This weekend, Friday 8th December 2023, there are 5 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Napoleon, for the number 1 spot?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

Here are this weeks new releases

• Wonka
• The Peasants
• Please Dont Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain
• Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
• Tarrac

Wonka

• The movie is directed by Paul King, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Paul King also directed Paddington 2 in 2017 which grossed £42.6 Mil. in the UK and grossed $228 Mil. globally.
• It stars Timothée Chalamet who also starred in The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021).
• The film also stars Olivia Colman who was last seen in Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Peasants

• The movie is from director DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Kamila Urzedowska who also starred in Zolza (2022).
• The film also stars Robert Gulaczyk who was last seen in Loving VIncent (2017).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain

• The movie is from director Paul Briganti.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Martin Herlihy who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars John Higgins who was last seen in A Man Called Otto (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

• The movie is directed by Sam Fell, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Sam Fell also directed ParaNormaN in 2012 which grossed £6 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Thandiwe Newton who also starred in The Chronicles of Riddick (2004).
• The film also stars Zachary Levi who was last seen in Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Tarrac

• The movie is directed by Declan Recks, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Declan Recks also directed The Truth Commissioner in 2016 which grossed £1.8K in the UK.
• It stars Kelly Gough who also starred in Out of Innocence (2019).
• The film also stars Lorcan Cranitch who was last seen in Lakelands (2023).
• Declan Recks directed Lorcan Cranitch in Dad
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• 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 3 new movies released

• The Three Musketeers: Milady - Friday, 15th December
• Godzilla Minus One - Friday, 15th December
• What Happens Later - Friday, 15th December

Avatar: The Way of Water spends its 7th weekend at the top of the North American box office which equals that of the first Avatar movie.

The highest new movie of the weekend is the Indian movie Pathaan which makes its debut at 5 while Infinity Pool from director Brandon Cronenberg is new at 8 with $2.7 Million.

Also new this weekend is Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist at number 9 with $2.3 Million, The Wandering Earth 2 at 10 with $1.3 Million, Billie Eilish Live At the O2 at 11 with $1.29 Million and Fear~2023 at number 12 with $1.28 Million.

Finally there is a re-entry for the 11 times Oscar nominated movie Everything Everywhere All At Once at 13 with $1 Million taking its total gross to $71 Million over 29 weeks.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 27th - 29th January 2023

James Camerons sequel movie makes it 7 weeks at the top of the North American box office, the first movie to do this since the original Avatar in 2009/10.

The movie is still tracking ahead of Avatar and will likely finish above the original movie which sets up part 3 of the movie series to probably land in the $700 Million mark easily.

• The movie remains at number 1 on this weeks US box office
• It has spent 7 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It grosses $15,700,000 over the weekend, a 22% drop from last weeeknd
• It has a total gross of $620,580,771 over 7 weeks of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is the 13th top grossing movie of all time in the US.
• The movie is a sequel to Avatar which took $595,752,416 at the box office after 7 weeks of release.

The sequel movie from the Shrek franchise remains at number 2 this weekend with $10.6 Million as it proves that the franchise is still alive and well.

The movie is tracking just ahead of the original 2011 Puss in Boots

Rumors of a fifth Shrek movie and a solo Donkey movie are starting to circulate.

• The movie remains at number 2 on this weeks US box office
• It grosses $10,621,000 over the weekend, a 10% drop from last weeeknd
• It has a total gross of $140,835,910 over 6 weeks of release
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Puss In Boots which took $139,514,442 at the box office after 6 weeks of release.

Tom Hanks proves he is still a box office pull as his latest movie goes back up the North American box office a $6.7 Million on its 5 week of release.

• The movie goes up the chart to number 3 on this weeks US box office
• It grosses $6,751,000 over the weekend, a 23% drop from last weeeknd
• It has a total gross of $46,053,864 over 5 weeks of release
• The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2023

The new horror franchise from director Gerard Johnstone drops to number 4 this weekend with $6.3 Million after on its 4th weekend.

Comparing this to horror movie Smile from late in 2022 this movie is tracking just behind but is still in the same ball park.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weeks US box office
• It grosses $6,371,000 over the weekend, a 34% drop from last weeeknd
• It has a total gross of $82,274,725 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2023

Highest new movie this weekend

Landing at number 5 is the latest hit Indian movie to hit North America as director Siddharth Anand brings this action Drama to the big screen.

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks US box office chart.
• It grosses $5,947,369 on its debut weekend
• The movie is the 11th top grossing film so far in 2023

Avatar: The Way of Water spends a 6th weekend at the top of the North American box office as Puss In Boots: The Last Wish goes back up to number 2.

Highest new movie of the weekend is Missing~2023 at number 4 while there is also a new entry for That Time I Got Reincarnated As a Slime The Movie: Scarlet Bond at number 8 with $1.4 Million and The Son at 15 with $239,855.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 20th - 22nd January 2023

James Cameron proves that the first Avatar wasn't a one off as the sequel nears the $600 Million mark after adding $20 Million on its 6th weekend of release.

