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LewisGT
post 12th September 2023, 06:54 PM
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I know we used to have a thread for this but I think it ended when Covid forced all of the cinemas to close but with Barbenheimer being such an event I think it's time to bring it back.

8th September 2023 - 10th September 2023

newnetext.png 1. (NE) The Nun II - £1,743,903 Weeks: 1 (£1,743,903)
newnetext.png 2. (NE) Jawan - £1,346,689 Weeks: 1 (£1,346.689)
newdown.png 3. (01) The Equalizer 3 - £1,017,032 (-64%) Weeks: 2 (£4,735,394)
newdown.png 4. (02) Barbie - £561,118 (-67%) Weeks: 8 (£93,718,921)
newnetext.png 5. (NE) Past Lives - £515,019 Weeks: 1 (£515,019)
newdown.png 6. (03) Oppenheimer - £483,101 (-50%) Weeks: 8 (£56,392,838)
newnetext.png 7. (NE) My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 - £411,191 Weeks: 1 (£411,191)
newdown.png 8. (04) Sound Of Freedom - £253,174 (-67%) Weeks: 2 (£1,391,704)
newdown.png 9. (05) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem - £171,189 (-72%) Weeks: 7 (£9,435,159)
newdown.png 10. (08) Blue Beetle - £166,743 (-66%) Weeks: 4 (£4,326,979)

Falling out:
Elemental (9 weeks)
Meg 2: The Trench (5 weeks)
Haunted Mansion (4 weeks)
Cobweb (1 week)


In a week with 4 new entries, The Nun II takes the box office crown, despite opening up with well less than half of what the original 'Nun' opened to in 2018, even when you minus previews (£3.4 million).

Indian cinema continues it's success in the UK with the Hindi-language 'Jawan' opening at #2. This is the 2nd highest debut for a Indian film, after the leading star Shah Rukh Khan's own Pathaan earlier this year (£1.4 million).

Past Lives opens at #5. This is written and directed by first-time director Celine Song and is about the possible romantic connection between two Korean primary school friends who meet up again 20 years later after one of them moved to America and got married.

According to some sources, the original 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' is the highest-grossing rom-com of all time. However, '3' cannot continue with that success opening at #7 with a sub-million gross.


The Conjuring Universe openings:

The Conjuring (£2,156,124, 2013)
Annabelle (£1,939,963, 2014)
The Conjuring 2 (£4,637,862, 2016)
Annabelle: Creation (£1,960,203, 2017)
The Nun (£4,098,198, 2018)
The Curse Of La Llarona (£609,745, 2019)
Annabelle Comes Home (£2,223,482, 2019)
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (£2,708,455, 2021)
The Nun II (£1,743,903, 2023)
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post 12th September 2023, 07:20 PM
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That's a disappointingly mediocre opening for 'The Nun II'! But then again, the first one is terrible and even though that was huge, I don't think people are bothered by the 2nd.

It's a shame 'Barbie' won't make it to £100m for the UK! It's annoyingly close, although doesn't it have an IMAX re-release at some point this month (I know that won't do anything to get it there but it'll push it closer which will just be annoyingly infuriating lol)? 'Elemental' had a great run here (and seemingly everywhere else) it's just a shame it didn't do a lot in the US...
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post 12th September 2023, 07:41 PM
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Wow Nun 2 and Big Fat Greek 3!!!
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post 16th September 2023, 08:58 AM
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Thanks for bringing this back Lewis, I used to follow this thread before so it’s good to have it once again
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post 17th September 2023, 06:32 AM
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That new Big Fat Greek Wedding film has been very under the radar. Worried about the quality of it after how bad 2 was!
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post 18th September 2023, 08:53 PM
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15th September 2023 - 17th September 2023

