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LewisGT View member profile	16th April 2024, 07:56 PM Post #101
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 7 February 2013 Posts: 11,992 User: 18,293	14. John Wick: Chapter 4 - £17,600,000 (estimated) NO WAY BACK, ONE WAY OUT. With the price on his head ever increasing, John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes. Director: Chad Stahelski Cast: Keanu Reeves, Donnie Yen, Bill Skarsgård Release Date: 23rd March 2023 Distributor: Lionsgate Certification: 15 Genre: Action Rotten Tomatoes: 94% IMDb: 7.7 Top 15 Chart Run: 1-2-3-3-4-6-5-9-13 (9 weeks) Opening Weekend: £5,321,533 (#1) Potentially the final film in the John Wick series (he does die at the end), if so they ended on a high. With comfortably the biggest opening weekend of the franchise and brilliant reviews, the 4th 'chapter' for Wick saga sees director Chad Stahelski throw every single idea for an action scene at the screen with a bloated near-3-hour runtime. It's remarkable how far this franchise came from the low-budget first entry, starting a Keanu resurgence and making the career of ex-stuntmen turned directors Chad Stahelski and David Leitch.


LewisGT View member profile	16th April 2024, 07:57 PM Post #102
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 7 February 2013 Posts: 11,992 User: 18,293	13. The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes - £18,100,000 (estimated) EVERYONE HUNGERS FOR SOMETHING. 64 years before he becomes the tyrannical president of Panem, Coriolanus Snow sees a chance for a change in fortunes when he mentors Lucy Gray Baird, the female tribute from District 12. Director: Francis Lawrence Cast: Rachel Zegler, Tom Blyth, Peter Dinklage Release Date: 17th November 2023 Distributor: Lionsgate Certification: 12A Genre: Action Rotten Tomatoes: 64% IMDb: 6.8 Top 15 Chart Run: 1-2-2-3-3-7-8-10-15 (9 weeks) Opening Weekend: £5,420,682 (#1) 8 years after 'The Hunger Games' franchise ended with 'Mockingjay: Part 2', Lionsgate were able to bring it back after the author, Suzanne Collins wrote a prequel book in 2020. All 3 of the original sequels opened above £10 million with the peak being 'Mockingjay: Part 1' that opened with £12.7 million in 2014. With the general decline in box office, I don't think this did too bad for a prequel without the big stars of the originals (Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson). It didn't open huge but stuck around well.


LewisGT View member profile	16th April 2024, 07:57 PM Post #103
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 7 February 2013 Posts: 11,992 User: 18,293	12. Elemental - £18,600,000 (estimated) OPPOSITES REACT. In a city where fire, water, land, & air residents live together, a fiery young woman & a go-with-the-flow guy will discover something elemental: How much they have in common. Director: Peter Sohn Cast: Leah Lewis, Mamoudou Athie, Ronnie del Carmen Release Date: 7th July 2023 Distributor: Disney Certification: PG Genre: Kids Rotten Tomatoes: 73% IMDb: 7.0 Top 15 Chart Run: 1-2-4-4-6-9-9-10-6-12 (10 weeks) Opening Weekend: £3,049,002 (#1) With Disney's decision to release a slew of Pixar films on Disney+, the inconsistent critical reaction of recent releases and the flop of 'Lightyear', there were worries that the prestige of a Pixar release had been lost. This was only further raised by the weak opening weekend of 'Elemental', both here and in the US. And while it didn't even up reaching anywhere near the legendary Animation Studios highs, this ended up being a bit of a word-of-mouth phenomenon, hanging around in cinemas for a while and having a great draw when it reached Disney+. It's going to be interesting to see if their upcoming run of sequels will see them get back to the top.


