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Weekend box office report: 28-30 July 2023

1. Barbie

Soon-Young (Kim Sae-Ron) is a young girl who is the head of her family. She lives with her mentally handicapped father (Jo Yong-Suk), unscrupulous uncle (Lee Chun-Hee) and younger sister Soon-Ja (Kim Ah-Ron) who is always ill. Younger sister Soon-Ja plays with her Barbie doll everyday and dreams of one day living in the United States. Meanwhile, Mang-Taek comes into contact with an American man interested in adopting a healthy Korean girl. Mang-Taek arranges a deal for the American man to adopt Soon-Young. When her younger sister Soon-Ja hears of the adoption, she becomes jealous and asks to take the place of her older sister. When the American man and his young daughter arrive to take Soon-Young, the uncle, Soong-Young and Soon-Ja must decide who is to go. The American father has an ulterior motive for the adoption....

Genre: Drama
Director(s): Sang-woo Lee
Writer(s): Sang-woo Lee
Actors(s): Cheon-hee Lee, Kim Sae-ron, Ah-ron Kim
Runtime: 97 min
Total gross to date: $47,988,743.00
Weekend gross: $13,226,848.00
Number of cinemas: 745
Site average: $17,754.00
Country of origin: UK/USA
Distributor: Warner Bros
Change from last week: -28
Weeks on release: 2

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.7/10

2. Oppenheimer

The story of American scientist, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.

Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Director(s): Christopher Nolan
Writer(s): Christopher Nolan, Kai Bird, Martin Sherwin
Actors(s): Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon
Runtime: 180 min
Total gross to date: $27,657,602.00
Weekend gross: $8,222,657.00
Number of cinemas: 694
Site average: $11,848.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Universal
Change from last week: -24
Weeks on release: 2

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 8.7/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 94%

Metacritic: 88/100

3. Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Ethan Hunt and his IMF team must track down a dangerous weapon before it falls into the wrong hands.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Director(s): Christopher McQuarrie
Writer(s): Bruce Geller, Erik Jendresen, Christopher McQuarrie
Actors(s): Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames
Runtime: 163 min
Total gross to date: $20,314,208.00
Weekend gross: $1,831,384.00
Number of cinemas: 660
Site average: $2,775.00
Country of origin: UK/USA
Distributor: Paramount
Change from last week: -36
Weeks on release: 3

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 81/100

4. Elemental

Follows Ember and Wade, in a city where fire-, water-, land- and air-residents live together.

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Director(s): Peter Sohn
Writer(s): John Hoberg, Kat Likkel, Brenda Hsueh
Actors(s): Leah Lewis, Mamoudou Athie, Ronnie Del Carmen
Runtime: 101 min
Total gross to date: $11,814,343.00
Weekend gross: $1,172,116.00
Number of cinemas: 667
Site average: $1,757.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Disney
Change from last week: -18
Weeks on release: 4

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.1/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 73%

Metacritic: 58/100

5. Talk To Me

The true life story of Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene Jr. In the mid-to-late 1960s, in Washington, D.C., vibrant soul music and exploding social consciousness were combining to unique and powerful effect. It was the place and time for Petey to fully express himself - sometimes to outrageous effect - and "tell it like it is." With the support of his irrepressible and tempestuous girlfriend Vernell, the newly minted ex-con talks his way into an on-air radio gig. He forges a friendship and a partnership with fellow prison inmate Milo's brother Dewey Hughes. From the first wild morning on the air, Petey relies on the more straight-laced Dewey to run interference at WOL-AM, where Dewey is the program director. At the station, Petey becomes an iconic radio personality, surpassing even the established popularity of his fellow disc jockeys, Nighthawk and Sunny Jim. Combining biting humor with social commentary, Petey openly courts controversy for station owner E.G. Sonderling. Petey was determined to make not just himself but his community heard during an exciting and turbulent period in American history. As Petey's voice, humor, and spirit surge across the airwaves with the vitality of the era, listeners tune in to hear not only incredible music but also a man speaking directly to them about race and power in America like few people ever have. Through the years, Petey's "The truth just is" style --- on - and off-air - would redefine both Petey and Dewey, and empower each to become the man he would most like to be.

Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Director(s): Kasi Lemmons
Writer(s): Michael Genet, Rick Famuyiwa
Actors(s): Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Bruce McFee
Runtime: 118 min
Total gross to date: $643,547.00
Weekend gross: $643,547.00
Number of cinemas: 429
Site average: $1,500.00
Country of origin: Aus/UK
Distributor: Altitude
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.3/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 83%

Metacritic: 69/100

6. Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny

The plot is unknown at this time.

Genre: Action, Adventure
Director(s): James Mangold
Writer(s): Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, David Koepp
Actors(s): Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas
Runtime: 154 min
Total gross to date: $19,104,351.00
Weekend gross: $444,323.00
Number of cinemas: 463
Site average: $960.00
Country of origin: UK/USA
Distributor: Disney
Change from last week: -34
Weeks on release: 5

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.8/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 69%

Metacritic: 58/100

7. Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani

A sensual love story between a boy who belongs to rich, upper class family, the heir to Dhanlaxmi Enterprises, lives in a lavish mansion in Gurgaon called House Gurgaon and a middle class girl who lives in a lousy fort. They fall in love with each other but their parents are unhappy of this union.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Director(s): Karan Johar
Writer(s): Shashank Khaitan, Ishita Moitra, Sumit Roy
Actors(s): Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt, Dharmendra
Runtime: N/A
Total gross to date: $370,882.00
Weekend gross: $370,882.00
Number of cinemas: 146
Site average: $2,540.00
Country of origin: Ind
Distributor: Moviegoers
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

Ratings:

8. Insidious: The Red Door

The Lamberts must go deeper into The Further than ever before to put their demons to rest once and for all.