newnetext.png 1. (NE) A Haunting In Venice - £2,186,930 Weeks: 1 (£2,186,930)
newdown.png 2. (01) The Nun II - £1,133,830 (-35%) Weeks: 2 (£3,870,260)
newright.png 3. (03) The Equalizer 3 - £874,709 (-14%) Weeks: 3 (£6,287,458)
newdown.png 4. (02) Jawan - £480,243 (-64%) Weeks: 2 (£2,351,867)
newdown.png 5. (04) Barbie - £456,329 (-19%) Weeks: 9 (£94,534,532)
newdown.png 6. (05) Past Lives - £374,412 (-27%) Weeks: 2 (£1,233,717)
newdown.png 7. (06) Oppenheimer - £323,129 (-33%) Weeks: 9 (£57,304,372)
newdown.png 8. (07) My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 (-35%) - £266,208 Weeks: 2 (£977,837)
newdown.png 9. (08) Sound Of Freedom - £184,797 (-27%) Weeks: 3 (£1,788,269)
newdown.png 10. (09) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem - £182,751 (+7%) Weeks: 7 (£9,653,208)

Falling out:
Black Beetle (4 weeks)


Poirot is back and Kenneth Branagh haunts up a treat with 'A Haunting In Venice opening up at #1 with £2,186,930. Despite being only loosely based on an already lesser Agatha Christie novel (Hallowe'en Party) and having a less-starry cast, 'Venice' has got the best reviews of the franchise and opens above what 'Death On The Nile' did last year (£1,898,357). Although it is, of course, a mile off the franchise high, 'Murder On The Orient Express' (£4,985,600, 2017).

There's little else of note in the top 10, 'The Nun II' has a solid hold (-35%), especially good for a horror film. But 'The Equalizer 3's 3rd week of hold is even more impressive (-14%). Jawan is a more-expected -64% but that is already enough to put it in the top 10 for highest-grossing Hindi films of all-time in the UK.

'Past Lives' impresses this week. It does drop 27%, but actually increased week-on-week if you were to strip out the previews and just compare the Friday-Sunday data from both weeks. 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3' only drops 1 place and 35%; I was honestly expecting it to completely bomb out of the top 10 so there's some slight good news for the release. 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem' is the only film that increases in box-office this week (up 7%).

Despite the lack of movement in the top 10, interestingly, 11-15 this week are all made up of new entries (11. Rise of The Footsoldier: Vengeance, 13. Rally Road Racers, 15. ABBA: The Movie – Fan Event) or re-entries (12. The Dark Knight, 14. The Jungle Book).

Next week see's the release of 'Expend4bles', 'Dumb Money', 'The Lesson' and 'The Canterville Ghost'. Can any of them take the crown from Poirot?

Kenneth Branagh Poirot's openings:

Murder On The Orient Express (£4,985,600, 2017)
Death On The Nile (£1,898,357, 2022)
A Haunting In Venice (£2,186,930, 2023)
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post 19th September 2023, 11:52 AM
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No chancw of Barbie breaking 100 million sad.gif Shame, as Harry Potter dis that in like a week

Great hold for the bun 2!! Ans replaced at no.1 by another scary movie!!!
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post 25th September 2023, 08:46 PM
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22nd September 2023 - 24th September 2023

newright.png 1. (01) A Haunting In Venice - £1,472,237 (-33%) Weeks: 2 (£4,947,591)
newnetext.png 2. (NE) Expend4bles - £761,443 Weeks: 1 (£761,443)
newdown.png 3. (02) The Nun II - £703,819 (-38%) Weeks: 3 (£5,117,836)
newdown.png 4. (03) The Equalizer 3 - £537,327 (-39%) Weeks: 4 (£7,284,324)
newnetext.png 5. (NE) Dumb Money - £506,095 Weeks: 1 (£506,095)
newdown.png 6. (05) Barbie - £456,329 (-36%) Weeks: 10 (£95,046,660)
newdown.png 7. (06) Past Lives - £374,412 (-28%) Weeks: 3 (£1,791,293)
newdown.png 8. (06) Oppenheimer - £261,616 (-19%) Weeks: 10 (£57,810,964)
newdown.png 9. (04) Jawan - £207,470 (-57%) Weeks: 2 (£2,351,867)
newretext.png 10. (RE) Beauty And The Beast (1991) - £145,428 Weeks: 595 (£3,133,692)*


Falling out:
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 (2 weeks)
Sound Of Freedom (3 weeks)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (7 weeks)


'A Haunting In Venice' tops the charts for a second time in what was a dismal week at the box office where it is the only film to put up a >£1 Million figure. The film had a promising 33% drop, which paired with a strong midweek showing, means that it is almost above 'The Nun II's total having been in release for a week less. It's current total of £4,947,591 is pretty much equal with what the original 'Murder On The Orient Express' did in it's opening weekend in 2017. This is still above what 'Death On The Nile' had at this stage in it's run (£4,738,119), on it's way to an end total of around £8 million.

