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War Horse

War Horse
2012

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Starring

Emily Watson · David Thewlis · Peter Mullan · Niels Arestrup · Jeremy Irvine · Tom Hiddleston

Full cast & crew

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 13th Jan '12
  • Debut position: 1
  • Highest position: 1
  • Debut gross: £3.9 Million
  • Total chart weeks: 13

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 23rd Dec '11
  • Debut position: 7
  • Highest position: 5
  • Debut gross: $7.5 Million
  • Total chart weeks: 10

Chart position history

UK box office

13 Jan, 2012
1
20 Jan, 2012
1
27 Jan, 2012
1
3 Feb, 2012
4
10 Feb, 2012
8
17 Feb, 2012
10
24 Feb, 2012
13
2 Mar, 2012
15

US box office

23 Dec, 2011
7
30 Dec, 2011
5
6 Jan, 2012
6
13 Jan, 2012
8

Global box office

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £18.6 Million
US total gross
United States Flag  $79.9 Million
Global total gross
Global Flag  $0

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Here are this weeks new releases
  • Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
  • The Fifth Step
  • Tinsel Town
  • Eternity
  • Zootopia 2
  • The Thing With Feathers

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

  • The movie is directed by Rian Johnson, it is the directors 8th movie.
  • Rian Johnson also directed Brick in 2006.
  • It stars Daniel Craig who also starred in Everything Or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 (2012).
  • The film also stars Josh O'Connor who's last movie was The Mastermind (2025).
  • Rian Johnson directed Daniel Craig in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, and Knives Out
  • This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
  • The MPAA age rating is

The Fifth Step

  • The movie is from director Finn Den Hertog.
  • This movie is a directorial debut.
  • It stars Joseph Ayre who is making a feature film debut.
  • The film also stars Martin Freeman who's last movie was Standing On the Shoulders of Kitties: The Bubbles and the Shitrockers Story (2024).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

Tinsel Town

  • The movie is directed by Chris Foggin, it is the directors 4th movie.
  • Chris Foggin also directed Fisherman's Friends in 2019.
  • It stars Kiefer Sutherland who also starred in Dead Heat (2002).
  • The film also stars Rebel Wilson who's last movie was Juliet and Romeo (2025).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.

Eternity

  • The movie is directed by David Freyne, it is the directors 3rd movie.
  • David Freyne also directed The Cured in 2018.
  • It stars Miles Teller who also starred in Footloose (2011).
  • The film also stars Elizabeth Olsen who's last movie was The Assessment (2024).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • The MPAA age rating is

Zootopia 2

  • The movie is directed by Jared Bush and Byron Howard, it is the directors 3rd movie.
  • Jared Bush and Byron Howard also directed Encanto in 2021 which grossed $96.1 Mil. in the US and grossed $254.2 Mil. globally.
  • It stars Jason Bateman who also starred in The Invention of Lying (2009).
  • The film also stars Yvette Nicole Brown who's last movie was Inside Out 2 (2024).
  • They also appeared together in Tropic Thunder in 2008.
  • Jared Bush directed Jason Bateman in and Zootopia
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.

The Thing With Feathers

  • The movie is directed by Dylan Southern, it is the directors 3rd movie.
  • Dylan Southern also directed Meet Me In the Bathroom in 2022.
  • It stars Benedict Cumberbatch who also starred in Avengers: Infinity War (2018).
  • The film also stars David Thewlis who's last movie was The Amazing Maurice (2022).
  • Benedict Cumberbatch and David Thewlis have starred in 2 other movies together.
  • They also appeared together in The Fifth Estate in 2013 and War Horse in 2012.
  • This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

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

Next week there are 9 new movies released

  • Five Nights At Freddy's 2 - Friday, 5th December
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Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 21st November 2025, there are 4 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Now You See Me: Now You Don't from the top of the UK box office.

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Here are this weeks new releases
  • Wicked: For Good
  • Sisu: Road to Revenge
  • The Thing With Feathers
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Wicked: For Good

  • The movie is directed by Jon M. Chu, it is the directors 14th movie.
  • Jon M. Chu also directed G.I. Joe: Retaliation in 2013 which grossed £7.3 Mil. in the UK and grossed $371.9 Mil. globally.
  • It stars Cynthia Erivo who also starred in Needle In a Timestack (2021).
  • The film also stars Ariana Grande who's last movie was Wicked (2024).
  • They also appeared together in Wicked in 2024.
  • Jon M. Chu directed Cynthia Erivo in and Wicked
  • Jon M. Chu directed Ariana Grande in Jem and the Holograms, and Wicked
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • The BBFC UK age rating is

Sisu: Road to Revenge

  • The movie is directed by Jalmari Helander, it is the directors 5th movie.
  • Jalmari Helander also directed Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale in 2010 which grossed £32.9 K in the UK.
  • It stars Jorma Tommila who also starred in Sisu (2023).
  • The film also stars Stephen Lang who's last movie was Avatar: The Way of Water (2022).
  • Jalmari Helander directed Jorma Tommila in Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale, Big Game, and Sisu
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • The BBFC UK age rating is

