Weekend box office report: 6-8 March 2020

1. Onward

In a suburban fantasy world, two teenage elf brothers, Ian and Barley Lightfoot, go on a journey to discover if there is still a little magic left out there in order to spend one last day with their father, who died when they were too young to remember him. Like any good quest, their journey is filled with magic spells, cryptic maps, impossible obstacles and unimaginable discoveries. When the boys' fearless mom, Laurel, realizes that her sons are missing, she teams up with the legendary winged-lion-scorpion former warrior -- The Manticore -- and heads off to find them. Perilous curses aside, this one magical day could mean more than any of them ever dreamed.

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Director(s): Dan Scanlon
Writer(s): Dan Scanlon, Keith Bunin, Jason Headley
Actors(s): Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Runtime: 102 min
Total gross to date: £3,419,500.00
Weekend gross: £3,419,500.00
Number of cinemas: 632
Site average: £5,411.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Disney
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.4/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 88%

Metacritic: 61/100

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2. The Invisible Man

The film follows Cecilia, who receives the news of her abusive ex-boyfriend's suicide. She begins to re-build her life for the better. However, her sense of reality is put into question when she begins to suspect her deceased lover is not actually dead.

Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Director(s): Leigh Whannell
Writer(s): Leigh Whannell, H.G. Wells
Actors(s): Elisabeth Moss, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Harriet Dyer
Runtime: 124 min
Total gross to date: £5,002,168.00
Weekend gross: £1,538,985.00
Number of cinemas: 578
Site average: £2,663.00
Country of origin: USA/Aus
Distributor: Universal
Change from last week: -29
Weeks on release: 2

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 72/100

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3. Military Wives

Inspired by global phenomenon of military wives choirs, the story celebrates a band of misfit women who form a choir on a military base. As unexpected bonds of friendship flourish, music and laughter transform their lives, helping each other to overcome their fears for loved ones in combat.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Director(s): Peter Cattaneo
Writer(s): Rachel Tunnard, Rosanne Flynn
Actors(s): Kristin Scott Thomas, Sharon Horgan, Emma Lowndes
Runtime: 112 min
Total gross to date: £968,468.00
Weekend gross: £968,468.00
Number of cinemas: 671
Site average: £1,443.00
Country of origin: UK
Distributor: Lionsgate
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.5/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 77%

Metacritic: 55/100

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4. Sonic The Hedgehog

Based on the global blockbuster videogame franchise from Sega, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG tells the story of the world's speediest hedgehog as he embraces his new home on Earth. In this live-action adventure comedy, Sonic and his new best friend Tom (James Marsden) team up to defend the planet from the evil genius Dr. Robotnik (Jim Carrey) and his plans for world domination. The family-friendly film also stars Tika Sumpter and Ben Schwartz as the voice of Sonic.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Director(s): Jeff Fowler
Writer(s): Pat Casey, Josh Miller
Actors(s): Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Jim Carrey
Runtime: 99 min
Total gross to date: £18,459,138.00
Weekend gross: £951,104.00
Number of cinemas: 602
Site average: £1,580.00
Country of origin: USA/Jpn/Kor
Distributor: Paramount
Change from last week: -50
Weeks on release: 4

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.5/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 64%

Metacritic: 47/100

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5. Parasite

The Kims - mother and father Chung-sook and Ki-taek, and their young adult offspring, son Ki-woo and daughter Ki-jung - are a poor family living in a shabby and cramped half basement apartment in a busy lower working class commercial district of Seoul. Without even knowing it, they, especially Mr. and Mrs. Kim, literally smell of poverty. Often as a collective, they perpetrate minor scams to get by, and even when they have jobs, they do the minimum work required. Ki-woo is the one who has dreams of getting out of poverty by one day going to university. Despite not having that university education, Ki-woo is chosen by his university student friend Min, who is leaving to go to school, to take over his tutoring job to Park Da-hye, who Min plans to date once he returns to Seoul and she herself is in university. The Parks are a wealthy family who for four years have lived in their modernistic house designed by and the former residence of famed architect Namgoong. While Mr. and Mrs. Park are all about status, Mrs. Park has a flighty, simpleminded mentality and temperament, which Min tells Ki-woo to feel comfortable in lying to her about his education to get the job. In getting the job, Ki-woo further learns that Mrs. Park is looking for an art therapist for the Parks' adolescent son, Da-song, Ki-woo quickly recommending his professional art therapist friend "Jessica", really Ki-jung who he knows can pull off the scam in being the easiest liar of the four Kims. In Ki-woo also falling for Da-hye, he begins to envision himself in that house, and thus the Kims as a collective start a plan for all the Kims, like Ki-jung using assumed names, to replace existing servants in the Parks' employ in orchestrating reasons for them to be fired. The most difficult to get rid of may be Moon-gwang, the Parks' housekeeper who literally came with the house - she Namgoong's housekeeper when he lived there - and thus knows all the little nooks and crannies of it better than the Parks themselves. The question then becomes how far the Kims can take this scam in their quest to become their version of the Parks.

Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Bong Joon Ho
Writer(s): Bong Joon Ho, Han Jin-won
Actors(s): Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong
Runtime: 132 min
Total gross to date: £11,460,342.00
Weekend gross: £529,550.00
Number of cinemas: 425
Site average: £1,246.00
Country of origin: Kor
Distributor: StudioCanal
Change from last week: -49
Weeks on release: 5

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 8.5/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 99%

Metacritic: 96/100

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6. Dark Waters

A corporate defense attorney takes on an environmental lawsuit against a chemical company that exposes a lengthy history of pollution.

Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Director(s): Todd Haynes
Writer(s): Nathaniel Rich, Mario Correa, Matthew Michael Carnahan
Actors(s): Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins
Runtime: 126 min
Total gross to date: £1,892,566.00
Weekend gross: £499,276.00
Number of cinemas: 435
Site average: £1,148.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: eOne Films
Change from last week: -42
Weeks on release: 2

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 7.6/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 89%

Metacritic: 73/100

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7. Blumhouse's Fantasy Island

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Total gross to date: £392,857.00
Weekend gross: £392,857.00
Number of cinemas: 408
Site average: £963.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

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8. Dolittle

After his wife's death, Dr. John Dolittle (Robert Downey, Jr.) decided to hide from the world with his beloved animals. But he has to take a journey to a mysterious island to find a healing tree, which is the only medicine that can help the dying Queen Victoria (Jessie Buckley) in Buckingham Palace.

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Director(s): Stephen Gaghan
Writer(s): Stephen Gaghan, Dan Gregor, Doug Mand
Actors(s): Robert Downey Jr., Antonio Banderas, Michael Sheen
Runtime: 101 min
Total gross to date: £15,692,992.00
Weekend gross: £362,693.00
Number of cinemas: 549
Site average: £661.00
Country of origin: UK/USA
Distributor: Universal
Change from last week: -56
Weeks on release: 5

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 5.6/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 15%

Metacritic: 26/100

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9. Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show

A powerful and stirring reinvention of the show, celebrated the world over for its Grammy Award-winning music and the thrilling energy and passion of its Irish and international dance.

Genre: Musical
Director(s): Chris Hunt
Writer(s): N/A
Actors(s): Amy-Mae Dolan, Bobby Hodges, Brandon Asazawa
Runtime: 120 min
Total gross to date: £640,391.00
Weekend gross: £313,001.00
Number of cinemas: 344
Site average: £910.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: More2Screen
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 2

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 8.0/10

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10. Emma

Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people's affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are utterly wrong for each other. Despite her interest in romance, Emma is clueless about her own feelings, and her relationship with gentle Mr. Knightly.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Douglas McGrath
Writer(s): Jane Austen, Douglas McGrath
Actors(s): Gwyneth Paltrow, James Cosmo, Greta Scacchi
Runtime: 120 min
Total gross to date: £7,072,621.00
Weekend gross: £284,518.00
Number of cinemas: 473
Site average: £602.00
Country of origin: UK
Distributor: Universal
Change from last week: -58
Weeks on release: 4

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.6/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 89%

Metacritic: 66/100

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11. 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: £43,436,453.00
Weekend gross: £247,291.00
Number of cinemas: 388
Site average: £637.00
Country of origin: UK/USA
Distributor: eOne Films
Change from last week: -60
Weeks on release: 9

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 8.2/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 89%

Metacritic: 78/100

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12. The Call Of The Wild

The Call of the Wild is a vibrant story of Buck, a big and kindhearted dog, a crossbreed between a St. Bernard and a Scotch Collie, whose carefree life of leisure was suddenly upset when he was stolen from his home in Santa Clara County, California and deported up north, to be sold in Skagway, Alaska, and taken further north, to Dawson City, Yukon, during the late 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand. As a newcomer to the dog team delivery service - and not before long their front-runner - Buck, a dog like no other, who had been spoiled, and who had suffered, but he could not be broken, is having the time of his life. Forced to fight to survive, eventually taken by his last owner, John Thornton, to proximity of the Arctic Circle, somewhere between Yukon and Alaska, he progressively depends on his primal instincts, sheds the comforts of civilization and responds to "the call of the wild", as master of his own.

Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Director(s): Chris Sanders
Writer(s): Michael Green, Jack London, Egerton Ryerson Young
Actors(s): Harrison Ford, Omar Sy, Cara Gee
Runtime: 100 min
Total gross to date: £2,662,700.00
Weekend gross: £187,960.00
Number of cinemas: 456
Site average: £412.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Disney
Change from last week: -63
Weeks on release: 3

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.7/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 63%

Metacritic: 48/100

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13. Baaghi 3

Ronnie and Vikram are brothers who share an unbreakable bond. Their journey begins when a certain turn in events, leads Vikram to travel. On this trip, he gets kidnapped by people. Ronnie witnesses his brother getting beaten and kidnapped, Ronnie will do whatever it takes to destroy anyone and anything that stands in the way of Vikram's safety. Ronnie goes on a rampage of destruction to see his brother safe, even if it means that he independently has to take on an entire country.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Director(s): Ahmed Khan
Writer(s): Sajid Nadiadwala, Farhad Samji, Sparsh Khetarpal
Actors(s): Ahmad Harhash, Tiger Shroff, Riteish Deshmukh
Runtime: 143 min
Total gross to date: £165,177.00
Weekend gross: £165,177.00
Number of cinemas: 114
Site average: £1,449.00
Country of origin: Ind/USA
Distributor: Disney
Change from last week: -
Weeks on release: 1

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 2.1/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 0%

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14. Birds Of Prey: And The Fantabulous Emancipation Of One Harley Quinn

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Total gross to date: £8,705,688.00
Weekend gross: £136,846.00
Number of cinemas: 244
Site average: £561.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Warner Bros
Change from last week: -61
Weeks on release: 5

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15. 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: £15,953,077.00
Weekend gross: £136,447.00
Number of cinemas: 192
Site average: £711.00
Country of origin: USA
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Change from last week: -45
Weeks on release: 8

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database: 6.5/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 76%

Metacritic: 59/100

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