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Weekend box office report: 5-7 January 2024

1. Wonka

With dreams of opening a shop in a city renowned for its chocolate, a young and poor Willy Wonka discovers that the industry is run by a cartel of greedy chocolatiers.
  • Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
  • Director(s): Paul King
  • Writer(s): Roald Dahl, Paul King, Simon Farnaby
  • Actors(s): Timothée Chalamet, Gustave Die, Murray McArthur
  • Runtime: 116 min
  • Total gross to date: $53,074,026.00
  • Weekend gross: $3,779,636.00
  • Number of cinemas: 739
  • Site average: $5,115.00
  • Country of origin: UK/USA
  • Distributor: Warner Bros
  • Change from last week: -43
  • Weeks on release: 5
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 7.0/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 82%

2. One Life

Sir Nicholas 'Nicky' Winton, a young London broker who, in the months leading up to World War II, rescued over 600 children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.
  • Genre: Biography, Drama, History
  • Director(s): James Hawes
  • Writer(s): Lucinda Coxon, Nick Drake, Barbara Winton
  • Actors(s): Anthony Hopkins, Lena Olin, Johnny Flynn
  • Runtime: 109 min
  • Total gross to date: $3,324,502.00
  • Weekend gross: $3,324,502.00
  • Number of cinemas: 682
  • Site average: $4,875.00
  • Country of origin: UK
  • Distributor: Warner Bros
  • Change from last week: -
  • Weeks on release: 1
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 7.6/10

3. Priscilla

When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a vulnerable best fri...
  • Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
  • Director(s): Sofia Coppola
  • Writer(s): Priscilla Presley, Sandra Harmon, Sofia Coppola
  • Actors(s): Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi, Ari Cohen
  • Runtime: 113 min
  • Total gross to date: $1,326,326.00
  • Weekend gross: $1,326,326.00
  • Number of cinemas: 295
  • Site average: $4,496.00
  • Country of origin: USA/Ita
  • Distributor: MUBI
  • Change from last week: -
  • Weeks on release: 1
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 6.6/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 84%

4. Anyone But You

After an amazing first date, Bea and Ben's fiery attraction turns ice-cold--until they find themselves unexpectedly reunited at a wedding in Australia. So they do what any two mature adults would do: pretend to be a couple.
  • Genre: Comedy, Romance
  • Director(s): Will Gluck
  • Writer(s): Ilana Wolpert, Will Gluck
  • Actors(s): Sydney Sweeney, Glen Powell, Alexandra Shipp
  • Runtime: 103 min
  • Total gross to date: $3,391,223.00
  • Weekend gross: $1,094,951.00
  • Number of cinemas: 452
  • Site average: $2,422.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Sony Pictures
  • Change from last week: -12
  • Weeks on release: 2
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 6.2/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 56%

5. Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom

Plot unknown. Sequel to the 2018 film 'Aquaman.'
  • Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
  • Director(s): James Wan
  • Writer(s): David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, James Wan, Jason Momoa
  • Actors(s): Jason Momoa, Patrick Wilson, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
  • Runtime: 124 min
  • Total gross to date: $8,252,663.00
  • Weekend gross: $938,303.00
  • Number of cinemas: 571
  • Site average: $1,643.00
  • Country of origin: UK/USA
  • Distributor: Warner Bros
  • Change from last week: -45
  • Weeks on release: 3
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 5.6/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 34%

6. The Boy And The Heron

In the wake of his mother's death and his father's remarriage, a headstrong boy named Mahito ventures into a dreamlike world shared by both the living and the dead.
  • Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama
  • Director(s): Hayao Miyazaki
  • Writer(s): Hayao Miyazaki
  • Actors(s): Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Kô Shibasaki
  • Runtime: 124 min
  • Total gross to date: $3,019,532.00
  • Weekend gross: $795,265.00
  • Number of cinemas: 302
  • Site average: $2,633.00
  • Country of origin: Jpn
  • Distributor: Elysian Film Group Distribution
  • Change from last week: -51
  • Weeks on release: 2
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 7.6/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 97%

7. Wish

A young girl named Asha wishes on a star and gets a more direct answer than she bargained for when a trouble-making star comes down from the sky to join her.
  • Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
  • Director(s): Chris Buck, Fawn Veerasunthorn
  • Writer(s): Jennifer Lee, Allison Moore, Chris Buck
  • Actors(s): Ariana DeBose, Chris Pine, Alan Tudyk
  • Runtime: 95 min
  • Total gross to date: $11,444,652.00
  • Weekend gross: $627,978.00
  • Number of cinemas: 604
  • Site average: $1,040.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Disney
  • Change from last week: -38
  • Weeks on release: 7
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 5.6/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 48%

