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Last weekend's Top Twenty movies

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It was a rather lacklustre weekend at the box office, mirroring the situation stateside where boom times have suddenly taken a dive. That's either because of the product or because people are not enjoying the latest regime change moves in Venezuela, with the implications for things spiraling out of control into major war.

Locally, critically-panned Holmes reboot Holmes & Watson fared the best by landing at number 9, while "very average" horror story The Prodigy made it to the middle of the bottom 10.

None of the other new releases featured on the top 20. However, on holdover business, there are no less than three local movies in the top ten, which is good news for local producers. Matwetwe continues to do well, with Dominee Tienie and 3 Days to Go also putting in a good showing.

On a non-inflation-adjusted comparison, Aquaman has now made almost as much as Avatar, and Bohemian Rhapsody almost as much as Titanic.

Weekend of 8 - 10 February 2019

Rank	Film	Weekend	To date	Week
1	How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World	3,731,260	10,259,017	2
2	The Upside	1,307,039	3,345,619	2
3	Aquaman	866,109	52,919,683	8
4	Matwetwe	720,259	3,350,619	3
5	Bohemian Rhapsody	712,411	39,674,340	11
6	Dominee Tienie	569,845	2,712,311	3
7	3 Days to Go	359,414	2,301,382	3
8	The Possession of Hannah Grace	262,190	799,881	2
9	Holmes & Watson	245,977	245,977	1
10	Mary Poppins Returns	241,835	13,016,411	7
11	Ralph Breaks the Internet	204,299	23,254,406	11
12	Vice	201,452	593,252	2
13	Instant Family	186,220	13,209,389	10
14	Bumblebee	175,715	20,877,094	8
15	The Prodigy	173,072	173,072	1
16	The Favourite	159,693	467,170	2
17	On the Basis of Sex	112,457	890,020	3
18	Glass	109,936	6,135,739	4
19	Robin Hood	103,219	9,918,309	7
20	The Mule	100,058	1,958,413	4

Weekend averages

Rank	Film	Rands / screen
1	How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World	23,925
2	The Upside	23,761
3	Matwetwe	19,469
4	Dominee Tienie	16,281
5	The Favourite	15,968
6	3 Days to Go	14,374
7	Bohemian Rhapsody	13,706
8	Holmes & Watson	12,943
9	Vice	12,589
10	Aquaman	9,728
11	The Possession of Hannah Grace	9,714
12	Instant Family	8,870
13	The Prodigy	7,861
14	On the Basis of Sex	7,030
15	Ralph Breaks the Internet	6,594
16	Mary Poppins Returns	6,540
17	Robin Hood	5,736
18	Bumblebee	5,327
19	The Mule	5,273
20	Glass	2,003

Best Movies by Critical Rating

Worst Movies by Critical Rating

Previous records (top earner on Top Ten)

