
£9.5 Thousand
$7.5 Thousand
$0 Disneys live action Lilo & Stitch spends an amazing 3rd weekend at the top of the UK box office once again keeping Mission:Impossible The Final Reckoning at number 2 and any other new comers.
The movie has been a massive hit for the mouse house and proved that the right subject matter is good for a live action remake, unlike the previous couple of movies.
Lilo & Stitch~2025 this weekend takes £3.5 Million for a £31 Million total.
From the universe of John Wick this week comes Ballerina~2024 which perhaps disappointed this weekend as it makes its debut at number 3 with £1.4 Million.
Worth noting this weekend is that the whole top 5 took over £1 Million at the box office.
Highest new movie this weekend
The director of Kick-Ass brings his latest movie to the big screen, Argylle, abut a struggling crime writer, the movie has been given a 12A age rating in the UK for moderate violence, infrequent strong language
The movie stars the former Superman star Henry Cavill who appeared in Man of Steel and has also appeared in Whatever Works, it also stars Bryce Dallas Howard who has been seen in Lady In the Water and Jurassic World: Dominion.
The movies director, Matthew Vaughn, has previously directed The King's Man and X-Men: First Class.
Movie Synopsis
A writer struggling with her latest spy thriller becomes the subject of an actual espionage plot when she is targeted by a shadowy organisation.
BBFC certificate breakdown.
Star Wars fans around the world have their opinion of what is the best lightsaber battle in the Star Wars Universe.
Here is a list of what is considered the best battles in the Star Wars Universe.
These battles are all unique and offer different elements, such as emotional stakes, intense action, and memorable choreography. Ultimately, the "best" lightsaber battle is subjective and varies depending on individual tastes and preferences, but on this Star Wars Day we present, for your pleasure, the Salty Popcorn best lightsaber battles (in reverse order).
There had been a Star Wars drought for a number of years (10) and with the buyout of Lucasfilms by Disney still fresh in everyones minds as well as the (at the time) a badly received prequel trilogy the fan base wanted a good Star Wars movie.
JJ Abrahams was put in charge of directing the film, a life long fan of the series, and he delivered in spades, bringing arguably the best Star Wars film to date.
We instantly took to the new characters of the Rebel Alliance with Rey and Finn and the First Order with Kylo Ren and the new Storm Troopers. Reys force powers were hinted at throughout the movie and a dual between the two was inevitable, and at the end of the film Abrahams delivered, set within a forest of the Star Killer Base while the planet explodes around them.
We knew Yoda was a Jedi Master and that he had fought in the Clone Wars that started during the second part of prequel trilogy, and George Lucas knew he had to deliver.
As Yoda walks into the hanger where Count Dooku was trying to board his ship you simply knew what was about to happen, and as he pulls across his robes to reveal a small lightsaber this was the moment, he force pulls his weapon to his hand and turns it on.
The battle doesn't last long, but seeing the small green Jedi Master who usually finds it hard to walk bouncing around the walls during the fight is a joy.
The original movie introduces us to the legendary weapon, something not really seen on the big screen before but through the stories Ben Kenobi tells Luke during the movie we know that the weapon is elegant and the Jedi are lethal with it.
We also believe at this time that Darth Vader is the arch enemy of Ben Kenobi, and by the end of the movie there has to be a meeting of the two, and while trying to escape the Death Star the two come face to face.
Despite the lack of technological abilities in special effects at the time this thrilled fans of a generation and when the inevitable happens at the end we are shocked at the loss of our new hero.
This battle comes as no surprise, we have seen Luke go through the training, and go off to rescue his friends, and we get the foreshadowing of things to come on Dagobah.
When Luke goes into the carbon freeze chamber and the two enemies ignite their Sabers in silhouette we get the almighty battle between the two enemies.
The style and technology used in this film is so much greater than that of the original Star Wars that it feels fresh and thrilling, and at the end of the battle we get one of cinemas greatest reveals, so good to this day it is celebrated as THE movie twist of all times.
The movie gets a lot of criticism, but over the last 20 years time has been kind and in the grander scheme of the saga the fan base is looking at this film more favourably, and it has the best lightsaber battle of all time.
It had been 16 years since we'd had any proper live action Star Wars to enjoy and despite the film not getting the critical reaction Lucas wanted the Dual Of Fates was spectacular.
The highlight is at the start of the battle as Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan face the Sith Lord Darth Maul, as the John Williams music 'Duel Of Fates' starts to get more intense Maul ignites a single blade on his lightsaber, then the money shot happens and another blade appears from the other side, every Star Wars Fan looked on in amazement as the incredible battle unfolds between the 3 warriors.
The only real shame is that, inevitably, Darth Maul dies at the end of the movie, although in quiet spectacular style, but with little screen time fans wanted more, although as seen in Solo: A Star Wars Story they have brought him back and who knows if he'll appear in another movie or not?
A very slow week on the home entertainment charts this week with films flip-flopping wound like they done know what to do, Bad Boys For Life goes back to the top and A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood is the top new film.
Here is a breakdown of the top 5 movies.
Will Smith and Martin Lawrence star in this return of their buddy cops set in Miami, the film has been on the chart for 3 weeks now and goes back to the top.
Sam Mendes much praised single shot war movie falls from the top to number 2 on its 4th week of release.
Director Greta Gerwig brings up her adaptation of the much loved novel that goes back up the chart to number 3 on its 3rd week of release.
Pixars first new IP in a number of years had its box office run cut short but has lived well in the home entertainment market where it falls to number 3 on its 4th week of release.
The Star Wars movie that truly split the fan base and ended the 9 film saga falls to number 5 this week, its 7th week of release.
Tom Hanks gives a steller supporting performance as Mr. Rodgers in this true life tale of the famed American children's entertainer.
As the subject matter was not known in the UK the film had to rely on its star power to pull in audiences, hence the film didn't do that well in the UK makings its debut in late January at number 8 on the box office.
The film only hung around for a couple of weeks taking just £1.8 Million.
Disney continue their run of live action remakes with the Mulan which gets a new trailer.
Loyal. Brave. True. I will bring honor to us all. Watch the brand new trailer for #Mulan. See it in theatres March 27, 2020. pic.twitter.com/KQ9WHBTqPi
— Disney (@Disney) December 5, 2019
The live action remakes of classic Disney movies has been a big success for the studio and despite the quality being questionable at times many of the films have gone over the Billion mark at the global box office.
Next year Milan gets the treatment, which is an interesting move considering the more mature nature of the subject matter.
The story of a Chinese woman who takes her place in the male dominated army and becomes one of their greatest warriors is perhaps more relavant to day than when the animated movie came out in 1998.
The movie is released in the UK and America on 27th March 2020.