{"id":248017,"date":"2026-01-20T12:16:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T12:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/248017\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T12:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T12:16:07","slug":"the-bone-temple-tops-u-k-ireland-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/248017\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bone Temple’ Tops U.K., Ireland Box Office"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tSony\u2019s \u201c28 Years Later: The Bone Temple<\/a>\u201d launched atop the U.K. and Ireland box office, opening to \u00a33.3 million ($4.5 million) and taking the No. 1 spot, according to Comscore.<\/p>\n

\n\tLionsgate U.K.\u2019s \u201cThe Housemaid<\/a>\u201d moved to second place in its fourth weekend, adding $3.8 million for a robust cumulative total of $30.5 million. Universal\u2019s awards-season contender \u201cHamnet<\/a>\u201d placed third, earning $3.5 million in its sophomore frame and pushing its running total to $11.3 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tDisney\u2019s tentpole \u201cAvatar: Fire and Ash<\/a>\u201d continued its strong run in fourth place with $2.3 million, lifting its cumulative gross to $51.8 million. Entertainment Film Distributors\u2019 \u201cMarty Supreme\u201d rounded out the top five, collecting $2 million in its fourth weekend for a $16 million total.<\/p>\n

\n\tFurther down the chart, Disney\u2019s \u201cZootopia 2\u201d landed sixth with $1.3 million, taking its total to $41.1 million. Disney also debuted \u201cRental Family\u201d in seventh, where it opened to $705,000. Warner Bros.\u2019 reissue of \u201cThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring\u201d opened in eighth place with $639,000.<\/p>\n

\n\tParamount\u2019s \u201cThe SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants\u201d claimed ninth place, adding $631,000 for a cumulative $10 million, while Sony\u2019s \u201cAnaconda\u201d completed the top 10 with $406,000, bringing its total haul to $7 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tA varied slate rolls into U.K. and Irish cinemas from Jan. 22, led by event cinema and a cluster of high-profile wide releases. The National Theatre brings \u201cHamlet \u2013 NT Live 2026\u201d to the big screen, while Trafalgar Releasing adds music documentary fare with \u201cMegadeth: Behind the Mask.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe week\u2019s biggest commercial muscle arrives on Jan. 23 with Universal\u2019s \u201cThe History of Sound,\u201d Oliver Hermanus\u2019 romantic drama starring Paul Mescal and Josh O\u2019Connor, which lands on 300+ screens. Sony is opening cyber thriller \u201cMercy,\u201d while Entertainment Film Distributors unleashes genre sequel \u201cReturn to Silent Hill,\u201d targeting horror fans. Vertigo Releasing is opening \u201cSaipan,\u201d a soccer drama headlined by Steve Coogan, \u00c9anna Hardwicke and Alice Lowe. <\/p>\n

\n\tFamily audiences are catered for with Miracle\/Dazzler\u2019s animated \u201cDogs at the Opera,\u201d while Lionsgate U.K. releases \u201cH Is for Hawk,\u201d the adaptation of Helen Macdonald\u2019s acclaimed memoir. Mubi adds arthouse weight with Park Chan-wook\u2019s Oscar-shortlisted \u201cNo Other Choice,\u201d and AA Films U.K. brings in Bollywood war film \u201cBorder 2.\u201d Rounding out the slate is BUFF Studios\u2019 \u201cHeavyweight,\u201d a boxing drama featuring Nicholas Pinnock and Jason Isaacs. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sony\u2019s \u201c28 Years Later: The Bone Temple\u201d launched atop the U.K. and Ireland box office, opening to \u00a33.3…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243465,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[4299,30585,146,30850,85,46,397,10792],"class_list":{"0":"post-248017","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-28-years-later-the-bone-temple","9":"tag-avatar-fire-and-ash","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-hamnet","12":"tag-il","13":"tag-israel","14":"tag-movies","15":"tag-the-housemaid"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}