Home Entertainment SA’s Weekend Top 10 (4 to 6 September)

SA’s Weekend Top 10 (4 to 6 September)

2 min read
8

This is a good week to be an assassin, less so if you are a spy and really not good at all for any comic book heroes…

Schuks! Pay Back The Money continues its reign at the top of the chart, now in its second week. Leon Schuster loses the Currie Cup and has to pay for the loss. It’s quite a reunion of past actors from his films, most notably long-time collaborator Desmond Dube.

schuks pay back the money

An unexpected debut at the second spot, Hitman: Agent 47 shows that locals want a bit of the good old ‘skop skiet n donner’. But middling reviews means its star probably won’t shine this bright again.

Hitman-Agent-47-still-1

Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation has as such been almost impossibly been sent to the third position by a local film and something that may be DVD material.

MissionImpossible_RogueNation2

Also down one and now at fourth is the current chart heavyweight, Minions. Banana.

minions-2

Another unexpected debut: Tell Me Sweet Something, a local film by the same people behind Material, arrives in the fifth spot. It sounds like a cute romantic comedy about a bookstore in Johannesburg.

tell me sweet something

The boxing drama Southpaw arrives at the sixth spot. Billed as the week’s big film, it hasn’t managed to stay in its weight class.

southpaw04

Fantastic Four starts its downward spiral again after slowing last week, falling two spots to seventh. It may still have one week left, yet could also make a fast exit.

fantasticfourpromoimage-136799

But The Man From U.N.C.L.E. is falling even faster, dropping a huge four spots since last week. It’s not a success, still falling short of its budget after seven weeks on the U.S. circuit.

the-man-from-u-n-c-l-e-henrycavill-armiehammer

The romantic thriller Paper Towns has also lost traction, dropping from six to nine.

o-PAPER-TOWNS-POSTER-facebook

Ricky and The Flash debuts at tenth. It’s about an aging rock star who goes back home to reconnect with the family she abandoned. A great cast carries this, but it probably won’t be here next week.

Ricky and The Flash

Leaving the charts this week are Trainwreck, Ant-Man, Mr. Holmes and Boychoir. Yes, Ant-Man is out. But might it qualify as Marvel’s first ‘cult’ hit?

The top earner continues to be Minions, now at over R45.7 million..

  • 01. SCHUKS! PAY BACK THE MONEY
  • 02. HITMAN: AGENT 47
  • 03. MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: ROGUE NATION (Incl Imax)
  • 04. MINIONS (Incl 3D)
  • 05. TELL ME SWEET SOMETHING
  • 06. SOUTHPAW
  • 07. THE FANTASTIC FOUR
  • 08. MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.
  • 09. PAPER TOWNS
  • 10. RICKI & THE FLASH

Last Updated: September 10, 2015

8 Comments

  1. RinceThis

    September 10, 2015 at 13:54

    This makes me sad…

    Reply

    • James Francis

      September 10, 2015 at 14:59

      Why? Are you under the impression that Mission Impossible or a comic book film is any more cultured than a Schuster film?

      Reply

      • RinceThis

        September 11, 2015 at 07:34

        Where did I say anything about culture? I think Shuster’s movies are kak because they are not funny to me. It’s called taste.

        Reply

        • James Francis

          September 11, 2015 at 07:37

          Just checking – comic book movie fans dissing Schuster movies is like Coke fans telling Pepsi drinkers it’s bad for them.

          Reply

          • RinceThis

            September 11, 2015 at 07:42

            I haven’t his recent movies but if memory serves they don’t have a story to tell, other than live-reality ‘joke’ pranks? Could be wrong.

          • James Francis

            September 11, 2015 at 07:45

            He has two styles: slapstick with a story and candid-camera-style gag shows.

          • RinceThis

            September 11, 2015 at 07:46

            Okay. Then you could compare his slapstick with story stuff to a comicbook movie. Not the latter in my opinion as they are different genres completely.

          • James Francis

            September 11, 2015 at 07:51

            They are both examples of popcorn fodder – hollow entertainment that accomplishes little than to distract us for a while and make someone rich. Both are examples of vapid cinema pop crap. Nothing against that – brainless entertainment is fun. But let’s not pretend one is superior to the other.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Check Also

SA's Weekend Top 10 Movie Chart – FANTASTIC BEASTS holds off MOANA and UNDERWORLD

Fantastic Beasts manages to hold onto the top spot locally, despite the debut of Disney's …