LewisGT View member profile	16th April 2024, 07:57 PM Post #104
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 7 February 2013 Posts: 11,992 User: 18,293	11. Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania - £19,300,000 (estimated) WITNESS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW DYNASTY. Superhero duo Scott Lang and Hope Van Dyne, together with Hope’s parents Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne, find themselves exploring the Quantum Realm, interacting with strange new creatures, and embarking on an adventure that will push them beyond the limits of what they thought was possible. Director: Peyton Reed Cast: Paul Rudd, Jonathan Majors, Evangeline Lilly Release Date: 17th February 2023 Distributor: Disney Certification: 12A Genre: Superhero Rotten Tomatoes: 46% IMDb: 6.1 Top 15 Chart Run: 1-1-2-5-9-12 (6 weeks) Opening Weekend: £8,834,435 (#1) Despite getting off to a great start, this didn't up having much legs at the box office and just missed out on the EOY top 10. This ended up being the first sign of the MCU and superhero in generals decline in 2023. And I can see why, this is my least favourite film in the MCU by absolute miles. The first 2 Ant-Man films are (quite literally at times) grounded fun and this just seems to remove everything that made them work. An Ant-Man film without Luis telling us an anecdote in typical animated fashion is a crime in it's own. If this was the set-up for Jonathan Major's Kang, I'm glad we're not getting it tbh.


LewisGT View member profile	25th April 2024, 12:18 PM Post #105
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 7 February 2013 Posts: 11,992 User: 18,293	10. Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny - £20,388,019 (estimated) A LEGEND WILL FACE HIS DESTINY. Finding himself in a new era, approaching retirement, Indy wrestles with fitting into a world that seems to have outgrown him. But as the tentacles of an all-too-familiar evil return in the form of an old rival, Indy must don his hat and pick up his whip once more to make sure an ancient and powerful artefact doesn’t fall into the wrong hands. Director: James Mangold Cast: Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Mads Mikkelsen Release Date: 28th June 2023 Distributor: Disney Certification: 12A Genre: Action Rotten Tomatoes: 70% IMDb: 6.5 Top 15 Chart Run: 1-2-3-5-6-10-13 (7 weeks) Opening Weekend: £7,144,441 (#1) Just about sneaking in to the EOY top 10 is the 5th (and final) adventure for LucasFilm's iconic archaeologist. But, as you'll see, this was quite a distance behind the next film so really should have been a top 9. I was reading a preview for this film before it was released and one of the producers said something along the lines of 'the best thing about working on an Indiana Jones film is that no-one ever tells you that something is too expensive to film', but maybe they should have done because the budget for this film (reportedly) ballooned to $300 million. Despite making about $380 million worldwide, this insane budget meant that it never had a chance of being profitable and it would have needed to have made over about double that just to break-even theatrically. This was the first film in the franchise not to be directed by Steven Spielberg with 'Logan' director James Mangold taking the reigns. It did seem to get a better reception than 2008's 'Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' but still nowhere near the original trilogy.


LewisGT View member profile	25th April 2024, 12:18 PM Post #106
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 7 February 2013 Posts: 11,992 User: 18,293	9. Puss In Boots: The Last Wish - £26,100,000 (estimated) SAY HOLA TO HIS LITTLE FRIENDS. Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for adventure has taken its toll: He has burned through eight of his nine lives, leaving him with only one life left. Puss sets out on an epic journey to find the mythical Last Wish and restore his nine lives. Director: Joel Crawford, Januel Mercado Cast: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Harvey Guillén Release Date: 3rd February 2023 Distributor: Universal Certification: PG Genre: Kids Rotten Tomatoes: 95% IMDb: 7.8 Top 15 Chart Run: 1-1-2-2-3-4-6-6-7-10-13 (11 weeks) Opening Weekend: £4,950,495 (#1) Coming 12 years after the original 'Puss In Boots' was released in the UK in 2011 to a fairly muted reception, and already being seen as a lesser spin-off to a more successful series, I don't think anyone's expectations were high before this film was released. But then we saw it. Easily the best 'Shrek' related film since 2004's 'Shrek 2', 'The Last Wish' is a surprisingly fresh and moving tale of mortality and self-acceptance, with a movingly accurate portrayal of a panic attack, that elevates it above similar releases. Fully embracing the 'Spider-Verse' style of animation, this is a smart and lovingly crafted while not failing to deliver on the fairy-tale satire and silly humour that we expect from the franchise, And with the ending teasing the return of everyone's favourite grumpy ogre, Universal couldn't have made a better advertisement to whet people's appetites. 2011's 'Puss In Boots' opened to £1.9 million and ended on £15.6m. This has outperformed that in every possible metric.