• The movie remains at number 1 on this weeks US box office
• It has spent 6 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It grosses $20,000,000 over the weekend, a 36% drop from last weeeknd
• It has a total gross of $598,276,353 over 6 weeks of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is the 13th top grossing movie of all time in the US.
• The movie is a sequel to Avatar which took $551,741,499 at the box office after 6 weeks of release.

Going back up the box office is the sequel movie from the Shrek universe of movies as the Antonio Banderas starring movie takes $11.5 Million on its 5th weekend of release.

• The movie goes up the chart to number 2 on this weeks US box office
• It grosses $11,500,000 over the weekend, a 14% drop from last weeeknd
• It has a total gross of $126,460,470 over 5 weeks of release
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Puss In Boots which took $135,430,092 at the box office after 5 weeks of release.

A new franchise in the horror genre is born as the Gerard Johnstone directed movie takes $9.8 Million over the weekend as M3GAN 2 gets an announcement.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks US box office
• It grosses $9,800,000 over the weekend, a 45% drop from last weeeknd
• It has a total gross of $73,287,510 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2023

Highest new movie this weekend

A spiritual successor to the 2018 movie Searching which is the top new movie at number 4 with a $9.3 Million debut.

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks US box office chart.
• It grosses $9,300,000 over the weekend
• The movie is the 7th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Searching which took $388,769 at the box office after 1 weeks of release.

Tom Hanks proves he is still a box office draw as his latest movie spends a 4th weekend inside the top 5 with a remake of the Swedish movie A Man Called Ove

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks US box office
• It grosses $9,000,000 over the weekend, a 28% drop from last weeeknd
• It has a total gross of $35,346,249 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2023

The Avatar sequel movie Avatar: The Way of Water spends its 4th weekend as the top movie globally as its total global gross powers towards the $2 Million mark.

The new year brings little in the way of new movies with the Guy Ritchie directed film Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre the top debut with $6.9 Million at number 6 from 31 countries.

Global weekend box office top 5 breakdown 6th - 8th January 2023

Spending a fourth weekend at the top of the global box office the Avatar sequel takes $177.6 Million from 53 countries, a small 29% drop.

As the movie heads towards the $2 Billion milestone in global grosses it currently sits at $1.7 Billion from 4 weeks of play.

After a release in a few countries last weekend the new film from director Gerard Johnstone hits 35 countries this week and jumps from 9 to 2 with $40 Million, an 92% jump over last weekend.

After 2 weeks of play the movie has taken a very nice $45 Million iin global grosses.

The animated sequel to Puss in Boots falls one place to number 3 this weekend with $39.9 Million from 78 countries, a 1% increase over last weekend.

After 6 weeks of release the movie has now taken an impressive $197.4 Million.

The latest Tom Hanks movie goes wider in 11 countries and takes $8.2 Million over the weekend jumping from 13 to 4 this week.

An 11% increase in weekend grosses pushes the movies global taking at $12.6 Million.

Remaining at number 5 this weekend with a gross of $7 Million, a 44% drop, in the Whitney Houston bio-pic which is on wide release in 47 countries.

The movie has taken $41.4 Million over its 3 weeks of release.

Four weeks at the top now for the sequel movie Avatar: The Way of Water, but it did have a bit of competition this weekend from new horror movie M3GAN which came in at 2.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 6th - 8th January 2023

As the sequel movie to Avatar races past the $500 Million mark at the US box office it takes $45 Million on its 4th weekend of release, a small 29% drop over last weekend

With a total North American gross of $516 Million at the US box office the movie is well ahead of the original film in the series which had taken $430 Million 4 weeks into its run.

Avatar was for a long time the top grossing movie in North America, now overtaken by Star Wars: The Force Awakens, that movie had taken $812 Million 4 weeks into its run.

Highest new movie this weekend

Making its box office debut at number 2 this weekend is a new IP from the director of the 2014 movie Housebound, Gerard Johnstone.

The movie has had a lot of hype and good reviews and jumps into the box office with a debut gross of $30 Million

In comparison to last Halloweens horror hit Smile~2022, that movie took $22 Million on its debut.

Dropping to number 2 this weekend, but still pulling in audiences the the Puss in Boots sequel from the Shrek universe which takes $13 Million, a slim 20% drop over last weekend.

The movie has taken a very strong $87 Million total after 3 weeks of release, the 2010 orignal had taken $108 Million 3 weeks into its run.

Going on wide release on its second weekend on the box office is the latest Tom Hanks movie wich races up to number 4 from number 16 this this weekend with $4.2 Million, a 99% increase over last weekend!

The movie has been getting very good reviews from critics and audiences and has taken $4.2 Million so far at the North American box office.

Dropping to number 4 this week as the movie starts its decent of the box office charts is the Marvel sequel movie to Black Panther which takes $3.3 Million on its 9th weekend, a 30% drop.

The movies total US gross of $445 Million which is lower than the $674 Million Black Panther had taken 9 weeks into its run.