Title	Comments	Earnings	Weeks
Black Panther		106 739 402	12
The Fate of the Furious		72 422 494	9
Avengers: Infinity War		71 951 514	9
Fast & Furious 7		71 450 812	9
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle	Overtaken after 10 weeks	61 528 418	11
Avatar		55 331 565	14
Incredibles 2		52 032 726	10
Star Wars: The Force Awakens		48 915 142	7
Minions		46 375 827	10
Despicable Me 3		45 589 758	11
Finding Dory		43 053 384	8
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice		41 784 859	6
Jurassic World		40 800 637	9
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2		40 196 805	8
Avengers: Age of Ultron		39 788 726	9
Despicable Me 2		39 550 695	9
Spectre	Overtaken after 6 weeks	39 049 427	9
Titanic		38 837 469	32
The Avengers		37 481 286	10
Schuks Tshabalala's Survival Guide to South Africa		36 934 457	10
Fast & Furious 6		36 400 165	8
Fifty Shades of Grey		36 160 438	7
Suicide Squad		36 061 651	10
Skyfall		34 723 977	8
Mr. Bones 2: Back From the Past		34 021 962	10
Captain America: Civil War		32 240 501	6
Iron Man 3		31 736 992	7
Fifty Shades Darker		31 581 620	6
Mr Bones		31 318 096	15
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn (Part 1)		31 134 592	7
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted		30 143 421	10
Shrek 2		29 966 591	9
Justice League		29 784 196	8
Frozen		29 378 811	8
Deadpool		29 260 631	7
The Jungle Book	Overtaken after 5 weeks	28 819 478
Thor: Ragnarok		28 674 473	7
Ice Age 4: Continental Drift		28 521 163	10
Central Intelligence		27 911 799	8
Sing		27 817 940	10
Mama Jack		27 123 147	10
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse		26 865 662	6
The Smurfs		26 672 164	9
Transformers: Age of Extinction		26 523 133	6
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs		25 896 420	9
Deadpool 2		25 715 640	7
Moana		25 122 568	6
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story		25 083 945	5
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies		24 784 358	6
Schuks! Your Country Needs You	Overtaken after 7 weeks	24 723 743
Mamma Mia!		24 565 447	12
Shrek Forever After		23 311 340	8
The Passion of the Christ		23 939 747	12
Transformers: Dark of the Moon		23 469 481	6
Alice in Wonderland		22 845 116	7
How to Train Your Dragon 2		22 755 571	10
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (3D)		22 084 429	7
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King		22 832 542	7
Casino Royale		22 581 656	9
Shrek the Third		22 556 044	8
The Secret Life of Pets		22 352 857	7
The Smurfs 2		21 799 400	8
Ice Age: The Meltdown		21 772 365	9
The Amazing Spider-Man 2		21 469 268	6
Life of Pi (3D)		21 145 849	9
Rio 2		20 955 004	10
Thor: The Dark World		20 831 654	6
Spider-Man		20 558 606	7
Die Another Day		20 425 633	8
Oh Schuks, I'm Gatvol	overtaken after 6 weeks	20 380 760
Kung Fu Panda 2		20 283 267	6
Step Up Revolution		20 161 892	9
The Proposal		20 091 285	13
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2		19 983 118	7
Puss in Boots		19 831 276	6
Tangled		19 748 775	9
It		19 586 367	6
Rio		19 463 658	8
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers		19 416 819	8
The Matrix Reloaded		19 028 601	7
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2		18 369 350	6
Step Up 3 / 3D		18 149 274	8
Hotel Transylvania 2	Overtaken after 9 weeks	18 143 333
The Angry Birds Movie	Overtaken after 7 weeks	17 906 150
Taken 3	Overtaken @ R17 889 794		6
Big Hero 6		17 791 431	6
