It’s that time again where we take a look at all of the week’s upcoming releases. One film sure to split opinion is The Happytime Murders in which Melissa McCarthy stars alongside a bunch of puppets, it’s essentially an adult Muppet comedy.
Anyway it releases in the UK this week having already come out last week in the States. So let’s get started, here are the cinema releases 31st August 2018 for the UK & US.
Cinema Releases 31st August 2018
Action Point (Comedy)
Released 31st August 2018 UK (15) 85 Mins
- Distributor: Paramount Pictures
- Starring Johnny Knoxville; Brigette Lundy-Paine; Johnny Pemberton;
- Susan Yeagley; Eleanor Worthington-Cox; Chris Pontius
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Searching (Thriller)
Released 31st August 2018 UK (12A) 102 Mins
- Distributor: Sony Pictures
- Starring John Cho; Debra Messing; Joseph Lee;
- Michelle La; Sara Sohn; Roy Abramsohn
The Happytime Murders (Black Comedy)
Released 31st August 2018 UK (15) 91 Mins
- Distributor: STX Entertainment
- Starring Melissa McCarthy; Maya Rudolph; Joel McHale; Elizabeth Banks
Upgrade (Action, Sci-fi, Thriller)
Released 31st August 2018 UK (15) 100 Mins
- Distributor: Universal Pictures
- Starring Logan Marshall-Green; Rosco Campbell; Richard Cawthorne;
- Michael M. Foster; Betty Gabriel; Harrison Gilbertson
Yardie (Crime, Drama)
Released 31st August 2018 UK (15) 101 Mins
- Distributor: Studiocanal
- Directed by Idris Elba
- Starring Aml Ameen; Stephen Graham; Akin Gazi
Kin (Action)
Released 31st August 2018 US (PG-13) 102 Mins
- Distributor: Lionsgate
- Starring Myles Truitt; Jack Reynor; Zoe Kravitz;
- Carrie Coon; Dennis Quaid; James Franco
So what film will you be watching at the cinema this week?
Top 10 Box Office Films
What movies/films have we all been watching over the last week, time to find out as we take a look at the Top 10 Box Office Films in both the US and UK.
US BOX OFFICE
| Movie | Distributor | Gross | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Crazy Rich Asians | Warner Bros | $24,808,202 |
| 2 | (2) | The Meg | Warner Bros | $12,812,615 |
| 3 | New | The Happytime Murders | STX Entertainment | $9,532,425 |
| 4 | (4) | Mission: Impossible - Fallout | Paramount Pictures | $8,087,385 |
| 5 | (3) | Mile 22 | STX Entertainment | $6,366,042 |
| 6 | (6) | Christopher Robin | Walt Disney | $6,261,783 |
| 7 | (5) | Alpha | Sony Pictures | $6,002,359 |
| 8 | (7) | BlacKkKlansman | Focus Features | $5,098,405 |
| 9 | New | A.X.L. | Global Road | $2,798,229 |
| 10 | (8) | Slender Man | Sony Pictures | $2,790,564 |
| Other | ||||
| 16 | New | Papillon | Bleecker Street | $1,090,073 |
| 22 | New | Searching | Sony Pictures | $388,769 |
BOX OFFICE
| Movie | Distributor | Gross | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Disney's Christopher Robin | Disney | £2,138,824 |
| 2 | (2) | Mamma Mia: Here we Go Again! | Universal | £1,701,162 |
| 3 | (3) | The Meg | Warner Bros | £1,502,535 |
| 4 | (6) | Incredibles 2 | Disney | £1,268,401 |
| 5 | (4) | The Equalizer 2 | Sony Pictures | £1,256,615 |
| 6 | New | BlacKkKlansman | Universal | £1,234,214 |
| 7 | New | The Spy Who Dumped Me | Lionsgate | £1,057,211 |
| 8 | (7) | Mission: Impossible Fallout | Paramount | £924,424 |
| 9 | (10) | Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation | Sony Pictures | £910,555 |
| 10 | (8) | Ant-Man and The Wasp | Disney | £794,409 |
| Other | ||||
| 11 | New | The Children Act | eOne Films | £517,378 |
| 12 | (5) | The Festival | Entertainment | £458,095 |
| 14 | New | Slender Man | Sony Pictures | £389,339 |
| 15 | New | Alpha | Sony Pictures | £225,606 |
What film will you be watching at the cinema this week?
Five UK releases this week and we are sure that The Happytime Murders is going split opinion, probably a better bet is the action, sci-fi-thriller Upgrade. Please let us know what film you saw and if you liked it.
