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Where the Crawdad's Sing

Where the Crawdad
2022
 125 minutes (2 hrs 05 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Starring

Daisy Edgar-Jones · Taylor John Smith · Harris Dickinson · David Strathairn · Michael Hyatt · Sterling Macer Jr.

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release: 15th July 2022
Canada release date Canada release: 15th July 2022
Australia release date Australia release: 21st July 2022

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 22nd Jul '22
  • Debut position: 4
  • Highest position: 4
  • Debut gross: £1.4 Million
  • Total chart weeks: 10

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 15th Jul '22
  • Debut position: 3
  • Highest position: 3
  • Debut gross: $17.3 Million
  • Total chart weeks: 13

WorldWide box office

  • Box Office debut: 15th Jul '22
  • Debut position: 6
  • Highest position: 6
  • Debut gross: $17 Million
  • Total weeks on top 15: 9

Chart position history

UK box office

22 Jul, 2022
4
29 Jul, 2022
6
5 Aug, 2022
7
12 Aug, 2022
9
19 Aug, 2022
11
26 Aug, 2022
13
16 Sep, 2022
14

US box office

15 Jul, 2022
3
22 Jul, 2022
4
29 Jul, 2022
6
5 Aug, 2022
7
12 Aug, 2022
7
19 Aug, 2022
9
26 Aug, 2022
10
2 Sep, 2022
11
9 Sep, 2022
11
16 Sep, 2022
14

Global box office

15 Jul, 2022
6
22 Jul, 2022
7
29 Jul, 2022
10
5 Aug, 2022
13
12 Aug, 2022
13
19 Aug, 2022
12
2 Sep, 2022
10
9 Sep, 2022
13

Certificates

US
PG-13

17+

C16

R

11

M

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £8.2 Million
US total gross
United States Flag  $90.1 Million
Global total gross
Global Flag  $122.3 Million

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With Black Phone 2 currently at the top of the global box office can this weeks new cinema releases challlenge it for the global box office crown?

As well as many movies released in cinemas around the globe this list also includes a number of the top movies released on streaming platforms.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

Here are the top new release this week in countries across the world!
  • Regretting You
  • Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
  • Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc
  • Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie
  • Black Phone 2
  • Stitch Head
  • Dracula: A Love Tale
  • Frankenstein
  • The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
  • Shelby Oaks

Regretting You

  • The movie is directed by Josh Boone, it is the directors 4th movie.
  • Josh Boone also directed The New Mutants in 2020 which grossed $47.5 Mil. globally.
  • It stars Mason Thames who also starred in Incoming (2024).
  • The film also stars Mckenna Grace who's last movie was Anniversary (2025).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • Released this week in:
      Albania / Antigua & Barbuda / Argentina / Aruba / Australia / Austria / Bahrain / Belgium / Brazil / Bulgaria / Canada / Chile / Colombia / Costa Rica / Croatia / Curacao / Czech Republic / Denmark / Dominican Republic / Ecuador / Estonia / Faroe Islands / Germany / Ghana / Guatemala / Guyana / Honduras / Hong Kong / Iceland / India / Ireland / Israel / Italy / Kosovo / Kuwait / Latvia / Lithuania / Luxembourg / Malta / Mexico / Netherlands / New Zealand / Nicaragua / Norway / Oman / Panama / Paraguay / Peru / Philippines / Poland / Portugal / Puerto Rico / Saint Kitts and Nevis / Saint Lucia / Saudi Arabia / Slovakia / Slovenia / Spain / Switzerland / Thailand / Trinidad & Tobago / Turkey / Ukraine / United Arab Emirates / United Kingdom / United States / Uruguay / Venezuela

Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere

  • The movie is directed by Scott Cooper, it is the directors 7th movie.
  • Scott Cooper also directed Black Mass in 2015 which grossed $99.8 Mil. globally.
  • It stars Jeremy Allen White who also starred in Fingernails (2023).
  • The film also stars Jeremy Strong who's last movie was The Apprentice (2024).
  • Scott Cooper directed Jeremy Strong in and Black Mass
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • Released this week in:
      Albania / Argentina / Australia / Austria / Bahrain / Belgium / Bosnia and Herzegovina / Bulgaria / Canada / Croatia / Czech Republic / Denmark / Ecuador / Estonia / France / Germany / Greece / Hungary / Iceland / India / Ireland / Israel / Italy / Kazakhstan / Kuwait / Latvia / Lithuania / Mexico / Montenegro / Netherlands / Oman / Peru / Poland / Portugal / Puerto Rico / Serbia / Spain / Sweden / Turkey / United Arab Emirates / United Kingdom / United States

Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc

  • The movie is from director Tatsuya Yoshihara.
  • This movie is a directorial debut.
  • It stars Kikunosuke Toya who is making a feature film debut.
  • The film also stars Tomori Kusunoki who's last movie was Colorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't Sing (2025).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • Released this week in:
      Aruba / Bahrain / Canada / Curacao / Denmark / Dominican Republic / Faroe Islands / France / Kuwait / Lebanon / Luxembourg / Nicaragua / Norway / Oman / Puerto Rico / Saudi Arabia / Senegal / Tunisia / United Arab Emirates / United States

Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie

  • The movie is directed by Ryan Crego, it is the directors 2nd movie.
  • Ryan Crego also directed Arlo the Alligator Boy in 2021.
  • It stars Laila Lockhart Kraner who also starred in Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie (2025).
  • The film also stars Kristen Wiig who's last movie was Despicable Me 4 (2024).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • Released this week in:
      Albania / Azerbaijan / Bosnia and Herzegovina / Croatia / Georgia / Hungary / Kazakhstan / Kosovo / Malta / Montenegro / Serbia / Slovenia / Sweden

Black Phone 2

  • The movie is directed by Scott Derrickson, it is the directors 9th movie.
  • Scott Derrickson also directed Hellraiser: Inferno in 2000.
  • It stars Ethan Hawke who also starred in White Fang (1991).
  • The film also stars Mason Thames who's last movie was How to Train Your Dragon (2025).
  • They also appeared together in The Black Phone in 2022.
  • Scott Derrickson directed Ethan Hawke in Sinister, and The Black Phone
  • Scott Derrickson directed Mason Thames in and The Black Phone
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • Released this week in:
      Andorra / Austria / Belarus / Germany / Mali / Russia / Spain

Stitch Head

  • The movie is directed by Steve Hudson, it is the directors 2nd movie.
  • Steve Hudson also directed True North in 2006.
  • It stars Asa Butterfield who also starred in Watch the Skies (2025).
  • The film also stars Joel Fry who's last movie was Paddington In Peru (2024).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • Released this week in:
      Aruba / Brazil / Colombia / Curacao / Dominican Republic / Paraguay / Venezuela

Dracula: A Love Tale

  • The movie is directed by Luc Besson, it is the directors 19th movie.
  • Luc Besson also directed Leon in 1994 which grossed $22.9 Mil. globally.
  • It stars Caleb Landry Jones who also starred in Harvest (2024).
  • The film also stars Christoph Waltz who's last movie was The Portable Door (2023).
  • Luc Besson directed Caleb Landry Jones in and DogMan
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • Released this week in:
      Bahrain / Egypt / Kuwait / Oman / Saudi Arabia / United Arab Emirates

Frankenstein

  • The movie is directed by Guillermo del Toro, it is the directors 13th movie.
  • Guillermo del Toro also directed Hellboy in 2004.
  • It stars Oscar Isaac who also starred in Annihilation (2018).
  • The film also stars Jacob Elordi who's last movie was On Swift Horses (2025).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
  • Released this week in:
      Brazil / Denmark / Germany / South Korea / Spain / Sweden

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

  • The movie is from director Michelle Garza Cervera.
  • This movie is a directorial debut.
  • It stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead who also starred in Father Can't Cope (2000).
  • The film also stars Maika Monroe who's last movie was Longlegs (2024).
  • This movie is released on streaming platforms.
  • Released this week in:
      Australia / Canada / Singapore / United Kingdom / United States

Shelby Oaks

  • The movie is from director Chris Stuckmann.
  • This movie is a directorial debut.
  • It stars Sarah Durn who also starred in Where the Crawdad's Sing (2022).
  • The film also stars Mason Heidger who's last movie was Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • Released this week in:
      Estonia / Greece / Israel / New Zealand / United States