LewisGT View member profile	25th April 2024, 12:18 PM Post #107
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 7 February 2013 Posts: 11,992 User: 18,293	8. Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One - £26,600,000 (estimated) WE ALL SHARE THE SAME FATE. Ethan Hunt and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, and dark forces from Ethan’s past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than his mission – not even the lives of those he cares about most. Director: Christopher McQuarrie Cast: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Rebecca Ferguson Release Date: 10th July 2023 Distributor: Paramount Certification: 12A Genre: Action Rotten Tomatoes: 96% IMDb: 7.7 Top 15 Chart Run: 1-3-3-5-8-8-8-12-15 (9 weeks) Opening Weekend: £10,391,016 (#1) As I've been talking about every week with 'Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire', the UK has a habit of bucking trends at the moment, with this actually being the highest grossing 'Mission: Impossible' in the UK despite 'disappointing' worldwide. The previous highest opening was 'Ghost Protocol' that debuted with £8.2 million and the previous biggest film was 'Fallout' with a final total of £24.5 million. 'Dead Reckoning Part One' has smashed both of those but all the discourse online is about how this was a flop and was destroyed by the Barbenheimer phenomenon. That was true, especially in the US, where IMAX is huge and it lost all of it's premium screens to 'Oppenheimer' after the first week, but the film got good reviews and a great audience reception so I think, as long as they pick a sensible release date for the final entry, the tentatively titled 'Part Two' will still be a huge hit.


LewisGT View member profile	25th April 2024, 12:19 PM Post #108
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 7 February 2013 Posts: 11,992 User: 18,293	7. The Little Mermaid - £27,448,310 (estimated) WATCH AND YOU’LL SEE, SOME DAY I’LL BE, PART OF YOUR WORLD! The youngest of King Triton’s daughters, and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea, and while visiting the surface, falls for the dashing Prince Eric. With mermaids forbidden to interact with humans, Ariel makes a deal with the evil sea witch, Ursula, which gives her a chance to experience life on land, but ultimately places her life – and her father’s crown – in jeopardy. Director: Rob Marshall Cast: Halle Bailey, Jonah Hauer-King, Melissa McCarthy Release Date: 26th May 2023 Distributor: Disney Certification: PG Genre: Kids Rotten Tomatoes: 67% IMDb: 7.2 Top 15 Chart Run: 1-2-3-3-5-4-5-6-8-10 (10 weeks) Opening Weekend: £5,012,929 (#1) Disney are still working their way though making live-action remakes of all of their animated catalogue and last year was the turn of 'The Little Mermaid'. Already causing lots of controversy among racists for the casting of the wonderful Halle Bailey (of 'Chloe x Halle' fame) as Arial, the film opened quite low at £5 million but hung around well and proved to be a big hit in the UK. To put that opening weekend in context, the remake of 'The Lion King' opened to £16.7 million. However, this is another one that disappointed with it's worldwide numbers and it's already got off to a bad start at the home video market. I don't think it will last long in the memory.


LewisGT View member profile	25th April 2024, 12:19 PM Post #109
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 7 February 2013 Posts: 11,992 User: 18,293	6. Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse - £30,800,000 (estimated) IT’S HOW YOU WEAR THE MASK THAT MATTERS After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the Multiverse’s very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must set out on his own to save those he loves most. Director: Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson Cast: Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Oscar Isaac Release Date: 2nd June 2023 Distributor: Sony Certification: PG Genre: Superhero Rotten Tomatoes: 95% IMDb: 8.6 Top 15 Chart Run: 1-1-2-1-2-4-5-7-9-12 (10 weeks) Opening Weekend: £9,159,823 (#1) Despite not being a massive hit at the box office (it opened with £1.2 million in the UK), the original 'Spider-Verse' film has a strong claim to be the most influential film of recent times. Not since 'Shrek' has any film changed the way animation is perceived and made like 'Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse'. But, because of the low box-office, I was not expecting this film to be such an instant smash. In a year where live-action Superhero films struggled, Sony Animation Studios showed them how it's done with an endlessly creative and innovative 2.5 hour feast. The cliff-hanger ending might sting some but I have no doubt that this will go down as one of the best remembered films of the superhero craze. The 3rd film has a lot to live up to.


