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$0Based around the true story from 2012 when the bones of Richard III where discovered in a carpark in Leicester, The Lost King has been given a 15 age rating in the UK for infrequent strong language, discrimination
The movie stars Sally Hawkins who was recently seen in the Oscar nominated Spencer and also played Mary Brown in Paddington and Paddington 2, it also stars Steve Coogan (who also wrote it) of Alan Partridge fame for which a movie was made in 2013, Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa.
The movie is directed by veteran british director Stephen Frears who has directed classics such as My Beautiful Laundrette and The Queen.
Movie Synopsis
Philippa Langley is a writer who finds herself suffering a midlife malaise after a divorce and some health challenges. She happens upon the Richard III Society, a group of amateur historians bent on rehabilitating the damaged reputation of Richard, and soon becomes obsessed with finding his long-lost remains.
BBFC certificate breakdown.
As you would expect the saviour of cinema is still the top movie of the week, and unlike last weekend Warner Bros. have released more accurate figures for the weekend gross this time.
Last weekend Warner Bros. only released the total gross for the movie, which included 7 days extra of Canadian release and preview figures for the American release, although to be honest this is nothing new!
Further down the box office list the top 3 movies stay the same while The Broken Hearts Gallery is the top new movie of the weekend and all but 1 of the top 5 grosses over a million for the period.
Here is a rundown of the top 5 movies in North America 11th - 13th September 2020.
Christopher Nolan's much praised, and much disliked, movie spends a second weekend at number 1 with a gross of $6.7 Million, which when compared with last weekends real figure of $9.5 Million as released by Warner Bros. this isn't too bad a drop.
This of course is under unusual circumstances as many cinemas in America are still closed and many more people still dont want to go to the cinema due to health concerns, couple this with the limited capacity and you get a clear picture of how the grosses are working in the current climate.
This has though pushed the movies total North American gross to $29.5 Million over its 2 weekends of release.
Hanging on in second place is Disney's mutant movie which this week takes $2.09 Million in the US.
The movie has a total gross of $15.3 Million after 3 weeks of release.
The Russel Crowe starring movie remains at number 3 taking $1.5 Million over the weekend which gives it a 5 week total gross of $13.8 Million.
Highest new movie of the weekend lans at number 4 and is Natalie Krinsky directorial debut.
The movie takes $1.1 Million on its debut, which is perhaps a little lower than expected especially in the current climate and the romantic escapism the movie offers.
The third Bill And Ted movie falls to number 5 this weekend with $292.6K bringing its 3 week box office total to $2.8 Million.
This has been a real shame for the movie which got a release on streaming the same time as a theatrical release and will have basically destroyed its potential box office gross.
The UK government has announced that cinemas in the UK will be able to re-open from July 4th, but as expected they must adhere to health and safety guidelines as well as social distancing.
Social distancing has been reduced from 2 meters to 1 over the last week which will mean that cinemas across England will be able to fill their screens with more people, with Scotland and Wales following suite.
For independent cinemas this means they will be able to reopen as well as the previous rules would have prevented them from doing so.
In America the rules are decided on a state by state bases, some states have already opened up more than others and there are currently over a thousand theatres open with many Drive-ins enjoying a relatively steady business.
It is thought that most cinemas would be open, again with social distancing by July 16th, but with a recent spike in CORVID-19 cases in many states this may be revised before we get to that date
Most potential blockbusters got delayed from mid March so there is a busy schedule of new releases for the rest of this year and all of next year with Mulan from Disney set to be the first to open on 24th July.
There is still a possibility of more delays though if cinemas are not making the money and pack screens, and if the fear of going out is still too much for some people.
Time will tell but it will be good to see cinemas, and life, getting back to normal if the safety of people allows it.
For a fourth week now Captain America Civil War holds on to the top of the UK video chart, something that hasn't happened since 2013/14 and Frozen.
This most likely means that this adventure in the Captain America and Marvel Cinematic Universe will be the biggest selling video of the year, although we still have 3 months to go.
Highest new film comes in at 2 in the form of The Nice Guys, a film released in 3rd June 2016 and hit number 3 on its debut weekend.
Starring Russel Crowe and Ryan Gosling the it made just over a million pound on its debut weekend if release.
The film went on to have a fairly health 6 weeks on the box office before leaving cinemas and in that time made just over £3.7 million.
Also new this week, at 4 is animated tale Robinson Crusoe, a number 6 hit from May 2016 and Love and Friendship, a number 5 cinema hit from August 2016.
Come back next week to find out is Me Before You or Warcraft can topple Captain America from the top.
It's good to see that filming of The Hobbit has started after what seems like an endless stream of delays from copyright issues to ill health from the director.
The journey so far has been well documented and includes scripting issues, rights issues, director issues but the film is in the right hands and come Christmas 2012 we should be enjoying the first of the 2 movies.
The original films were an unknown quantity at this stage of production, and little known director Peter Jackson was spreading the word as much as he could that he was making the Lord of the Rings trilogy, no one could have anticipated how the film would re-write cinema history.
Hype for the two new films will reach fever pitch, anticipation will be higher than Star Wars Episode 1, but Jackson is a better director than Lucas and the feeling that these films will be nothing short of amazing is strong.
There is still a year and nine months until we get to see the films but expect the first production still soon and no doubt video vignettes and diary's to keep us interested. The original films had a web cam on set at the Hobbiton village; I'd like to see that return.