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Box Office Round-up
Gabby’s Dollhouse is a big hit on Netflix and it has successfully made the leap to the big screen, opening with £1.9m, which includes £160k from previews. In terms of family tv shows that have made the leap to the big screen, Peppa Meets The Baby Cinema Experience opened with £1.1m on May this year, but it had a very short run, finishing with £2.4m. In July The Bad Guys 2 opened with £1.6m and is currently on £14.2m, so hopefully Gabby’s Dollhouse can have similar legs.
Black Phone 2 is a sequel to the 2021 horror hit that opened with £1.4m and finished its run with £4.7m. This sequel opened with £1.1m, which is a bit down on the first film but with Halloween next week, it should have a good few weeks.
On its second weekend British drama I Swear posted a terrific hold, falling just 18% to £867k, which takes its total to £2.9m. Earlier this year, The Salt Path opened with £1.5m, on its way to over £8.1m, so hopefully I Swear, a film that has been very warmly received, can have similar legs.
Last week’s top film Tron: Ares added £838k on its second weekend, which is down 52% from last weekend. That takes its total after 10 days in cinemas to £3.3m. With half-term taking place over the next couple of weeks, there should be a fair bit more to come but Tron: Legacy’s final total of £10.5m looks a long way off.
On its fifth weekend, One Battle After Another added £791k, a drop of 36% from last weekend. That takes its total to £9.7m and in the next week it will overtake the final total of Killers Of The Flower Moon – Leonardo DiCaprio’s previous film in cinemas, which finished on £10.1m.
Outside of the top five, Roofman opened in sixth with £679k, Good Fortune opened in seventh with £307k, and After The Hunt opened in ninth with £209k.
Next Weekend
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere is a biopic of Bruce Springsteen, charting his journey crafting his 1982 album Nebraska, which emerged as he recorded Born in the USA with the E Street Band. Jeremy Allen White stars as Bruce.
Regretting You is an adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s novel. It centres on the strained relationship between young mother Morgan Grant and her teenage daughter Clara, exacerbated by Morgan's husband Chris's tragic death, forcing them to navigate life's challenges together. It’s in cinemas from Wednesday.
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc is the latest anime to come to the big screen. Denji encounters a new romantic interest, Reze, who works at a coffee café.
The Mastermind is the latest film from Kelly Reichardt. In 1970, failed architect James Blaine Mooney and cohorts wander into a museum in broad daylight and steal four paintings. When holding onto the art proves more difficult than stealing them, Mooney is relegated to a life on the run. Josh O’Connor stars.
Sketch is a fantasy adventure. When a young girl's sketchbook falls into a strange pond, her drawings come to life-chaotic, real and on the loose. As the town descends into chaos, her family must reunite and stop the monsters they never meant to unleash.
The Buzz
Send Help is the latest film from legendary filmmaker Sam Raimi (The Evil Dead, Spider-Man, A Simple Plan). Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien star as two colleagues who become stranded on a deserted island, after they are the only survivors of a plane crash. On the island, they must overcome past grievances and work together to survive, but ultimately, it's a battle of wills and wits to make it out alive. It looks a total blast and should be one of the best films for 16-34 adults in Q1.
Across The Pond
Black Phone 2 opened in the top spot with $26.5m, which is more than the $23.6m the first film opened with in 2021. Tron: Ares fell to second, adding $11.1m for a new total of $54.6m. Good Fortune opened in third with $6.2m. One Battle After Another added $4m in fourth for a new total of $61.9m, while Roofman rounded out the top five, adding $3.7m for a new total of $15.5m.