LewisGT View member profile	Wednesday, 06:44 PM Post #110
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 7 February 2013 Posts: 11,992 User: 18,293	5. Guardians Of The Galaxy: Vol. 3 - £36,800,000 (estimated) ONCE MORE WITH FEELING. Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him to defend the universe along with protecting one of their own. A mission that, if not completed successfully, could quite possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them. Director: James Gunn Cast: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Bradley Cooper Release Date: 3rd May 2023 Distributor: Disney Certification: 12A Genre: Superhero Rotten Tomatoes: 82% IMDb: 7.9 Top 15 Chart Run: 1-1-2-3-4-4-6-8-10-13 (10 weeks) Opening Weekend: £12,079,820 (#1) We're into the top 5 and we start with the biggest Superhero release in a floundering year for the genre. James Gunn brought back his rag-tag family of unlikely heroes for one last adventure and it proved to be one of the most heart-wrenching pieces of art of the year. Providing us with Rocket's tragic backstory while the main group fights to save his life. Despite being such warmly-received and a big hit, this too did show signs of Superhero fatigue as it opened lower than its predecessor, Vol. 2 (£13.1 million) and couldn't reach that films final gross (£41 million). Gunn now moves to take over DC's film department. Will he be able to find the same success as he did with the Guardians?


LewisGT View member profile	Wednesday, 06:44 PM Post #111
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 7 February 2013 Posts: 11,992 User: 18,293	4. The Super Mario Bros. Movie - £54,900,000 (estimated) NOT ALL HEROES WEAR CAPES. SOME WEAR OVERALLS. While working underground to fix a water main, Brooklyn plumbers—and brothers—Mario and Luigi are transported down a mysterious pipe and wander into a magical new world. But when the brothers are separated, Mario embarks on an epic quest to find Luigi. Director: Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic Cast: Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day Release Date: 5th April 2023 Distributor: Universal Certification: PG Genre: Kids Rotten Tomatoes: 59% IMDb: 7.0 Top 15 Chart Run: 1-1-1-1-2-2-3-3-6-7-9-11-13-12-15-10-11-14 (18 weeks) Opening Weekend: £15,691,810 (#1) Back-to-back Chris Pratt and we take a big step up in gross to find 'The Super Mario Bros. Movie' at #4. Video-game adaptations have been seen as box-office poison for the longest time, no doubt largely influenced by the disastrous first attempt to bring Nintendo's iconic plumber to the big screens, but Illumination Studios know what they're doing when it comes to this area and they've blown all video-game film records out of the water. That opening weekend alone is on par with what the 15th biggest film of last year ('Trolls World Tour') made in total. Expect to see much more Mario in cinemas in the years to come. It feels like a long time since the internet was raging when the Chris Pratt announcement was first made.


LewisGT View member profile	Wednesday, 06:45 PM Post #112
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 7 February 2013 Posts: 11,992 User: 18,293	3. Oppenheimer - £59,550,750 (estimated) THE WORLD FOREVER CHANGES. During World War II, Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves Jr. appoints physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer to work on the top-secret Manhattan Project. Oppenheimer and a team of scientists spend years developing and designing the atomic bomb. Their work comes to fruition on July 16, 1945, as they witness the world's first nuclear explosion, forever changing the course of history. Director: Christopher Nolan Cast: Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr., Emily Blunt Release Date: 21st July 2023 Distributor: Universal Certification: 15 Genre: Drama Rotten Tomatoes: 93% IMDb: 8.3 Top 15 Chart Run: 2-2-2-2-2-2-3-6-7-8-x-15 (11 weeks) Opening Weekend: £10,891,486 (#2) Christopher Nolan can never be doubted again. He tried to bring cinema back during the pandemic with 'Tenet' sticking to a 2020 release. It ended up being a bit of a disappointment, making around $350 million worldwide and following this up with a 3 hour, 15 rated biopic about a scientist felt like a huge risk. But he certainly had the last laugh, sitting with his Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director and a bear $1 billion worldwide gross. Seeming that he has a clause where he receives 15% of his films grosses, I wouldn't be surprised to learn that he was responsible for the 'Barbenheimer' phenomenon somehow. This is obviously the biggest 15 certificate release of 2023, but it's also the biggest 15 certificate release of all-time, just about edging out 'Joker' which made about £57.9 million. Even less surprisingly, it was the biggest film of the year that didn't hit #1 any weekend (it spent 6 weeks at #2 behind 'Barbie') and I'm too lazy to do the research but I'm pretty sure this is an all-time record too. It is the 28th biggest release in the UK ever so it does seem like a safe bet.


