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Box Office Round-up
Predator: Badlands opened in the top spot at the UK box office with £2.5m. This is the ninth film featuring the famous sci-fi characters, and the last film in the series, 2018’s The Predator, opened with a Friday to Sunday total of £1.7m. That film finished on £4.8m but was not well liked, while audience scores for Badlands are through the roof, so there should be plenty more to come for this new instalment.
The Choral opened in second with £917k, which includes £14k from previews. British drama is on a solid run, as I Swear opened with £1.1m on 10 October, and is so far up to £5.6m. Hopefully The Choral can have similar legs.
Regretting You posted a great hold in third, falling just 13% to £791k, comfortably the best hold in the top 15. That takes its total after three weekends in cinemas to £5.2m, which bodes very well for the two Colleen Hoover adaptations hitting cinemas next year (Reminders Of Him in March, and Verity tbc).
Last weekend’s top film Bugonia also posted a great hold, falling 29% to £549k. That takes its total after two weekends in cinemas to £2.1m, which for such an unusual film is a great result. It’s also a big improvement over the £1.1m Lanthimos’ Kinds Of Kindness, also starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons, opened with in June 2024.
Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson drama Die My Love rounded out the top five, opening with £396k, which includes £107k from previews. This is expected to expand to more screens from Friday, so hopefully a decent second weekend is on the way too.
Outside of the top five, A Paw Patrol Christmas is the first Christmas offering this year and it cracked the top 10, opening with £250k in ninth.
Next Weekend
The Running Man is the latest film from Edgar Wright (Shaun Of The Dead, Hot Fuzz, Baby Driver). A man joins a game show in which contestants, allowed to go anywhere in the world, are pursued by "hunters" hired to kill them. Glen Powell, Colman Domingo, Emilia Jones and Josh Brolin star. It’s in cinemas from Tuesday.
Now You See Me: Now You Don’t is the third film in the magic-themed series. A diamond heist reunites retired Horsemen illusionists with new performers as they target dangerous criminals. Jesse Eisenberg, Isla Fisher, Woody Harrelson and Dave Franco star.
Keeper is the third horror film in 16 months from Osgood Perkins, after Longlegs and The Monkey. A romantic anniversary trip to a secluded cabin turns sinister when a dark presence reveals itself, forcing a couple to confront the property's haunting past. Tatiana Maslany stars.
Christmas Karma is the year’s next Christmas offering. A hard-nosed businessman, Mr. Sood, is forced to confront his past, present, and future over one fateful Christmas Eve - guided by three unforgettable spirits - on a journey toward compassion and redemption. Kunal Nayyar, Hugh Bonneville, and Eva Longoria star.
Nuremberg is a historial drama starring Russell Crowe and Rami Malek. A WWII psychiatrist evaluates Nazi leaders before the Nuremberg trials, growing increasingly obsessed with understanding evil as he forms a disturbing bond with Hermann Göring.
Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution is an anime action film. A veil abruptly descends over the busy Shibuya area amid the bustling Halloween crowds, trapping countless civilians inside. In the aftermath, ten colonies across Japan are transformed into dens of curses.
The Buzz
Fackham Hall is a new comedy co-written by Jimmy Carr and starring Damian Lewis, Katherine Waterston, Thomasin Mackenzie and Tom Felton. A spoof of Downton Abbey-style period dramas, Fackham Hall sees a new porter forms an odd bond with the youngest daughter of a well-known UK family. As the Davenport family, headed by Lord and Lady Davenport, deals with the epic disaster of the wedding of their eldest daughter to her caddish cousin. It should be ideal for an older-ABC1 female audience in the final two weeks before Christmas as it hits cinemas on 12 December.
Across The Pond
Predator: Badlands opened in the top spot with an impressive $40m, the biggest opening in the franchise. Regretting You posted an excellent hold in second, falling just 9% to $7.1m, which takes its total to $38.6m. Black Phone 2 came in second, adding $5.3m for a new total of $70.1m. Sarah’s Oil opened in fourth with $4.5m, and Nuremberg opened in fifth with $4.1m.