Posted February 18Feb 18 I don't think there's likely to be much more movement so I think it's time to officially call the EOY chart of 2024 at the UK Box Office. I've complied this list myself from as many sources that I could find so it's not official and aside from a few where I can get official totals, most figures are estimates. So for any entries with similar estimates, they could have literally gone either way and what I've went with might not be exact. The top end of the chart is definitely accurate though. I've estimated that only 89 new releases (plus 4 re-releases) have passed the £1 million mark in 2024; Down from 100 in 2023. I've decided not to count the re-releases in the final countdown but I'll list the 5 re-releases that would have made the top 100 below 1. Coraline - £3.4 million (between 56-57) 2. Prima Facie: NT Live 2022 - £3,068,476 (between 59-60) 3. Interstellar - £1,432,416 (between 79-80) 4. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace - £1.2 million (between 84-85) 5. Present Laughter: NT Live 2019 - £984,597 (between 89-90) Notable entries that miss the top 100 include 'Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba To The Hashira Training', 'La Chimera', 'Megalopolis', 'Queer', 'Late Night With The Devil', 'Salem's Lot', '200% Wolf', 'Drive Away Dolls', 'AfrAId' and 'Sting'.
February 18Feb 18 Author 1. Wicked - £61.2 million2. Inside Out 2 - £59.2 million3. Deadpool & Wolverine - £57.6 million4. Despicable Me 4 - £48.3 million5. Moana 2 - £42.5 million6. Dune: Part Two - £39.5 million7. Paddington In Peru - £36.8 million8. Mufasa: The Lion King - £32.3 million9. Gladiator II - £32 million10. Sonic The Hedgehog 3 - £26.4 million11. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice - £26.3 million12. Kung Fu Panda 4 - £21.9 million13. It Ends With Us - £21.7 million14. Migration - £21.2 million15. Bob Marley: One Love - £17.2 million16. Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes - £15.7 million17. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire - £15.5 million18. Twisters - £14.5 million19. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire - £14.5 million20. The Wild Robot - £13.8 million21. Alien: Romulus - £13.4 million22. IF - £12.4 million23. Venom: The Last Dance - £12.4 million24. Back To Black - £12.3 million25. The Fall Guy - £12.2 million26. Bad Boys: Ride Or Die - £12 million27. Joker: Folie à Deux - £10.3 million28. One Life - £10 million29. A Quiet Place: Day One - £9.9 million30. Conclave - £9.5 million31. Wicked Little Letters - £9.6 million32. Mean Girls - £9.2 million33. The Garfield Movie - £8.9 million34. Red One - £8.2 million35. Longlegs - £8.1 million36. Poor Things - £7.6 million37. Better Man - £6.8 million38. Smile 2 - £6.5 million39. Civil War - £6.4 million40. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga - £6.4 million41. Challengers - £6.4 million42. Heretic - £6 million43. Argylle - £5.9 million44. Speak No Evil - £5.6 million45. All Of Us Strangers - £5.3 million46. Transformers One - £4.6 million47. Lee - £4.5 million48. Madame Web - £4.2 million49. The Substance - £3.9 million50. The Holdovers - £3.9 million51. The Beekeeper - £3.8 million52. Trap - £3.8 million53. The Bikeriders - £3.8 million54. Small Things Like These - £3.8 million55. The Zone Of Interest - £3.5 million56. Terrifier 3 - £3.4 million57. Blink Twice - £3.3 million58. Priscilla - £3.2 million59. Harold And The Purple Crayon - £3.1 million60. Anora - £2.9 million61. The Iron Claw - £2.6 million62. Monkey Man - £2.5 million63. The Outrun - £2.3 million64. The Apprentice - £2.2 million65. Kneecap - £2.2 million66. Nye: NT Live 2024 - £2.1 million67. Imaginary - £2 million68. Vanya: NT Live 2024 - £2 million69. The Strangers: Chapter 1 - £1.8 million70. Peppa's Cinema Party - £1.7 million71. Immaculate - £1.7 million72. Abigail - £1.7 million73. Fly Me To The Moon - £1.7 million74. The Critic - £1.7 million75. Pushpa 2: The Rule - £1.6 million76. American Fiction - £1.6 million77. The First Omen - £1.5 million78. Kraven The Hunter - £1.5 million79. Borderlands - £1.5 million80. Night Swim - £1.4 million 81. Kalki 2989 AD - £1.4 million82. Tarot - £1.4 million83. Perfect Days - £1.3 million84. Dear England: NT Live 2024 - £1,241,08785. Blitz - £1.1 million86. Kinds Of Kindness - £1.1 million87. The Color Purple - £1 million88. The Watched - £1 million89. The Motive And The Cue: NT Live 2024 - £1 million90. Love Lies Bleeding - £980k 91. MaXXXine - £975k92. Mothers' Instinct - £960k93. Badhead - £960k94. The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim - £960k95. The Greatest Of All Time - £950k96. The Crow - £940k97. André Rieu's 2024 Christmas Concert: Gold And Silver - £931,02498. Fighter - £890k99. The Boys In The Boat - £890k100. Juror #2 - £890k
