Godzilla Vs. Kong 2021

This weekend starting Friday 20th August 2021, there are 7 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the UK box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Free Guy, for the number 1 spot?

Here are this weeks new releases

• People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan
• Pig
• Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins
• Reminiscence
• The Night House
• Demonic
• Censor

People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan

• The movie is from director Jack Clough
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Asim Chaudhry who also starred in Louis Wain (2021).
• The film also stars Allan Mustafa who last appeared in Love Wedding Repeat (2020).

Pig

• The movie is from director Michael Sarnoski
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Nicolas Cage who also starred in The Croods: A New Age (2020).
• The film also stars Alex Wolff who last appeared in Old (2021).

Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins

• The movie is directed by Robert Schwentke, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Robert Schwentke also directed The Family Jewels in 2003.
• It stars Henry Golding who also starred in Monsoon (2019).
• The film also stars Andrew Koji who last appeared in Trendy (2017).

Reminiscence

• The movie is from director Lisa Joy
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Rebecca Ferguson who also starred in Doctor Sleep (2019).
• The film also stars Hugh Jackman who last appeared in Missing Link (2019).
• They also appeared together in The Greatest Showman (2017).

The Night House

• The movie is directed by David Bruckner, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• David Bruckner also directed The Ritual in 2017 which grossed £798.9 Thousand in the UK.
• It stars Rebecca Hall who also starred in Godzilla Vs. Kong (2021).
• The film also stars Sarah Goldberg who last appeared in The Report (2019).

Demonic

• The movie is directed by Neill Blomkamp, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Neill Blomkamp also directed Elysium in 2013 which grossed £8.7 Million in the UK and grossed $286.1 Million globally.
• It stars Andrea Agur who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Nathalie Boltt who last appeared in 24 Hours to Live (2017).

Censor

• The movie is from director Prano Bailey-Bond
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Niamh Algar who also starred in Wrath of Man (2021).
• The film also stars Michael Smiley who last appeared in Rialto (2019).

Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next weeks there are 4 new movies released

• Candyman, Friday, 27th August
• The Nest, Friday, 27th August
• Our Ladies, Friday, 27th August
• The Last Bus, Friday, 27th August

This weekend across the globe the horror movie The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It climbs to the top of the box office as it opens in more countries including the USA.

This means A Quiet Place Part II fall to number 2 and with no other big new releases the rest of the top 5 does a little shuffle around.

Global box office QuickView

• Number 1 - The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (1st Weekend)
• Highest debut - No new movies on the global box office
• Longest run - Stand By Me Doraemon 2 (14 weeks)
• Highest total gross - Godzilla Vs. Kong ($438 Million)

Global box office breakdown 4th - 6th June 2021.

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

The third movie in The Conjuring series increases its country count to 45 this weekend and jumps up the box office from 10 to number 1.

The horror movie takes a very decent $26.7 Million, an increase of 85% from last weekend, on its second weekend giving it a global gross of $57.1 Million.

A Quiet Place Part II

Falling to number 2 on its second weekend of release is the John Krasinski directed sequel movie which takes $19.2 Million, a hard drop of 17% from last weekend.

The movie which is released in 17 countries has now taken $138.6 Million globally.

Cruella

Disney's villain origin movie falls to number 3 this weekend after taking $18.6 Million from 37 countries, a 50% drop over last weekend, giving the movie $138.6 Million in total after 2 weeks.

Fast and Furious 9

The Fast series 9th movie has only been released in 8 countries so far with China being its biggest to date and this weekend falls to number 4 with $13.3 Million, down 57% over last weekend.

The Justin Lin directed film has been on the chart now for 3 weeks and has taken $255.9 Million globally.

Stand By Me Doraemon 2

The animated movie is still on the chart 18 weeks later and this weekend takes $7.7 Million from 8 countries, a 54% drop over last weekend, giving the movie a total gross of $67.7 Million globally.

The US cinema going public is enjoying its horror movies at the start of the summer season as The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It its the top spot on its debut weekend replacing A Quiet Place Part II.

Last weeks horror movie falls to number 2 this weekend and elsewhere on the top 5 is a new entry for animated movie Spirit Untamed which is at 4.