The Croods	overtaken after 6 weeks	17 784 855
Spider-Man 3		17 775 255	9
Kong: Skull Island	Overtaken after 5 weeks	17 633 930
X-Men: Days of Future Past		17 546 218	7
Grown Ups 2		17 520 253	9
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1	Overtaken @ R17 456 464		5
Wonder Woman	overtaken after 5 weeks	16 976 478
Iron Man 2		16 902 964	7
Hancock		16 586 679	11
Johnny English		16 477 218	8
Step Up: All In		16 254 058	11
Ocean's Eleven		16 206 071	11
Kung Fu Panda		16 102 332	8
Spud		15 982 075	7
The Dark Knight Rises		15 822 729	7
Shrek		15 666 541	14
What Women Want		15 666 324	12
Mr. Bean's Holiday		15 504 380	7
Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol		15 444 191	6
Lucy		15 356 370	8
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest		15 347 392	7
How to Train Your Dragon		15 328 063	6
Doctor Strange		15 144 331	5
Mr. & Mrs. Smith		15 008 198	7
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1		14 935 600	6
Despicable Me		14 933 719	10
Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge	overtaken after 5 weeks	14 917 681
The Matrix		14 838 975	11
Girls Trip		14 733 637	8
Up (2D and 3D)		14 633 052	10
Madagascar		14 506 587	6
Fast & Furious		14 371 339	7
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle		14 332 238	7
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	overtaken after 7 weeks	14 289 071
Mission: Impossible 2		14 254 383	10
Schuks! Pay Back the Money!		14 204 198	6
Charlie's Angels		14 186 234	11
Ride Along 2	overtaken after 5 weeks	14 096 ,820
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	overtaken after 4 weeks	14 045 858
Shall We Dance?		13 982 834	9
The Dark Knight		13 912 503	9
The Adventures of Tintin		13 862 753	6
Bad Boys II		13 834 801	7
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix		13 757 849	7
Night at the Museum		13 751 579	10
Logan: The Wolverine	overtaken after 5 weeks	13 657 798	10
Troy	overtaken after 7 weeks	13 651 717
The World Is Not Enough		13 577 669	8
Notting Hill		13 538 382	10
Shark Tale		13 499 695	7
Hitch		13 407 575	8
Megamind		13 173 062	6
XXX		13 131 288	11
Little Fockers		13 130 552	7
Ice Age		13 095 255	8
Two Weeks Notice		13 053 577	8
Dr. Seuss' The Lorax	overtaken after 6 weeks	13 010 240
I Am Legend		12 997 285	7
Captain America: The Winter Soldier		12 910 202	4
Ratatouille		12 840 308	11
Miss Congeniality		12 713 682	13
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles		12 713 456	6
Pearl Harbor	after 8 weeks	12 255 619
Finding Nemo	Overtaken while on Top Ten	12 151 011
The Karate Kid		12 806 208	7
Rush Hour 3		11 979 694	10
Wreck-It Ralph		11 978 669	9
Meet the Fockers		11 777 847	7
The Da Vinci Code		11 688 031	6
The Sixth Sense		11 560 808	10
Step Up 2 the Streets		11 383 878	7
Over the Hedge		11 132 764	6
The Devil Wears Prada	After 10 weeks	11 208 174
The Wolf of Wall Street		10 984 519	6
The Last Samurai		10 947 973	8
Iron Man		10 701 749	7
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl		10 664 321	9
National Treasure: Book of Secrets		10 630 031	8
Superman Returns		10 619 311	6
The Matrix Revolutions		10 609 093	5
Pad na Jou Hart		10 554 232	6
The Game Plan		10 496 613	9
300: Rise of an Empire		10 099 790	9
My Big Fat Greek Wedding	Overtaken while on Top Ten		13
Gladiator	Overtaken while on Top Ten		13
A Beautiful Mind	Overtaken while on Top Ten		13
Think Like a Man	Overtaken while on Top Ten		13

