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National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue

National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue
2024
 180 minutes (3 hrs 00 mins)

Production Studio

National Theatre

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Sam Mendes · Zoe Ford

Starring

Tuppence Middleton · Mark Gatiss · Johnny Flynn · Luke Norris · Allan Corduner · Aysha Kala

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release: 21st March 2024
United Kingdom release date United Kingdom release: 21st March 2024
Ireland release date Ireland release: 21st March 2024

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 22nd Mar '24
  • Debut position: 8
  • Highest position: 8
  • Debut gross: £158 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 11

Chart position history

UK box office

22 Mar, 2024
8

US box office

Global box office

Certificates


16

NC16

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £1.1 Million
US total gross
United States Flag  $0
Global total gross
Global Flag  $0

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Total views:
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Last viewed:
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News from around the web
You needed to be there: a (p)review of NT Live’s The Motive and the Cue as Gielgud and Burton clash in 1964  Seen and Heard International Sat, 16th March 2024

The Motive and the Cue  WJCT Public Media Thu, 13th March 2025

★★★ 1/2 Dr Strangelove (National Theatre Live)  Limelight magazine Thu, 24th April 2025

The Motive and the Cue review – Gielgud and Burton battle it out  The Guardian Wed, 3rd May 2023

Review: The Motive and The Cue (Noël Coward Theatre)  All That Dazzles Tue, 19th December 2023

National Theatre Live to screen The Motive and the Cue and Nye  West End Theatre Mon, 15th January 2024

Last weekend Dune: Part Two was at the top of the UK box office, there are 6 new releases this weekend, will any of them top the UK box office this weekend?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

Here are this weeks new releases
  • Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
  • National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue
  • The Persian Version
  • Road House
  • Immaculate
  • Late Night With the Devil

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

  • The movie is directed by Gil Kenan, it is the directors 5th movie.
  • Gil Kenan also directed Monster House in 2006 which grossed £6.4 Mil. in the UK and grossed $141.9 Mil. globally.
  • It stars Mckenna Grace who also starred in Malignant (2021).
  • The film also stars Carrie Coon who's last movie was Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021).
  • They also appeared together in Ghostbusters: Afterlife in 2021.
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • The BBFC UK age rating is

National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue

  • The movie is from director Zoe Ford and Sam Mendes.
  • This movie is a directorial debut.
  • It stars Johnny Flynn who also starred in The Score (2022).
  • The film also stars Tuppence Middleton who's last movie was Lord of Misrule (2023).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.

The Persian Version

  • The movie is directed by Maryam Keshavarz, it is the directors 3rd movie.
  • Maryam Keshavarz also directed Circumstance in 2012 which grossed £1.9K in the UK.
  • It stars Layla Mohammadi who also starred in Cursed Friends (2022).
  • The film also stars Niousha Noor who is making a feature film debut.
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • The BBFC UK age rating is

Road House

  • The movie is directed by Doug Liman, it is the directors 14th movie.
  • Doug Liman also directed Swingers in 1997 which grossed £176.8K in the UK.
  • It stars Jake Gyllenhaal who also starred in The Good Girl (2003).
  • The film also stars Conor McGregor who's last movie was Conor Mcgregor: Notorious (2017).
  • This movie is released on streaming platforms.
  • The BBFC UK age rating is

Immaculate

  • The movie is directed by Michael Mohan, it is the directors 4th movie.
  • Michael Mohan also directed Save the Date in 2012.
  • It stars Sydney Sweeney who also starred in Under the Silver Lake (2019).
  • The film also stars Simona Tabasco who's last movie was The Ties (2020).
  • Michael Mohan directed Sydney Sweeney in The Voyeurs
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • The BBFC UK age rating is

Late Night With the Devil

  • The movie is directed by Cameron Cairnes and Colin Cairnes, it is the directors 2nd movie.
  • Cameron Cairnes and Colin Cairnes also directed Scare Campaign in 2016.
  • It stars David Dastmalchian who also starred in All Creatures Here Below (2018).
  • The film also stars Laura Gordon who's last movie was Foe (2023).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • 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 7 new movies released

  • Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 - Tuesday, 26th March
  • Mother's Instinct - Wednesday, 27th March
  • Kung-Fu Panda 4 - Thursday, 28th March
  • Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire - Friday, 29th March
  • Bleeding Love - Friday, 29th March
  • The Beautiful Game - Friday, 29th March - streaming
  • Disco Boy - Friday, 29th March

Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 15th March 2024, there are 4 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Dune: Part Two from the top of the UK box office.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

Here are this weeks new releases
  • Drive-Away Dolls
  • Monster
  • The New Boy
  • Yodha

Drive-Away Dolls

  • The movie is directed by Ethan Coen, it is the directors 20th movie.
  • Ethan Coen also directed O Brother, Where Art Thou? in 2000 which grossed £2.7 Mil. in the UK.
  • It stars Margaret Qualley who also starred in Sanctuary (2023).
  • The film also stars Geraldine Viswanathan who's last movie was Cat Person (2023).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • The BBFC UK age rating is

Monster

  • The movie is directed by Kore-eda Hirokazu, it is the directors 21st movie.
  • Kore-eda Hirokazu also directed I Wish in 2013 which grossed £20.5K in the UK.
  • It stars Sakura Andô who also starred in Love Exposure (2009).
  • The film also stars Eita Nagayama who's last movie was Don't Call It Mystery: The Movie (2023).
  • Kore-eda Hirokazu directed Sakura Andô in Shoplifters
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.

The New Boy

  • The movie is directed by Warwick Thornton, it is the directors 3rd movie.
  • Warwick Thornton also directed Sweet Country in 2018 which grossed £29.1K in the UK.
  • It stars Cate Blanchett who also starred in The Talented Mr. Ripley (2000).
  • The film also stars Aswan Reid who is making a feature film debut.
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • The BBFC UK age rating is

Yodha

  • The movie is from director Sagar Ambre and Pushkar Ojha.
  • This movie is a directorial debut.
  • It stars Sidharth Malhotra who also starred in A Gentleman: Sundar Susheel Risky (2017).
  • The film also stars Raashi Khanna who's last movie was Sardar (2022).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • 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 7 new movies released

  • Road House - Thursday, 21st March - streaming
  • National Theatre Live: The Motive and the Cue - Thursday, 21st March
  • Immaculate - Friday, 22nd March
  • Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire - Friday, 22nd March
  • The Persian Version - Friday, 22nd March
  • The Teachers' Lounge - Friday, 22nd March
  • Arthur the King - Friday, 22nd March