The biggest new release this week came from 'Expend4bles' which opened at two. The geriatric actioner is the first film in the fledgling franchise in almost 10 years, since 'Expendables 3' in 2014. The new actors in part 3 were Harrison Ford, Wesley Snipes and Mel Gibson while the most high-profile recruits for part 4 are Megan Fox & 50 Cent. With dismal reviews and Arnold Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis and Jet Li MIA, just who could have predicted that this would be the franchise's weakest opening. See below for the full 'Expendables' opening weekend history.

The only other new entry in the top 10 is 'Dumb Money' at #5. This is based on the real-life Gamestop Stock controversy (try saying that 10 times fast)laugh.gif and is based upon the book 'The Antisocial Network'. Coming from director Craig Gillespie, who most recently brought us 'Cruella', but also made 'I, Tonya' and streaming hit 'Tom & Pammy', he certainly has form in bringing us these slightly irreverent bios. The film has also had a slightly underwhelming debut in the US. Is this one of the big victims of the actor strike with it's starry ensemble cast (Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Pete Davidson, Shailene Woodley, Sebastian Stan, Vincent D'Onofrio and fresh-off-Barbie America Ferrera) not being able to promote the release.

Just missing the top 10, 'The Canterville Ghosts' is a new entry at #11 and 'The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers' re-enters at #13.

Next week sees the release of 'Saw X', 'The Creator' and 'The Old Oak'. Can any of them take the crown from Poirot?

Expendables' openings:

The Expendables (£3,910,596, 2010)
The Expendables 2 (£1,985,082, 2012)
The Expendables 3 (£1,689,927, 2014)
Expend4bles (£761,443, 2023)

Craig Gillespie openings:

Mr. Woodcock (£483,000, 2007)
Lars And The Real Girl (£78,707, 2008)
Fright Night (£680,543, 2011)
Million Dollar Arm (£150,050, 2014)
The Finest Hours (£247,643, 2016)
I, Tonya (£1,049,551, 2018)
Cruella (£1,453,635, 2021)
Dumb Money (£506,095, 2023)


*Beauty and the Beast's figures are accurate from when it had it's first 3D re-release. I'm hoping when the BFI release their weekly figures we'll have an update on all of the releases.
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post 26th September 2023, 07:13 PM
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Expectedly horrendous for 'Expend4bles'. FLUSH.

'Equalizer 3' and 'The Nun II' having decent legs too (although both could be a little better).

'Barbie' dropping more this week than last week despite an IMAX re-release of sorts? sad.gif That's a shame. But 10 weeks inside the top 6?? Incredible.
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post 26th September 2023, 07:24 PM
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A movie as utterly dull as A Haunting In Venice doing so well is quite something.
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post 26th September 2023, 07:29 PM
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I suspect 'SAW X' is going to be the big victor this coming week with 'The Creator' in 2nd. However, I can't call their numbers at all. I am expecting 'SAW X' to be big and MAYBE pushing close to £3m? 'The Creator' has potential to either under perform or over perform.
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post 26th September 2023, 07:39 PM
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BatB back?? Why? ohmy.gif
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post 26th September 2023, 10:22 PM
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QUOTE(Moby Dick @ Sep 26 2023, 08:39 PM) *
BatB back?? Why? ohmy.gif
Disney are re-releasing 10 of their classics each week to celebrate their 100th anniversary. Next week it's Toy Story. The week after it's Princess & The Frog (this is SOOOOOO underrated!) and then we end on Frozen.
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post 26th September 2023, 10:40 PM
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Ftozwn at the cinema!! Yas!! Toyy Story will be great too.
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post 2nd October 2023, 07:18 PM
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29th September 2023 - 1st October 2023