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

Next week there are 36 new movies released gloabally

Check here for more details
  • Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc - From Wednesday, 29th October
  • Bugonia - From Wednesday, 29th October
  • Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere - From Thursday, 30th October
  • Regretting You - From Wednesday, 29th October
  • Ballad of a Small Player - From Tuesday, 28th October
  • Roofman - From Thursday, 30th October
  • Shelby Oaks - From Wednesday, 29th October
  • Him - From Thursday, 30th October
  • Hedda - From Wednesday, 29th October
  • The Exit 8 - From Thursday, 30th October
  • Dracula: A Love Tale - From Thursday, 30th October
  • Stitch Head - From Wednesday, 29th October
  • The Strangers: Chapter 2 - From Wednesday, 29th October
  • Good Boy! - From Thursday, 30th October
  • Black Phone 2 - From Wednesday, 29th October
  • Anniversary - From Wednesday, 29th October
  • Alpha - From Friday, 31st October
  • Night of the Zoopocalypse - From Thursday, 30th October
  • Bat Out of Hell: The Musical - From Thursday, 30th October
  • Relay - From Friday, 31st October
  • The Smashing Machine - From Wednesday, 29th October
  • Sketch - From Wednesday, 29th October
  • Dark Nuns - From Thursday, 30th October
  • Light of the World - From Thursday, 30th October
  • Splitsville - From Thursday, 30th October
  • A Big Bold Beautiful Journey - From Thursday, 30th October
  • Keeper - From Thursday, 30th October
  • Caught Stealing - From Friday, 31st October
  • Kantara: A Legend - Chapter 1 - From Thursday, 2nd October
  • Young Mothers - From Friday, 31st October
  • The Toxic Avenger - From Thursday, 30th October
  • Good Fortune - From Thursday, 30th October
  • Together - From Friday, 31st October
  • Dreams (Sex Love) - From Thursday, 30th October
  • Deaf - From Thursday, 30th October
  • Bambi: The Reckoning - From Thursday, 30th October

Last weekend The Roses was at the top of the UK box office, there are 4 new releases this weekend, will any of them top the UK box office this weekend?

As well as the movies released in cinemas this weekend this list also includes a number of the top movies released on streaming platforms.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

Here are this weeks new releases
  • The Conjuring: Last Rites
  • Honey Don't!
  • On Swift Horses
  • National Theatre Live: Inter Alia

The Conjuring: Last Rites

Honey Don't!

  • The movie is directed by Ethan Coen, it is the directors 21st movie.
  • Ethan Coen also directed The Ballad of Buster Scruggs in 2018.
  • It stars Margaret Qualley who also starred in IO (2019).
  • The film also stars Chris Evans who's last movie was Materialists (2025).
  • Ethan Coen directed Margaret Qualley in and Drive-Away Dolls
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • The BBFC UK age rating is

On Swift Horses

  • The movie is directed by Daniel Minahan, it is the directors 3rd movie.
  • Daniel Minahan also directed Deadwood in 2019.
  • It stars Daisy Edgar-Jones who also starred in Where the Crawdad's Sing (2022).
  • The film also stars Jacob Elordi who's last movie was The Sweet East (2023).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • The BBFC UK age rating is

National Theatre Live: Inter Alia

  • The movie is directed by Justin Martin, it is the directors 2nd movie.
  • Justin Martin also directed Prima Facie: NT Live 2022 in 2022 which grossed £5.4 Mil. in the UK and grossed $6.6 Mil. globally.
  • It stars Rosamund Pike who also starred in Burning Palms (2010).
  • The film also stars Jamie Glover who's last movie was An Adventure In Space and Time (2013).
  • 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 5 new movies released

  • Spinal Tap II - Friday, 12th September
  • Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale - Friday, 12th September
  • The Long Walk - Friday, 12th September
  • Demon Slayer - Kimetsu No Yaiba - : The Movie Infinity Castle - Friday, 12th September
  • The Man In My Basement - Friday, 12th September

Released in the US this weekend, Friday, 19th July 2024, there are 6 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Despicable Me 4 from the top of the North American box office.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

Here are this weeks new releases
  • Twisters
  • Johnny Puff: Secret Mission
  • Customs Frontline
  • Crossing
  • Before Dawn

Twisters

  • The movie is directed by Lee Isaac Chung, it is the directors 6th movie.
  • Lee Isaac Chung also directed Lucky Life in 2010.
  • It stars Daisy Edgar-Jones who also starred in Where the Crawdad's Sing (2022).
  • The film also stars Glen Powell who's last movie was Anyone But You (2023).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • The MPAA age rating is

Johnny Puff: Secret Mission

  • The movie is from director Nestor F. Dennis.
  • This movie is a directorial debut.
  • It stars Johnny Depp who also starred in Before Night Falls (2001).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

Customs Frontline

  • The movie is directed by Herman Yau, it is the directors 14th movie.
  • Herman Yau also directed Qing Yan in 2012.
  • It stars Nicholas Tse who also starred in 12 Golden Ducks (2015).
  • The film also stars Brahim Chab who's last movie was Ganapath - Hero Is Born (2023).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

Crossing

  • The movie is directed by Levan Akin, it is the directors 4th movie.
  • Levan Akin also directed The Circle in 2015.
  • It stars Mzia Arabuli who also starred in Lolita (1991).
  • The film also stars Lucas Kankava who is making a feature film debut.
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.