February 18Feb 18 Author 100. Juror #2 - £890K Justice is blind. Guilt sees everything. While serving as a juror in a high profile murder trial, family man Justin Kemp finds himself struggling with a serious moral dilemma…one he could use to sway the jury verdict and potentially convict—or free—the accused killer. Director: Clint Eastwood Cast: Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, J.K. Simmons Release Date: 1st November 2024 Distributor: Warner Bros. Certification: 12A Genre: Drama Rotten Tomatoes: 93% IMDb: 7.0 Top 15 Chart Run: 10-13 (2 weeks) Opening Weekend: £270,297 (#10) Kicking off the list is the potentially final film from screen-icon Clint Eastwood. I can't believe how much Warner Bros. decided to bury this. It's gotten brilliant reviews but it didn't even get a wide release in America. I've seen so much praise for Hoult's performance and I've no doubt it could have been an award contender if Warner Bros. did their job properly. I hope this doesn't prove to be Eastwood's last because it would be a bitter ending for once on the most legendary people to ever grace cinema. The last figure I had for this put it just behind 'Demon Slayer' but I think this had the better chance of making money after I can see reporting for it so I ended up allowing this to sneak in.
February 18Feb 18 Author 99. The Boys In The Boat - £890K Believe in the impossible. Believe in each other. The triumphant underdog story of the University of Washington men’s rowing team, who stunned the world by competing at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Director: George Clooney Cast: Joel Edgerton, Callum Turner, Peter Guinness Release Date: 12th January 2024 Distributor: Warner Bros. Certification: 12A Genre: Sports Rotten Tomatoes: 57% IMDb: 7.0 Top 15 Chart Run: 10-14 (2 weeks) Opening Weekend: £334,827 (#10) We're 2/2 for Warner Bros. releases so far with George Clooney's early January release just about holding on for the whole year. Adapted from the non-fiction book of the same name, it tells the story of the American rowers that won gold at the 1936 Olympics. Not reaching £1 million isn't a great result but I guess that the story is much more relevant to American audiences than British.
February 18Feb 18 Author 98. Fighter - £890K As India faces a militant attack in Kashmir, the country’s best combat aviators join forces under a reckless yet brilliant squadron leader to form ‘Air Dragons’, faces mortal dangers and their inner demons. Director: Siddharth Anand Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Deepika Padukone, Anil Kapoor Release Date: 25th January 2024 Distributor: Viacom 18 Certification: 15 Genre: Action Rotten Tomatoes: 38% IMDb: 6.2 Top 15 Chart Run: 7-15 (3 weeks) Opening Weekend: £590,146 (#7) The first of four Indian releases to make the top 100, 'Fighter' is practically the Hindi Top Gun but focusing on the real conflict between India and Pakistan. Not great reviews and I've seen it called 'propaganda' by non-Indian sources.
February 18Feb 18 Author 97. André Rieu's 2024 Christmas Concert: Gold And Silver - £931,024 A Christmas spectacular. A recording of a live performance from Maastricht of orchestral music and songs to celebrate the Yuletide season. Director: Michael Wiseman Cast: André Rieu Release Date: 7th December 2024 Distributor: Piece of Magic Certification: U Genre: Concert Rotten Tomatoes: n/a IMDb: n/a Top 15 Chart Run: 6 (1 week) Opening Weekend: £931,024 (#6) Last year's Christmas concert from André Rieu ended at #100 so this has a better EOY position despite having a lower gross. The first out of 5 event cinema releases in this year's Top 100 but this is the only concert film. The other four are all recordings of stage plays.
