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Weekend box office report: 28-30 January 2022

1. Sing 2

With his theatrical company a local success, Buster Moon is dreaming of bigger things. Unfortunately, when a talent scout dismisses their work as inadequate for the big time, Buster is driven to prove her wrong. With that goal in mind, Buster inspires his players to gamble everything to sneak into a talent audition in Redshore City for the demanding entertainment mogul Jimmy Crystal. Against the odds, they catch his interest with some frantic creative improvisation and even more desperate lies like personally knowing the reclusive rock star, Clay Calloway, who has not been seen in 15 years. Now faced with a tight production window with only a vague story idea and dire consequences for failure, Buster and his friends must all stretch their talents put on a show against all odds. In that struggle, the gang's challenges seem insurmountable, but each of them finds new inspirations and friends where they least expect them to pursue an artistic dream worthy of them.
  • Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
  • Director(s): Garth Jennings, Christophe Lourdelet
  • Writer(s): Garth Jennings
  • Actors(s): Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson
  • Runtime: 110 min
  • Total gross to date: £6,867,533.00
  • Weekend gross: £6,867,533.00
  • Number of cinemas: 632
  • Site average: £10,866.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Universal
  • Change from last week: -
  • Weeks on release: 1
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 7.4/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 72%
  • Metacritic: 49/100
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2. Belfast

Belfast, 15 August 1969. Surrounded by sporadic violence and growing danger, nine-year-old Buddy finds himself confronted with the ugly reality of sectarian conflict. And, as the suffocating stranglehold of increasing turmoil tightens around his once-peaceful working-class neighbourhood, Buddy tries his best to understand The Troubles--after all, someone must be responsible for forcing people to flee their homes. Now, Buddy's family must come face to face with a nearly impossible, life-altering decision: stay or start packing?
  • Genre: Biography, Drama
  • Director(s): Kenneth Branagh
  • Writer(s): Kenneth Branagh
  • Actors(s): Jude Hill, Lewis McAskie, Caitríona Balfe
  • Runtime: 98 min
  • Total gross to date: £6,076,230.00
  • Weekend gross: £1,896,300.00
  • Number of cinemas: 752
  • Site average: £2,522.00
  • Country of origin: UK
  • Distributor: Universal
  • Change from last week: -18
  • Weeks on release: 2
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 7.3/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 86%
  • Metacritic: 75/100
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3. Spider-Man: No Way Home

Peter Parker's secret identity is revealed to the entire world. Desperate for help, Peter turns to Doctor Strange to make the world forget that he is Spider-Man. The spell goes horribly wrong and shatters the multiverse, bringing in monstrous villains that could destroy the world.
  • Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
  • Director(s): Jon Watts
  • Writer(s): Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, Stan Lee
  • Actors(s): Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch
  • Runtime: 148 min
  • Total gross to date: £90,037,243.00
  • Weekend gross: £1,778,556.00
  • Number of cinemas: 644
  • Site average: £2,762.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Sony Pictures
  • Change from last week: -23
  • Weeks on release: 7
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 8.2/10
  • Metacritic: 71/100
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4. Scream

A year after her mother's death, Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) and her friends started experiencing some strange phone calls. They later learned the calls were coming from a crazed serial killer, in a white faced mask and a large black robe, looking for revenge. His phone calls usually consist of many questions, the main one being: What's your favorite scary movie? Along with much scary movie trivia, ending with bloody pieces of innocent lives scattered around the small town of Woodsboro.
  • Genre: Horror, Mystery
  • Director(s): Wes Craven
  • Writer(s): Kevin Williamson
  • Actors(s): Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette
  • Runtime: 111 min
  • Total gross to date: £6,150,844.00
  • Weekend gross: £788,123.00
  • Number of cinemas: 545
  • Site average: £1,446.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Paramount
  • Change from last week: -37
  • Weeks on release: 3
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 7.4/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 80%
  • Metacritic: 65/100
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5. Nightmare Alley

Stan burns down his home and takes a job as a carny with a traveling carnival. Stan is disturbed at how any man could sink to the level of performing as a geek. Clem explains that he seeks out alcoholic or drug-addicted men with troubled pasts, and lures them in with promises of a "temporary" job and opium-laced alcohol. He then uses their dependence until they sink into madness and depravity, thus creating a new geek. Stan also works with clairvoyant act "Madame Zeena" and her alcoholic husband, Pete. He and Zeena warn Stan not to ever use these skills otherwise people get hurt. Meanwhile Stan becomes attracted to fellow performer Molly and approaches her with an idea for a two-person act away from the carnival.
  • Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
  • Director(s): Guillermo del Toro
  • Writer(s): Guillermo del Toro, Kim Morgan, William Lindsay Gresham
  • Actors(s): Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette
  • Runtime: 150 min
  • Total gross to date: £1,227,979.00
  • Weekend gross: £330,830.00
  • Number of cinemas: 542
  • Site average: £610.00
  • Country of origin: USA/Mex
  • Distributor: Disney
  • Change from last week: -40
  • Weeks on release: 2
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 7.0/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 81%
  • Metacritic: 70/100
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6. Parallel Mothers

