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Weekend box office report: 4-6 March 2022

1. The Batman

When a sadistic serial killer begins murdering key political figures in Gotham, Batman is forced to investigate the city's hidden corruption and question his family's involvement.
  • Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
  • Director(s): Matt Reeves
  • Writer(s): Matt Reeves, Peter Craig, Bob Kane
  • Actors(s): Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright
  • Runtime: 176 min
  • Total gross to date: £13,531,855.00
  • Weekend gross: £13,531,855.00
  • Number of cinemas: 706
  • Site average: £19,167.00
  • Country of origin: UK/USA
  • Distributor: Warner Bros
  • Change from last week: -
  • Weeks on release: 1
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 7.8/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 85%
  • Metacritic: 72/100

2. Uncharted

Street-smart Nathan Drake (Tom Holland) is recruited by seasoned treasure hunter Victor "Sully" Sullivan (Mark Wahlberg) to recover a fortune amassed by Ferdinand Magellan and lost 500 years ago by the House of Moncada. What starts as a heist job for the duo becomes a globe-trotting, white-knuckle race to reach the prize before the ruthless Santiago Moncada (Antonio Banderas), who believes he and his family are the rightful heirs. If Nate and Sully can decipher the clues and solve one of the world's oldest mysteries, they stand to find $5 billion in treasure and perhaps even Nate's long-lost brother...but only if they can learn to work together.
  • Genre: Action, Adventure
  • Director(s): Ruben Fleischer
  • Writer(s): Rafe Judkins, Art Marcum, Matt Holloway
  • Actors(s): Tom Holland, Mark Wahlberg, Antonio Banderas
  • Runtime: 116 min
  • Total gross to date: £20,287,936.00
  • Weekend gross: £1,335,675.00
  • Number of cinemas: 590
  • Site average: £2,264.00
  • Country of origin: USA/Esp
  • Distributor: Sony Pictures
  • Change from last week: -56
  • Weeks on release: 4
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 6.3/10
  • Metacritic: 45/100

3. 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: £30,346,498.00
  • Weekend gross: £1,036,217.00
  • Number of cinemas: 660
  • Site average: £1,570.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Universal
  • Change from last week: -61
  • Weeks on release: 6
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 7.4/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 72%
  • Metacritic: 49/100

4. The Duke

In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60 year old taxi driver, stole Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. He sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on condition that the government invested more in care for the elderly. What happened next became the stuff of legend. An uplifting true story about a good man who set out to change the world and managed to save his marriage.
  • Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime
  • Director(s): Roger Michell
  • Writer(s): Richard Bean, Clive Coleman
  • Actors(s): Jim Broadbent, Heather Craney, Stephen Rashbrook
  • Runtime: 95 min
  • Total gross to date: £2,740,233.00
  • Weekend gross: £682,096.00
  • Number of cinemas: 651
  • Site average: £1,048.00
  • Country of origin: UK
  • Distributor: Warner Bros
  • Change from last week: -31
  • Weeks on release: 2
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 6.9/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 97%
  • Metacritic: 74/100

5. Death On The Nile

Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot's vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple's idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short. Set against an epic landscape of sweeping Egyptian desert vistas and the majestic Giza pyramids, this tale of unbridled passion and incapacitating jealousy features a cosmopolitan group of impeccably dressed travelers, and enough wicked twists and turns to leave audiences guessing until the final, shocking denouement.
  • Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
  • Director(s): Kenneth Branagh
  • Writer(s): Michael Green, Agatha Christie
  • Actors(s): Tom Bateman, Annette Bening, Kenneth Branagh
  • Runtime: 127 min
  • Total gross to date: £7,150,696.00
  • Weekend gross: £283,550.00
  • Number of cinemas: 451
  • Site average: £629.00
  • Country of origin: UK/USA
  • Distributor: Disney
  • Change from last week: -62
  • Weeks on release: 4
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 6.3/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 62%
  • Metacritic: 52/100

6. Dog

Two former Army Rangers are paired against their will on the road trip of a lifetime. Army Ranger Briggs (Channing Tatum) and Lulu (a Belgian Malinois dog) buckle into a 1984 Ford Bronco and race down the Pacific Coast in hopes of making it to a fellow soldier's funeral on time. Along the way, they'll drive each other completely crazy, break a small handful of laws, narrowly evade death, and learn to let down their guards in order to have a fighting chance of finding happiness.
  • Genre: Comedy, Drama
  • Director(s): Reid Carolin, Channing Tatum
  • Writer(s): Reid Carolin, Brett Rodriguez
  • Actors(s): Channing Tatum, Ryder McLaughlin, Aavi Haas
  • Runtime: 101 min
  • Total gross to date: £2,608,502.00
  • Weekend gross: £275,208.00
  • Number of cinemas: 412
  • Site average: £668.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Entertainment
  • Change from last week: -57
  • Weeks on release: 3
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 6.5/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 77%
  • Metacritic: 61/100

7. 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: £95,730,972.00
  • Weekend gross: £213,540.00
  • Number of cinemas: 353
  • Site average: £605.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Sony Pictures
  • Change from last week: -63
  • Weeks on release: 12
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 8.2/10
  • Metacritic: 71/100

