This weekend, Friday 7th November 2025, there are 6 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Bugonia, for the number 1 spot?

As well as the movies released in cinemas this weekend this list also includes a number of the top movies released on streaming platforms.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

Here are this weeks new releases

• Predator: Badlands
• The Choral
• Anemone
• Train Dreams
• Frankenstein
• Die My Love

Predator: Badlands

• The movie is directed by Dan Trachtenberg, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Dan Trachtenberg also directed Prey in 2022.
• It stars Elle Fanning who also starred in Phoebe In Wonderland (2008).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Choral

• The movie is directed by Nicholas Hytner, it is the directors 19th movie.
• Nicholas Hytner also directed Young Marx: NT Live 2017 in 2017 which grossed £488.7 K in the UK.
• It stars Ralph Fiennes who also starred in Sunshine (1999).
• The film also stars Emily Fairn who's last movie was Saturday Night (2024).
• Nicholas Hytner directed Ralph Fiennes in Straight Line Crazy: NT Live 2022, and National Theatre Live: 50 Years On Stage
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Anemone

• The movie is from director Ronan Day-Lewis.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Daniel Day-Lewis who also starred in The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988).
• The film also stars Sean Bean who's last movie was Watch the Skies (2025).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Train Dreams

• The movie is directed by Clint Bentley, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Clint Bentley also directed Jockey in 2022 which grossed £9.1 K in the UK.
• It stars Joel Edgerton who also starred in The Gift (2015).
• The film also stars Clifton Collins Jr. who's last movie was Eddington (2025).
• Clint Bentley directed Clifton Collins Jr. in and Jockey
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Frankenstein

• The movie is directed by Guillermo del Toro, it is the directors 13th movie.
• Guillermo del Toro also directed Pans Labyrinth in 2006 which grossed £1.9 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Oscar Isaac who also starred in 10 Years (2011).
• The film also stars Jacob Elordi who's last movie was On Swift Horses (2025).
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Die My Love

• The movie is directed by Lynne Ramsay, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Lynne Ramsay also directed You Were Never Really Here in 2018 which grossed £1 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Jennifer Lawrence who also starred in The Beaver (2011).
• The film also stars Robert Pattinson who's last movie was Mickey 17 (2025).
• They also appeared together in The First Monday In May in 2016.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next week there are 6 new movies released

• Now You See Me: Now You Don't - Friday, 14th November
• Christmas Karma - Friday, 14th November
• The Carpenters Son - Friday, 14th November
• Nuremberg - Friday, 14th November
• The Running Man - Friday, 14th November
• Keeper - Friday, 14th November

Pixar come back to life after a series of Direct to Disney+ movies with a sequel to the 2015 movie Inside Out which smashes the summer box office with a debut over $154 Million.

The original movie took $90.4 Million when it debuted nearly 10 years ago and Inside Out 2 looks set to be one of the biggest movies of the summer of not the year.

Last weeks top movie Bad Boys Ride or Die falls 40% this weekend and has taken $113 Million over 2 weekends at the box office.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 14th - 16th June 2024

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weekends US box office chart.
• It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It has a total gross of $154,201,673 after 1 weekends of release
• The movie is the 5th top grossing film so far in 2024
• The movie is a sequel to Inside Out which took $90,440,272 at the box office after 1 weekends of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $33,765,857 over the weekend, a 40% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $113,005,977 after 2 weekends of release
• The movie is the 7th top grossing film so far in 2024
• The movie is a sequel to Bad Boys For Life which took $120,655,879 at the box office after 2 weekends of release.

• The movie goes up the chart to number 3 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $5,533,515 over the weekend, a 2% increase from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $158,137,597 after 6 weekends of release
• The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2024
• The movie is a sequel to War For the Planet of the Apes which took $140,958,101 at the box office after 6 weekends of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $4,765,210 over the weekend, a 52% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $78,289,820 after 4 weekends of release
• The movie is the 12th top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $3,602,877 over the weekend, a 54% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $101,054,309 after 5 weekends of release
• The movie is the 8th top grossing film so far in 2024

The Marvels takes over at the top of the UK box office this weekend but with the third lowest of the MCU with only Captain America: The First Avenger (£2.9 Million) and The Incredible Hulk 2008, (£3.2 Million), if that can be considered an MCU movie?

This is clearly bad news for the Disney owned property, but despite the bad critical reviews the movie has had a good reception from the public who have on the whole liked the movie.

The question still has to be asked, has the public got MCU fatigue after more than 10 years of 3 or 4 movies a year?

Trolls Band Together falls to number 2 after its second visit to the top, the movie has taken £14 Million to date.

