Released in the US this weekend, Friday, 17th February 2023, there are 5 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Magic Mike's Last Dance from the top of the North American box office.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania
• Marlowe
• Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey
• Hidden Blade
• Devil's Peak

Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania

• The movie is directed by Peyton Reed, it is the directors 11th movie.
• Peyton Reed also directed The Break Up in 2006 which grossed $118.7 Mil. in the US and grossed $205 Mil. globally.
• It stars Paul Rudd who also starred in Admission (2013).
• The film also stars Evangeline Lilly who was last seen in Crisis (2021).
• Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly have starred in 3 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Ant-Man and the Wasp in 2018, Ant-Man in 2015 and Avengers: Endgame in 2019.
• Peyton Reed directed Paul Rudd in Ant-Man
• Peyton Reed directed Evangeline Lilly in Ant-Man
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Marlowe

• The movie is directed by Neil Jordan, it is the directors 20th movie.
• Neil Jordan also directed The End of the Affair in 2000 which grossed $10.8 Mil. in the US and grossed $15.2 Mil. globally.
• It stars Liam Neeson who also starred in Road (2014).
• The film also stars Diane Kruger who was last seen in The 355 (2022).
• They also appeared together in Unknown in 2011.
• Neil Jordan directed Liam Neeson in Michael Collins
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey

• The movie is directed by Rhys Frake-Waterfield, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Rhys Frake-Waterfield also directed Dinosaur Prison in 2022.
• It stars Maria Taylor who also starred in Dinosaur Prison (2022).
• The film also stars Craig David Dowsett who is making a feature film debut.
• Rhys Frake-Waterfield directed Maria Taylor in Dinosaur Prison
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Hidden Blade

• The movie is directed by Er Cheng, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Er Cheng also directed Di San Ge Ren in 2007.
• It stars Tony Chiu-Wai Leung who also starred in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021).
• The film also stars Yibo Wang who was last seen in A Chinese Odyssey Part Three (2016).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Devil's Peak

• The movie is directed by Ben Young, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Ben Young also directed Hounds of Love in 2017.
• It stars Robin Wright who also starred in The Singing Detective (2003).
• The film also stars Billy Bob Thornton who was last seen in The Gray Man (2022).
• 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

• The Confession Musical - Monday, 20th February
• Marooned Awakening - Tuesday, 21st February - streaming
• Alcarras - Friday, 24th February - streaming
• Cocaine Bear - Friday, 24th February
• Mummies - Friday, 24th February
• Jesus Revolution - Friday, 24th February
• Quackers - Friday, 24th February
• My Happy Ending - Friday, 24th February

At the global box office this week Bridget Jones's Baby out grossed everything else in its path to become the top grossing global film of the week. Released in 40 countries the film easily tok over the top spot, although interestingly the leading country for grosses was the UK and not as is often the case America.

Falling from the top is Sully which enjoyed a healthy second week of release , still in 45 countries it took $29 million over the week and is not just below $100 million globally.

Worth of mention is The Age of Shadows which was the highest debuting film last week, still only out in South Korea and climbs to number 3 this week globally with $21.5 million.

Also doing well and at number 4 is A Chinese Odyssey Part Three: The End, released in 2 countries it is new at 4 with $17.3 million.

Top total grossing film on the global box office this week is once again The Secret Life of Pets, this week at number 8 with a global gross of $804 million.