Weekend box office report: 6-8 August 2021

1. The Suicide Squad

In exchange for lighter sentences, just like the anti-hero team in Suicide Squad (2016), a new batch of Belle Reve's meta-humans strike a deal with the cold head of Task Force X, Amanda Waller. This time, her ragtag band of super-powered convicts--Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker, King Shark, Polka-Dot Man, and Ratcatcher 2--venture into the peril-laden South American island nation of Corto Maltese to find the Thinker: the evil scientist in charge of the mysterious Project Starfish. But, as the band joins forces with an old leader of the notorious team, humankind is on the verge of extinction. Can the expendable Suicide Squad stop the new menace that could mean the end of the world as we know it?

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Director(s): James Gunn
Writer(s): James Gunn
Actors(s): Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena
Runtime: 132 min
Total gross to date: £7,982,931.00
Weekend gross: £2,267,135.00
Number of cinemas: 644
Site average: £3,520.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Warner Bros
Change from last week: -31
Weeks on release: 2

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 72/100

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2. Jungle Cruise

1916. Dreaming about saving countless lives and having another adventure, the feisty English feminist and doctor of botany, Dr Lily Houghton, embarks on a peril-laden mission to change the world. Along with her fashionable brother, MacGregor, Dr Houghton enlists the help of the arrogant, wisecracking riverboat skipper, Captain Frank Wolff, to guide them through the serpentine Amazon River in La Quila, his swift wooden boat. Now, as the intrepid trio ventures deeper and deeper into the heart of an impenetrable green maze, searching for something that cannot be found, a centuries-old curse and the ruthless aristocrat, Prince Joachim, threaten to put an end to their ambitious plans. And, sooner or later, the jungle always wins. Is it true that the Spanish conquistador, Don Aguirre, was lost in the same God-forsaken part of the world?

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Director(s): Jaume Collet-Serra
Writer(s): Michael Green, Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Actors(s): Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Edgar Ramírez
Runtime: 127 min
Total gross to date: £6,162,295.00
Weekend gross: £1,960,317.00
Number of cinemas: 599
Site average: £3,273.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Disney
Change from last week: -14
Weeks on release: 2

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.6/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 62%

Metacritic: 50/100

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3. Space Jam: A New Legacy

A algorithm named Al G Rhythm captures famed basketball player LeBron James and his son Dom. Al G challenges LeBron to a basketball game against Al's digitized champions. LeBron gets the help of Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes to win the basketball game and get his son back.

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Director(s): Malcolm D. Lee
Writer(s): Leo Benvenuti, Steve Rudnick, Timothy Harris
Actors(s): LeBron James, Don Cheadle, Cedric Joe
Runtime: 115 min
Total gross to date: £8,789,359.00
Weekend gross: £1,070,174.00
Number of cinemas: 620
Site average: £1,726.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Warner Bros
Change from last week: -16
Weeks on release: 4

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 4.5/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 26%

Metacritic: 36/100

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4. The Croods 2: A New Age

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Total gross to date: £5,932,160.00
Weekend gross: £867,255.00
Number of cinemas: 623
Site average: £1,392.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Universal
Change from last week: -3
Weeks on release: 4

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5. Black Widow

In Marvel Studios' action-packed spy thriller "Black Widow," Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring her down, Natasha must deal with her history as a spy and the broken relationships left in her wake long before she became an Avenger.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Director(s): Cate Shortland
Writer(s): Eric Pearson, Jac Schaeffer, Ned Benson
Actors(s): Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, David Harbour
Runtime: 134 min
Total gross to date: £17,489,773.00
Weekend gross: £539,999.00
Number of cinemas: 529
Site average: £1,021.00
Country of origin: UK/USA
Distributor: Disney
Change from last week: -32
Weeks on release: 5

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.7/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 79%

Metacritic: 68/100

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6. Spirit Untamed

Lucky Prescott's life is changed forever when she moves from her home in the city to a small frontier town and befriends a wild mustang named Spirit.

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Director(s): Elaine Bogan, Ennio Torresan
Writer(s): Aury Wallington, Kristin Hahn, Katherine Nolfi
Actors(s): Isabela Merced, Marsai Martin, Mckenna Grace
Runtime: 88 min
Total gross to date: £1,618,347.00
Weekend gross: £488,545.00
Number of cinemas: 556
Site average: £879.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Universal
Change from last week: -17
Weeks on release: 2

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 5.5/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 48%

Metacritic: 49/100

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7. Stillwater

Defeated by unemployment and the ghosts of the past, Bill Baker, an unemployed oil-rig worker from Stillwater, Oklahoma, is on the ropes. However, convinced of his daughter's innocence, who has already served five long years of a nine-year prison sentence for the murder of her girlfriend, widowed Bill travels to the port city of Marseilles, France, to visit estranged Allison. Now, while confronted with an insurmountable language barrier, cross-cultural differences, and maddening legal complexity, Baker decides to take matters into his own hands to exonerate his only child after failing to get Allison's case re-opened. But, second chances are hard to come by. Can the sad-eyed father forge new bonds with his long-lost child, and in the process, let the truth shine?