newnetext.png 1. (NE) The Creator - £2,225,034 Weeks: 1 (£2,225,034)
newnetext.png 2. (NE) Saw X - £1,925,011 Weeks: 1 (£1,925,011)
newdown.png 3. (01) A Haunting In Venice - £1,006,466 (-32%) Weeks: 3 (£6,782,314)
newdown.png 4. (03) The Nun II - £418,694 (-41%) Weeks: 4 (£5,871,593)
newdown.png 5. (04) The Equalizer 3 - £323,247 (-40%) Weeks: 5 (£7,890,866)
newnetext.png 6. (NE) A Little Life - £317,703 Weeks: 1 (£880,639*) *Opened on Thursday so total includes mid-week gross
newnetext.png 7. (NE) Stop Making Sense - £317,632 Weeks: 1 (£317,632)
newdown.png 8. (02) Expend4bles - £283,545 (-63%) Weeks: 2 (£1,409,526)
newnetext.png 9. (NE) The Old Oak - £232,733 Weeks: 1 (£232,733)
newdown.png 10. (05) Dumb Money - £222,736 (-56%) Weeks: 2 (£1,016,439)


Falling out:
Barbie (10 weeks)
Past Lives (3 weeks)
Oppenheimer (10 weeks)
Jawan (2 weeks)
Beauty And The Beast (1 week*) *In this run


A very busy week with half of the top 10 being new entries. Screen Daily will tell you that 'Saw X' has won the weekend, but they don't include previews in their opening figures, while the FDA and BFI (where I get my figures from) do so the #1 and #2 are switched in this list. So if you're a purist, then it's a 3rd horror #1 in a row to welcome in scary month: 'Saw X' opens at #1 with £1.92 million and 'The Creator' is just behind with £1.89 million.

But the eventual winner in a close battle is the pertinent AI sci-fi-er 'The Creator'. Coming from director Gareth Edwards, it's his first release since the billion+ grossing 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'. He also penned the screenplay and sees him return to the original sci-fi genre that helped him make his name. The film is not-so lucky in the US where it has debuted at #3 but one thing the film has received much acclaim for is making a visually spectacular blockbuster on a (comparatively) low $80 million budget so it won't lose the studio 'Indiana Jones' or 'Haunted Mansion' money.

Debuting at 2nd place on both sides of the Atlantic (the US winner Paw Patrol isn't out here for another couple of weeks), 'Saw X' is chronologically set 2nd in the timeline and sees the return of the OG Jigsaw puzzler Tobin Bell. The film has received some of the best reviews of the whole franchise and sees an opening much higher than the last entry 'Spiral: From The Book Of Saw' (£779,107, 2021). However, that film was released on the weekend after lockdown restrictions were eased and cinemas re-opened and, such, had multiple other new films released on the same day (Peter Rabbit 2, Nomadland, The Unholy, Raya And The Last Dragon). If we go back further, this is pretty much the exact same opening as 'Jigsaw' in 2017 (£1,851,249). Remarkably, the only 'Saw' film to make #1 is also the entry with the highest gross, Saw 3D (£3,600,083, 2010). See below for the full 'Saw' opening history.

A theatrical adaptation of 'A Little Life' opens at #6. Based on a novel from 'Hanya Yanagihara', the play stars James Norton and follows four college friends in New York City. The last play/opera release to make the top 10 is 'Die Zauberflote - Met Opera 2023' in June. That opened with £104,669 while 'A Little Life' makes £317,70. 'Stop Making Sense' (£317,632) is a re-release of the 1984 Talking Heads concert-film . The last concert-film to reach the top 10 was only in August, 'Andre Rieu's 2023 Maastricht Concert: Love Is All Around' (£710,326, 5th). We'll see just how many concert records 'The Eras Tour' can break in a couple of weeks time, I know I've already got my ticket!

The last new entry in the top 10 is 'The Old Oak' at #9. This is said to be legendary British director Ken Loach's ('Kes', 'I, Daniel Blake') last ever film and makes £232,733. It's a social-realist drama set in County Durham and focuses on the tensions around Syrian refugees. Loach's last film 'Sorry We Missed You' (£364,849) also opened at #9 in 2019.

