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The Railway Children Return

The Railway Children Return
2022
 99 minutes (1 hrs 39 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Starring

Beau Gadsdon · Eden Hamilton · Zac Cudby · Jessica Baglow · Caroline Cookson · Oscar Wallwork

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release: 23rd September 2022
United Kingdom release date United Kingdom release: 15th July 2022
Ireland release date Ireland release: 15th July 2022

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 15th Jul '22
  • Debut position: 6
  • Highest position: 6
  • Debut gross: £365.5 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 13

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 23rd Sep '22
  • Debut position: 18
  • Highest position: 18
  • Debut gross: $245.9 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 3

Chart position history

UK box office

15 Jul, 2022
6
22 Jul, 2022
8
29 Jul, 2022
10
5 Aug, 2022
11
12 Aug, 2022
13

US box office

Global box office

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Certificates


PG age rating
US
PG

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £3 Million
US total gross
United States Flag  $466.4 Thousand
Global total gross
Global Flag  $4.3 Million

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A static top 5 this weekend leaves Thor: Love and Thunder at the top for a second weekend while the top new movie of the weekend cam in outside the top 5 at number 6 with The Railway Children Return.

There were 2 other new releases, the first at number 10, Kaduva which took £47,354 and The Warriorr came in at number 12 with £25,850.

UK box office QuickView

  • Number 1 - Thor: Love and Thunder (2nd weekend)
  • Highest debut - The Railway Children Return (@6)
  • Longest run - The Bad Guys (16 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Top Gun: Maverick (£72.3 Million)

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 15th - 17th July 2022

Remaining at the top of the UK box office this weekend is the fourth in the Thor series of movies which is also part of the greater Marvel Cinematic Universe.

The movie suffers a hard fall in its second weekend with 67% from a weekend of £4.06 Million.

The movie has taken a total gross in the UK of £20.8 Million which a 1% above the previous movie Thor: Ragnarok.

The animated sequel movie, which is a spin off of the greater Despicable Me franchise remains at number 2 this weekend with £2.6 Million, a slim 38% drop over last weekend.

The movie has now taken £23.1 Million in the UK and this weekend breaks into the top 10 movies of 2022 at number 9.

The school summer holidays are about to start in the UK, and with the heatwave the Europe is experience at the moment this could work in the movies favour and it could see a return to the top.

The Baz Luhrmann directed bio-pic sits at number 3 this weekend with £1 Million, a very slim 24% drop over last weekend.

This gives the movie a total UK gross of £16 Million after 3 weeks of release.

Still inside the top 5 after 8 weeks of release is the Tom Cruise sequel movie which has shattered expectation and this week takes £810,638, its first weekend taking under £1 Million.

Incredibly after 7 weeks this is a very slim 19% drop over last week and pushes the movies total to £72 Million, it is by far the top movie of 2022.

The dinosaur movie takes £383,502 on its 6th weekend of release, a reasonable 32% drop, which takes it total gross to £32 Million making it the 5th top movie of 2022.

The Railway Children Return

Highest new movie this weekend

Highest new movie of the weekend comes in at number 6 in the shape of the 52 years in the making sequel to The Railway Children which starred a young Jenny Agutter.

This new movie is directed by Morgan Matthews and makes its debut with £365,481.

The Railway Children Return is a sequel to The Railway Children released in 1970 which has been given a PG rating in the UK.

The movie stars Jenny Agutter who also appeared as a young child in the original movie as well as starring in movies like An American Werewolf in London, it also stars Tom Courtenay who has appeared in movies like Dad's Army from 2016 and Let Him Have It from 1991.

The movie is directed by Morgan Matthews who also directed Williamsfrom 2017 as well as many other documentaries for television.

Movie Synopsis

A group of children are evacuated to a Yorkshire village during the Second World War, where they encounter a young soldier who, like them, is far away from home.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

  • Title: The Railway Children Return
  • BBFC age rating: PG Certificate
  • Reason: violence, racism theme, threat, language, rude humour, dangerous behaviour
  • Release date: 15th July 2022
  • Runtime: 95m (1 hour 35 minutes)
  • Directed by:
    • Morgan Matthews
  • Starring:
    • Jenny Agutter
    • Tom Courtenay
    • Sheridan Smith

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