Before Dawn

  • The movie is from director Jordon Prince-Wright.
  • This movie is a directorial debut.
  • It stars Ed Oxenbould who also starred in Wildlife (2018).
  • The film also stars Levi Miller who's last movie was American Exit (2019).
  • They also appeared together in Better Watch Out in 2017.
  • This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
  • The MPAA age rating is

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

  • Humane - Friday, 26th April - streaming
  • The Fabulous Four - Friday, 26th July
  • Deadpool and Wolverine - Friday, 26th July

With only one new release this weekend in the shape of Where the Crawdads Sing which made its debut at number 3 it gave Minions: The Rise of Gru a chance to go back to the top of the UK box office.

Also new this weekend is Prima Facie: NT Live 2022 which took £447,014 over the weekend to land at 6 but has taken £1.8 Million since it launched in cinemas on Thursday.

Shamshera lands at number 11 this weekend with £47,902 and finally Malayankunju is at 14 with £26,321.

UK box office QuickView

  • Number 1 - Minions: The Rise of Gru (2nd weekend - non consecutive)
  • Highest debut - Where the Crawdad's Sing (@3)
  • Longest run - The Bad Guys (17 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Top Gun: Maverick (£74 Million)

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 22nd - 24th July 2022

After 4 weeks of release the sequel movie to Minions goes back to the top of the UK box office with a gross of £3.08 Million, an incredible 14% increase over last weekend when the temperature in the country was way above normal.

This gives the movie a total UK gross of £26.4 Million after 4 weeks of release, compared to Minions this is about £4 Million lower and the same point in its run.

The movie is the 6th highest grossing of 2022 in the UK.

After a couple of weeks at the top of the UK box office the sequel movie to Thor: Ragnarok falls into the runner up spot with £3.06 Million, a 25% drop over last weekend.

It was a tight fought battle between the top 2 films and at the end of the weekend there was £33,575 between them.

The Thor sequel now has a total UK gross of £26.4 Million after 3 weeks of release and is the 9th top movie of 2022 in the UK.

The sequel movie is running about £600,000 ahead of its predecessor.

Highest new movie of the weekend

Highest new movie of the weekend lands at number 3 this week in the shape of the adaptation of Delia Owens's murder mystery novel from 2018.

The movie takes £1.3 Million on its debut weekend in the UK.

The Elvis Presley bio-pic falls to number 4 this weekend, its 5th with a gross of £1.2 Million, a 19% increase over last weekend.

This gives the movie a total UK gross of £18.4 Million after 5 weeks of release and is not the top gross movie from Baz Luhrmann having beaten the £18 Million of Moulin Rouge from 2001.

Finally on the top 5 is the movie which just keeps going from strength to strength as the Top Gun sequel falls to number 5 on its 9th weekend of release with £1.09 Million, an amazing 26% increase from last weekend.

This gives the movie an incredible £74.1 Million total gross which makes it the top grossing movie of 2022 in the UK.

The movie is doing far better than its 1986 predecessor which adjusted for inflation would have taken about £48.7 Million at the point in its box office run.

Finally the movie has broken into the top 10 movies of all time in the UK, at number 10 replacing Toy Story 3.

Last weekend Thor: Love and Thunder spent a second weekend at the top of the UK box office , there is 1 new releases this weekend, can it do enough to top the UK box office this weekend? Can it make its debut inside the top 5?

Here is this weeks new releases

  • Where the Crawdad's Sing

Where the Crawdad's Sing

  • The movie is directed by Olivia Newman, it is the directors 2nd movie.
  • Olivia Newman also directed First Match in 2018.
  • It stars Daisy Edgar-Jones who also starred in Albion (2020).
  • The film also stars Taylor John Smith who was last seen in Blacklight (2022).
  • The BBFC UK age rating is
  • We think it can land inside the top 5.

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

Next week there are 2 new movies released

  • DC Leagure of Super Pets - Friday, 29th July
  • Joyride~2022 - Friday, 29th July