As we roll into the middle of October we get another sequel movie trying to revive an aging franchise, this time is a sequel to the 80's movie TRON as the third movie in the series TRON Ares makes its debut at the tp of the UK box office.
The Disney movie was expected to blast into cinemas on a wave of hype, but instead it sort of whimpers in with a £1.2 Million debut, less than the previous movie in the series.
The series which apart from the 3 live action movies has a number of animated shorts created to expand the series is struggling to make a mark in cinemas despite have a large fan base.
Last weeks top movie from Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl drops from the chart completely as it was only showing for a single weekend but it did take an amazing £4,679,450 that single week!
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The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad was ahead of its time for comedy in the '80's and thirty years after the last movie, Naked Gun 33 1/3 The Final Insult, comes a reboot/sequel in the shape of The Naked Gun~2025 which has been given a 15 age rating in the UK for strong sex references.
The movie stars action movie star Liam Neeson who has appeared in movie such as After.Life and Krull as well as Pamela Anderson who is getting a second lease of life in Hollywood and has starred in movies such as Borat: Cultural Learnings of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan and Blonde and Blonder.
The movie is directed by Akiva Schaffer who has previously helmed The Watch and Hot Rod.
Movie Synopsis
Following in his father's footsteps, a detective works to solve a murder case and save his police department from closure.
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Brad Pitt's new movie about the trials and tribulations of Formular 1 racing lands at the top of the North American box office this weekend.
The movie F1 lands at the top with a debut gross of $55.6 Million.
Falling to number 2 is How to Train Your Dragon~ live action version which takes $19.4 Million on its 3rd weekend and has a total gross of just over $200 Million.
Making a bit of a wimper this week is M3GAN 2.0 which lands at 4 with a gross of just over $10.2 Million.
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Dreamworks live action remake of How to Train Your Dragon spends a second weekend as the top movie globally as it adds over $90 Million to its global total.
The movies global total now sits at $353 Million after 2 weeks of release as the movie keeps 28 Years Later and Elio off the top spot on their debuts.
Highest Debut of the weekend is 28 Years Later which makes its debut at 2 with $60 Million.
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Another live action remake makes its debut at the top of the North American box office this weekend as Dreamworks much anticipated How to Train Your Dragon~2025 live action version of the 2010 movie How to Train Your Dragon makes its debut.
The movie has been a smash with audiences as the remake world comes alive after a couple of mis-hits from Disney with and How to Train Your Dragon~2025 makes its debut with over $84 Million.
Lilo & Stitch~2025 falls to number 2 after 3 weeks at the top with a total gross of over $366 Million.
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