US release: 1st December 2008
£85.9 Thousand
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$0This weekend, Friday 20th December 2019, there are 3 new films released in the UK looking to hit the box office, but can it challenge Jumanji: The Next Level for the top spot?
First up at cinemas this week is Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker, an movie directed by J.J. Abrams who also directed Super 8 in 2011 which grossed £7 Million in the UK and grossed $260,095,986 globally.
It stars Adam Driver who last starred in The Report (2019).
The film also stars Daisy Ridley who last appeared in Ophelia (2019).
Next on this weeks new release schedule is Cats.
This new movie stars Taylor Swift who's last film was The Giver (2014)
It also stars Francesca Hayward who appeared in Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III: ROH London 2019/20 (2019).
The film is brought to us by Tom Hooper.
Next up this week is The Courier which is directed by Zackary Adler who directed Rise Of The Footsoldier 3: The Pat Tate Story in 2017.
It stars Olga Kurylenko and Gary Oldman.
Check back on Monday to see where these cinema releases end up on the Weekend Box Office Chart.
-Come back next week when there are 3 new releases. -
In an odd move for the UK video charts this week Rise of The Footsoldier Part II climbs a couple of places to take over at the top of the video charts.
In actual fact the top selling DVD of the week us in fact a Davina McCall but we only report on film here, just an interesting point to make.
Rise of The Footsoldier Part II was released at cinemas on 11th December 2015 and was put on a very limited release.
During its single week at the box office it managed to make £5,354 from the single cinema that showed it, it made number 65 that week.
Other new films this week are American Ultra at number 5 and The Runner at number 6.
We're into the new year and the first video release after christmas makes it way to number 1 in the shape of Hitman Agent 47.
The film was a small hit at the box office being released on 28th August 2015 where it entered the chart at number 3 with a debut gross of £0.9 million.
Not wanting to hang around for too long the film slid down to number 10 the following week where is then left cinemas.
Largely considered a bomb the film make just shy of £2 million in total at the UK box office, the film didn't fare much better on the world stage where it made $22 million worldwide.
Inside Out fell from the top of the box office, where it stayed for 3 weeks, to number 4 this week.
Other new film this week are: Rise of The Footsoldier Part II which is new at 3, The Transporter Refuelled new at number 10 and Sinister 2 new at 13.