Weekend box office report: 31 January 2 February 2020

1. 1917

April 1917, the Western Front. Two British soldiers are sent to deliver an urgent message to an isolated regiment. If the message is not received in time the regiment will walk into a trap and be massacred. To get to the regiment they will need to cross through enemy territory. Time is of the essence and the journey will be fraught with danger.

Genre: Action, Drama, War
Director(s): Sam Mendes
Writer(s): Sam Mendes, Krysty Wilson-Cairns
Actors(s): Dean-Charles Chapman, George MacKay, Daniel Mays
Runtime: 119 min
Total gross to date: £31,404,434.00
Weekend gross: £2,798,457.00
Number of cinemas: 721
Site average: £3,881.00
Country of origin: UK/USA
Distributor: eOne Films
Change from last week: -38
Weeks on release: 4

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 8.2/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 89%

Metacritic: 78/100

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2. Bad Boys For Life

Marcus and Mike have to confront new issues (career changes and midlife crises), as they join the newly created elite team AMMO of the Miami police department to take down the ruthless Armando Armas, the vicious leader of a Miami drug cartel.

Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Director(s): Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah
Writer(s): Peter Craig, Joe Carnahan, Chris Bremner
Actors(s): Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens
Runtime: 124 min
Total gross to date: £11,287,270.00
Weekend gross: £1,844,179.00
Number of cinemas: 541
Site average: £3,409.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Change from last week: -32
Weeks on release: 3

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.5/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 76%

Metacritic: 59/100

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3. The Personal History Of David Copperfield

A fresh and distinctive take on Charles Dickens' semi-autobiographical masterpiece, The Personal History of David Copperfield, set in the 1840s, chronicles the life of its iconic title character as he navigates a chaotic world to find his elusive place within it. From his unhappy childhood to the discovery of his gift as a storyteller and writer, David's journey is by turns hilarious and tragic, but always full of life, color and humanity.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Armando Iannucci
Writer(s): Armando Iannucci, Simon Blackwell, Charles Dickens
Actors(s): Dev Patel, Hugh Laurie, Tilda Swinton
Runtime: 119 min
Total gross to date: £3,758,595.00
Weekend gross: £1,037,119.00
Number of cinemas: 672
Site average: £1,543.00
Country of origin: UK/USA
Distributor: Lionsgate
Change from last week: -31
Weeks on release: 2

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.4/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 92%

Metacritic: 77/100

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4. Little Women

In the years after the Civil War, Jo March (Saoirse Ronan) lives in New York City and makes her living as a writer, while her sister Amy March (Florence Pugh) studies painting in Paris. Amy has a chance encounter with Theodore "Laurie" Laurence (Timothée Chalamet), a childhood crush who proposed to Jo, but was ultimately rejected. Their oldest sibling, Meg March (Emma Watson), is married to a schoolteacher, while shy sister Beth (Eliza Scanlen) develops a devastating illness that brings the family back together.

Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Greta Gerwig
Writer(s): Greta Gerwig, Louisa May Alcott
Actors(s): Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh
Runtime: 135 min
Total gross to date: £19,931,774.00
Weekend gross: £659,344.00
Number of cinemas: 631
Site average: £1,045.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Change from last week: -34
Weeks on release: 6

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.8/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 95%

Metacritic: 91/100

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5. The Gentlemen

A talented American graduate of Oxford, using his unique skills, and audacity, creates a marijuana empire using the estates of impoverished British aristocrats. However, when he tries to sell his empire to a fellow American billionaire, a chain of events unfolds, involving blackmail, deception, mayhem and murder between street thugs, Russian oligarchs, Triad gangsters and gutter journalists.

Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Director(s): Guy Ritchie
Writer(s): Guy Ritchie, Ivan Atkinson, Marn Davies
Actors(s): Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Michelle Dockery
Runtime: 113 min
Total gross to date: £10,364,506.00
Weekend gross: £597,494.00
Number of cinemas: 403
Site average: £1,483.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Entertainment
Change from last week: -31
Weeks on release: 5

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 51/100

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6. Jumanji: The Next Level

The gang is back but the game has changed. As they return to Jumanji to rescue one of their own, they discover that nothing is as they expect. The players will have to brave parts unknown and unexplored, from the arid deserts to the snowy mountains, in order to escape the world's most dangerous game.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Director(s): Jake Kasdan
Writer(s): Jake Kasdan, Jeff Pinkner, Scott Rosenberg
Actors(s): Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart
Runtime: 123 min
Total gross to date: £34,326,248.00
Weekend gross: £597,326.00
Number of cinemas: 499
Site average: £1,197.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Change from last week: -35
Weeks on release: 8

