Nicholas Cage plays himself in the off beat comedy The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent which has been given a 15 age rating by the BBFC for strong language, drug misuse, violence, brief sex references
The movie stars Nicholas Cage who starred in the highly acclaimed Pig~2021 from 2021 as well as many other hit movies and Pedro Pascal who is best known these days as The Mandalorian but also starred as the baddie in Wonder Woman 1984.
The movie is directed by Tom Gormican who brought us That Awkward Moment in 2014.
Movie Synopsis
Unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, actor Nick Cage accepts a $1 million offer to attend a wealthy fan's birthday party. Things take a wildly unexpected turn when a CIA operative recruits Cage for an unusual mission. Taking on the role of a lifetime, he soon finds himself channeling his most iconic and beloved characters to save himself and his loved ones.
BBFC certificate breakdown.
The UK box office didn't get started in 2021 until 24th May so the summer season is the first season of the year to get any results from ticket sales after the last box office chart being 25th December 2020 and Wonder Woman 1984 topping that chart.
The top movie of the summer got off to a flying start which was Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway and it took £4 Million the weekend cinemas re-opened.
The sequel movie directed by Will Gluck and starring James Corden as Peter was the top movie in the country for the first weekend audiences were allowed back into cinemas and it hung around for 12 weeks and has to date taken over £20 Million.
The much delayed Black Widow finally got a release on 23rd July 2021 and topped the box office for 3 weeks.
The movie starring Scarlett Johansson and Florence Pugh was on the UK top 15 for 15 weekend and has to date grossed over £18 Million and is the second top movie of 2021.
The Fast Saga was back this year with Fast & Furious 9 which was released at the end of June and topped the box office for a couple of weeks.
The movie has taken over £16 Million in the UK and is the third top movie of summer 2021.
There was a lot of hype around the James Gunn adaptation of The Suicide Squad which was released in late July and topped the box office on its release and the following weekend.
A 6 week UK box office run saw it gross £13 Million and is the fourth top in the UK over the summer of 2021.
A bit of a sleeper hit was the fifth top movie of the summer as Ryan Reynolds Free Guy which topped the box office in mid August for 3 weeks and has taken over £13 Million so far.
The movie is still on the box office as we go into the autumn and only got knocked off the top of the UK box office this last weekend by Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
The top 10 movies of Summer 2021 looks like this.
Last weekend saw A Quiet Place Part II at the top of the UK box office, with 5 new releases this weekend, and of those released in cinemas can they do enough to top the box office chart this weekend?
Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.
This weekend, Friday 4th June 2021, 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, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, for the number 1 spot?
Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.
May 17th 2021 marked the day in the UK when cinemas were allowed to re-open and the British public could once again watch a movie on the big screen.
On this first day the sequel movie Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway was the top movie in the country.
There were many new movies that opened on this first day like the Oscar winning Nomadland and the US number 1 movie Spiral: From The Book of Saw.
Here is the top 5 movies in the UK for May 17th 2021 according to Comscore Movies UK and Ireland.
The box office chart this weekend will be the first full chart since Christmas last year when Wonder Woman 1984 was the top movie.
Cinemas are back!! Monday's Top 5 films for the UK: - - 1 - #PeterRabbit2 - 2 - #Nomadland - 3 - #GodzillaVsKong - 4 -#SpiralFromtheBookofSaw - 5 - #TheUnholy
— Comscore Movies UK & Ireland (@CsMoviesUK) May 18, 2021