The previous number #1s are all still holding pretty well: A Haunting In Venice (-32%), The Nun (-41%) and The Expendables 3 (-40%). But, 'Expend4bles' makes the expected horrendous drop, off 63% and dropping from 2-9. 'Dumb Money' also cannot find an audience dropping a surprisingly high 56% (5-10).

We finally lose Barbenheimer from the top 10 after a wonderful 10 weeks but the news isn't all bad for 'Barbie'. As of this week, it has overtaken 'Spectre' to become the 6th biggest film ever in the UK.

For anyone keeping track of the Disney 100 re-releases, Toy Story is back at #11 while there is one final new entry in the top 15: 'Tesciowie 2' at #15.

Next week sees the openings of 'The Exorcist: Believer', 'Golda', 'BlackBerry', 'The Great Escaper', '20 Days In Mariupol' and 'The Ex-Files 4: Marriage Plan'. Can any of them top the charts?

Gareth Edwards openings:

Monsters (£348,577, 2010)
Godzilla (£6,385,483, 2014)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (£17,305,011, 2016)
The Creator (£2,225,034, 2023)

Saw openings:

Saw (£1,239,813, 2004)
Saw II (£2,189,212, 2005)
Saw III (£2,522,521, 2006)
Saw IV (£2,482,889, 2007)
Saw V (£2,436,817, 2008)
Saw VI (£1,736,287, 2009)
Saw 3D (£3,600,083, 2010)
Jigsaw (£1,851,249, 2017)
Spiral: From The Book Of Saw (£779,107, 2021)
Saw X (£1,925,010, 2023)
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post 5th October 2023, 10:53 AM
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'SAW X' is really good! I am optimistically hopeful that the strong reviews, word of mouth and as we are getting closer to Halloween it'll hold stronger than others in the franchise. I really enjoyed 'The Creator' too! Deserves to be a hit (I just see "previews" as "pre-orders", so it's a fair number 1 to me laugh.gif)

I think 'Five Nights At Freddy's' is going to be huge over Halloween szn, so that will be one to keep an eye on in a couple of weeks or so.

Horror has been incredibly strong so far this year (in fact even if 'The Exorcist: Believer' and FNAF were to flop and be dreadful, it's still the strongest year for horror that I can remember)
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post 5th October 2023, 11:38 AM
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Wow Saw X floppi g and doing worse numbers than that Venice Haunrint!!! Ithought a Saw film in spooky season would do 3x thosw numbers
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All the other SAW movies (except the first movie & Spiral (which was delayed due to COVID & lock-downs)) were released within the week of Halloween here in the UK.

SAW - 1st October 2004
SAW II - 28th October 2005
SAW III - 27th October 2006
SAW IV - 26th October 2007
SAW V - 25th October 2008
SAW VI - 23rd October 2009
SAW 3-D - 29th October 2009
Jigsaw - 26th October 2017
Spiral: From the Book of SAW - 17th May 2021 > One of the first main releases upon lock-down being lifted <
SAW X - 29th September 2023

This will be the first one since the first SAW movie to have a few weeks built up leading into the Halloween week. The main obstacle for SAW X will be that it will have strong competition from 'Exorcist: The Believer' and then a few weeks later 'Five Nights At Freddy's' (both rated with a 15 certificate (so a slightly bigger audience appeal) - and with bigger hype (but I presume both will be less well received than 'SAW X' has been))