Previous records for Cinema Nouveau

Title	Weeks	Top 5 or Top 10
As it is in Heaven	39	10
The Kite Runner	28	10
Searching for Sugar Man	26	10
Little Miss Sunshine	24	10
Whale Rider	23	10
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel	23	10
Ladies in Lavender	22	10
Lantana	22	10
March of the Penguins	22	10
Death at a Funeral	21	10
Mao's Last Dancer	21	10
The Dressmaker	21	10
The Barbarian Invasions	20	10
Being Julia	20	10
The Motorcycle Diaries	20	10
The Hundred-Foot Journey	20	10
An Inconvenient Truth	19	10
The Help	19	10
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen	19	10
Quartet	19	10
The Constant Gardener	18	10
Memoirs of a Geisha	18	10
The Last Station	18	10
The King's Speech	18	10
Les Misérables	18	10
Lion	18	10
21 Grams	17	10
Japanese Story	17	10
Babel	17	10
Slumdog Millionaire	17	10
The Reader	17	10
To Rome With Love	17	10
The Grand Budapest Hotel	17	10
Spotlight	17	10
Crash	16	10
Lost in Translation	16	10
Luther	16	10
Mrs. Henderson Presents	16	10
Separate Lies	16	10
Closing the Ring	16	10
Caramel	16	10
Man on Wire	16	10
Julie & Julia	16	10
Black Swan	16	10
The Great Gatsby	16	10
The Magdalene Sisters	15	10
City of God	15	10
Hotel Rwanda	15	10
Tsotsi	15	10
Walk the Line	15	10
The History Boys	15	10
The Lives of Others	15	10
La Vie en Rose	15	10
Paris je t'aime	15	10
The Band's Visit	15	10
The Counterfeiters	15	10
Last Chance Harvey	15	10
Chloe	15	10
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	15	10
Argo	15	10
The Man Who Knew Infinity	15	10
The Imitation Game	15+?	10
De-Lovely	14	10
I Capture the Castle	14	10
Junebug	14	10
Kinsey	14	10
The Merchant of Venice	14	10
Sideways	14	10
The Queen	14	10
Michael Clayton	14	10
Married Life	14	10
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day	14	10
A Serious Man	14	10
Mother and Child	14	10
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo	14	10
Water for Elephants	14	10
Lincoln	14	10
The Butler	14	10
Serial (Bad) Weddings	14	10
Woman in Gold	14	10
Arrival	14	10
La La Land	14	10
Calendar Girls	13	10
The Downfall	13	10
A Good Woman	13	10
Swimming Pool	13	10
Touching the Void	13	10
Million Dollar Baby	13	10
Thank You For Smoking	13	10
Atonement	13	10
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly	13	10
Bella	13	10
Vicky Cristina Barcelona	13	10
Welcome to the Sticks	13	10
The Girl Who Played With Fire	13	10
The Rum Diary	13	10
The Tree of Life	13	10
Song for Marion	13	10
Birdman	13	10
Boychoir	13	10
Brooklyn	13	10
The Big Short	13	10
Captain Fantastic	13	10
Amélie	12	5
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	12	10
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	12	10
In America	12	10
Girl with a Pearl Earring	12	10
Millions	12	10
Seabiscuit	12	10
Paper Clips	12	10
Before Sunset	12	10
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer	12	10
The Last King of Scotland	12	10
Notes on a Scandal	12	10
Black Book	12	10
Shortbus	12	10
Becoming Jane	12	10
One Night With the King	12	10
Goya's Ghosts	12	10
Fugitive Pieces	12	10
Gran Torino	12	10
Coco avant Chanel	12	10
An Education	12	10
The Maid	12	10
True Grit	12	10
Jane Eyre	12	10
The Descendants	12	10
The Iron Lady	12	10
Die Wonderwerker	12	10
Shame	12	10
Zero Dark Thirty	12	10
The Impossible	12	10
Blue Jasmine	12	10
12 Years a Slave	12	10
August: Osage County	12	10
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel	12	10
Bridge of Spies	12	10
Room	12	10
Remember	12	10
Mostly Martha	11	5
Proof	11	10
Brides	11	10
Dirty Pretty Things	11	10
Ken Park	11	10
Capote	11	10
Cold Mountain	11	10
The Station Agent	11	10
Sideways	11	10
Volver	11	10
Finding Neverland	11	10
Pan's Labyrinth	11	10
Brick Lane	11	10
Revolutionary Road	11	10
Defiance	11	10
The Young Victoria	11	10
(500) Days of Summer	11	10
The Way Back	11	10
The Hurt Locker	11	10
Hugo	11	10
The Artist	11	10
The Intouchables	11	10
Arbitrage	11	10
360	11	10
The Company You Keep	11	10
Far from the Madding Crowd	11	10
Mr. Holmes	11	10
The Revenant	11	10
Queen of the Desert	11	10
Florence Foster Jenkins	11	10
Maggie's Plan	11	10
Hidden Figures	11	10
About Schmidt	10	5
Dear Frankie	10	10
Good Bye, Lenin!	10	10
Pieces of April	10	10
The Passion of the Christ	10	10
Swimming Upstream	10	10
A Touch of Spice	10	10
The Chorus	10	10
Brokeback Mountain	10	10
Wah-Wah	10	10
Miss Potter	10	10
Driving Lessons	10	10
Annie Leibovits: Life Through a Lens	10	10
Religulous	10	10
Angels & Demons	10	10
The Brothers Bloom	10	10
My Sister's Keeper	10	10
Up in the Air	10	10
Broken Embraces	10	10
The Boys Are Back	10	10
Agora	10	10
Hanna	10	10
The Conspirator	10	10
Incendies	10	10
One Day	10	10
Beginners	10	10
Young Adult	10	10
The Romantics	10	10
The Magic of Belle Isle	10	10
The Oranges	10	10
Seven Psychopaths	10	10
Great Expectations	10	10
Behind the Candelabra	10	10
A Late Quartet	10	10
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom	10	10
Enough Said	10	10
Philomena	10	10
Magic in the Moonlight	10	10
5 to 7	10	10
American Sniper	10+?	10
Wild	10+?	10
Hello, My Name is Doris	10	10
Youth	10	10
Hell or High Water	10+	10

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