US release: 18th September 2009
£18.6 Thousand $1 Million
$0This weekend, Friday 16th February 2024, there are 4 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Migration, for the number 1 spot?
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Here are this weeks new releasesCheck back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.
Long running action movie series John Wick hits its fourth installment which has been given a 15 age rating in the UK for strong violence, language.
The movie stars Keanu Reeves in the leading role of John Wick who has made a name for himself in action movies having appeared in The Matrix and Speed, the movie also stars Donnie Yen who has appeared in The Monkey King: The Legend Begins and Mulan~2020 from 2020.
The movie is directed by Chad Stahelski who directed John Wick Chapter 3 Parabellum and John Wick Chapter 2.
Movie Synopsis
With the price on his head ever increasing, legendary hit man John Wick takes his fight against the High Table global as he seeks out the most powerful players in the underworld, from New York to Paris to Japan to Berlin.
BBFC certificate breakdown.
Check out the new, and final, trailer for upcoming movie John Wick Chapter 4 which can seen in full if you scroll down this page.
Movie breakdown
Synopsis for John Wick Chapter 4
With the price on his head ever increasing, legendary hit man John Wick takes his fight against the High Table global as he seeks out the most powerful players in the underworld, from New York to Paris to Japan to Berlin.
Check out the Salty Popcorn movie page for more information on this upcoming film.
It was a very tight race for the top this weekend as new horror movie Smile~2022 and last weeks number 2 movie Don't Worry Darling battle for the top with the new horror movie just about winning.
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris is also a new movie at number 4 this weekend and Indian movie Ponniyin Selvan: I also makes its debut inside the top 5.
Further down the box office Vikram Vedha~2022 is new at 13 with £137,189 and Richard III: RSC makes its debut at 15 with £60,378.
Highest new movie this weekend
As we roll into October the low budget horror movies start to roll in and first off the mark is this movie from writer/director Parker Finn which narrowly lands at the top this weekend.
The movie has been praised by critics for being a low budget horror which is genuinely scary as the movie takes £1.86 Million.
The movie got a jump on the weekend opening on Thursday which added to the movies opening gross, whereas Don't Worry Darling had to rely on Friday - Monday box office, it would have won the weekend had things all been even.
Remaining at number 2 for a second weekend is the Olivia Wilde suburbia sci-fi/drama which takes £1.83 Million on its second weekend, a fairly good 34% drop for the controversial movie.
The movie has taken £6.1 Millon over its 2 weeks of release in the UK and it should feel a bit cheated not to have been a number 1 movie!
After loosing out last weekend with Ticket to Paradise after that movie got a 3 day head start on the weekend, and then just loosing out to Smile~2022 this weekend after that movie got its Thursday previews added to its weekend gross.
The George Clooney and Julia Roberts starring romantic comedy falls from the top to number 3 this weekend with a gross of £1.3 Million, a large 52% drop over last weekend.
The movie has now taken a total of £5.1 Million in the UK afer 2 weeks of release.
Making its debut at number 4 this weekend is the latest movie from director Anthony Fabian which takes £807,817 on its first weekend of release.
Making its debut at number 5 this Indian movie from director Mani Ratnam has become the highest opening for an Indian movie of 2022 and the highest opening Tamil language movie of all time.
The movie lands with a debut gross of £800,116.
British comedy Mrs Harris Goes To Paris has been given a PG age rating in the UK for mild bad language
The movie stars Lesley Manville who was previously seen in the TV show The Crown and was seen in the 2021 movie Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men and it stars Isabelle Huppert who recently starred in EO.
The movie is directed by Anthony Fabian who has previously directed Louder Than Words in 2013.
Movie Synopsis
In 1950s London, a widowed cleaning lady falls madly in love with a couture Dior dress, deciding she must have one of her own. After working to raise the funds to pursue her dream, she embarks on an adventure to Paris that will change not only her own outlook -- but the very future of the House of Dior.
BBFC certificate breakdown.