trouble.

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Director(s): Norman Ferguson, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson
Writer(s): Carlo Collodi, Ted Sears, Otto Englander
Actors(s): Dickie Jones, Christian Rub, Mel Blanc
Runtime: 88 min
Total gross to date: £556,701.00
Weekend gross: £94,821.00
Number of cinemas: 381
Site average: £249.00
Country of origin: UK/Ita/Fra
Distributor: Vertigo
Change from last week: -5
Weeks on release: 3

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.5/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 100%

Metacritic: 99/100

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6. Trolls World Tour

Poppy and Branch discover that they are but one of six different Troll tribes scattered over six different lands devoted to six different kinds of music: Funk, Country, Techno, Classical, Pop and Rock. Their world is about to get a lot bigger and a whole lot louder. A member of hard-rock royalty, Queen Barb, aided by her father King Thrash, wants to destroy all other kinds of music to let rock reign supreme. With the fate of the world at stake, Poppy and Branch, along with their friends, set out to visit all the other lands to unify the Trolls in harmony against Barb, who's looking to upstage them all.

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Director(s): Walt Dohrn, David P. Smith
Writer(s): Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger, Maya Forbes
Actors(s): Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Rachel Bloom
Runtime: 91 min
Total gross to date: £655,604.00
Weekend gross: £77,536.00
Number of cinemas: 265
Site average: £293.00
Country of origin: USA/Jpn
Distributor: Universal
Change from last week: 7
Weeks on release: 21

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.1/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 71%

Metacritic: 51/100

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7. Hope Gap

The intimate, intense and loving story of Hope Gap charts the life of Grace, shocked to learn her husband is leaving her for another, after 29 years of marriage, and the ensuing emotional fallout the dissolution has on their only grown son. Unraveled and feeling displaced in her small seaside town, Grace ultimately regains her footing and discovers a new, powerful voice.

Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): William Nicholson
Writer(s): William Nicholson
Actors(s): Annette Bening, Bill Nighy, Josh O'Connor
Runtime: 100 min
Total gross to date: £72,769.00
Weekend gross: £72,769.00
Number of cinemas: 38
Site average: £1,915.00
Country of origin: UK
Distributor: Curzon
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.7/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 64%

Metacritic: 58/100

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8. Bring The Soul: The Movie (Concert)

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Total gross to date: £682,541.00
Weekend gross: £39,085.00
Number of cinemas: 214
Site average: £183.00
Country of origin: Kor
Distributor: Trafalgar
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 57

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9. Dreambuilders

Minna, a young girl, misuses her newfound ability to create and control other people's dreams to teach her bothersome stepsister a lesson.

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Director(s): Kim Hagen Jensen, Tonni Zinck
Writer(s): Søren Grinderslev Hansen, Kim Hagen Jensen
Actors(s): Emilie Kroyer Koppel, Ditte Hansen, Martin Buch
Runtime: 81 min
Total gross to date: £321,609.00
Weekend gross: £24,755.00
Number of cinemas: 131
Site average: £189.00
Country of origin: Dnk
Distributor: Signature Entertainment
Change from last week: -26
Weeks on release: 7

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.0/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 55%

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10. Dirty Dancing (30th Anniversary)

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Total gross to date: £439,188.00
Weekend gross: £17,644.00
Number of cinemas: 67
Site average: £263.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Lionsgate
Change from last week: -26
Weeks on release: 186

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11. Jurassic Park (Re: 2020)

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Total gross to date: £329,930.00
Weekend gross: £16,023.00
Number of cinemas: 159
Site average: £101.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Universal
Change from last week: -76
Weeks on release: 9

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12. Dolittle

After his wife's death, Dr. John Dolittle (Robert Downey, Jr.) decided to hide from the world with his beloved animals. But he has to take a journey to a mysterious island to find a healing tree, which is the only medicine that can help the dying Queen Victoria (Jessie Buckley) in Buckingham Palace.

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Director(s): Stephen Gaghan
Writer(s): Stephen Gaghan, Dan Gregor, Doug Mand
Actors(s): Robert Downey Jr., Antonio Banderas, Michael Sheen
Runtime: 101 min
Total gross to date: £15,930,410.00
Weekend gross: £14,375.00
Number of cinemas: 96
Site average: £150.00
Country of origin: UK/USA
Distributor: Universal
Change from last week: 1337
Weeks on release: 30

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 5.6/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 15%

Metacritic: 26/100

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13. The Greatest Showman

Orphaned, penniless, but ambitious and with a mind crammed with imagination and fresh ideas, the American entertainer, Phineas Taylor Barnum, will always be remembered as the man with the gift to blur the line between reality and fiction. Thirsty for innovation and hungry for success, the son of a tailor manages to open a wax museum; however, he soon shifts focus to the unique and the peculiar, introducing extraordinary, never-seen-before live acts on the circus stage. Now, some people call Barnum's rich collection of oddities, an outright freak show; but, when Phineas, obsessed for cheers and respectability, gambles everything on the opera singer, Jenny Lind, to appeal to a high-brow audience, he will lose sight of the most crucial aspect of his life: his family. Will Barnum, the greatest showman, risk it all to be accepted?

Genre: Biography, Drama, Musical
Director(s): Michael Gracey
Writer(s): Jenny Bicks, Bill Condon
Actors(s): Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Zac Efron
Runtime: 105 min
Total gross to date: £49,523,728.00
Weekend gross: £11,956.00
Number of cinemas: 29
Site average: £412.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Change from last week: 34
Weeks on release: 140

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.5/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 56%

Metacritic: 48/100

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14. Babyteeth

When seriously ill teenager Milla falls madly in love with smalltime drug dealer Moses, it's her parents' worst nightmare. But as Milla's first brush with love brings her a new lust for life, things get messy and traditional morals go out the window. Milla soon shows everyone in her orbit - her parents, Moses, a sensitive music teacher, a budding child violinist, and a disarmingly honest pregnant neighbour - how to live like you have nothing to lose. What might have been a disaster for the Finlay family instead leads to letting go and finding grace in the glorious chaos of life. Babyteeth joyously explores how good it is not to be dead yet and how far we will go for love.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Director(s): Shannon Murphy
Writer(s): Rita Kalnejais
Actors(s): Eliza Scanlen, Michelle Lotters, Toby Wallace
Runtime: 118 min
Total gross to date: £148,050.00
Weekend gross: £11,467.00
Number of cinemas: 81
Site average: £142.00
Country of origin: Aus
Distributor: Picture House Entertainment
Change from last week: -64
Weeks on release: 3

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.2/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 94%

Metacritic: 77/100

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15. Sonic The Hedgehog

Based on the global blockbuster videogame franchise from Sega, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG tells the story of the world's speediest hedgehog as he embraces his new home on Earth. In this live-action adventure comedy, Sonic and his new best friend Tom (James Marsden) team up to defend the planet from the evil genius Dr. Robotnik (Jim Carrey) and his plans for world domination. The family-friendly film also stars Tika Sumpter and Ben Schwartz as the voice of Sonic.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Director(s): Jeff Fowler
Writer(s): Pat Casey, Josh Miller
Actors(s): Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Jim Carrey
Runtime: 99 min
Total gross to date: £19,258,137.00
Weekend gross: £10,593.00
Number of cinemas: 89
Site average: £119.00
Country of origin: USA/Jpn/Kor
Distributor: Paramount
Change from last week: -43
Weeks on release: 29

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.5/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 64%

Metacritic: 47/100

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