LewisGT View member profile	Wednesday, 06:45 PM Post #113
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 7 February 2013 Posts: 11,992 User: 18,293	2. Wonka - £63,492,993 (estimated) EVERY GOOD THING IN THIS WORLD STARTED WITH A DREAM. Willy Wonka, chock-full of ideas and determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time, is proof that the best things in life begin with a dream, and if you’re lucky enough to meet Willy Wonka, anything is possible. Director: Paul King Cast: Timothée Chalamet, Calah Lane, Keenan-Michael Key Release Date: 8th December 2023 Distributor: Universal Certification: PG Genre: Kids Rotten Tomatoes: 82% IMDb: 7.0 Top 15 Chart Run: 1-1-1-1-1-1-2-3-7-8-5-8-6-7-10-x-15 (16 weeks) Opening Weekend: £8,904,750 (#1) Still in cinemas and reporting grosses each weekend in May, Timothée Chalamet is the man of the moment and helped 'Wonka' exceed all expectations and end up as the 2nd biggest film of 2023 and the 25th biggest film of all-time in the U.K. There was outrage when director Paul King, accounted that he was not going to direct the final part of the 'Paddington' trilogy, that he helped win over people's hearts, to direct this origin story for Roald Dahl's most famous creation. But, he must have managed to win the audience back as this dominated Christmas and the New Year at the cinemas and feels like a film that is going to became a family favourite. This biggest PG certificate film of 2023.


LewisGT View member profile	Wednesday, 06:45 PM Post #114
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 7 February 2013 Posts: 11,992 User: 18,293	1. Barbie - £95,693,958 (estimated) SHE’S EVERYTHING. HE’S JUST KEN. Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans. Director: Greta Gerwig Cast: Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, American Ferrera Release Date: 21st July 2023 Distributor: Warner Bros. Certification: 12A Genre: Comedy Rotten Tomatoes: 88% IMDb: 6.8 Top 15 Chart Run: 1-1-1-1-1-1-2-4-5-6-13 (11 weeks) Opening Weekend: £18,509,236 (#1) I think we all knew that #1 was going to be. Summer 2023 was pink. Dua Lipa and Billie Eilish both bagged #1s from the soundtrack, it even gave Ryan Gosling a big chart hit! People were dressing up to go the cinema like they were attending a Taylor Swift concert. Barbie fever took over the world in a way that it hadn't done since Aqua. There has long been a myth in Hollywood that the biggest blockbusters need to aim for a male audience or they'll flop. And, while there was still a huge male audience for this, the numbers prove that it was mostly female-driven and it's the 6th biggest film of all-time in the UK. It's only 1 million off of 'Avatar' and that was helped by 7 million re-releases. The only single dissapointment for this is that it couldn't quite hit £100 million. Although, I probably do think this is the lesser of the three, Greta Gerwig is 3/3 on 5 star films for me. Let's see how her 'Narnia' adaptation does next. Let's just thank God that we live in a universe where Margot Robbie played Barbie and not Amy Schumer like originally intended.


Long Dong Silver View member profile	17 hours ago Post #115
Buffy/Charmed Joined: 18 April 2013 Posts: 44,184 User: 18,639	No wywas Barbie bigger than Wonka!!! Wonka was far better. Was Mean Girls: The Crapsicle not on this list?


Juranamo View member profile	14 hours ago Post #116
"Everything seems different the second time around." Joined: 10 April 2008 Posts: 8,693 User: 5,830	Mean Girls was released this year! Regardless of what you perceived the quality of Barbie to be, no film was close to it in terms Box Office success... It really was a phenomenon!