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Weekend box office report: 6-8 January 2023

1. Avatar: The Way Of Water

Jake Sully lives with his newfound family formed on the extrasolar moon Pandora. Once a familiar threat returns to finish what was previously started, Jake must work with Neytiri and the army of the Na'vi race to protect their home.
  • Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
  • Director(s): James Cameron
  • Writer(s): James Cameron, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver
  • Actors(s): Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver
  • Runtime: 192 min
  • Total gross to date: £57,286,006.00
  • Weekend gross: £5,870,063.00
  • Number of cinemas: 714
  • Site average: £8,221.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Disney
  • Change from last week: -23
  • Weeks on release: 4
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 7.7/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 76%
  • Metacritic: 67/100
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2. Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody

A joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, one of the greatest female R&B pop vocalists of all time, tracking her journey from obscurity to musical superstardom.
  • Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
  • Director(s): Kasi Lemmons
  • Writer(s): Anthony McCarten
  • Actors(s): Naomi Ackie, Stanley Tucci, Ashton Sanders
  • Runtime: 144 min
  • Total gross to date: £6,269,960.00
  • Weekend gross: £1,388,927.00
  • Number of cinemas: 692
  • Site average: £2,007.00
  • Country of origin: UK/USA
  • Distributor: Sony Pictures
  • Change from last week: -58
  • Weeks on release: 2
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 6.6/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 44%
  • Metacritic: 51/100
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3. Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical

Based on the hit award-winning musical and the beloved novel by Roald Dahl, Matilda tells the story about Matilda, a intelligent little girl who is stuck with her nasty parents and her sadist school headmistress. With her kind teacher, revolting classmates, and her huge imagination, she tries to change her destiny.
  • Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
  • Director(s): Matthew Warchus
  • Writer(s): Dennis Kelly, Tim Minchin, Roald Dahl
  • Actors(s): Alisha Weir, Emma Thompson, Lashana Lynch
  • Runtime: 117 min
  • Total gross to date: £23,963,669.00
  • Weekend gross: £1,182,411.00
  • Number of cinemas: 708
  • Site average: £1,670.00
  • Country of origin: UK/USA
  • Distributor: Sony Pictures
  • Change from last week: -42
  • Weeks on release: 7
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 7.1/10
  • Metacritic: 72/100
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4. A Man Called Otto

Otto is a grump who's given up on life following the loss of his wife and wants to end it all. When a young family moves in nearby, he meets his match in quick-witted Marisol, leading to a friendship that will turn his world around.
  • Genre: Comedy, Drama
  • Director(s): Marc Forster
  • Writer(s): Fredrik Backman, Hannes Holm, David Magee
  • Actors(s): Tom Hanks, Mariana Treviño, Rachel Keller
  • Runtime: 126 min
  • Total gross to date: £1,088,410.00
  • Weekend gross: £1,088,410.00
  • Number of cinemas: 638
  • Site average: £1,706.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Sony Pictures
  • Change from last week: -
  • Weeks on release: 1
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 7.4/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 69%
  • Metacritic: 51/100
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5. Andre Rieu In Dublin 2023 (Concert)

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  • Total gross to date: £715,987.00
  • Weekend gross: £715,987.00
  • Number of cinemas: 569
  • Site average: £1,258.00
  • Country of origin: Nld/Ire
  • Distributor: Piece of Magic
  • Change from last week: -
  • Weeks on release: 1
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6. Till

In 1955, after Emmett Till is murdered in a brutal lynching, his mother vows to expose the racism behind the attack while working to have those involved brought to justice.
  • Genre: Biography, Drama, History
  • Director(s): Chinonye Chukwu
  • Writer(s): Michael Reilly, Keith Beauchamp, Chinonye Chukwu
  • Actors(s): Danielle Deadwyler, Jalyn Hall, Frankie Faison
  • Runtime: 130 min
  • Total gross to date: £327,496.00
  • Weekend gross: £327,496.00
  • Number of cinemas: 420
  • Site average: £780.00
  • Country of origin: UK/USA
  • Distributor: Universal
  • Change from last week: -
  • Weeks on release: 1
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 7.1/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 96%
  • Metacritic: 79/100
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7. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

The people of Wakanda fight to protect their home from intervening world powers as they mourn the death of King T'Challa.
  • Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
  • Director(s): Ryan Coogler
  • Writer(s): Ryan Coogler, Joe Robert Cole, Stan Lee
  • Actors(s): Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira
  • Runtime: 161 min
  • Total gross to date: £33,892,973.00
  • Weekend gross: £270,417.00
  • Number of cinemas: 312
  • Site average: £867.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Disney
  • Change from last week: -38
  • Weeks on release: 9
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 6.7/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 84%
  • Metacritic: 67/100
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8. Strange World

The legendary Clades are a family of explorers whose differences threaten to topple their latest and most crucial mission.
  • Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure
  • Director(s): Don Hall, Qui Nguyen
  • Writer(s): Qui Nguyen
  • Actors(s): Jake Gyllenhaal, Jaboukie Young-White, Gabrielle Union
  • Runtime: 102 min
  • Total gross to date: £3,561,128.00
  • Weekend gross: £140,593.00
  • Number of cinemas: 469
  • Site average: £300.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Disney
  • Change from last week: -49
  • Weeks on release: 7
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 5.6/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 72%
  • Metacritic: 65/100
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9. The Menu