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Tom McCarthy
Writer(s): Tom McCarthy, Marcus Hinchey, Thomas Bidegain
Actors(s): Matt Damon, Camille Cottin, Abigail Breslin
Runtime: 139 min
Total gross to date: £478,386.00
Weekend gross: £478,386.00
Number of cinemas: 488
Site average: £980.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: eOne Films
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.6/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 75%

Metacritic: 60/100

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8. Old

This summer, visionary filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan unveils a chilling, mysterious new thriller about a family on a tropical holiday who discover that the secluded beach where they are relaxing for a few hours is somehow causing them to age rapidly - reducing their entire lives into a single day.

Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Director(s): M. Night Shyamalan
Writer(s): M. Night Shyamalan, Pierre-Oscar Lévy, Frederik Peeters
Actors(s): Gael García Bernal, Vicky Krieps, Rufus Sewell
Runtime: 108 min
Total gross to date: £2,861,541.00
Weekend gross: £296,778.00
Number of cinemas: 431
Site average: £689.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Universal
Change from last week: -42
Weeks on release: 3

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 5.8/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 50%

Metacritic: 55/100

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9. Last Letter From Your Lover

A pair of interwoven stories set in the present and past follows Ellie Haworth, an ambitious journalist who discovers a trove of secret love letters from 1965 and becomes determined to solve the mystery of the forbidden affair at their center. As she uncovers the story behind Jennifer Stirling, the wife of a wealthy industrialist, and Anthony O'Hare, the financial journalist assigned to cover him, Ellie's own love story unfolds with the assistance of an earnest, endearing archivist who helps her track down more letters.

Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Augustine Frizzell
Writer(s): Nick Payne, Esta Spalding, Jojo Moyes
Actors(s): Shailene Woodley, Joe Alwyn, Wendy Nottingham
Runtime: 110 min
Total gross to date: £274,322.00
Weekend gross: £274,322.00
Number of cinemas: 545
Site average: £503.00
Country of origin: UK/Can/Fra/USA
Distributor: StudioCanal
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.7/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 56%

Metacritic: 57/100

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10. The Forever Purge

All the rules are broken as a sect of lawless marauders decides that the annual Purge does not stop at daybreak and instead should never end.

Genre: Action, Crime, Horror
Director(s): Everardo Gout
Writer(s): James DeMonaco
Actors(s): Ana de la Reguera, Tenoch Huerta, Josh Lucas
Runtime: 103 min
Total gross to date: £3,206,547.00
Weekend gross: £216,827.00
Number of cinemas: 282
Site average: £769.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Universal
Change from last week: -36
Weeks on release: 4

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 5.4/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 49%

Metacritic: 53/100

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11. Fast & Furious 9

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Total gross to date: £16,126,581.00
Weekend gross: £155,125.00
Number of cinemas: 247
Site average: £628.00
Country of origin: UK/USA
Distributor: Universal
Change from last week: -34
Weeks on release: 7

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12. Peter Rabbit 2

The sequel to the 2018 film, 'Peter Rabbit'. After the marriage of Bea and Thomas along with the release of the acclaimed novel based on the adventures of Peter and his friends, Peter is feeling like everyone only sees him as rebellious. So, when Bea and Thomas decide to go on a trip, Peter sees this as an opportunity to go on the run.

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Director(s): Will Gluck
Writer(s): Will Gluck, Patrick Burleigh, Beatrix Potter
Actors(s): Rose Byrne, Domhnall Gleeson, David Oyelowo
Runtime: 93 min
Total gross to date: £19,664,012.00
Weekend gross: £135,394.00
Number of cinemas: 310
Site average: £437.00
Country of origin: Aus/USA
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Change from last week: 0
Weeks on release: 12

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.2/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 67%

Metacritic: 43/100

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13. BLACKPINK The Movie (Concert)

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Total gross to date: £168,549.00
Weekend gross: £81,929.00
Number of cinemas: 223
Site average: £367.00
Country of origin: Kor
Distributor: Trafalgar
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 2

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14. Moonbound

Based on one of Germany's most popular children's books MOONBOUND tells the story of little Pete who embarks on an enchanting journey together with June bug Mr. Zoomzeman and the Sandman to rescue his little sister from the evil Moon Man.

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Director(s): Ali Samadi Ahadi
Writer(s): Ali Samadi Ahadi, Arne Nolting
Actors(s): Jacob Banigan, Stephan Benson, David Daria
Runtime: 85 min
Total gross to date: £74,874.00
Weekend gross: £74,874.00
Number of cinemas: 298
Site average: £251.00
Country of origin: Deu/Aut
Distributor: Signature Entertainment
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 4.8/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 17%

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15. Zola

A stripper named Zola embarks on a wild road trip to Florida.

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Janicza Bravo
Writer(s): Janicza Bravo, Jeremy O. Harris, A'Ziah King
Actors(s): Taylour Paige, Riley Keough, Nicholas Braun
Runtime: 86 min
Total gross to date: £49,668.00
Weekend gross: £49,668.00
Number of cinemas: 110
Site average: £452.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.5/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 88%

Metacritic: 76/100

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