Also worth a note this week is the first movie to get over $100 Million since the pandemic started will happen by next weekend, and although Godzilla Vs. Kong has come very close it will be A Quiet Place Part II which will go part the milestone first.

US box office QuickView

• Number 1 - The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (1st Weekend)
• Highest debut - The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (@1)
• Longest run - The Croods: A New Age (28 weeks)
• Highest total gross - Godzilla Vs. Kong ($99.1 Million)

US box office top 5 breakdown weekend 4th - 6th June 2021

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

The latest movie in the now long running Conjuring Universe hits the top of the US box office on its debut weekend with a gross of $6.2 Million.

As you would expect this is lower than the previous film in the main Conjuring series for which this is the third movie, those two both came in on their debut's with $40 Million.

A Quiet Place Part II

The John Krasinski directed sequel movie falls to number 2 after showing a strong debut weekend which came in almost identical the 2018 original movie.

On its second weekend this movie takes $19.5 Million which is 60% down from last weekend, but similar to the original, and this gives the movie a fantastic $88.6 Million total.

Cruella

Disney's 101 Dalmatians villain origins movie falls to number 3 this weekend with $11.2 Million, a 47% drop and not bad considering you watch it at home with a Disney+ subscription and an extra $30.

The movie has taken $43.6 Million over its 2 weekend release.

Spirit Untamed

New at number 4 is the animated movie which is a sequel to the almost forgotten 2002 movie Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron.

This movie takes a fairly reasonable $6.2 Million on its debut, reasonable because its has little publicity and the country is still keeping cinemas at limited capacity.

Raya and the Last Dragon

Disney's animated tale spends another week inside the top 5, at number 5 with $1.3 Million, a 35% drop from last weekend.

The movie has now taken $53.5 Million, and even more amazing this weekend is that its now available on Disney+ without paying the extra $30 for the privilege!

This weekend The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It makes it debit at the top of the UK box office and knocks Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway into second place after a week at the top.

Also new this week as the US public get used to going to the cinema again is Cruella at number 3 and the Japanese animated global smash Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train at number 4.

Outside the top 10 movies there is a new release for First Cow which is directed by Kelly Reichardt and enters the box office at 13 with £21,862.

UK box office QuickView

• Number 1 - The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (1st Weekend)
• Highest debut - The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (@1)
• Longest run - Everything except the new entries! (2 weeks)
• Highest total gross - Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (£7.4 Million)

UK top 5 breakdown weekend 28th - 30th May 2021.

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

Debut weekend for the new movie from the Conjuring Universe and the third film in the original series of movies.

The film takes a fairly impressive £2.7 Million over its debut weekend, altohugh this was boosted by preview showings which accounted for over £800,000 of business.

Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway

Falling to number 2 on its second weekend of release is the sequel movie directed by Will Gluck about the rabbit made famous by Beatrix Potter.

The movie takes £2.04 Million on its second weekend of release, a large 56% drop from last weekend, which gives the movie a £7.48 Million total.

Cruella

Disney release their latest live action movie as a origin tale for Cruella De'Vil which enters the box office at number 3 despite also being available the Disney streaming service, altohugh with extra cash for the pleasure.

The movie which stars Emma Stone and Emma Thompson took £1.4 Million on its debut weekend.

Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train

The animated movie from director Haruo Sotozaki has been a mega smash across the world over the last year and has to date taken nearly $500 Million (£352 Million) since its release last October in Japan.

Its debut on the UK box office has it enter at 4 with a weekend gross of £693,081.

Godzilla Vs. Kong

Falling to number 4 this weekend is the monster smash up movie which has been a mega hit globally but as its been available on streaming in the UK for a while its UK gross has been low.

This weekend the movie take £254,172, a 68% drop from last weekend, for a total of £1.7 Million on its second weekend of release.

This weekend the US box office showed the first definite signs of recovery as the sequel movie A Quiet Place Part II opens to the biggest weekend of the pandemic.

Also opening big this weekend is Cruella which makes its debut in the runner up spot and worth of a mention is Raya and the Last Dragon which despite being 14 weeks old increases its weekend gross and goes over the $50 Million mark.