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$0 The tough year for cinemas across the UK continues but once again Warner Bros. release a major blockbuster in this market, this time the DC Universe movie Wonder Woman 1984, which after may delays in 2020 makes its debut at the top.
Also new inside the top 5 is Come Away which makes its debut at number 4 and then dropping outside the top 10 there is the cinematic showing of The Nutcracker: Bolshoi Ballet 2020 at 13 and perhaps a little disappointing the Diane Lane and Kevin Costner US hit Let Him Go at 15.
The top 15 movies is totally dominated once again by Christmas catalogue films which makes up 51% of this week chart.
UK box office Quickview
Here is the top 5 box office movie breakdown 18th - 20th December 2020.
Warner Bros. have released 2 potential blockbusters during the pandemic, Tenet back in August which was supposed to re-invigorate the box office and now this DC Universe movie, no other studio has done this, and looking at the box office tickets you can perhaps see why!
The Wonder Woman sequel opens in the UK during a very difficult time for cinemas as a majority of the country is in a forces lockdown, and cinemas that are open can only fill to about 25% because of the pandemic which is just getting worse.
The movie opens to a weekend box office of £846,435 (since its Wednesday openeing) although this is 70% of the total weekend marketplace.
The movie gets a VOD release in the UK mid January.
Last weeks number 1 movie falls to number 2 this week with £83,623, a 15% drop from last weekend giving the movie a total gross since release of £17 Million.
Another Christmas classic and for number 1 falls to 3 this weekend with £56,261, a 36% drop over last weekend, which gives the film a nearly £10 Million total since its 1990 release.
Second highest debut of the weekend is at 4, this Brenda Chapman directed drama about some siblings falling into a world of fantasy and imagination after a family tragedy takes £42,834 on its first weekend.
Finishing off the top 5 is the british Christmas classic from write director Richard Curtis which takes £20,430 over the weekend, 52% down from last weekend, its total is now £36.9 Million since its 2003 release.
MGM have officially announced that the new James Bond 007 movie will be called No Time To Die.
The film stars Daniel Craig once again as the title character of James Bond 007.
Directing this time is Cary Joji Fukunaga who previously directed TV series such as True Detective.
The production has been troubled with original director Danny Boyle dropping out due to creative differences and reports of accidents on the set.
The story is reported to revolve around Bond having retired from active service being pulled into action once more due to an old friend asking for a favour.
The film also stars Ana de Armas, Rami Malek and Ralph Fiennes and is set to be released in cinemas on 3rd April 2020 in the UK and the 8th of April 2020 in the US.
Daniel Craig returns as James Bond, 007 in… NO TIME TO DIE. Out in the UK on 3 April 2020 and 8 April 2020 in the US. #Bond25 #NoTimeToDie pic.twitter.com/qxYEnMhk2s
— James Bond (@007) August 20, 2019
On the UK video chart this week the Osacar nominated film Bridge of Spies makes its debut at the top.
Bridge of Spies was released at the UK cinemas on 27th November 2015 and made its debut at number 4 of that week with a £1.6 million weekend.
The film had a rather good 8 week run on box office top 15 before dropping out the chart during its awards buzz.
The film managed to make £7.4 million at the UK box office during its run, worldwide the film managed to gross $160.9 million.
Last weeks top film The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 falls in to second place after a couple of weeks at the top.
Also new this week is Fall of The Krays at number 6 and The Lion Guard Return of The Roar at number 19.