This article lists feature-length British films and full-length documentaries that have their premiere in 2024 and were at least partly produced by the United Kingdom. It does not feature short films, medium-length films, made-for-TV films, pornographic films, filmed theater, VR films or interactive films, nor does it include films screened in film festivals in previous years that have theatrical premieres in 2024.
British films box office
The highest-grossing UK-qualifying and U.K. independent British films according to the British Film Institute released in 2024, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows:[1][2][3]
In-Year releases
- * Denotes films still running in cinemas worldwide
Rank | Title | Distributor | UK gross (£m) |
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1 | Back to Black | StudioCanal | £11,738,245 |
2 | One Life | Warner Bros. | £10,000,000 |
3 | Wicked Little Letters | StudioCanal | £9,297,017 |
4 | All of Us Strangers | Walt Disney | £5,300,000 |
5 | The Zone of Interest | A24 | £3,400,000 |
6 | The End We Start From | Signature Entertainment | £500,000 |
7 | Baltimore | Icon/Eclipse | £200,000 |
8 | Copa 71 | Dogwoof | £200,000 |
9 | Gassed Up | Vertigo Releasing | £100,000 |
10 |
UK qualifying
Rank | Title | Distributor | UK gross (£m) |
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1 | Bob Marley: One Love | Paramount | £17,100,000 |
2 | Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire | Sony | £14,100,000 |
3 | One Life | Warner Bros. | £10,000,000 |
4 | Wicked Little Letters | Studiocanal | £9,300,000 |
5 | Poor Things | Walt Disney | £7,600,000 |
6 | Argylle | Universal Pictures | £5,900,000 |
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Film premieres
January–March
Opening | Title | Cast and crew | Details | Ref. | |
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J A N U A R Y |
1 | Arthur's Whisky | Director: Stephen Cookson Cast: Diane Keaton, Patricia Hodge, Lulu |
Sky Cinema | |
20 | Love Lies Bleeding | Director: Rose Glass Cast: Kristen Stewart, Katy O'Brian, Jena Malone, Anna Baryshnikov, Dave Franco, Ed Harris |
A24 | ||
F E B R U A R Y |
2 | Argylle | Director: Matthew Vaughn Cast: Henry Cavill, Sam Rockwell, Bryce Dallas Howard, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O'Hara, John Cena, Samuel L. Jackson, Dua Lipa, Ariana DeBose, Rob Delaney |
Apple TV+ | [7] |
M A R C H |
29 | The Beautiful Game | Director: Thea Sharrock Cast: Micheal Ward, Bill Nighy, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Kit Young, Callum Scott Howells, Valeria Golino, Susan Wokoma, Cristina Rodlo, Sian Reese-Williams |
Netflix | [8] |
April–June
July–September
Opening | Title | Cast and crew | Details | Ref. | |
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J U L Y |
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A U G U S T |
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S E P T E M B E R |
27 | The Outrun | Saoirse Ronan |
October–December
Opening | Title | Cast and crew | Details | Ref. | |
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O C T O B E R |
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N O V E M B E R |
8 | Paddington in Peru | Director: Dougal Wilson Cast: Hugh Bonneville, Julie Walters, Madeleine Harris, Samuel Joslin, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Jim Broadbent, Olivia Colman, Antonio Banderas |
StudioCanal | [13] |
22 | Gladiator II | Director: Ridley Scott Cast: Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, Connie Nielsen, May Calamawy, Derek Jacobi, Joseph Quinn, Fred Hechinger, Pedro Pascal |
Paramount Pictures |
TBA
Opening | Title | Cast and crew | Details | Ref. | |
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2 0 2 4 |
Lead Heads | Director: Giles Borg Cast: Olatunji Ayofe, Rupert Everett, Tom Felton, Derek Jacobi, Luke Newberry, Mark Williams |
[14] | ||
Havoc | Director: Gareth Evans Cast: Tom Hardy, Forest Whitaker, Timothy Olyphant, Justin Cornwell, Luis Guzmán |
Netflix | [15] | ||
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl | Director: Nick Park Cast: Ben Whitehead, Peter Kay, Reece Shearsmith |
BBC Films | [16] |
Other premieres
Title | Director | Release date | Ref. |
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A Game of Two Halves | Khayam Khan | 23 February 2024 | |
Alien Interloper the Movie | Calvin Cassidy | 15 June 2024 | |
A Gangster's Kiss | Ray Burdis | 16 June 2024 | |
An Hour | Stephen Cartwright | 29 January 2024 | |
Another World | Sean Sadler | 14 February 2024 | |
Cookster: The Darkest Days | Stephen Roach | May 2024 | |
Dirty Boy | Doug Rao | 17 May 2024 | |
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger | David Hinton | 21 February 2024 | |
Santosh | Sandhya Suri | 20 May 2024 | |
Something in the Water | Hayley Easton Street | 22 March 2024 | |
Strike: An Uncivil War | Daniel Gordon | 16 June 2024 (Sheffield Doc/Fest) | |
Who Is James Payton? | Oliver Guy-Watkins | 4 January 2024 | |
Witch | Craig Hinde, Marc Zammit | 29 April 2024 |
Culturally British films
The following list comprises films not produced by a British or UK film studio but is strongly associated with British culture. The films in this list should fulfil at least three of the following criteria:
- The film is adapted from a British source material.
- The story is at least partially set in the United Kingdom.
- The film was at least partially produced in the United Kingdom.
- Many of the film's cast and crew members are British.
Title | Country of origin | Adaptation | Story setting | Film locations | British cast and crew |
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Civil War fulfills two of these criteria as it was produced in the UK and has a significant amount of British cast and crew members including Sonoya Mizuno, Rob Hardy, Jake Roberts and Alex Garland. Speak No Evil also fulfills two criteria by having British cast and crew members, and being produced in the UK.
See also
References
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- ^ "Official statistics release Callander". British Film Institute. 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ "Weekend box office figures". British Film Institute Box Office. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
- ^ "The UK box office, January – March (Q1) 2024". British Film Institute. 2 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
- ^ "The UK box office, January – March (Q1) 2024". British Film Institute. 2 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
- ^ "UK and Ireland Current Top 15". FDA. 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
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