US release: 20th January 2023
Israel release: 10th November 2022
Netherlands release: 10th November 2022
£109.5 Thousand $449.6 Thousand
$0The long running The Fast and The Furious series brings on its tenth movie, this time titled Fast X, which has been given a 12A age rating in the UK for moderate violence, threat, brief grisly images, infrequent strong language.
The movie stars Vin Diesel, who has previously starred in The Chronicles of Riddick and xXx - Return of Xander Cage, who once again brings his character Dominic Toretto to the series, it also stars Jordana Brewster who has previously starred in The Integrity of Joseph Chambers and Annapolis.
The movie is directed by Louis Leterrier who has previously directed Now You See Me and Transporter 2.
Movie Synopsis
Dominic Toretto must protect his crew and family from Dante Reyes, the son of drug lord Hernan Reyes, seeking revenge for the loss of his family's fortune at their heist in Rio de Janeiro.
BBFC certificate breakdown.
On the UK box office this weekend Ghostbusters: Afterlife makes its debut at the top after a much delayed release, meanwhile King Richard starring Will Smith is a new entry at number 5.
Lower down the box office we have Petite Maman new at number 12 with £97,321 and Exodus new at 14 with £95,042 .
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UK box office top 5 breakdown weekend 19th - 21st November 2021
Coming 22 years after Ghostbusters II director Ivan Rietman, the son of original director Ivan Rietman, brings a sequel to the movies which started he much loved franchise.
The movie makes its debut with a gross of £4.3 Million which is almost identical to the 2016 Paul Feig female led reboot.
Although the movie was delayed a couple of times due to the pandemic its been released with quite a bit of hype, although critical reviews have been very mixed it seems to have been well received by audiences.
The Marvel movie from director Chloe Zhao drop to number 2 this weekend after a couple of weeks at the top with a gross of £1.2 Million, a 58% drop over last weekend.
The movie has now taken a very reasonable £12.8 Million in the UK and is the 10th top movie of 2021 so far.
Bonds 25th cinematic outing continues to do well and this week falls to 3 with a weekend gross of £940,075, a 40% drop and the first weekend it has failed to gross over £1 Million.
The total gross of the movie now sits at £94.4 Million, it is by far the top movie of 2021 and will remain there for the rest of the year.
It has now overtaken Avatar on the list of all-time UK movie and by next weekend will overtake Spectre to movie into the top 3 top movies.
The classic sci-fi adaptation from director Denis Villeneuve fall to 4 this weekend with £634,843, a 46% drop over last weekend, giving the movie a total UK gross of £20.1 Million and its the 4th top movie of 2021.
Will Smith stars as the father of tennis superstars Serena and Venus Wiliams in the bio-pic of their rise to fame which lands at number 5 this weekend with £570,316.
The long awaited true sequel to the classic Ghostbusters movies gets released in cinemas after many delays due to the global pandemic and is given a 12A age rating.
The movie stars Finn Wolfhard and Mckenna Grace who discover loads of ghost busting equipment in their inherited farm house, the movie also stars Carrie Coon and Paul Rudd along with the surviving original Ghostbusters Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson.
The movie is directed by Jason Reitman who is the son of original series director Ivan Reitman.
Movie Synopsis
When a single mother and her two children move to a new town, they soon discover they have a connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind.
BBFC certificate breakdown.
The American Super Bowl is one of the top watched TV events in the US and spots during the commercial breaks and expensive so we usually get some movie trailers - Top Gun: Maverick got a 30 second trailer this year.
There was little new footage but it was good to be reminded of what we are looking forward to with this long awaited trailer.
The 30 second spot did hint at a problem between Tom Cruises Maverick and the son of his friend Goose, who you will remember died in the first movie.
The film gets a release in cinemas on 17th July 2020 ad check out the TV spot below.
Prepare for takeoff and watch the NEW #TopGun: Maverick �Big Game� spot starring @TomCruise � In theatres June 26. pic.twitter.com/srK8jzT3pc
— Top Gun (@TopGunMovie) February 2, 2020