US release: 11th October 2019
£4.7 Million
$48.5 Million
$161.9 MillionAt the UK box office this weekend, Friday, 7th February 2020, there are 4 new releases looking to take your attention at the local multiplex and knock 1917 from the top of the UK box office chart next week.
First up at cinemas this week is Birds Of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation Of One Harley Quinn), a movie directed by Cathy Yan who also directed Dead Pigs in 2018.
It stars Margot Robbie who last starred in Bombshell (2020).
The film also stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead who last appeared in Gemini Man (2019).
Next on this weeks new release schedule is Dolittle.
This new movie stars Robert Downey Jr. who's last film was Avengers: Endgame (2019)
It also stars Antonio Banderas who appeared in The Laundromat (2019).
The film is brought to us by 4 time director Stephen Gaghan.
Next up this week is Parasite which is directed by Bong Joon Ho and is a directorial debut.
It stars Kang-ho Song and Sun-kyun Lee.
Also this week there is Underwater from director William Eubank who also directed The Signal in 2015.
The film features Kristen Stewart and Jessica Henwick in starring roles.
Check back on Monday to see where these cinema releases end up on the Weekend Box Office Chart.
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Bad Boys For Life tops the global box office in its debut week of release with a far better than expected weekend gross while 1917 drops to number 2.
It's been 17 years since Will Smith and Martin Lawrence lance teamed up in a Bad Boys movie but it looks like the cinema going public have not forgotten the fun as the movie takes $97.7 Million from 40 countries on its debut.
A fourth movie has already been green lit by Sony and this debut must be giving them a lot of faith and potentially the franchise could go further.
Will Smith has had plenty of hits in the last 17 years but Martin Lawrence hasn't but with Smith's last film Gemini Man bombing at the box office this will be good news for both leads.
Sam Mendes much praised war movie falls from the top to number 2 this weekend with $48.2 Million from 27 countries.
As the movie soaks up awards across the board this puts the movies total global gross at $138.6 Million after 2 weeks and with Oscars still to come this could climb a lot higher.
The Robert Downey Jr. post Avengers: Endgame movie got its US release this weekend, among others, but sits at number 3 on the box office in what is perhaps a disappointing movie for the expensive comedy.
The movie makes $39.7 Million on its second weekend from 47 countries wich pushes its total global gross to $49.8 Million.
The smash hit sequel falls to number 4 this weekend with $26.5 Million from 66 countries which pushes the movies total to $708.4 Million after 7 weeks.
The movie will not go near the $1 Billion mark which its predecessor came so close to crossing.
The final Star Wars movie in the saga falls to number 5 this weekend with a gross of $19.2 Million from 54 countries.
The movie has passes the $1 Billion mark at the global box office but it is the lowest grossing of the sequel trilogy and is being seen as a failure by Lucasfilms and Disney.
Last week saw Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker at the top of the UK box office, can any of this weeks new releases do enough to top the chart this weekend?
First up at cinemas this week is Little Women, a Dramatic movie directed by Greta Gerwig who also directed Lady Bird in 2018 which grossed £5.1 Million in the UK.
It stars Saoirse Ronan who last starred in Mary Queen Of Scots (2019).
The film also stars Emma Watson who last appeared in Beauty And The Beast (2017).
Next on this weeks new release schedule is Spies In Disguise.
This new movie stars Will Smith who's last film was Gemini Man (2019)
It also stars Tom Holland who appeared in The Current War (2019).
The film is brought to us by new director Nick Bruno and Troy Quane.
Next up this week is Playing With Fire which is directed by Andy Fickman who directed Parental Guidance in 2012.
It stars John Cena and Keegan-Michael Key.
Check back on Monday to see where these cinema releases end up on the Weekend Box Office Chart.
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Disney's new film Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil makes its debut on the US box office at the top, but there is a cautionary take for the studio, Joker falls to number 2 and Zombieland 2 also makes a quiet entry.
Directed by Joachim R�nning the sequel to the 2014 movie Maleficent makes its debut at the top, but whereas the first movie took a very respectable $70 Million on its release this movie takes $36 Million.
This could be seen as diminishing returns on a sequel, but when the likes of Toy Story 4 and Avengers: Endgame have brought in big bucks for the studio its more that this is a sequel no-one asked for.
Also not helping is the negative reviews from the critics, although the paying audiences have been far nicer about the movie.
After a couple of weeks at the top the Todd Phillips directed DC villain movie falls to number 2 this week with $29.2 Million.
This puts the films total gross in the US at a far better than expected $247.2 Million after just 3 weeks of release, the next milestone is $300 Million but the studio must be thinking $400 Million is not impossible.
Ruben Fleischer's sequel to his 2009 zombie movie hits the box office at number 3 this week with a debut gross of $26.7 Million.
This is in the same ball park at the original movie, and taking inflation into account is more or less the same which means that the audience for zombie comedies as not changed in 10 years!
The animated version of the Kookie, Spookie family falls to number 4 this week with $16 Million pushing its total US gross to $56.8 Million after 2 weeks of release.
The Will Smith vehicle falls to number 5 on its second weekend with a disastrous $8.5 Million taking its total to $36.5 Million.
The sequel to the Stephen King book may not have been as well received as the original movie but this week its has the longest run on the box office at 7 weeks and has taken $209.6 Million so far, it could get a small boost over the coming weekends as Halloween is here.
Three new film inside the top 5 this week gives the global box office a new number 1 film as Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil makes is mark, meanwhile Zombieland: Double Tap and One Piece: Stampede are also new.
Disney's sequel starring Angelina Jolie makes its debut on the global box office this week and easily does so at the top with a weekend take of $153 Million from 57 countries.
The Mouse House will be celebrating with the success of another franchise film, but with caution as the film has come no-where near the opening gross of the original movie.
The movie has had a good response from paying movie goers despite being panned by critics which could be part the reason for the lower than expected debut, or it could be just that no one really wanted this sequel!
After a couple of weeks at the top the much praised DC villain movie falls to number 2 with a weekend gross of $107 Million from 80 countries.
This puts the Joaquin Phoenix starring movie at a total gross of $737.5 Million on its third weekend and the studio will surely be looking at the $1 Billion mark being possible for the movie.
The Will Smith starring movie has been a bit of a bomb at the box office and this week falls to number 3 with $41.9 Million from 60 countries.
The film has been in global cinemas for 3 weeks now and has a total gross of just $118.7 Million.
10 years after the first film the Zombieland franchise now gets a sequel which makes it global debut at number 4 this week with $32 Million from just 18 countries.
The original film has a cult following and the sequel is largely relying on that to pull in the audience, but the reviews have been a little tepid for the film.
The Chinese language animation makes its debut at number 5 this week with a gross of $21.8 Million from just 3 countries.
The movie has actually been in Cinemas since the beginning of August in Japan and has in the last week expanded to Europe, hence has taken a quite respectable $78.4 Million so far.