Shine

Liam Neeson remains at the top of the US box office this weekend with the revenge thriller Honest Thief, in fact the top 3 movies remain the same as last week!

The highest new movie of the weekend is horror movie The Empty Man which makes its debut at number 4, also making a debut this week is Monsters Inc. re-release which enters at 7 and After We Collided which makes its debut at 8.

Here is the US box office Quickview.

• Number 1 - Honest Thief (2nd week)
• Highest debut - The Empty Man (@4)
• Longest run - Unhinged (11 weeks)
• Highest total gross - Tenet ($52,500,000) (not including re-releases)

US top 5 box office breakdown 23rd - 25th October 2020.

Honest Thief

Liam Neeson stars in the revenge thriller which remains at the top of the US box office for a second weekend, the week taking $2.3 Million which is only a 36% drop from last weekend.

This pushes the total gross in the US to $7.4 Million on its second weekend, and with more and more cinemas starting to open it could be one of the bigger film to open during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The War With Grandpa

The Tim Hill directed comedy starring Robert De Niro remains at number 2 this week with $1.8 Million, only 25% down from last weekend.

The film has been out for 3 weeks now and has taken $9.7 Million since release.

The Empty Man

**UPDATE** With the release of the final weekend figures The Empty Man has taken just a little more than Tenet and so ended in third place rather than fourth.

Highest new movie of the week is the David Prior directed horror movie which lands at number 3 this weekend with $1.26 Million.

with Halloween next weekend the movie should have a strong second weekend but then the potential to drop off the chart is strong, although horror movies did shine during the pandemic cinema shutdown when only drive-in theatres were open.

Tenet

Warner Bros. have admitted that their 'savour of cinema' movie was actually a failure and just maybe they opened the movie too soon, regardless of that the movie takes $1.3 Million this weekend, a drop of only 19%.

The movie has been on the box office for 8 weeks now and is by far the highest grossing movie since cinemas closed in March with $52.5 Million, as a side note Warner Bros. have been cagy about the movies box office figures.

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Disney's re-release of their Henry Selick directed classic falls to number 5 this weekend with $577,000, a 57% drop, giving the movie a total gross of $76.9 Million since its 1994 release.

Doctor Sleep is a follow up to Stephen Kings The Shining and this year director Mike Flanagan takes us on that journey, and today we get the first trailer.

The film is based on the 2013 novel of the same name, and although not a direct sequel the trailer shows us that is will use Stanley Kubrick's Overlook Hotel from The Shining for many scenes.

The film stars Ewan McGregor as Danny Torrance, who is now grown up, as he battles alcoholism but cant escape the events from his life or gift.

Set for release in November check out the trailer below.

The world will shine again. Watch the teaser trailer now. #DoctorSleepMovie pic.twitter.com/HqLIqr3dKn

— Doctor Sleep (@DoctorSleepFilm) June 13, 2019

At the UK box office this week, Friday, 10th May 2019, there is 6 new releases looking to take your attention at the local multiplex and break into the box office chart next week.

Pokémon: Detective Pikachu

First up at cinemas this week is new movie Pokémon: Detective Pikachu directed by Rob Letterman who also directed Goosebumps in 2016 which grossed £8,575,763.

It stars Ryan Reynolds who last starred in Deadpool 2 and Justice Smith who last appeared in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.

High Life

Next on the new release schedule is High Life, this new movie stars Robert Pattinson and Juliette Binoche who starred in Cosmopolis together.

The film is brought to us by Claire Denis who's last film was Let The Sunshine In.

Destination Wedding

Also out this week is Destination Wedding which is directed by Victor Levin which is a directorial debut.

It stars Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder who were last seen together in The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee which grossed £44,511.

Amazing Grace

The long list of new releases continues with Amazing Grace which is directed by Alan Elliott and Sydney Pollack directing together.

It stars Aretha Franklin and Reverand James Cleveland.

The Hustle

Finally there is The Hustle from director Chris Addison making their directorial debut, the film stars Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson.

Check back on Monday to see where these films end up on the weekends box office chart.

Come back next week when there are 2 new releases.

• John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum is out Friday, 17th May
• Breakthrough get released on Friday, 17th May

Its all a little too serious in the first trailer for Thor Ragnorak, then Hulk turns up and we see the humour shine through.

Great first trailer for the new Thor movie out towards the end of the year.

Disney's Maleficent casts her spell over the video chart this weeks and knocks Tom Cruise off the top spot on her debut week of release.

Maleficent was one of the fist big summer films out of the stable this year being released on 30th May, on it's debut week it topped the box office chart with a weekend gross of £6.6 million.

It spent a total of 10 weeks on the Uk box office with five of those inside the top 5, it has grossed to date £20.5 million but is still showing in a few cinemas across London.

It is the 160th top grossing film in the UK and with a $710 million world gross is the 62nd top grossing film ever.

Last weeks top film, Edge of Tomorrow, falls to number 3 this week, leapfrogging over Disneys Frozen which hold firm at number 2.

There were a number of new films enter the chart this week, these include: Northern Soul at 4 and 2 Days to Kill at number 5, Walking on Sunshine enters at 7 while Oculus enters at 15. Belle is a new entry at 17.

Check out the full top 20 Blu-ray and DVD charts at 25thframe.co.uk.