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Paramount musical Mean Girls launches in 647 cinemas at this weekend’s UK-Ireland box office, as it aims to end the six-week run of Wonka atop the chart.

From first-time feature directors Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr., Mean Girls is based on the Broadway musical of the same name; which in turn was based on Mark Waters’ 2004 comedy; itself based on Rosalind Wiseman’s 2002 book Queen Bees and Wannabes.

Both films were written by Tina Fey, who reprises her role as maths teacher Ms. Norbury in the new title. Angourie Rice leads the film as teenager Cady Heron, who transfers...

Warner Bros.’ “Wonka” continued its reign over the U.K. and Ireland box office with £2.2 million ($2.8 million), according to numbers from Comscore.

After six weekends at the box office, the Timothée Chalamet starrer has a sweet total of £56.1 million.

Disney’s Golden Globe-winning “Poor Things,” directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and featuring Emma Stone in a Golden Globe-winning performance, debuted with £1.8 million. In its third weekend, in third place, Sony’s “Anyone But You” collected £1,246,921 for a total of £5.3 million. Just below, with £1,246,292, in its second weekend, was Warner Bros.’ “One Life,” for a total of £5.8 million.

Rounding off the top five was Sky Cinema/Studiocanal release “The Beekeeper” with £956,380. The other debut in the top 10 was Warner Bros.’ “The Boys In The Boat” that bowed in 10th place with £270,297.

Among the new releases, opening mid-week on Jan. 17 is the keenly anticipated “Mean Girls,” starring Angourie Rice, Auli’i Cravalho, Reneé Rapp,...

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Screen is listing the 2024 release dates for films in the UK and Ireland in the calendar below.

For distributors who wish to add/amend a date on the calendar, please get in touch with Screen here. Screen is also running a calendar for festival and market dates throughout 2024 here.

January

January 5

Priscilla (Mubi), One Life (Warner Bros), Scala! (BFI), Night Swim (Universal), Blank (Sparky)

January 6

Nabucco - Met Opera 23/24 (Trafalgar)

January 12

Poor Things (Disney), The Boys In The Boat (Warner Bros), Freaks Vs The Reich (Miracle/Dazzler), The Beekeeper (Studiocanal...

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