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Director(s): Patrick Wilson
Writer(s): Leigh Whannell, Scott Teems
Actors(s): Ty Simpkins, Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne
Runtime: 107 min
Total gross to date: $7,347,918.00
Weekend gross: $337,599.00
Number of cinemas: 302
Site average: $1,118.00
Country of origin: USA/Can
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Change from last week: -36
Weeks on release: 4

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.0/10

Metacritic: 45/100

9. Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse

Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the Oscar®-winning Spider-Verse saga, an epic adventure that will transport Brooklyn's full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man across the Multiverse to join forces with Gwen Stacy and a new team of Spider-People to face off with a villain more powerful than anything they have ever encountered.

Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure
Director(s): Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson
Writer(s): Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Dave Callaham
Actors(s): Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Brian Tyree Henry
Runtime: 140 min
Total gross to date: $30,081,835.00
Weekend gross: $229,642.00
Number of cinemas: 350
Site average: $656.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Change from last week: -13
Weeks on release: 9

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 8.9/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 96%

Metacritic: 86/100

10. Bro

A college student gets involved in the wild partying lifestyle of a professional freestyle moto-x rider.

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Nick Parada
Writer(s): Nick Parada, Kimberly Spencer
Actors(s): Will Chavez, Beau Manley, Alexandra Mason
Runtime: 89 min
Total gross to date: $107,494.00
Weekend gross: $107,494.00
Number of cinemas: 60
Site average: $1,792.00
Country of origin: Ind
Distributor: Dreamz Entertainment
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 3.2/10

11. The Little Mermaid

In Disney's beguiling animated romp, rebellious 16-year-old mermaid Ariel is fascinated with life on land. On one of her visits to the surface, which are forbidden by her controlling father, King Triton, she falls for a human prince. Determined to be with her new love, Ariel makes a dangerous deal with the sea witch Ursula to become human for three days. But when plans go awry for the star-crossed lovers, the king must make the ultimate sacrifice for his daughter.

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family
Director(s): Ron Clements, John Musker
Writer(s): John Musker, Ron Clements, Hans Christian Andersen
Actors(s): Jodi Benson, Samuel E. Wright, Rene Auberjonois
Runtime: 83 min
Total gross to date: $27,038,590.00
Weekend gross: $66,241.00
Number of cinemas: 241
Site average: $275.00
Country of origin: UK/USA
Distributor: Disney
Change from last week: -41
Weeks on release: 10

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.6/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 92%

Metacritic: 88/100

12. The Super Mario Bros. Movie

A plumber named Mario travels through an underground labyrinth with his brother, Luigi, trying to save a captured princess.

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Director(s): Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Pierre Leduc
Writer(s): Matthew Fogel
Actors(s): Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day
Runtime: 92 min
Total gross to date: $54,454,792.00
Weekend gross: $63,950.00
Number of cinemas: 370
Site average: $173.00
Country of origin: USA/Jpn
Distributor: Universal
Change from last week: -15
Weeks on release: 17

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.1/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 58%

Metacritic: 46/100

13. Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken

A shy adolescent learns that she comes from a fabled royal family of legendary sea krakens and that her destiny lies in the depths of the waters, which is bigger than she could have ever imagined.

Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure
Director(s): Kirk DeMicco, Faryn Pearl
Writer(s): Pam Brady, Brian C. Brown, Elliott DiGuiseppi
Actors(s): Jane Fonda, Lana Condor, Toni Collette
Runtime: 91 min
Total gross to date: $2,287,836.00
Weekend gross: $61,506.00
Number of cinemas: 270
Site average: $228.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Universal
Change from last week: -28
Weeks on release: 5

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 5.9/10

Metacritic: 50/100

14. Mavka: The Forest Song

Mavka - a soul of the Forest - faces an impossible choice between love and her duty as guardian to the Heart of the Forest, when she falls in love with a human - the talented young musician Lukash. Our story is about the magical power of love. That kind of love that enables human nature to find the magic within and reveals abilities and qualities that empower a person to reach beyond possible and to hold against evil and human vice.

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Director(s): Oleh Malamuzh, Oleksandra Ruban
Writer(s): Jeffrey Hylton, Lesya Ukrainka, Yaroslav Voytseshek
Actors(s): Nataliya Denisenko, Laurie Hymes, Eddy Lee
Runtime: 99 min
Total gross to date: $54,296.00
Weekend gross: $54,296.00
Number of cinemas: 251
Site average: $216.00
Country of origin: Ukr/USA
Distributor: Miracle/Dazzler
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.7/10

15. Reinventing Elvis: The '68 Comeback

Our film is the true, behind-the-scenes story of how Elvis' 1968 Comeback Special came to life and helped put the fading star back on the map. Prior to the '68 Special, Elvis' career was in decline due to his uninspired selection of projects; he was becoming a sell-out. And even though Elvis knew this deep down, no one would admit it to his face out of fear of retaliation from his all-controlling, manipulative manager, Colonel Tom Parker. But that all changed when a young and bold television-music director named Steve Binder convinced Elvis that he needed to do a special that reverted back to the original style that made him famous. Intrigued by Binder's boldness and also in agreement with him, Elvis took his career back into his own hands to make the special, which became a smashing hit. Indeed, it put Elvis back in the center of the public's adoration and is so iconic and celebrated by major talent and the public today.

Genre: Documentary
Director(s): John Scheinfeld
Writer(s): John Scheinfeld
Actors(s): Darius Rucker, Steve Binder, Maffio
Runtime: 96 min
Total gross to date: $23,721.00
Weekend gross: $23,721.00
Number of cinemas: 113
Site average: $210.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: National Amusements UK
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

Ratings:

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