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High Hopes

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1988
 108 minutes (1 hrs 48 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Starring

Phil Davis · Ruth Sheen · Edna Dore · Philip Jackson · Heather Tobias · Lesley Manville

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release: 24th February 1989
Italy release date Italy release: 30th August 1988
Sweden release date Sweden release: 27th January 1989

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 3rd Mar '89
  • Debut position: 7
  • Highest position: 7
  • Debut gross: £110.5 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 6

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 24th Feb '89
  • Debut position: 18
  • Highest position: 18
  • Debut gross: $28 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 1

Chart position history

UK box office

3 Mar, 1989
7
10 Mar, 1989
8
17 Mar, 1989
11
24 Mar, 1989
12
31 Mar, 1989
13
7 Apr, 1989
13

US box office

Global box office

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £285.4 Thousand
US total gross
United States Flag  $1.2 Million
Global total gross
Global Flag  $1.8 Million

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With Ticket to Paradise currently at the top of the UK box office can this weeks new cinema releases challlenge it for the UK box office crown?

Here are this weeks new releases

  • Smile
  • Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
  • Hocus Pocus 2
  • Flux Gourmet
  • The Greatest Beer Run Ever
  • Blonde

Smile

  • The movie is from director Parker Finn.
  • This movie is a directorial debut.
  • It stars Sosie Bacon who also starred in Charlie Says (2018).
  • The film also stars Kyle Gallner who was last seen in Scream (2022).
  • The BBFC UK age rating is

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

  • The movie is directed by Anthony Fabian, it is the directors 4th movie.
  • Anthony Fabian also directed Louder Than Words in 2013.
  • It stars Lesley Manville who also starred in High Hopes (1988).
  • The film also stars Isabelle Huppert who was last seen in Frankie (2021).
  • The BBFC UK age rating is

Hocus Pocus 2

  • The movie is directed by Anne Fletcher, it is the directors 7th movie.
  • Anne Fletcher also directed 27 Dresses in 2008 which grossed £6.3 Mil. in the UK and grossed $162.7 Mil. globally.
  • It stars Bette Midler who also starred in The Magic 7 (2009).
  • The film also stars Kathy Najimy who was last seen in Dumplin' (2018).
  • Bette Midler and Kathy Najimy have starred in 2 other movies together.
  • They also appeared together in Hocus Pocus in 1993 and Jackie's Back! in 1999.

Flux Gourmet

  • The movie is directed by Peter Strickland, it is the directors 7th movie.
  • Peter Strickland also directed The Film That Buys the Cinema in 2014.
  • It stars Harry Alexander who is making a feature film debut.
  • The film also stars Paolo Bafico who was last seen in Asylum (2005).
  • The BBFC UK age rating is

The Greatest Beer Run Ever

  • The movie is directed by Peter Farrelly, it is the directors 15th movie.
  • Peter Farrelly also directed Green Book in 2019 which grossed £9.8 Mil. in the UK and grossed $326.8 Mil. globally.
  • It stars Zac Efron who also starred in High School Musical (2006).
  • The film also stars Russell Crowe who was last seen in Thor: Love and Thunder (2022).
  • The BBFC UK age rating is

Blonde

  • The movie is directed by Andrew Dominik, it is the directors 6th movie.
  • Andrew Dominik also directed One More Time With Feeling in 2016.
  • It stars Ana de Armas who also starred in No Time To Die (2021).
  • The film also stars Lucy DeVito who was last seen in Dumbo (2019).
  • The BBFC UK age rating is

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

Next week there are 6 new movies released

  • The Estate - Thursday, 6th October
  • Fireheart - Friday, 7th October
  • The Woman King - Friday, 7th October
  • Vengeance - Friday, 7th October
  • Amsterdam - Friday, 7th October
  • The Lost King - Friday, 7th October

The Pixar movie Toy Story 4 has been age rated by the BBFC and given a U certificate for very mild violence, scary scenes.

The fourth film in the Toy Story saga has all your favourite characters back for more adventures, this time it looks like its set in a travelling amusement park and Woody seems to get lost with the rest of the toys of Buzz Lightyear, Rex and Mr Potato Head et el searching for him.

The original three films are considered one of the greatest film trilogies of all time sitting alongside the likes of the original Star Wars trilogy and The Lord Of The Rings trilogy.

Hence there are high hopes for the new movie and judging by the trailers Pixar wont be disappointing us.

The BBFC have given the film a U age rating for very mild violence, scary scenes and it has an official run time of 100 minutes (1 hour 40 minutes).

The third film in the Johnny English series is released in the UK on the 5th October 2018 and is given a PG rating by the BBFC for mild comic violence, language.

Starring Rowan Atkinson and Emma Thompson the film is looking promising judging by the trailers and it should easily match the £20 million grosses of the previous films.

The previous two films have done good business in the UK so there are high hopes this this entry in the series.

Released on 15th May in the UK Deadpool 2 has been given a 15 certificate by the BBFC for strong bloody violence, sex references, very strong language.

If thsi film is anything like the original then it will be very violent and full of bad language, but it has a very comic book feel which probably kept it below the 18 rating.

The sequel stars Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool in this offbeat Marvel film, that Disney wanted nothing to do with, and after the success of the first film we have high hopes for this.

2018 has kicked in and as always we take time to reflect on what is coming to the cinema in the coming 12 months and list the 10 films were looking forward to.

Normally this is an easy list to conceive, but this year we have had to narrow it down from a short list of 20 movie, so some films like All The Money In The World and The Press have missed the list, not because were not looking forward to them but these 10 films we are really looking forward to.

So here we are, in release order, the list of 10 films we are looking forward to in 2018.

Coco - The new film from Pixar, and although it doesn't capture us initially as much as say Finding Nemo or Toy Story it has things about it that cant be ignored, mainly its a Pixar movie.

Fifty Shades Freed - The last in the Fifty Shades series, we loved Fifty Shades of Grey, but hated Fifty Shades Darker, but were looking forward to this although we know it will have bad dialogue and probably flop!

The Shape of Water - Guillermo del Toro latest film and one which has had the critics overly excited, could be the directors best film since Pan Labyrinth.

Tomb Raider - Were old enough to remember the original video game and still have the memory of Angelina Jole in out heads, but this is a reboot and looks gritty and exciting.

Ready Player One - You cant ignore a good sci-fi films and you certainly can ignore it when Steven Spielberg has directed the film, this has the potential for highest grossing film of the year.

Avengers Infinity War - But then there is the third Avengers movie to think about, and with the Marvel Cinematic Universe seemingly doing no wrong with audiences eager to spend money this could be a massive grossing film in 2018.

Solo A Star Wars Story - And then there is the annual (despite it only being a few months since the last one) Star Wars movie which although not part of the main saga is a film which will pull on the nostalgia of many fans and hopefully answer quite a few questions.

Deadpool 2 - There is no denying the popularity of the original Deadpool film and the inevitable sequel will pull a similar crowd, lets hope its no Kick Ass 2!

Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom - Audiences love dinosaurs and all the time these films are making big bucks Universal will deliver, follow up the 2016 origianl and fifth in the series in total, expect big money if nothing else.

Fantastic Beasts The Crimes Of Grindelwald - Suprisingly we though the original Fantastic Beasts was better than all the Harry Potter films so we have high hopes for this, and written by J.K. Rowling herself she knows this universe and how the please the fans better than anyone.