Horror movie Abigail has been given an 18 age rating by the BBFC for strong bloody violence, gore.
The movie stars Giancarlo Esposito who has previously been in Maze Runner: The Death Cure and Bob Roberts, it also stars Dan Stevens who has starred in Her Smell and Earwig and the Witch.
The movie is co-directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin who has previously directed Ready Or Not and Scream VI among other movies, and Tyler Gillett who has directed V/H/S and the 2022 reboot of Scream~2022.
Movie Synopsis
A ransom plot goes disastrously wrong for a team of kidnappers when they discover something far more sinister about the little girl they have taken captive.
BBFC certificate breakdown.
Illumination, the Universal animation arm, scores another massive hit with their video game adaptation The Super Mario Bros. Movie which makes its debut with the highest gross ever by an animated feature, take that Disney!
Director and star Ben Affleck takes his new movie Air to number 2 this weekend with a debut gross of $20 Million which is the directors second best gross after The Town which took $23 Million on its debut.
John Wick: Chapter 4 falls to number 3 this week while Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves falls from its debut of number 1 last week to number 4 this week, it seems to be hitting a similar audience to The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
Scream VI falls to number 5 while Paint about the famous painter Bob Ross is new at number 9 with $750,000
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As the blockbuster movies continue to get a box office release this weekend we have a rare non sequel movie as Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves makes its debut at the top.
After a single week at number 1 John Wick: Chapter 4 falls into the runner up spot with a large 62% drop over last weekend as the movies total goes to $122 Million.
Just in time for the Easter period religious movie His Only Son makes its debut at number 4 with a very reasonable gross of $5.3 Million on ites debut.
At number 7 there a new entry for A Thousand and One from director A.V. Rockwell who is making a directorial debut, the movie takes $1.8 Million over the weekend.
Avatar: The Way of Water and Puss In Boots: The Last Wish are at number 11 and number 10 respectively as they start the end of their journey on the box office, the Avatar sequel has taken $681.7 Million in total and the Puss in Boots sequel has taken $184 Million.
Highest new movie this weekend
As expected the fourth chapter in the John Wick series of action movies makes its debut at the top of the US box office easily replacing Shazam! Fury of the God's at the top.
Creed III goes back up to number 2 this weekend which is a testement of how much Shazam! 2 is failing at the box office despite the positive reviews.
Falling to number 10 this weekend is Avatar: The Way of Water which has spend an amazing 15 weeks on the US box office and has taken an amazing $680.5 Million.
The Florence Pugh starring movie A Good Person is at number 12 with a debut gross of $834,018 and one place under is the long awaited US release of The Lost King which has an opening gross of $575,000.
Mopping up some final box office glory after its fantastic Oscar night is Everything Everywhere All At Once which is at 14 with $445,429 after an incredible 37 weeks on the box office and a total gross of $76.6 Million.
Highest new movie this weekend
The fourth chapter in the popular action series John Wick, John Wick: Chapter 4, makes its debut at the top of the global box office this weekend with an opening gross of $137.5 Million from 72 countries.
This is a series best for the franchise which stars Keanu Reeves in the lead role.
Last weeks number 1 movie Shazam! Fury of the Gods falls to number 3 this weekend after spending a single week at the top, the movie has taken a relatively low $102 Million.
Making a big jump up the box office this week is Suzume the Japanese animated movie which increases its week on week gross by 88% climbing to number 2 with a total gross of $182 Million after 20 weeks.
The Best Is Yet to Come is a new entry at number 8 with $4.5 Million.
Highest new movie this weekend