
US release: 3rd September 2020
Australia release: 22nd August 2020
France release: 24th August 2020
£17.5 Million
$58.5 Million
$363.7 Million With A Haunting In Venice currently at the top of the UK box office can this weeks new cinema releases challlenge it for the UK box office crown?
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Here are this weeks new releasesCheck back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.
Christopher Nolans much anticipated movie Oppenheimer has been given a 15 age rating in the UK for strong language, sex
The movie stars Cillian Murphy who has previously starred in Cold Mountain and The Trench and Emily Blunt whos previous credits include Wild Mountain Thyme and The House of Magic.
The movies director Christopher Nolan has previously directed Tenet and Batman Begins.
Movie Synopsis
an epic thriller that thrusts audiences into the pulse-pounding paradox of the enigmatic man who must risk destroying the world in order to save it.” Talking about the film at Cinemacon in 2023, Nolan said: “I know of no more dramatic tale with higher stakes.
BBFC certificate breakdown.
As Avatar: The Way of Water stays at the top of the UK and Northern Ireland box office for a seventh weekend the Indian movie Pathaan makes an impressive start to its box office run with a debut at 2.
Meanwhile Plane is new at number 3 and The Fabelmans is new at 4 with The Wandering Earth 2 new at 9 with £385,959 and Billie Eilish Live At the O2 is new at 10 with £329,407.
Also new is Unwelcome at 14 with £118,322 and All the Beauty and the Bloodshed at 15 with £88,108.
The James Cameron directed sequel movie remains at the top of the UK box office for a 7th weekend, which makes it equal with Toy Story 2 and Gladiator.
One more week at the top and it equals Tenet as the longest pandemic movie, if it can get to 13 weeks then it will equal Camerons own Titanic, but its unlikely!
This weekend the movie ass £2.1 Million to its total for a total of £70.8 Million.
Highest new movie this weekend
Making its debut at number 2 this weekend is the new movie from Indian director Siddharth Anand which takes £1.9 Million on its opening weekend.
Also making its debut this weekend is the new movie starring Gerard Butler which enters the box office at number 3 with £1.1 Million.
The stars last movie Copshop opened in September 2021 to £198,225 for a 3 week run.
The latest movie from director Steven Spielberg finally gets a UK release and opens to just over a million pound.
The movie is nominated for a number of Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director which could help its box office journey, but it may get the Director Oscar but little else.
Falling to number 5 this weekend the new horror movie franchise takes £749,354 on its 3rd weekend of release.
Compared to Smile from the end of 2022 that movie took £1.4 Million on its 3rd weekend.
This weekend marks the lowest grossing total weekend since 4th September 2020 when Tenet was the top movie of the weekend and the country was still in the grips of the COVID-19 pandemic.
See How They Run~2020 remains at the top for a second weekend while the only new movie of the weekend is the David Bowie documentary Moonage Daydream at number 10.
Remaining at number 1 this weekend is the comedy murder mystery from director Tom George starring Saoirse Ronan which takes £984,779 on its second weekend of release, a small 15% drop from last weekend.
The movie remains at the top largely because there was no major new release on the box office this weekend, the movie has taken £2.8 Million over its 2 weeks of release.
When there is nothing new at the cinema people go and see the old movies they missed, hence the Brad Pitt action/comedy jumps back up to number 2 from 8 on its 7th weekend of release with £325,252, a small 6% drop over last weekend.
The movie has taken £10.3 Million at the UK box office over its 7 weeks of release.
Another big movie jumping back up the box office is the sequel movie to Minions which jumps back from 5 to 3 on its 12th weekend with £321,746, a 16% drop over last weekend.
The Despicable Me universe movie has now taken £45.1 Million in the UK over its 17 weeks and is the second top movie of 2022 in the UK.
Making a magnificent movie back into the top 5 bouncing from 9th to 4th is the movie of the summer which takes £320,963 on its 17th weekend on the box office, and this weekend gross is an amazing 3% higher than last weekend.
The movie is the top film of 2022, and will end up that way by the end of the year as Avatar: The Way of Water wont have the steam to get past a billion in 2022 as its release is so late in the year.
The movie is also the 8th top movie of all time in the UK having jumped over Star Wars: The Last Jedi this week, I would say the £89 Million of Avengers: Endgame is out of its range but you simply never know with this film!
The animated feature from the Warner Bros. DC Universe jumps one place to number 5 this weekend with £307,920, a 16% drop over last weekend.
the movie has taken £14.8 Million in the UK over its 8 weeks of release.
Highest new movie this weekend
Highest new movie of the weekend comes in at number 10 this week with a documentary about the Ziggy Stardust years of David Bowie directed by Brett Morgen.
The movie takes £181,467 on its debut weekend.
Starring Brad Pitt the new action comedy movie Bullet Train has been given a 15 age rating in the UK for strong bloody violence, language, brief sex.
The movie stars Brad Pitt who was last seem in The Lost City~2022 in an extended cameo role but is better known for movie like World War Z from 2013, it alse feature Sandra Bullock who was last seen in The Lost City~2022, also starring is Aaron Taylor-JohnsonTenet.
The movie is directed by David Leitch who has been behind mega hits of recent years such as Fast & Furious Presents Hobbs and Shaw and Deadpool 2.
Movie Synopsis
Five assassins find themselves on a fast moving bullet train from Tokyo to Morioka with only a few stops in between. They discover their missions are not unrelated to each other.
BBFC certificate breakdown.