February 18Feb 18 Author 96. The Crow - £940K True love never dies. Soulmates Eric and Shelly are brutally murdered when the demons of her dark past catch up with them. Given the chance to save his true love by sacrificing himself, Eric sets out to seek merciless revenge on their killers, traversing the worlds of the living and the dead to put the wrong things right. Director: Rupert Sanders Cast: Bill Skarsgård, FKA Twigs, Danny Huston Release Date: 23rd August 2024 Distributor: Entertainment Certification: 18 Genre: Superhero Rotten Tomatoes: 22% IMDb: 4.7 Top 15 Chart Run: 8-15 (2 weeks) Opening Weekend: £410,308 (#8) The remake of the tragic cult-classic 1994 film, 'The Crow' was one of the biggest bombs of 2024. FKA Twigs's crack at Hollywood stardom didn't prove to be a wise choice with very little interest being shown into the comic-book adaptation. Maybe it's just the mystique surrounding Brandon Lee, but the original film does still seem to be popular so I'm surprised just how bad this did.
February 19Feb 19 I will really enjoy reading this, as so many box office reports are so focused on US domestic!
February 19Feb 19 Author 95. The Greatest Of All Time - £950k A Venkat Prabhu Hero. A once decorated member of the Special Anti-Terrorism Squad (SATS) is called back into action by his former colleagues for an important mission, setting him on a dangerous collision course with his own past. Director: Venkat Prabhu Cast: Joseph Vijay, Prashanth, Prabhu Deva Release Date: 5th September 2024 Distributor: Ahimsa Entertainment Certification: 15 Genre: Action Rotten Tomatoes: 40% IMDb: 5.8 Top 15 Chart Run: 2 (1 week) Opening Weekend: £768,842 (#2) The second Indian film to appear, 'The Greatest Of All Time' debuted at #2 in the charts behind 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' but didn't stick around long, dropping out of the top 15 in it's second week. The star, Vijay, starred in 'Leo' in 2023 which made £1.4 million, and has recently retired from acting to become a politician after founding his own party. It was the 4th highest grossing film of the year in India.
February 19Feb 19 Author 94. The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim - £960k Hope has yet to abandon these lands. A sudden attack by Wulf, a clever and traitorous lord of Rohan seeking vengeance for the death of his father, forces Helm Hammerhand, the King of Rohan, and his people to make a daring last stand in the ancient stronghold of the Hornburg. Director: Kenji Kamiyama Cast: Brian Cox, Gaia Wise, Luke Pasqualino Release Date: 13th December 2024 Distributor: Warner Bros. Certification: 12A Genre: Adventure Rotten Tomatoes: 49% IMDb: 6.3 Top 15 Chart Run: 7-14 (2 weeks) Opening Weekend: £483,584 (#7) It was a pretty rough year for Warner Bros. overall and we already have the third of their films that have missed the £1 million mark. With more live-action Middle Earth films to come, this was not a good sign of interest in the LOTR franchise with this anime-inspired entry proving not to be something that anyone was asking for. With the Amazon series also getting some pushback last year, it's going to be interesting to see of the brand can weather the storm.
February 19Feb 19 Author 93. Baghead - £960k Talk to the dead. Pay the price. Following the death of her estranged father, Iris learns she has inherited a run-down, centuries-old pub. She travels to Berlin to identify her father’s body and meet with The Solicitor to discuss the estate. Little does she know, when the deed is signed she will become inextricably tied to an unspeakable entity that resides in the pub’s basement – Baghead – a shape-shifting creature that can transform into the dead. Director: Alberto Corredor Cast: Freya Allen, Jeremy Irvine, Ruby Barker Release Date: 26th January 2024 Distributor: StudioCanal Certification: 15 Genre: Horror Rotten Tomatoes: 29% IMDb: 5.4 Top 15 Chart Run: 11-13 (2 weeks) Opening Weekend: £330,008 (#11) Impressively making the top 100 despite never making the weekly top 10, 'Badhead' is a horror by Spanish director Alberto Corredor, who adapted it from his own short-film of the same name. Set in a Scottish-owned pub in Berlin, the film does have a distinctive British flavour which probably helped it stick around.
