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Child 44

Child 44
2015

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Starring

Xavier Atkins · Mark Lewis Jones · Tom Hardy · Joel Kinnaman · Fares Fares · Karel Dobrey

Full cast & crew

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 17th Apr '15
  • Debut position: 4
  • Highest position: 4
  • Debut gross: £505.6 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 3

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 17th Apr '15
  • Debut position: 17
  • Highest position: 17
  • Debut gross: $621.8 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 4

Chart position history

UK box office

17 Apr, 2015
4
24 Apr, 2015
8
1 May, 2015
10

US box office

Global box office

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £1.3 Million
US total gross
United States Flag  $1.2 Million
Global total gross
Global Flag  $13 Million

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This weekend, Friday 1st April 2022, there are 4 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, The Batman, for the number 1 spot?

Here are this weeks new releases

  • Sonic the Hedgehog 2
  • The Bad Guys
  • Morbius
  • Coppélia

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

  • The movie is directed by Jeff Fowler, it is the directors 2nd movie.
  • Jeff Fowler also directed Sonic the Hedgehog in 2020 which grossed £19.3 Mil. in the UK and grossed $306.8 Mil. globally.
  • It stars Ben Schwartz who also starred in Turbo (2013).
  • The film also stars Idris Elba who was last seen in The Harder They Fall (2021).
  • The BBFC UK age rating is
  • UK box office prediction: 1

The Bad Guys

  • The movie is from director Pierre Perifel.
  • This movie is a directorial debut.
  • It stars Sam Rockwell who also starred in Trolls World Tour (2020).
  • The film also stars Awkwafina who was last seen in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021).
  • The BBFC UK age rating is
  • UK box office prediction: 8

Morbius

  • The movie is directed by Daniel Espinosa, it is the directors 7th movie.
  • Daniel Espinosa also directed Child 44 in 2015 which grossed £1.3 Mil. in the UK and grossed $13 Mil. globally.
  • It stars Jared Leto who also starred in Urban Legend (1998).
  • The film also stars Matt Smith who was last seen in Morbius (2022).
  • The BBFC UK age rating is
  • UK box office prediction: 2

Coppélia

  • The movie is from director Steven de Beul and Ben Tesseur.
  • This movie is a directorial debut.
  • It stars Michaela DePrince who is making a feature film debut.
  • The film also stars Daniel Camargo who is making a feature film debut.
  • The BBFC UK age rating is
  • UK box office prediction: 5

Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next week there are 2 new movies released

  • Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore - Friday, 8th April
  • The Outfit - Friday, 8th April

Sony pictures continue their series of movies starring villains from the Spider-Man universe with Morbius which gets a 15 age rating in the UK.

The movie stars Jared Leto who has previously been seen in the Super Villain movies as the Joker in Suicide Squad from 2016 and was also seen in The House of Gucci last year, it also stars Tyrese Gibson last seen in Fast & Furious 9.

The movie is directed by Daniel Espinosa who directed the critically acclaimed movie Child 44 in 2015.

Movie Synopsis

Biochemist Michael Morbius tries to cure himself of a rare blood disease, but when his experiment goes wrong, he inadvertently infects himself with a form of vampirism instead.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

  • Title: Morbius
  • BBFC age rating: 15 Certificate
  • Reason: strong threat, horror, violence
  • Release date: 31st March 2022
  • Runtime: 104m (1 hour 44 minutes)
  • Director:
    • Daniel Espinosa
  • Starring:
    • Jared Leto
    • Tyrese Gibson
    • Matt Smith

BBFC movie page

Looking back at the historical UK box office chart headlines over the last 30 years.

A year ago (2019) -

The number one film was Shazam! which had been at the top for 2 weeks.

The top new film of the week was Kalank directed by Abhishek Varman and starring Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt which entered the box office at number 4.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Captain Marvel which had taken £37.9 Million over 7 weeks of release.

Five years ago (2015) -

The number one film was Fast & Furious 7 which had been at the top for 3 weeks and with a total gross of £32 Million it was also the top total grossing film.

The top new film of the week was Child 44 directed by Daniel Espinosa and starring Xavier Atkins and Mark Lewis Jones which entered the box office at number 4.

The film with the longest run was Shaun The Sheep Movie which had been on the box office for 7 weeks.

Ten years ago (2010) -

Another film making its debut at the top was Dear John starring Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried and directed by Lasse Hallström

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Alice In Wonderland which had taken £41.4 Million over 7 weeks of release.

Fifteen years ago (2005) -

Making its debut at the top was The Interpreter starring Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn and directed by Sydney Pollack

The film with the longest run was Hostage which had been on the box office for 6 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Hitch which had taken £16.4 Million after 6 weeks of release.

Twenty years ago (2000) -

Making its debut at the top was Pokémon: The First Movie starring Veronica Taylor and Philip Bartlett and directed by Michael Haigney and Kunihiko Yuyama

The film with the longest run was American Beauty which had been on the box office for 12 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Toy Story 2 which had taken £42.6 Million after 10 weeks of release.

Twenty five years ago (1995) -

Making its debut at the top was Muriels Wedding starring Toni Collette and Bill Hunter and directed by P.J. Hogan

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Rudyard Kiplings The Jungle Book which had taken £7.4 Million over 9 weeks of release.

Thirty years ago (1990) -

The number one film was Look Who's Talking which had been at the top for 3 weeks.

The top new film of the week was The Hunt For Red October directed by John McTiernan and starring Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin which entered the box office at number 2.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Honey I Shrunk The Kids which had taken £9.4 Million over 11 weeks of release.

Disney and Jon Favreau live action version of the classic Rudyard Kipling book makes in incredible showing at the box office this week.

Making it debut at the top with a £9.9 million weekend the film has become the 63rd highest opening weekend in the UK ever, in 2016 Batman V Superman and Deadpool opened higher.

With such a strong opening the film is sure to follow in the footsteps of Cinderella and Alice in Wonderland and be a massive live action film for Disney.

Falling from the top in dramatic style this week is The Huntsman: Winters War which drops to, a second weekend of £0.6 million brings the total to £4.4 million.

Highest total grossing movie on the box office this week is former number 1 film Batman V Superman Dawn of Justice which has now grossed £35.3 million after 4 weeks of play.

Historical chart

A year ago - Fast and Furious 7 retained its hold on the top and with a strong top 4 Child 44 was the top new film at 4.

Five years ago - Scream 4 took over at the top on its debut weekend leaving Rio to fall to number 2.

Ten years ago - Ice Age: The Meltdown stayed at the top for another weekend leaving Scary Movie 4 to enter the chart at number 2.

Fifteen years ago - Bridget Jones's Diary made its debut at the top while Rugrats In Paris The Movie fell to number 3.

Twenty years ago - Broken Arrow was new at the top while Toy Story fell into the runner up position after 3 weeks at the top.

Twenty five years ago - Highlander II The Quickening was the top new film of the week with Quigley Down Under falling into number 3.

The Divergent Series Insurgent gets dethroned from the top after 3 weeks and gets replaced by Disney's live action Cinderella on its debut.

Cinderella hit UK cinemas on 27th March this year, it entered the box office at number 1 and had an incredible 11 run on the official chart then another 11 outside.

The film took an excellent £21.1 million at the UK box office making it the 163rd highest grossing film ever in the UK.

Globally the film has to date taken $542 million which makes is the 125th highest grossing film of all time.

Insurgent falls from the top to number 3 although it did have an unprecedented 3 weeks at the top.

Also new this week is: Child 44 which enters at number 2, Two by Two which is new at number 5, A Little Chaos which is new at 8 and The Falling which is new at 18.