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This weekend saw Two By Two: Overboard! rebound back to the top of the Uk box office in a marketplace where only cinemas in Whales and Scotland were open with the lockdown in England still set to last another couple of weekends.

Highest new movie was the documentary Collective at number 3 while further down the box office The Kid Detective made a debut at number 7 with £1,478.

Here is the box office Quickview.

• Number 1 - Two By Two: Overboard! (3rd weekend)
• Highest debut - Collective (@3)
• Longest run - 100% Wolf (14 weeks)^*
• Highest total gross - Tenet (£17,418,700)^*
^*Not including catalogue re-releases

Here is a rundown of the top 5 movies at the UK box office 20th - 22nd November 2020

Two By Two: Overboard!

Going back to the top of the UK box office after a couple of weekends away is the animated feature directed by Toby Genkel and Sean McCormack

On its 5th weekend of release, and its 3rd at the top the movie takes £3.422, 20% up from last weekend, for a total of £994,099, so close to a million!

The Secret Garden~2020

Falling from the top, Marc Munden's retelling of the classic novel is at number 2 this weekend with £2,635.

The movie is down 49% from last weekend and has taken a total of £647,560 over 5 weeks of release.

Collective

Highest new movie of the weekend is this documentary by director Alexander Nanau which takes £1.926 on its debut.

Honest Thief

The Liam Neeson starring revenge thriller directed by Mark Williams falls to number 4 this week with £1,910, a 40% drop from last weekend giving the movie £659,443 over 5 weeks of release.

A Christmas Gift From Bob

Three weeks on the this little feel good movie from director Charles Martin Smith makes its way into the top 5.

The movie has climbed each week its been released and this week takes £1,757, only 5% down from last weekend.

The movie has now taken £6,075 after 3 weeks of release.

Last weekend saw The Secret Garden climb to the top of the UK box office, but in England cinemas are still closed so again the box office is looking at the few cinemas open in Wales and Scotland.

There are 3 movies this week hitting either cinemas or going direct to streaming.

The Kid Detective

• This new release stars Adam Brody who's last film was Promising Young Woman (2020)
• It also stars Sophie Nelisse who appeared in Close (2019).
• The film is brought to us by new director Evan Morgan.

Another Round

• The movie is directed by Thomas Vinterberg who directed The Commune in 2016.
• It stars Mads Mikkelsen and Thomas Bo Larsen who were last seen together in The Hunt which grossed £103,544.

Ashens And The Polybius Heist

• Also this week there is Ashens And The Polybius Heist from director Riyad Barmania marking a directorial debut.
• The film features Stuart Ashen and Robert Llewellyn in starring roles.

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

Next weeks there are 4 new movies

• The Loss Adjuster, Friday, 27th November
• A Christmas Carol, Friday, 27th November
• Possessor, Friday, 27th November
• Malibu Road, Wednesday, 28th October

It's Friday 13th November 2020 and there are a couple of new film released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office.

After last weekends top movie, The Three Kings got to number 1 in an odd roundabout sort of way can it be replaced this weekend?

The Last Shift

• The movie is directed by Andrew Cohn
• Andrew Cohn also directed Danny Brown Live At The Majestic in 2018.
• It stars Richard Jenkins who last starred in Kajillionaire (2020).
• The film also stars Shane Paul McGhie who last appeared in After We Collided (2020).

Hillbilly Elegy

• This new release stars Amy Adams who's last film was The Woman In The Window (2020)
• It also stars Glenn Close who appeared in The Wife (2018).
• The film is brought to us by veteran director Ron Howard.

Love Spreads

• The movie is directed by Jamie Adams who directed A Wonderful Christmas Time in 2014.
• It stars Alia Shawkat and Eiza González.

Billie

• Also this week there is Billie from director James Erskine who also directed Pantani The Accidental Death Of A Cyclist in 2014.
• The film features Billie Holiday in starring roles.

A Place Among The Dead

• The long list of new releases continues with A Place Among The Dead which is directed by Juliet Landau which is a directorial debut.
• It stars Juliet Landau and Gary Oldman.

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

Next weeks there are 3 new movies

• Ashens And The Polybius Heist, Thursday, 19th November
• The Kid Detective, Friday, 20th November
• Another Round, Friday, 20th November

Liam Neeson takes over from Robert De Niro this weekend in Honest Thief which makes a very strong (in the current climate) debut at the top and pushing The War With Grandpa down to number 2.

With last weeks top film falling to number 2 there are a couple of catalogue movies in the lower end of the top 5, expected due to the lack of blockbuster movies getting released.

Further down the chart there are a few new movies, 2 Hearts is new at number 6, Love And Monsters makes its debut at number 9 and The Kid Detective one below at number 10.

Here is this weeks US box office Quickview.

• Number 1 - Honest Thief (1st Week)
• Highest debut - Honest Thief (@1)
• Longest run - Unhinged (10 weeks)
• Highest total gross (excluding re-releases) - Tenet ($50,600,000)

Here is the breakdown of this weeks US top 5 movies 16th - 18th October 2020.

Honest Thief

Liam Neeson returns to the revenge action genre with this movie directed by Mark Williams which makes its North American debut at the top with $4.2 Million (including previews), $3.7 Million Friday - Sunday.

This is not a bad debut in the current COVID-19 climate and is among the top debuts since cinemas started to reopened.

The War With Grandpa

Falling to number 2 after a single week at the top is the Tim Hill directed comedy starring Robert De Niro which this weekend taked $2.5 Million, falling 31% from last weekend.

This gives the movie a total US gross of $7.2 Millon after 10 days of release.

Tenet

Seven weeks on and Christopher Nolan's movie falls to number 3 with $1.6 Million which is a 24% drop from last weekend.

The movie has now taken $50 Million in the US the highest total grossing on the box office this week.

The Nightmare Before Christmas

First released in 1994 the Henry Selick directed movie, presented by Tim Burton of course, gets a re-release and takes a very impressive $1.3 million on its first weekend as it enters at number 4.

The movie has taken $76.4 Million since it was first released 26 years ago.

Hocus Pocus

Another Halloween favourite on its 3rd weekend of a re-release takes $756K, a 35% drop from last weekend.

The movie has now taken $3.8 Million on its re-run and $43.3 Million since first released in 1993.