Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 31st January 2025, there are 6 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace A Complete Unknown from the top of the UK box office.

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.

• Companion
• Hard Truths
• Detective Chinatown 1900
• Saturday Night
• The Colors Within
• White Bird

Companion

• The movie is from director Drew Hancock.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Sophie Thatcher who also starred in MaXXXine (2024).
• The film also stars Harvey Guillén who's last movie was The Garfield Movie (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Hard Truths

• The movie is directed by Mike Leigh, it is the directors 16th movie.
• Mike Leigh also directed Vera Drake in 2005 which grossed £1.4 Mil. in the UK and grossed $13.3 Mil. globally.
• It stars Samantha Spiro who also starred in Beyond Bedlam (1994).
• The film also stars Jo Martin who's last movie was 97 Minutes (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Detective Chinatown 1900

• The movie is directed by Sicheng Chen and Mo Dai, it is the directors 8th movie.
• Sicheng Chen and Mo Dai also directed Decoded in 2024 which grossed £3.3K in the UK.
• It stars Baoqiang Wang who also starred in Little Big Soldier (2010).
• The film also stars Haoran Liu who's last movie was Decoded (2024).
• Baoqiang Wang and Haoran Liu have starred in 7 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in My People, My Homeland in 2020, Buddies In India in 2017, Rising Shaolin: The Protector in 2021, Decoded in 2024, Detective Chinatown 2 in 2018, Detective Chinatown in 2015 and Detective Chinatown 3 in 2021.
• Sicheng Chen directed Baoqiang Wang in Detective Chinatown, Detective Chinatown 2, My People, My Homeland, Decoded, and Detective Chinatown 3
• Sicheng Chen directed Haoran Liu in Detective Chinatown, Detective Chinatown 2, My People, My Homeland, Decoded, Beijing Love Story, and Detective Chinatown 3
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Saturday Night

• The movie is directed by Jason Reitman, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Jason Reitman also directed Thank You For Smoking in 2006 which grossed £1.5 Mil. in the UK and grossed $39.3 Mil. globally.
• It stars Gabriel LaBelle who also starred in The Fabelmans (2022).
• The film also stars Rachel Sennott who's last movie was Bottoms (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Colors Within

• The movie is directed by Naoko Yamada, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Naoko Yamada also directed K-On!: The Movie in 2011.
• It stars Sayu Suzukawa who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Akari Takaishi who's last movie was My Happy Marriage (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

White Bird

• The movie is directed by Marc Forster, it is the directors 14th movie.
• Marc Forster also directed Machine Gun Preacher in 2011 which grossed £331.6K in the UK.
• It stars Bryce Gheisar who also starred in A Dogs Purpose (2017).
• 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 7 new movies released

• Into the Deep - Monday, 3rd February
• September 5 - Thursday, 6th February
• Dog Man - Friday, 7th February
• The Seed of the Sacred Fig - Friday, 7th February
• Bring Them Down - Friday, 7th February
• The Fire Inside - Friday, 7th February
• Love Hurts - Friday, 7th February

Released in the US this weekend, Friday, 9th June 2023, there are 5 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse from the top of the North American box office.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
• Extraction 2
• Blue Jean
• 97 Minutes
• Little Dodo

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

• The movie is directed by Steven Caple Jr., it is the directors 4th movie.
• Steven Caple Jr. also directed The Land in 2016.
• It stars Michelle Yeoh who also starred in The Stunt Woman (1996).
• The film also stars Pete Davidson who was last seen in Fast X (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Extraction 2

• The movie is directed by Sam Hargrave, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Sam Hargrave also directed Extraction in 2020.
• It stars Chris Hemsworth who also starred in 12 Strong (2018).
• The film also stars Olga Kurylenko who was last seen in The Princess (2022).
• Sam Hargrave directed Chris Hemsworth in Extraction
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Blue Jean

• The movie is from director Georgia Oakley.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Rosy McEwen who also starred in Vesper (2022).
• The film also stars Kerrie Hayes who was last seen in Kicks (2010).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

97 Minutes

• The movie is directed by Timo Vuorensola, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Timo Vuorensola also directed Jeepers Creepers: Reborn in 2022.
• It stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers who also starred in I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2003).
• The film also stars Alec Baldwin who was last seen in TAR (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Little Dodo

• The movie is directed by Rob Minkoff, it is the directors 9th movie.
• Rob Minkoff also directed Flypaper in 2011.
• It stars Liza Koshy who also starred in My Little Pony: A New Generation (2021).
• The film also stars Stella Hudgens who was last seen in Single With Parents (2008).
• 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 8 new movies released

• Asteroid City - Tuesday, 13th June
• Jagged Mind - Thursday, 15th June
• Moonlight Soul - Friday, 16th June
• Stan Lee - Friday, 16th June
• The Flash - Friday, 16th June
• The Blackening - Friday, 16th June
• Elemental - Friday, 16th June
• Extraction 2 - Friday, 9th June - streaming

Continuing the legacy of the Evil Dead, Evil Dead Rise, the next film in the series, is given an 18 age rating in the UK for strong bloody violence, gore.

The movie starts Alyssa Sutherland who was last seen in Blood Vessel in 2019 and Lily Sullivan who starred in I Met a Girl in 2020.

It is directed by Lee Cronin who has previously directed The Hole in the Ground in 2019.

Movie Synopsis

A woman finds herself in a fight for her life when an ancient book gives birth to bloodthirsty demons that run amok in a Los Angeles apartment building.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Evil Dead Rise
• BBFC age rating: 18 Certificate
• Reason: strong bloody violence, gore
• Release date: 21st April 2023
• Runtime: 97 minutes (1 hour 37 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • Lee Cronin
• Starring:
  • Alyssa Sutherland
  • Lily Sullivan
  • Morgan Davies

BBFC movie page

The Peanut Butter Falcon has been passed uncut in the UK and given a 12A age rating by the BBFC.

The Comedy Drama directed by Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz stars Shia LaBeouf and Dakota Johnson.

The story centres around a Down syndrome who dreams of becoming a professional wrestler and one day runs away to pursue his dream.

The film has been granted its 12A certificate by the BBFC for moderate violence, threat, discrimination, infrequent strong language, it has a runtime of 97 minutes (1 hour 37 minutes) and is released in the UK on 18th October 2019.

BBFC page link

Originally based on the mobile video game of the same name the Angry Birds have gone beyond that medium now into movies, and the second film has been given a U age rating by the BBFC.

The story of a group of birds that have been angered by the pigs and seek revenge was one of the original addiction games that came out for smart phone platforms.

The original movie was a smash hit back in 2016, the new movie puts the birds and pigs on the same team to fight a bigger enemy.

The BBFC's granting of a U age ratig is for very mild bad language, rude humour, threat and the film has a runtime of 97 minutes (1 hour and 37 minutes) and is released on 2nd August 2019.

THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 2 (U) very mild bad language, rude humour, threat https://t.co/0w38rq729M

— BBFC (@BBFC) July 11, 2019