8. Ferrari

Set in the summer of 1957, with Enzo Ferrari's auto empire in crisis, the ex-racer turned entrepreneur pushes himself and his drivers to the edge as they launch into the Mille Miglia, a treacherous 1,000-mile race across Italy.
  • Genre: Biography, Drama, History
  • Director(s): Michael Mann
  • Writer(s): Troy Kennedy Martin, Brock Yates
  • Actors(s): Adam Driver, Shailene Woodley, Giuseppe Festinese
  • Runtime: 130 min
  • Total gross to date: $3,278,831.00
  • Weekend gross: $599,427.00
  • Number of cinemas: 643
  • Site average: $932.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Black Bear
  • Change from last week: -69
  • Weeks on release: 2
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 6.5/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 72%

9. Night Swim

A family moves into a new home, unaware that a dark secret from the house's past will unleash a malevolent force in the backyard pool.
  • Genre: Horror, Thriller
  • Director(s): Bryce McGuire
  • Writer(s): Bryce McGuire, Rod Blackhurst
  • Actors(s): Wyatt Russell, Kerry Condon, Amélie Hoeferle
  • Runtime: 98 min
  • Total gross to date: $590,691.00
  • Weekend gross: $590,691.00
  • Number of cinemas: 420
  • Site average: $1,406.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Universal
  • Change from last week: -
  • Weeks on release: 1
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 4.7/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 21%

10. The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes

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  • Total gross to date: $17,924,848.00
  • Weekend gross: $183,098.00
  • Number of cinemas: 266
  • Site average: $688.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Lionsgate
  • Change from last week: -55
  • Weeks on release: 8
    Ratings:

11. Godzilla Minus One

Post war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb.
  • Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
  • Director(s): Takashi Yamazaki
  • Writer(s): Ishirô Honda, Takeo Murata, Takashi Yamazaki
  • Actors(s): Minami Hamabe, Sakura Andô, Ryunosuke Kamiki
  • Runtime: 124 min
  • Total gross to date: $2,341,181.00
  • Weekend gross: $165,147.00
  • Number of cinemas: 255
  • Site average: $648.00
  • Country of origin: Jpn
  • Distributor: Anime Ltd
  • Change from last week: -36
  • Weeks on release: 4
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 8.3/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 98%

12. Next Goal Wins

Story of the American Samoa soccer team, who suffered the worst loss in World Cup history, losing to Australia 31-0 in 2001. With the 2014 World Cup approaching, the team recruits a down on his luck, maverick coach (Fassbender) to help turn their fate around.
  • Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
  • Director(s): Taika Waititi
  • Writer(s): Taika Waititi, Iain Morris
  • Actors(s): Michael Fassbender, Oscar Kightley, Kaimana
  • Runtime: 104 min
  • Total gross to date: $1,394,187.00
  • Weekend gross: $159,992.00
  • Number of cinemas: 486
  • Site average: $329.00
  • Country of origin: USA/UK
  • Distributor: Disney
  • Change from last week: -81
  • Weeks on release: 2
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 6.5/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 45%

13. Napoleon

An epic that details the chequered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine.
  • Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography
  • Director(s): Ridley Scott
  • Writer(s): David Scarpa
  • Actors(s): Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby, Tahar Rahim
  • Runtime: 158 min
  • Total gross to date: $13,992,384.00
  • Weekend gross: $140,070.00
  • Number of cinemas: 203
  • Site average: $690.00
  • Country of origin: UK/USA
  • Distributor: Sony Pictures
  • Change from last week: -47
  • Weeks on release: 7
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 6.4/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 57%

14. Nabucco - Met Opera 2023/24 (Opera)

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  • Total gross to date: $127,623.00
  • Weekend gross: $127,623.00
  • Number of cinemas: 114
  • Site average: $1,119.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Trafalgar
  • Change from last week: -
  • Weeks on release: 1
    Ratings:

15. Dunki

When his friends in Punjab struggle to clear the immigration process, an ex-soldier guides them on a risky journey to enter the UK without permission.
  • Genre: Comedy, Drama
  • Director(s): Rajkumar Hirani
  • Writer(s): Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani, Kanika Dhillon
  • Actors(s): Taapsee Pannu, Ryan Cretney, Priya Sindher
  • Runtime: 160 min
  • Total gross to date: $1,565,629.00
  • Weekend gross: $101,757.00
  • Number of cinemas: 108
  • Site average: $942.00
  • Country of origin: Ind/UK
  • Distributor: Yash Raj
  • Change from last week: -53
  • Weeks on release: 3
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 6.8/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 48%

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