A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.
  • Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
  • Director(s): Mark Mylod
  • Writer(s): Seth Reiss, Will Tracy
  • Actors(s): Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult
  • Runtime: 107 min
  • Total gross to date: £3,866,701.00
  • Weekend gross: £135,878.00
  • Number of cinemas: 160
  • Site average: £849.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Disney
  • Change from last week: 30
  • Weeks on release: 8
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 7.2/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 88%
  • Metacritic: 71/100
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10. Aftersun

Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she d...
  • Genre: Drama
  • Director(s): Charlotte Wells
  • Writer(s): Charlotte Wells
  • Actors(s): Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio, Celia Rowlson-Hall
  • Runtime: 102 min
  • Total gross to date: £1,262,759.00
  • Weekend gross: £91,252.00
  • Number of cinemas: 90
  • Site average: £1,014.00
  • Country of origin: UK/USA
  • Distributor: MUBI
  • Change from last week: 107
  • Weeks on release: 8
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 7.7/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 96%
  • Metacritic: 95/100
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11. The Amazing Maurice

A streetwise cat and his gang of rats come up with the perfect money making scheme.
  • Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
  • Director(s): Toby Genkel, Florian Westermann
  • Writer(s): Terry Rossio, Terry Pratchett, Robert Chandler
  • Actors(s): Hugh Laurie, Emilia Clarke, David Thewlis
  • Runtime: 93 min
  • Total gross to date: £564,413.00
  • Weekend gross: £79,744.00
  • Number of cinemas: 160
  • Site average: £498.00
  • Country of origin: UK/Deu
  • Distributor: Sky Cinema
  • Change from last week: -29
  • Weeks on release: 4
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 6.2/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 74%
  • Metacritic: 53/100
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12. Corsage

A fictional account of one year in the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria. On Christmas Eve 1877, Elisabeth, once idolized for her beauty, turns 40 and is officially deemed an old woman; she starts trying to maintain her public ...
  • Genre: Biography, Drama, History
  • Director(s): Marie Kreutzer
  • Writer(s): Marie Kreutzer
  • Actors(s): Colin Morgan, Vicky Krieps, Finnegan Oldfield
  • Runtime: 114 min
  • Total gross to date: £397,679.00
  • Weekend gross: £78,060.00
  • Number of cinemas: 132
  • Site average: £591.00
  • Country of origin: Deu/Fra/Aut/Lux
  • Distributor: Picture House Entertainment
  • Change from last week: -61
  • Weeks on release: 2
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 6.6/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 86%
  • Metacritic: 76/100
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13. The Enforcer

A threatening terrorist group called "The People's Revolutionary Strike Force" demand a ransom to be paid, otherwise they plan to blow the city apart. While Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) is in limbo following his unorthodox method during a robbery, he's sent to dispatch the terrorist group, by playing their game. This time, he has a new partner, Inspector Kate Moore (Tyne Daly), which might prove the task to be somewhat more difficult than ever, unless the two can work together.
  • Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
  • Director(s): James Fargo
  • Writer(s): Harry Julian Fink, Rita M. Fink, Stirling Silliphant
  • Actors(s): Clint Eastwood, Tyne Daly, Harry Guardino
  • Runtime: 96 min
  • Total gross to date: £71,836.00
  • Weekend gross: £71,836.00
  • Number of cinemas: 129
  • Site average: £557.00
  • Country of origin: USA/Bul
  • Distributor: Vertigo
  • Change from last week: -
  • Weeks on release: 1
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 6.7/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 69%
  • Metacritic: 58/100
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14. Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

Follows the title reptile who lives in a house on East 88th Street in New York City. Lyle enjoys helping the Primm family with everyday chores and playing with the neighborhood kids but one neighbor insists that Lyle belongs in a zoo. Mr. Grumps and his cat, Loretta, do not like crocodiles, and Lyle tries to prove that he is not as bad as others might first think.
  • Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
  • Director(s): Josh Gordon, Will Speck
  • Writer(s): Bernard Waber, Will Davies
  • Actors(s): Javier Bardem, Winslow Fegley, Shawn Mendes
  • Runtime: 106 min
  • Total gross to date: £12,872,798.00
  • Weekend gross: £66,467.00
  • Number of cinemas: 371
  • Site average: £179.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Sony Pictures
  • Change from last week: -24
  • Weeks on release: 13
    Ratings:
  • Internet Movie Database: 6.1/10
  • Rotten Tomatoes: 72%
  • Metacritic: 51/100
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15. Shrek (Re: 2022)

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  • Total gross to date: £74,461.00
  • Weekend gross: £44,200.00
  • Number of cinemas: 110
  • Site average: £402.00
  • Country of origin: USA
  • Distributor: Park Circus
  • Change from last week: 46425
  • Weeks on release: 36
    Ratings:
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