Malignant 2021

Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 19th November 2021, there are 3 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Eternals from the top of the UK box office.

Here are this weeks new releases

• Ghostbusters: Afterlife
• The Battle At Lake Changjin
• King Richard

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

• The movie is directed by Jason Reitman, it is the directors 9th movie.
• Jason Reitman also directed Tully in 2018 which grossed £494.4K in the UK and grossed $15.6 Mil. globally.
• It stars Finn Wolfhard who also starred in How It Ends (2021).
• The film also stars Mckenna Grace who last appeared in Malignant (2021).
• Uk box office prediction: number 1

The Battle At Lake Changjin

• The movie is directed by Kaige Chen and Dante Lam, it is the directors 19th movie.
• Kaige Chen and Dante Lam also directed My People, My Country in 2019 which grossed £135.3K in the UK and grossed $450.1 Mil. globally.
• It stars Jing Wu who also starred in My Country, My Parents (2021).
• The film also stars Jackson Yee who last appeared in Hero (2021).

King Richard

• The movie is directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Reinaldo Marcus Green also directed Good Joe Bell in 2020.
• It stars Will Smith who also starred in Bad Boys For Life (2020).
• The film also stars Aunjanue Ellis who last appeared in If Beale Street Could Talk (2019).
• Uk box office prediction: number 3

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

Next week there are 4 new movies released

• Encanto, Wednesday, 24th November
• House of Gucci, Friday, 26th November
• Pirates, Friday, 26th November
• A Boy Called Christmas, Friday, 26th November

Marvel's Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings remains at the top of the US box office for a third straight weekend giving Disney the top 2 movies of the year.

Highest new entry os the weekend is the Clint Eastwood directed and starring Cry Macho which debuts at number 3 while also making a debut this week is Copshop at number 6 with $2.3 Million.

US box office QuickView

• Number 1 - Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (3rd Weekend)
• Highest debut - Cry Macho (@3)
• Longest run - Black Widow (11 weeks)
• Highest total gross - Black Widow ($183.3 Million)

US box office top 5 breakdown weekend 17th - 19th September 2021

Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

A third weekend at the top of the US box office for the newest Marvel character which takes $21.7 Million this weekend, a very good 39% drop over last weekend.

This gives the movie a $176.8 Million total US box office gross after 3 weeks of release and is the second highest grossing movie of 2021 in North America.

Free Guy

Shawn Levy's runaway hit stays at number 2 this weekend with a gross of $5.2 Million, an incredible 11% drop, made even more impressive by the fact this is the movie 6th weekend of release, is this a sign people are going back to the movies?

This gives the film a total US gross of $108.5 Million after 6 weeks of release and is the 6th top grossing movie of 2021 in North America.

Cry Macho

Legendary director Clint Eastwood brings his latest movie to the big screen, and goes back to westerns in the process, his latest makes its debut on the chart at number 3 with $4.5 Million.

Eastwood has a die hard following but this latest picture has not had the praise and critical response of his past movies so once the 'fans' see the movie this could drop from the box office quickly.

Candyman

The horror movie sequel/remake remains at number 4 this weekend with $3.5 Million, a decent 28% drop on its fourth weekend of release, this gives the movie a total of $53.1 Million.

Malignant

James Wan's latest horror movie falls to number 5 on its second weekend of release with $2.6 Million over the weekend, a big 52% drop, giving the film a total US gross of $9.8 Million.

The Marvel movie Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings remained at the top of the UK box office for a second weekend sweeping away any challenge for the top by quite a large margin with the film at number 2 taking 7 times less than the super hero movie.

Highest new movie of the week is the bio-pic of Aretha Franklin Respect starring Jennifer Hudson which comes in at number 3 and Conjuring director James Wan brings his new movie Malignant in at number 5.

Further down the chart Copshop is new at 7 with £198,225 on its debut and director Phyllida Lloyd's new movie Herself is new at 12 with £85,649.

UK box office QuickView

• Number 1 - Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2nd weekend)
• Highest debut - Respect (@3)
• Longest run - The Croods: A New Age and Space Jam: A New Legacy (9 weeks)
• Highest total gross - Free Guy (£14.3 Million)

UK box office top 5 breakdown weekend 10th - 12th September 2021

Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Marvels latest superhero movie spends a second weekend at the top of the UK box office with a fantastic hold, only dropping 38% the movie takes £3.6 Million over its second weekend.

The movie has now taken an excellent £11.8 Million on the UK box office and is the 8th top movie of 2021 so far.

The movie incredibly took over £6 Million on its first full week of release in the UK.

Free Guy

The Shawn Levy action comedy starring Ryan Reynolds holds steady at number 2 this week and again has a fantastic low drop of only 28% with a weekend gross of £690,408.

This takes the movie total UK gross to £14.3 Million over 5 weeks of release and its the 4th top movie of 2021 at the UK box office.

It could potentially take Fast & Furious 9 which is currently the 3rd top movie of 2021, but then it will most likely be taken by Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings by next weekend!

Respect

Highest new entry of the weekend is a bio-pic of Aretha Franklin starring Jennifer Hudson which is naturally getting a lot of Oscar hype for Hudson's performance.

The movie takes £424,514 to land at number 3 on this weeks box office.

Candyman

The horror franchise movie remake falls to number 4 this weekend with £418,414, a 45% drop over last weekend, taking the movies total UK gross to £3.7 Million over 3 weeks of release.

Malignant

Respected horror director of The Conjuring series brings his latest fright fest to the big screen which this weekend makes its debut at number 5 on the UK box office with £409,298.