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The Children Act

The Children Act
2018
 105 minutes (1 hrs 45 mins)

Production Country

United Kingdom • United States

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Starring

Emma Thompson · Stanley Tucci · Reena Lalbihari · Dominic Carter · Paul Kemble · Daniel Fritz

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release: 14th September 2018
France release date France release: 1st August 2018
Denmark release date Denmark release: 23rd August 2018

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 24th Aug '18
  • Debut position: 11
  • Highest position: 11
  • Debut gross: £517.4 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 13

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 14th Sep '18
  • Debut position: 42
  • Highest position: 37
  • Debut gross: $76.1 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 9

Chart position history

UK box office

24 Aug, 2018
11
31 Aug, 2018
13
7 Sep, 2018
14

US box office

Global box office

Certificates

US
R

Tous publics

12

PG

7

7

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £2.9 Million
US total gross
United States Flag  $547.8 Thousand
Global total gross
Global Flag  $17.7 Million

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Total views:
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First viewed:
27th Mar 2026
Last viewed:
21st May 2026
News from around the web
The Children Act  filmreviewdaily.com Wed, 5th November 2025

The Children Act review – flaws in Ian McEwan’s novel are cruelly exposed  The Guardian Sat, 25th August 2018

Film review: The Children Act  Legal Cheek Tue, 28th August 2018

The Children Act movie review  Roger Ebert Fri, 14th September 2018

You have just days left to watch "compelling" British legal drama before it leaves UK streamer  Digital Spy Tue, 8th July 2025

Emma Thompson’s Meticulous Intensity in “The Children Act”  The New Yorker Fri, 7th September 2018

There were no big films released this week in the UK which makes Christopher Robin spend a second weekend at the top and yet again it has Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again hard on its heels.

The final figures weren't quite as close as last week with Christopher Robin taking in £2.1 million which brings the films total gross after 10 days to £7.1 million.

Staying at number 2 for the fifth weekend is Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again which takes £1.7 million over the weekend, this brings the films total gross to an amazing £58.7 million.

The Meg stays at number 3 this week with £1.5 million for a £11.7 million total.

Finishing off the top 5 is Incredibles 2 and The Equalizer 2 with £1.26 million and £1.25 million which brings each films totals to £51.2 million and £4.5 million respectively.

Coming outside the top 5 the highest new film of the week is the Spike Lee directed BlackKKlansman which takes £1.24 million for the weekend meaning that there only £200,000 between number 4 and number 6.

Also new this week is The Spy Who Dumped Me at 7 with £1.05 million making the top 7 films all bring in over a million pound each and The Children Act at number 11 with £0.5 million.

Slender Man and Alpha are also new at number 14 and 14.