8. 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: £14,524,871.00
  • Weekend gross: £174,442.00
  • Number of cinemas: 364
  • Site average: £479.00
  • Country of origin: UK
  • Distributor: Universal
  • Change from last week: -52
  • Weeks on release: 7
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 7.3/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 86%
  • Metacritic: 75/100

9. Ali & Ava

Ali and Ava, both lonely for different reasons, meet and sparks fly. Over a lunar month a deep connection begins to grow, despite the legacy of Ava's past relationship, and Ali's emotional turmoil at the breakdown of his marriage.
  • Genre: Drama, Romance
  • Director(s): Clio Barnard
  • Writer(s): Clio Barnard
  • Actors(s): Adeel Akhtar, Claire Rushbrook, Macy Shackleton
  • Runtime: 95 min
  • Total gross to date: £106,133.00
  • Weekend gross: £106,133.00
  • Number of cinemas: 132
  • Site average: £804.00
  • Country of origin: UK
  • Distributor: Altitude
  • Change from last week: -
  • Weeks on release: 1
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 6.8/10
  • Metacritic: 75/100

10. Gangubai Kathiawadi

A little girl is sold to brothel of Rashmibai who is forcefully asked to enter the business of flesh trade.When the girl doesn't agree Rashmibai is finally forced to take help of Gangubai Kathiawadi.Gangubai Kathiawadi aka Ganga who wanted to be an actress and years back eloped to Bombay with her boyfriend Ramnik who sold her at brothel of Shelia Masi.Gangubai did not have option to return back and hence turned a prostitute but she gained respect from fellow women as she would be their main support to go against Sheila Masi.In coming times Gangubai bonds with Don Rahim Lala and develops a brotherly relationship with him.Gangubai is soon known as the mafia queen and wants better lives for women of her community.She decides to enter politics but has a powerful contender Raziabai opposite her.
  • Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
  • Director(s): Sanjay Leela Bhansali
  • Writer(s): Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Abhiruchi Chand, Saurabh H. Dikshit
  • Actors(s): Alia Bhatt, Shantanu Maheshwari, Vijay Raaz
  • Runtime: 152 min
  • Total gross to date: £464,822.00
  • Weekend gross: £92,629.00
  • Number of cinemas: 61
  • Site average: £1,519.00
  • Country of origin: Ind
  • Distributor: Paramount
  • Change from last week: -62
  • Weeks on release: 2
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 7.8/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 90%

11. Jackass Forever

Celebrating the joy of being back together with your best friends and a perfectly executed shot to the dingdong, the original jackass crew return for another round of hilarious, wildly absurd, and often dangerous displays of comedy with a little help from some exciting new cast. Johnny and the team push the envelope even further in Jackass Forever.
  • Genre: Documentary, Action, Comedy
  • Director(s): Jeff Tremaine
  • Writer(s): Jason 'Wee Man' Acuña, Derrick Beckles, J.P. Blackmon
  • Actors(s): Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius
  • Runtime: 96 min
  • Total gross to date: £6,112,993.00
  • Weekend gross: £87,572.00
  • Number of cinemas: 228
  • Site average: £384.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Paramount
  • Change from last week: -70
  • Weeks on release: 5
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 6.8/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 85%
  • Metacritic: 74/100

12. 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: £9,824,694.00
  • Weekend gross: £62,684.00
  • Number of cinemas: 400
  • Site average: £157.00
  • Country of origin: UK/USA
  • Distributor: eOne Films
  • Change from last week: -65
  • Weeks on release: 13
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 5.9/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 58%
  • Metacritic: 55/100

13. The Godfather: Part II (Re: 2022)

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  • Total gross to date: £45,151.00
  • Weekend gross: £45,151.00
  • Number of cinemas: 202
  • Site average: £224.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Paramount
  • Change from last week: -
  • Weeks on release: 1
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14. Cyrano

A man ahead of his time, Cyrano de Bergerac dazzles whether with ferocious wordplay at a verbal joust or with brilliant swordplay in a duel. But, convinced that his appearance renders him unworthy of the love of a devoted friend, the luminous Roxanne, Cyrano has yet to declare his feelings for her and Roxanne has fallen in love, at first sight, with Christian.
  • Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
  • Director(s): Joe Wright
  • Writer(s): Erica Schmidt, Edmond Rostand
  • Actors(s): Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, Kelvin Harrison Jr.
  • Runtime: 123 min
  • Total gross to date: £624,779.00
  • Weekend gross: £40,121.00
  • Number of cinemas: 261
  • Site average: £154.00
  • Country of origin: UK/USA/Can
  • Distributor: Universal
  • Change from last week: -89
  • Weeks on release: 2
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 6.4/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 85%
  • Metacritic: 66/100

15. 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: £1,268,722.00
  • Weekend gross: £26,644.00
  • Number of cinemas: 51
  • Site average: £522.00
  • Country of origin: Esp/USA
  • Distributor: Warner Bros
  • Change from last week: -27
  • Weeks on release: 6
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 7.1/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 96%
  • Metacritic: 88/100

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