February 19Feb 19 Author 92. Mothers' Instinct - £960k Sometimes it’s the only thing you can trust. Housewives Alice and Celine are best friends and neighbours who seem to have it all. However, when a tragic accident shatters the harmony of their lives, guilt, suspicion and paranoia begin to unravel their sisterly bond. Director: Benoît Delhomme Cast: Jessica Chastain, Anne Hathaway, Anders Danielsen Lie Release Date: 27th March 2024 Distributor: StudioCanal Certification: 15 Genre: Drama Rotten Tomatoes: 52% IMDb: 6.3 Top 15 Chart Run: 6-11 (2 weeks) Opening Weekend: £406,489 (#6) An American remake of a French film, this saw 63 year old Benoît Delhomme make his directing debut after a 30 year career as a cinematographer. The big draw of this one was the chance to see the delicious paring of two of our greatest current actresses Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain ham-it-up as duelling mothers. This feels like the sort of film that could have killed on streaming but struggled to find it's audience at the cinema.
February 19Feb 19 Author 91. MaXXXine - £975k Hollywood is a killer. In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally gets her big break. But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past. Director: Ti West Cast: Mia Goth, Elizabeth Debicki, Moses Sumney Release Date: 5th July 2024 Distributor: Universal Certification: 18 Genre: Horror Rotten Tomatoes: 72% IMDb: 6.3 Top 15 Chart Run: 4-9-15 (3 weeks) Opening Weekend: £388,043 (#4) The third and final part of Ti West and Mia Goth's interconnected horror trilogy, there seemed to be so much hype going into it's release, I really thought this was going to a proper breakout hit. However, despite ok reviews, the film really disappointed fans and the hype seemed to instantly disappear. The bigger budget and starry cast might meant that I'm sure Universal were hoping for more but the first two films ('X' and 'Pearl') only made £1.1 million combined so this film nearly matched that on it's own. I might be on an island but this was my favourite of the three and I thought Goth was brilliant. The only criticisms I have is that the third-act is the weakest part and the twist is too heavily telegraphed.
February 20Feb 20 Author 90. Love Lies Bleeding - £980k Revenge gets ripped. Reclusive gym manager Lou falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Las Vegas in pursuit of her dream. But their love ignites violence, pulling them deep into the web of Lou’s criminal family. Director: Rose Glass Cast: Kristen Stewart, Katy O'Brian, Ed Harris Release Date: 3rd May 2024 Distributor: Lionsgate Certification: 15 Genre: Thriller Rotten Tomatoes: 94% IMDb: 6.6 Top 15 Chart Run: 8-10-13 (3 weeks) Opening Weekend: £309,613 (#8) Rose Glass became one of the biggest breakthrough directors from the UK with her 2020 debut 'Saint Maude' did well in the Covid-effect marketplace. There was a lot of excitement surrounding her follow-up which eventually proved to be the body-building, thriller/horror lesbian love story 'Love Lies Bleeding' that won over critics but seemed to very divisive with audiences. It was certainly a big swing and feels like a film that I could easily see become a cult-classic in the years ahead.
February 20Feb 20 Author 89. The Motive And The Cue: NT Live 2024 - £1 million A new play by Jack Thorne In 1964, Richard Burton, newly married to Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experimental new Broadway production of Hamlet under Sir John Gielgud’s exacting direction. But as rehearsals progress, two ages of theatre collide and the collaboration between actor and director soon threatens to unravel. Director: Sam Mendes Cast: Johnny Flynn, Mark Gatiss, Tuppence Middleton Release Date: 21st March 2024 Distributor: National Theatre Certification: 15 Genre: Theatre Rotten Tomatoes: N/A IMDb: 8.5 Top 15 Chart Run: 8 (1 weeks) Opening Weekend: £157,963 (#8) We have our first entry that grossed over £1 million and it's the first of four theatre recordings to make the list. Directed by Sam Mendes ('Skyfall', '1917', 'American Beauty') and written by Jack Thorne ('Harry Potter and the Cursed Child', 'Enola Holmes'), the film focuses on the preparation for the real-life 1964 Broadway production of 'Hamlet' starring Richard Burton and the behind-the-scenes tension that developed between star and producer.
