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Escape From Pretoria

Escape From Pretoria
2020
 106 minutes (1 hrs 46 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Francis Annan

Starring

Daniel Radcliffe · Daniel Webber · Ian Hart · Nathan Page · Ratidzo Mambo · Mark Leonard Winter

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release: 6th March 2020

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 6th Mar '20
  • Debut position: 25
  • Highest position: 25
  • Debut gross: £7.2 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 2

WorldWide box office

  • Box Office debut: 8th May '20
  • Debut position: 2
  • Highest position: 1
  • Debut gross: $136.3 Thousand
  • Total weeks on top 15: 8

Chart position history

UK box office

US box office

Global box office

8 May, 2020
2
29 May, 2020
1
5 Jun, 2020
8

Certificates

US
PG-13

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £10.4 Thousand
US total gross
United States Flag  $0
Global total gross
Global Flag  $2.4 Million

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This weekend, Friday 10th February 2023, there are 2 new films released in North America and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Knock At the Cabin, for the number 1 spot?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

Here are this weeks new releases
  • Magic Mike's Last Dance
  • Seriously Red

Magic Mike's Last Dance

  • The movie is directed by Steven Soderbergh, it is the directors 35th movie.
  • Steven Soderbergh also directed Let Them All Talk in 2020.
  • It stars Salma Hayek who also starred in No One Writes to the Colonel (1999).
  • The film also stars Channing Tatum who was last seen in Bullet Train (2022).
  • Steven Soderbergh directed Salma Hayek in Traffic
  • Steven Soderbergh directed Channing Tatum in Logan Lucky
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • The MPAA age rating is

Seriously Red

  • The movie is directed by Gracie Otto, it is the directors 2nd movie.
  • Gracie Otto also directed The Last Impresario in 2014.
  • It stars Krew Boylan who also starred in Seriously Red (2023).
  • The film also stars Daniel Webber who was last seen in Escape From Pretoria (2020).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • The MPAA age rating is

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

Next week there are 9 new movies released

  • Marlowe - Wednesday, 15th February
  • Hidden Blade - Friday, 17th February
  • Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania - Friday, 17th February
  • Who Are You People - Friday, 17th February
  • Heart of a Champion - Friday, 17th February
  • Devil's Peak - Friday, 17th February
  • 88 - Friday, 17th February
  • The Weapon - Friday, 17th February
  • Welcome to Valentine - Saturday, 18th February

Cinemas across the globe are still largely closed due to COVID-19 but some cinemas in America and globally are starting to open.

Drive-in theatres where there are 305 across America with 549 screen have opened and also Norway and South Korea are still report box office charts.

The US chart only has five film so here are the figures from those movies where distributers have reported figures and also a global chart compiled from the countries that have released data.

US Box Office

The Wretched

Directed by Brett Pierce and Drew T. Pierce this horror movie got well received by critics when released on VOD in other countries and is doing well in drive-in move theatres across America as it take $89,608 over the weekend.

The movie got its debut last weekend and has made $165,294 in total to date at the box office.

How To Build A Girl

Starring Beanie Feldstein and Emma Thompson this comedy made its debut this weekend so in essence is the highest new film with $13,201.

The film went direct to VOD a few weeks ago and its impossible to tell how much it will make on its "box office" run.

Clifton Hill

Starring Tuppence Middleton this drama set around Niagara Falls takes $1,764 over the weekend for a $23,679 total,

True History Of The Kelly Gang

Released back in late April this drama is directed by Justin Kurzel and takes $1,456 over the weekend for a $32,496 total after 2 weeks of release.

The Burnt Orange Heresy

Released on 6th March this drama stars Elizabeth Debicki and Donald Sutherland and takes $45 over the weekend for a $39,633 total after 9 weeks.

Global Box Office

A Rainy Day In New York

Directed by Woody Allen this New York based movie was release in South Korea this week where it is the top film and took $339,633 from 563 cinemas.

The film is set to be released on streaming on 5th June in the UK but has taken $344,283 to date.

Escape From Pretoria

Making its debut again in South Korea the Daniel Radcliffe starring movie took $136,250, globally the movie has taken $176,208 to date.

Trolls World Tour

One of the most controversial movie in recent times the Trolls followup in from Universal, the controversy is not due to the content but the fact that its success on VOD has lead Universal to think about which film it releases in cinemas and which film it releases on both at the same time, a move AMC and Cinemark have not been happy with.

The film takes $126,662 (from South Korea) on its debut and has actually taken $2.6 Million globally since release on 6th April 2020.

Farewell My Concubine

There are no major blockbusters being released during this time so cinema chains are looking to fill their screens with older movies and so this 26 year old movie is the fourth top film this week.

The movie makes $111,157 from its single country release but the film has taken $5.6 Million globally since its initial release.

Love The Way You Are

This Asian movie directed by Mengying Dai and Tong Zhou is at number 5 and takes $73,635 over the weekend, it has taken $2.6 Million since release on 21st June 2019 in China where it has grossed $2.1 Million.

Note:

The top film in Norway was Onwards which took $17,208 which places it at number 11 on the global box office this week, it has taken $104,080,103 globally.

This weekend, Friday 6th March 2020, there are 5 new films released in the UK looking to hit the box office, but can it challenge The Invisible Man for the top spot?

Onward

First up at cinemas this week is Onward, directed by Dan Scanlon who also directed Monsters University in 2013 which grossed £30.6 Million in the UK and grossed $744.9 Million globally.

It stars Tom Holland who last starred in Dolittle (2020).

The film also stars Chris Pratt who last appeared in Avengers: Endgame (2019).

Military Wives

Next on this weeks new release schedule is Military Wives.

This new movie stars Kristin Scott Thomas who's last film was Tomb Raider (2018)

It also stars Sharon Horgan who appeared in Game Night (2018).

The film is brought to us by Peter Cattaneo.

Escape From Pretoria

Next up this week is Escape From Pretoria which is directed by Francis Annan and is a directorial debut.

It stars Daniel Radcliffe and Ian Hart who were last seen together in Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2 which grossed £73,094,187.

The Photograph

Also this week there is The Photograph from director Stella Meghie who also directed Everything, Everything in 2017.

The film features LaKeith Stanfield and Chelsea Peretti in starring roles.

Fantasy Island

The long list of new releases continues with Fantasy Island which is directed by Jeff Wadlow who directed Never Back Down in 2008.

It stars Michael Peña and Maggie Q.

Check back on Monday to see if these new releases enter the UK Weekend Box Office Chart.

Come back next week when there are 3 new releases. -

  • Bloodshot, Wednesday, 11th March
  • Misbehaviour, Friday, 13th March
  • And Then We Danced, Friday, 13th March