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.7/10

Metacritic: 58/100

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7. Queen & Slim

Slim and Queen's first date takes an unexpected turn when a policeman pulls them over for a minor traffic violation. When the situation escalates, Slim takes the officer's gun and shoots him in self-defence. Now labelled cop killers in the media, Slim and Queen feel that they have no choice but to go on the run and evade the law. When a video of the incident goes viral, the unwitting outlaws soon become a symbol of trauma, terror, grief and pain for people all across the country

Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Melina Matsoukas
Writer(s): Lena Waithe, James Frey
Actors(s): Daniel Kaluuya, Jodie Turner-Smith, Bokeem Woodbine
Runtime: 132 min
Total gross to date: £507,302.00
Weekend gross: £507,302.00
Number of cinemas: 357
Site average: £1,421.00
Country of origin: Can/USA
Distributor: eOne Films
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 74/100

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8. A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood

Two-time Oscar®-winner Tom Hanks portrays Mister Rogers in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, a timely story of kindness triumphing over cynicism, based on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Tom Junod. After a jaded magazine writer (Emmy winner Matthew Rhys) is assigned a profile of Fred Rogers, he overcomes his skepticism, learning about empathy, kindness, and decency from America's most beloved neighbor.

Genre: Biography, Drama
Director(s): Marielle Heller
Writer(s): Micah Fitzerman-Blue, Noah Harpster, Tom Junod
Actors(s): Matthew Rhys, Tom Hanks, Chris Cooper
Runtime: 109 min
Total gross to date: £493,770.00
Weekend gross: £493,770.00
Number of cinemas: 466
Site average: £1,060.00
Country of origin: USA/Chn
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 80/100

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9. Porgy And Bess - Met Opera 2020 (Opera)

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Total gross to date: £409,359.00
Weekend gross: £409,359.00
Number of cinemas: 193
Site average: £2,121.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Trafalgar
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

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10. The Lighthouse

As the wavering cry of the foghorn fills the air, the taciturn former lumberjack, Ephraim Winslow, and the grizzled lighthouse keeper, Thomas Wake, set foot in a secluded and perpetually grey islet off the coast of late-19th-century New England. For the following four weeks of back-breaking work and unfavourable conditions, the tight-lipped men will have no one else for company except for each other, forced to endure irritating idiosyncrasies, bottled-up resentment, and burgeoning hatred. Then, amid bad omens, a furious and unending squall maroons the pale beacon's keepers in the already inhospitable volcanic rock, paving the way for a prolonged period of feral hunger; excruciating agony; manic isolation, and horrible booze-addled visions. Now, the eerie stranglehold of insanity tightens. Is there an escape from the wall-less prison of the mind?

Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Director(s): Robert Eggers
Writer(s): Robert Eggers, Max Eggers
Actors(s): Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, Valeriia Karaman
Runtime: 109 min
Total gross to date: £384,284.00
Weekend gross: £384,284.00
Number of cinemas: 83
Site average: £4,630.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Universal
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.4/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 90%

Metacritic: 83/100

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11. Paw Patrol: Ready, Race, Rescue

The pups have built an awesome race track and are ready to be the pit crew for their race hero. But when the legendary racer is unable to drive, he calls on his biggest fan-pup Marshall to take the wheel and race in his place.

Genre: Animation, Family
Director(s): Charles E. Bastien, Keith Chapman
Writer(s): Steven Sullivan
Actors(s): Julius Cho, Anya Cooke, Cal Dodd
Runtime: 66 min
Total gross to date: £929,378.00
Weekend gross: £352,800.00
Number of cinemas: 530
Site average: £666.00
Country of origin: Can
Distributor: Paramount
Change from last week: -27
Weeks on release: 2

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 4.6/10

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12. Spies In Disguise

Super spy Lance Sterling and scientist Walter Beckett are almost exact opposites. Lance is smooth, suave and debonair. Walter is not. But what Walter lacks in social skills he makes up for in smarts and invention, creating the awesome gadgets Lance uses on his epic missions. But when events take an unexpected turn, Walter and Lance suddenly have to rely on each other in a whole new way. And if this odd couple can't learn to work as a team, the whole world is in peril.

Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure
Director(s): Nick Bruno, Troy Quane
Writer(s): Lucas Martell, Cindy Davis, Brad Copeland
Actors(s): Rachel Brosnahan, Jarrett Bruno, Claire Crosby
Runtime: 102 min
Total gross to date: £6,695,451.00
Weekend gross: £326,044.00
Number of cinemas: 503
Site average: £648.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Disney
Change from last week: -35
Weeks on release: 6

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 54/100

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13. Jojo Rabbit

A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy named Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis) whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother (Scarlett Johansson) is hiding a young Jewish girl (Thomasin McKenzie) in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler (Taika Waititi), Jojo must confront his blind nationalism.