Also new on the top 5 this weekend is Tiger 3 which comes in with previews at number 5 with £425,668.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 10th - 12th November 2023

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £959,193 over the weekend, a 48% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £13,950,141 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 16th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Trolls World Tour which took £177,798 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie remains at number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £663,115 over the weekend, a 42% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £9,012,445 over 4 weeks of release

• The movie is a new entry at number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £425,668 over its debut weekend

Last weekend Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves was at the top of the UK box office, there are 4 new releases this weekend, will any of them top the UK box office this weekend?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

Here are this weeks new releases

• The Super Mario Bros. Movie
• On a Wing and a Prayer
• Air
• The Popes Exorcist

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

• The movie is directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic also directed Teen Titans Go! to The Movies in 2018 which grossed £1.4 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Chris Pratt who also starred in 10 Years (2012).
• The film also stars Anya Taylor-Joy who was last seen in The Menu (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

On a Wing and a Prayer

• The movie is directed by Sean McNamara, it is the directors 22nd movie.
• Sean McNamara also directed Casper: A Spirited Beginning in 1997.
• It stars Heather Graham who also starred in Hope Springs (2003).
• The film also stars Dennis Quaid who was last seen in Strange World (2022).
• They also appeared together in At Any Price in 2012.
• Sean McNamara directed Dennis Quaid in Soul Surfer
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Air

• The movie is directed by Ben Affleck, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Ben Affleck also directed Argo in 2012 which grossed £7.5 Mil. in the UK and grossed $232.3 Mil. globally.
• It stars Ben Affleck who also starred in Dazed and Confused (1994).
• The film also stars Matt Damon who was last seen in Thor: Love and Thunder (2022).
• Ben Affleck and Matt Damon have starred in 11 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in School Ties in 1992, Jay and Silent Bob Reboot in 2019, The Last Duel in 2021, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back in 2001, Glory Daze in 1996, Dogma in 1999, The Third Wheel in 2002, Chasing Amy in 1997, Field of Dreams in 1989, Jersey Girl in 2004 and Good Will Hunting in 1998.
• Ben Affleck directed Ben Affleck in Live By Night
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

The Popes Exorcist

• The movie is directed by Julius Avery, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Julius Avery also directed Son of a Gun in 2015 which grossed £41.6K in the UK and grossed $717.4K globally.
• It stars Russell Crowe who also starred in Virtuosity (1996).
• The film also stars Franco Nero who was last seen in The Collini Case (2019).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next week there are 3 new movies released

• Assassin Club - Friday, 14th April
• Renfield - Friday, 14th April
• Suzume - Friday, 14th April

A couple of new releases bookend the UK box office this weekend with Avatar: The Way of Water making its debut at the top and The Nutcracker and the Magic Flute new at number 12 with £16,691.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 16th - 18th December 2022

Highest new movie this weekend

Director James Cameron and Disney finally release the long awaited sequel to the highest grossing movie of all time Avatar at the Uk box office.

The movie comes 13 years after the film visit to Pandora, and this movie takes place 10 years after the events of that movie.

The first Avatar took £8.5 Million on its opening weekend and over 18 weeks took over £93 Million and overtook Titanic as the top grossing movie in the UK, it has since been taken by a number of movie and Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the top grossing movie.

This sequel takes £11.6 Million on its debut which makes it the 77th top opening in the UK ever and the 9th top opening in the UK for the month of December.

THe original Avatar was a bit of a slow burner, and with the Christmas season upon us this movie could have good legs until Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is released on 17th February 2023.

After spending an incredible 3 weeks at the top the musical version of the classic Roal Dahl novel falls to number 2 with £1.3 Million, a 34% drop.

The movie has taken an amazing £12.8 Million over its 4 weeks of release.

In comparison the 1997 movie, adjusted for inflation, took £3.7 Million on its 4th weekend for a total of £37.8 Million.

Looking ahead to the movies total gross and if it can become the top grossing movie released in 2022, Top Gun: Maverick took £15.9 Million on its debut weekend and spent 23 weeks on the box office.

Falling to 3 this week is the sequel movie to Black Panther which takes a bit of a hit this weekend with Avatar: The Way of Water being a movie in direct competition, it takes £377,598 over the weekend, a 53% drop.

The movie has taken £31.6 Million over its 6 weeks of release, far lower than the original movie which has taken £44.8 Million at this point.

The movie about Santa Claus being a bad ass drops to number 3 this weekend with £330,606, a 42% drop over last weekend.

The movie as been on the box office fir 3 weeks now and has taken £2.6 Million.

Falling to number 4 is the latest Disney movie which takes £193,659 this weekend, a 37% drop, for a £2 Million total over 4 weeks of release.