February 20Feb 20 Author 88. The Watched - £1 million Let them see you. A young artist gets stranded in an extensive, immaculate forest in western Ireland, where, after finding shelter, she becomes trapped alongside three strangers, stalked by mysterious creatures each night. Director: Ishana Night Shyamalan Cast: Dakota Fanning, Georgina Campbell, Olwen Fouéré Release Date: 7th June 2024 Distributor: Warner Bros. Certification: 15 Genre: Horror Rotten Tomatoes: 33% IMDb: 5.7 Top 15 Chart Run: 6-7-15 (3 weeks) Opening Weekend: £387,339 (#6) We had a father-daughter Shyamalan battle in the summer and it proved that father knows best both critically and commercially as Ishana's first effort drops out at #88. Known as 'The Watchers' overseas, 'The Watched' is about an American woman who get stuck in a forest, stalked by mysterious creatures on a trip to Ireland. Not quite a 'Sixth Sense' out of the gate, maybe her next effort will prove more popular.
February 20Feb 20 Author 87. The Color Purple - £1 million A bold new take on the beloved classic. A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman’s journey to independence. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds extraordinary strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood. Director: Blitz Bazawule Cast: Fantasia Barrino, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo Release Date: 26th January 2024 Distributor: Warner Bros. Certification: 12A Genre: Musical Rotten Tomatoes: 81% IMDb: 6.8 Top 15 Chart Run: 8-14 (2 weeks) Opening Weekend: £452,364 (#8) As far as 'books-turned-movies-turned-stage musical-turned movie musicals' go, 'The Color Purple' proved not to be as popular as 'Mean Girls' but did manage to sneak above the £1 million mark. This was released on Christmas Day 2023 in America and had one of the best Christmas Day grosses of all-time but then fell massively and never recovered. Over here, it couldn't even get off to a fast start. Steven Spielberg's 1885 original remains a classic and the stage show was a hit but it seemed that people just weren't here for another adaptation. Danielle Brooks did earn an Oscar nom for her performance. I did end up seeing this and thought it was ok.
February 20Feb 20 Author 86. Kinds Of Kindness - £1.1 million We might all be in danger. A triptych fable following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a different person; and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability, who is destined to become a prodigious spiritual leader. Director: Yorgos Lanthimos Cast: Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe Release Date: 28th June 2024 Distributor: Disney Certification: 18 Genre: Comedy Rotten Tomatoes: 71% IMDb: 6.5 Top 15 Chart Run: 6-8-11-x-15 (4 weeks) Opening Weekend: £322,142 (#6) Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone and Willem Dafoe re-teaming less than 6-months after 'Poor Things' became a shock-massive hit leading to Oscar glory, what could go wrong? Well 'Kings Of Kindness' ended up with a much more mixed reception and didn't get the same sort of push. There will be a big wait to see where that one ended up. Side note, but how hilarious is it that this and 'Poor Things' are officially Disney films :lol:
February 20Feb 20 That's pretty good for Love Lies Bleeding considering it was still quite an under the radar release, love both of what this director has offered us so far and interested to see what she does next. Kinds of Kindness was certainly no Poor Things, but still had some weird charm to it, sadly Maxxxine was a bit of a disappointment after the first two, felt a bit too generic overall in comparison.
February 22Feb 22 Author 85. Blitz - £1.1 million A boy’s journey. A mother’s love. Miles of burning city between them. In World War II London, nine-year-old George is evacuated to the countryside by his mother, Rita, to escape the bombings. Defiant and determined to return to his family, George embarks on an epic, perilous journey back home as Rita searches for him. Director: Steve McQueen Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Elliott Heffernan, Harris Dickinson Release Date: 1st November 2024 Distributor: Apple Certification: 12A Genre: Drama Rotten Tomatoes: 81% IMDb: 6.2 Top 15 Chart Run: 15-8-13 (3 weeks) Opening Weekend: £163,124 (#15) Steve McQueen returned to feature films for the first time since 2018's 'Widows' with this Apple-produced WWII-set drama. Only exclusively in cinemas for three weeks before it's release on Apple TV+ which meant that it didn't have too much of an opportunity to find it's audience in cinemas. This was meant to be Apple's big push for Awards Season but it never picked up any momentum, aside from some technical noms at the BAFTAs. It's a shame because Saoirse is OVERDUE for an Oscar imo.
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