
US release: 3rd February 2021
£10.8 Thousand
$171 Thousand
$151.3 Thousand Horror movie Abigail has been given an 18 age rating by the BBFC for strong bloody violence, gore.
The movie stars Giancarlo Esposito who has previously been in Maze Runner: The Death Cure and Bob Roberts, it also stars Dan Stevens who has starred in Her Smell and Earwig and the Witch.
The movie is co-directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin who has previously directed Ready Or Not and Scream VI among other movies, and Tyler Gillett who has directed V/H/S and the 2022 reboot of Scream~2022.
Movie Synopsis
A ransom plot goes disastrously wrong for a team of kidnappers when they discover something far more sinister about the little girl they have taken captive.
BBFC certificate breakdown.
It was the SuperBowl in America this last weekend and traditionally the box office suffered, but in the current COVID-19 climate it was worse than normal.
Top of the box office was once again The Little Things and with no new films inside the top 10 the top 5 movies once again just jumped around a bit.
The highest new movie of the week is Earwig And The Witch which entered at number 12 although there was a re-release of The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring which entered at number 8.
US box office Quickview
US top 5 box office breakdown weekend 5th - 7th February 2021.
Remaining at the top for a second weekend the Denzel Washington, Rami Malek and Jared Leto starring movie made $2.1 Million this weekend, 55% down from its debut last weekend.
This takes the movies total box office gross to $7.8 Million, the movie is also available on HBO Max.
Remaining at number 2 for another weekend the animated sequel movie takes $1.68 Million on its 11th weekend of release, only 8% down from last weeekend.
This gives the movie a total gross of $45.9 Million, and the movie has been available on digital streaming for over a month now.
Liam Neeson is one of the only actors to have has 2 movies released during the COVID-19 cinema closures, and this week his latest movie takes $959,585, 23% down from last weekend, the movie also jumps 1 place this week to number 3.
After 4 weeks the movie has taken $9 Million, the actors last movie, Honest Thief, had taken $11.17 Million byt the same point in its run.
The DC Universe super hero sequel falls to number 4 this weekend with $905,000, a 30% drop from last week, this gives the movie a 7 week gross of $40.3 Million.
Its also worth noting that this movie also got a release on HBO Max the same day as its theatrical release.
The Paul W.S. Anderson directed movie has now been on the box office for 7 weeks and this week remains at number 5 with a weekend gross of $391,990, this is 28% down from last week and gives the movie a total of $10.87 Million.