Two women, Janis and Ana, coincide in a hospital room where they are going to give birth. Both are single and became pregnant by accident. Janis, middle-aged, doesn't regret it and she is exultant. The other, Ana, an adolescent, is scared, repentant and traumatized. Janis tries to encourage her while they move like sleepwalkers along the hospital corridors. The few words they exchange in these hours will create a very close link between the two, which by chance develops and complicates, and changes their lives in a decisive way.
  • Genre: Drama
  • Director(s): Pedro Almodóvar
  • Writer(s): Pedro Almodóvar
  • Actors(s): Penélope Cruz, Milena Smit, Israel Elejalde
  • Runtime: 123 min
  • Total gross to date: £301,877.00
  • Weekend gross: £301,877.00
  • Number of cinemas: 184
  • Site average: £1,641.00
  • Country of origin: Esp/USA
  • Distributor: Warner Bros
  • Change from last week: -
  • Weeks on release: 1
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 7.1/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 96%
  • Metacritic: 88/100
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7. The King's Man

In the early years of the 20th century, the Kingsman agency is formed to stand against a cabal plotting a war to wipe out millions.
  • Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
  • Director(s): Matthew Vaughn
  • Writer(s): Matthew Vaughn, Karl Gajdusek, Mark Millar
  • Actors(s): Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton, Rhys Ifans
  • Runtime: 131 min
  • Total gross to date: £7,616,910.00
  • Weekend gross: £285,476.00
  • Number of cinemas: 362
  • Site average: £789.00
  • Country of origin: UK/USA
  • Distributor: Disney
  • Change from last week: -26
  • Weeks on release: 5
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 6.3/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 41%
  • Metacritic: 44/100
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8. Clifford The Big Red Dog

As middle schooler Emily Elizabeth struggles to fit in at home and at school, she discovers a small red puppy who is destined to become her best friend from a magical animal rescuer. When Clifford becomes a gigantic red dog in her New York City apartment and attracts the attention of a genetics company who wish to supersize animals, Emily and her clueless Uncle Casey have to fight the forces of greed as they go on the run across New York City and take a bite out of the Big Apple. Along the way, Clifford affects the lives of everyone around him and teaches Emily and her uncle the true meaning of acceptance and unconditional love. Based on the beloved Scholastic character, Clifford will teach the world how to love big.
  • Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
  • Director(s): Walt Becker
  • Writer(s): Jay Scherick, David Ronn, Blaise Hemingway
  • Actors(s): Darby Camp, Jack Whitehall, Izaac Wang
  • Runtime: 96 min
  • Total gross to date: £8,755,384.00
  • Weekend gross: £202,028.00
  • Number of cinemas: 532
  • Site average: £380.00
  • Country of origin: UK/USA
  • Distributor: eOne Films
  • Change from last week: -56
  • Weeks on release: 8
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 5.9/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 58%
  • Metacritic: 55/100
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9. West Side Story

West Side Story is the award-winning adaptation of the classic romantic tragedy "Romeo and Juliet". The feuding families become two warring New York City gangs--the white Jets led by Riff and the Latino Sharks, led by Bernardo. Their hatred escalates to a point where neither can coexist with any form of understanding. But when Riff's best friend (and former Jet) Tony and Bernardo's younger sister Maria meet at a dance, no one can do anything to stop their love. Maria and Tony begin meeting in secret, planning to run away. Then the Sharks and Jets plan a rumble under the highway--whoever wins gains control of the streets. Maria sends Tony to stop it, hoping it can end the violence. It goes terribly wrong, and before the lovers know what's happened, tragedy strikes and doesn't stop until the climactic and heartbreaking ending.
  • Genre: Crime, Drama, Musical
  • Director(s): Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise
  • Writer(s): Ernest Lehman, Arthur Laurents, Jerome Robbins
  • Actors(s): Natalie Wood, George Chakiris, Richard Beymer
  • Runtime: 153 min
  • Total gross to date: £7,341,213.00
  • Weekend gross: £119,823.00
  • Number of cinemas: 268
  • Site average: £447.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Disney
  • Change from last week: -40
  • Weeks on release: 8
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 7.6/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 92%
  • Metacritic: 86/100
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10. Encanto