The Thing With Feathers

  • The movie is directed by Dylan Southern, it is the directors 3rd movie.
  • Dylan Southern also directed Meet Me In the Bathroom in 2022 which grossed £135 K in the UK.
  • It stars Benedict Cumberbatch who also starred in Sherlock: The Final Problem (2017).
  • The film also stars David Thewlis who's last movie was The Amazing Maurice (2022).
  • Benedict Cumberbatch and David Thewlis have starred in 2 other movies together.
  • They also appeared together in The Fifth Estate in 2013 and War Horse in 2012.
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  • The BBFC UK age rating is

Cbeebies Panto 2025 Cinderella

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Next week there are 5 new movies released

  • Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery - Wednesday, 26th November
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Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 6th May 2022, there is 1 new releases which will more than likely knock Downton Abbey: A New Era from the top of the UK box office.

Here is this weeks new release

  • Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness

Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness

  • The movie is directed by Sam Raimi, it is the directors 15th movie.
  • Sam Raimi also directed Spider-Man 3 in 2007 which grossed £33.5 Mil. in the UK and grossed $895 Mil. globally.
  • It stars Benedict Cumberbatch who also starred in War Horse (2012).
  • The film also stars Elizabeth Olsen who was last seen in Avengers: Endgame (2019).
  • Benedict Cumberbatch and Elizabeth Olsen have starred in 2 other movies together.
  • They also appeared together in Avengers: Infinity War in 2018 and Avengers: Endgame in 2019.
  • The BBFC UK age rating is
  • Box office prediction: It will be number 1 this weekend!

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

Next week there are 3 new movies released

  • Everything Everywhere All At Once - Friday, 13th May
  • Firestarter - Friday, 13th May
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The UK box office did better this week than last but its still relying on a handful of cinemas open in Scotland and Wales during the English lockdown, and The Secret Garden makes an incredible leap to the top.

Highest new movie of the week is the documentary Billie at number 2 while there is also a re-entry from War Horse Nation Theatre Live from 2014.

The only other top new movie of the week is director Andrew Cohn's The Last Shift which enters at number 14 with £501, Mogul Mowgli climbs up the chart to number 13 this week with £505 which is a 94% increase from last weekend.

Here is the top 15 Quickview.

  • Number 1 - The Secret Garden (1st week)
  • Highest debut - Billie (@2)
  • Longest run - 100% Wolf (15 weeks)*
  • Highest total gross - Tenet (£17,416,648)*
  • * Not including re-releases

Here is a breakdown of the top 5 UK box office films 13th - 15th November 2020.

The Secret Garden

Released 4 weeks ago and making its debut at number 3 on the box office with £154,087 the movie makes a jump to the top of the box office this week with £5,147, a 67% increase from last weekend.

The movie which stars Julie Walters and Colin Firth has now taken £607,509 at the UK box office.

Billie

Highest new movie of the week comes in at number 2 with a debut gross of £5,074 making one of the lowest highest grossing movies ever in the UK!

Honest Thief

The Liam Neeson starring drama falls to number 3 this weekend with £3.164, up 8% from last week giving the movie a total gross of £655,650 after 4 weeks of release.

War Horse: NT Live 2014

Coming out of nowhere and making a re-entry at number 4 is the cinema version of the original stage show of War Horse from 2014, Steven Spielberg directed the actual movie version of the book in 2012.

The event movie takes £2,918 over the weekend pushing its total gross since release to £2.72 Million.

Its worth noting that this is by far the highest position on the chart the movie has been.

Two By Two: Overboard!

Finally falling to number 5 this weekend is the surprise hit animated tale which this week takes £2,724, up 13% from last weekend, for a total gross of £990,229 after 4 weeks of release.

A fairly static top end of the box office charts leaves Sing at the top for a second consecutive weekend while the top new film os Rings right down at 7.

A second weekend gross of £3.8 million is enough to keep the animated feature at the top ahead of T2 Trainspotting, it brings the films total UK gross to £15.2 million.

T2 stays put at number 2 with £2.9 million but its worth noting that across the whole week it was the top film with £5.4 million compared to Sing's £4.8 million.

Top new film of the week is Rings, a reboot of 2003s The Ring. Rings weekend gross is £812,267 which is way lower than The Rings opening of £2.2 million.

The lower end of the box office has a number of new released, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter comes in at 8 with under half a million and Gold starring Matthew McConaughey is at 9.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is still the top total grossing film on the box office this weekend, currently at 13 the film has grossed £65.6 million.

Historical charts

A year ago - Goosebumps landed on the box office at the top knocking The Revenant to number 3 after 3 weeks at the top.

Five years ago - Sleeper hit Chronicle entered the box office at the top it knocked War Horse down to 4 after 3 weeks at the top.

Ten years ago - Dreamgirls was the new film at the top of the box office, it knocked Blood Diamond down to number 2.

Fifteen years ago - Vanilla Sky spent its second weekend at number 1 on the chart while top new film was Shallow Hal at number 3.

Twenty years ago - The Frighteners spent its second weekend at the top and in a quiet weekend there were no new releases.

Twenty five years ago - JFK remained at the top wile the top new film was Van Damme in Double Impact which entered at number 2.