It's going to be an interesting szn for horror movies!
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post 10th October 2023, 03:42 PM
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6th October 2023 - 8th October 2023

newne.png 1. (NE) The Exorcist: Believer - £1,678,645 Weeks: 1 (£1,678,645)
newdown.png 2. (01) The Creator - £1,041,276(-54%) Weeks: 2 (£4,195,331)
newdown.png 3. (02) Saw X - £956,030 (-50%) Weeks: 2 (£3,816,428)
newne.png 4. (NE) The Great Escaper - £598,135 Weeks: 1 (£598,135)
newdown.png 5. (03) A Haunting In Venice - £561,058 (-44%) Weeks: 4 (£7,887,248)
newdown.png 6. (05) The Equalizer 3 - £174,347 (-46%) Weeks: 6 (£8,236,478)
newdown.png 7. (04) The Nun II - £160,587 (-62%) Weeks: 5 (£6,228,862)
newup.png 8. (09) The Old Oak - £130,484 (-44%) Weeks: 2 (£571,988)
newdown.png 9. (06) A Little Life - £121,137 (-63%) Weeks: 2 (£1,238,884)
newne.png 10. (NE) BlackBerry - £117,263 Weeks: 1 (£117,263)


Falling out:
Stop Making Sense (1 week)
Expend4bles (2 weeks)
Dumb Money (2 weeks)


Spooky season continues with 'The Exorcist: Believer' scaring up the charts. It's opening of £1,677,878 is pretty much on par with The Nun II's opening a few weeks ago (£1,743,903), but is the second lowest total for a #1 this year, only behind the 2nd week of 'A Haunting In Venice' (£1,472,237). This is a sequel to the 1973 film that is widely considered to be the greatest horror film of all time and is directed by David Gordon Green. In the vein of his work with another legendary horror franchise, 'Believer' ignores all of the sequels and directly builds upon events from the original. See below for a comparison of David Gordon Green openings. As none of his Halloween trilogy reached #1, this is only his 2nd #1 movie after 'Pineapple Express' in 2008.

Michael Caine has been tempted our of retirement for one last film and it opens at #4. The poignancy continues as 'The Great Escaper' is also the final film for the co-star Glenda Jackson who passed away earlier this year. This is a based-on-a-true-story about a Royal Navy veteran who broke-out from his retirement home to attend the 70th anniversary of D-Day in France. This sounds like it could be the premise for countless sentimental and patriotic British caper of recent times, but this has great reviews and has seemingly elevated itself above other films of the type (The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, The Duke).

One of the defining genres of 2023 is the product biopic and the last new entry in the top 10 this week is another to add to growing list, 'BlackBerry'. Opening at #10 with £117,263, it's a pretty weak gross and shows that the demand for this genre maybe isn't as high as producers are thinking. The story of that phone you had 10 years ago, the movie stars Jay Baruchel, Matt Johnson, Rich Sommer and a bald-headed, scene-stealing 'Glenn Howerton' who plays the ruthless Jim Balsillie who is credited as leading the company to it's prime of $20 billion annual sales and a 43% market share of all mobile phones.

'The Creator' proves that it's narrow win thanks to previews last week was not unjustified as it stays ahead of 'Saw X' on week 2. It's hold of -54% is worse than Saw's -50% but is actually a much stronger hold when you strip out the previews (45%). Despite a 44% drop, a poor weekend box office on the whole allows Ken Loach's 'The Old Oak' to actually climb in it's second week to #8.

This week's Disney re-release was 'The Princess & The Frog' which is at '13. And while neither are in the top 15 anymore, this is the first weekend where 'Oppenheimer' has placed above 'Barbie' after their iconic same-day release.

Next week sees the openings of 'Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour', 'PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie', 'The Miracle Club', 'Sumotherhood' and 'Daliland'. Can any of them top the charts?


David Gordon Green openings: *I have excluded his early releases as I can't find details for those

Pineapple Express (£1,372,911, 2008)
Your Highness (£926,338, 2011)
The Sitter (£910,382, 2012)
Prince Avalanche (£11,571, 2013)
Joe (£33,660, 2014)
Manglehorn (£14,756, 2015)
Our Brand Is Crisis (£27,723, 2016)
Stronger (£102,379, 2017)
Halloween (£2,656,097, 2018)
Halloween Kills (£1,598,062, 2021)
Halloween Ends (£2,110,010, 2022)
The Exorcist: Believer (£1,678,645, 2023)
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I'm intrigued to see 'The Exorcist: Believer' 2nd week drop... the film is being (rightfully) torn apart... Nice holds for both 'The Creator' and 'SAW X'! Better than I expected for the former tbh!
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