Encanto tells the tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals, who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical house, in a vibrant town, in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift from super strength to the power to heal-every child except one, Mirabel. But when she discovers that the magic surrounding the Encanto is in danger, Mirabel decides that she, the only ordinary Madrigal, might just be her exceptional family's last hope.
  • Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
  • Director(s): Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Charise Castro Smith
  • Writer(s): Charise Castro Smith, Jared Bush, Byron Howard
  • Actors(s): Stephanie Beatriz, María Cecilia Botero, John Leguizamo
  • Runtime: 102 min
  • Total gross to date: £7,199,109.00
  • Weekend gross: £98,074.00
  • Number of cinemas: 451
  • Site average: £217.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Disney
  • Change from last week: -56
  • Weeks on release: 10
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 7.2/10
  • Metacritic: 75/100
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11. Hridayam

The emotional journey of Arun, his carefree bachelor days in engineering college, and how he matures through various phases of life.
  • Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
  • Director(s): Vineeth Sreenivasan
  • Writer(s): Vineeth Sreenivasan
  • Actors(s): Pranav Mohanlal, Kalyani Priyadarshan, Darshana Rajendran
  • Runtime: 172 min
  • Total gross to date: £92,327.00
  • Weekend gross: £92,327.00
  • Number of cinemas: 83
  • Site average: £1,112.00
  • Country of origin: Ind
  • Distributor: RFT Films
  • Change from last week: -
  • Weeks on release: 2
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 8.1/10
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12. Licorice Pizza

LICORICE PIZZA is the story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and falling in love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973. Written and Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, the film tracks the treacherous navigation of first love.
  • Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
  • Director(s): Paul Thomas Anderson
  • Writer(s): Paul Thomas Anderson
  • Actors(s): Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn
  • Runtime: 133 min
  • Total gross to date: £2,171,648.00
  • Weekend gross: £86,899.00
  • Number of cinemas: 187
  • Site average: £465.00
  • Country of origin: USA/Can
  • Distributor: Universal
  • Change from last week: -56
  • Weeks on release: 4
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 7.2/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 91%
  • Metacritic: 90/100
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13. Rigoletto - Met Opera 2022 (Opera)

  • Genre:
  • Director(s):
  • Writer(s):
  • Actors(s):
  • Runtime:
  • Total gross to date: £86,823.00
  • Weekend gross: £86,823.00
  • Number of cinemas: 135
  • Site average: £643.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Trafalgar
  • Change from last week: -
  • Weeks on release: 1
    Ratings:
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14. Gierek

A film about a man with a breakthrough history of Poland in the background. Edward Gierek is one of the most important figures of the 20th century in the collective memory of Polish people. Even though he stands in line with notables like John Paul II, Jozef Pilsudski or Lech Walesa, film industry hasn't noticed him yet. Janusz Iwanowski and Jolanta Owczarczyk, producers, decided to fill this gap. The film is set in the years 1970-1982, when Edward Gierek becomes First Secretary of the Central Committee of the PZPR (Central Committee of the Polish United Worker's Party) until his internment. It won't be a political film. The audience will see Edward Gierek behind the scenes of his political power. Family relations that have never seen the light of day are an essential part of this story. The filming was preceded by months of preparations and rehearsals with actors as well as appearance transformations. The film was shot in the South of Poland: in Katowice, Ustron, Zawiercie, as well as in Warsaw, Deblin and the Imperial Shipyard in Gdansk.
  • Genre: Biography, Drama
  • Director(s): Michal Wegrzyn, Heathcliff Janusz Iwanowski
  • Writer(s): Heathcliff Janusz Iwanowski, Michal Kalicki, Krzysztof Tyszowiecki
  • Actors(s): Michal Koterski, Sebastian Stankiewicz, Antoni Pawlicki
  • Runtime: 140 min
  • Total gross to date: £81,692.00
  • Weekend gross: £81,692.00
  • Number of cinemas: 161
  • Site average: £507.00
  • Country of origin: Pol
  • Distributor: Magnetes
  • Change from last week: -
  • Weeks on release: 1
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 4.6/10
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15. The Matrix: Resurrections

Return to a world of two realities: one, everyday life; the other, what lies behind it. To find out if his reality is a construct, to truly know himself, Mr. Anderson will have to choose to follow the white rabbit once more.
  • Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
  • Director(s): Lana Wachowski
  • Writer(s): Lana Wachowski, David Mitchell, Aleksandar Hemon
  • Actors(s): Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
  • Runtime: 148 min
  • Total gross to date: £7,472,472.00
  • Weekend gross: £75,789.00
  • Number of cinemas: 190
  • Site average: £399.00
  • Country of origin: UK/USA
  • Distributor: Warner Bros
  • Change from last week: -52
  • Weeks on release: 6
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 5.7/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 63%
  • Metacritic: 63/100
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