With Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé currently at the top of the North American box office can this weeks new cinema releases challlenge it for the US box office crown?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Poor Things
• Lord of Misrule
• Leave the World Behind
• Eileen
• Your Christmas Or Mine 2
• The Oath
• The End We Start From
• Fast Charlie
• The Peasants
• The Boy and the Heron

Poor Things

• The movie is directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Yorgos Lanthimos also directed Venice 70: Future Reloaded in 2013.
• It stars Emma Stone who also starred in My Favorite Shapes By Julio Torres (2019).
• The film also stars Willem Dafoe who was last seen in Asteroid City (2023).
• They also appeared together in AND in 2024.
• Yorgos Lanthimos directed Emma Stone in AND
• Yorgos Lanthimos directed Willem Dafoe in AND
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Lord of Misrule

• The movie is directed by William Brent Bell, it is the directors 10th movie.
• William Brent Bell also directed Wer in 2013.
• It stars Tuppence Middleton who also starred in Mank (2020).
• The film also stars Ralph Ineson who was last seen in The Creator (2023).
• William Brent Bell directed Ralph Ineson in Brahms: The Boy II
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Leave the World Behind

• The movie is from director Christian Larson.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Steve Angello who also starred in Leave the World Behind (2023).
• The film also stars Nikhil Chinappa who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The MPAA age rating is

Eileen

• The movie is directed by William Oldroyd, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• William Oldroyd also directed Lady Macbeth in 2017.
• It stars Thomasin McKenzie who also starred in Jean (2016).
• The film also stars Shea Whigham who was last seen in Mission:Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1 (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The MPAA age rating is

Your Christmas Or Mine 2

• The movie is directed by Jim O'Hanlon, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Jim O'Hanlon also directed All In the Game in 2006.
• It stars Asa Butterfield who also starred in Miss Peregrines Home For Peculiar Children (2016).
• The film also stars Jane Krakowski who was last seen in My Little Pony: A New Generation (2021).
• Jim O'Hanlon directed Asa Butterfield in Your Christmas Or Mine?
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.

The Oath

• The movie is from director Ike Barinholtz.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Ike Barinholtz who also starred in Storks (2016).
• The film also stars Tiffany Haddish who was last seen in Haunted Mansion (2023).
• Ike Barinholtz and Tiffany Haddish have starred in 3 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent in 2022, The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part in 2019 and Meet the Spartans in 2008.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

The End We Start From

• The movie is from director Mahalia Belo.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Jodie Comer who also starred in The Last Duel (2021).
• The film also stars Benedict Cumberbatch who was last seen in Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Fast Charlie

• The movie is directed by Phillip Noyce, it is the directors 14th movie.
• Phillip Noyce also directed Lakewood in 2022.
• It stars Pierce Brosnan who also starred in After the Sunset (2004).
• The film also stars Morena Baccarin who was last seen in The Good House (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

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 on limited release.
• The MPAA age rating is

The Boy and the Heron

• The movie is directed by Hayao Miyazaki, it is the directors 13th movie.
• Hayao Miyazaki also directed Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind in 1984 which grossed $495.8K in the US and grossed $8.7 Mil. globally.
• It stars Christian Bale who also starred in Vice (2018).
• The film also stars Dave Bautista who was last seen in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023).
• They also appeared together in Thor: Love and Thunder in 2022.
• Hayao Miyazaki directed Christian Bale in Howl's Moving Castle
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The MPAA age rating is

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

• A Small Town Christmas - Monday, 11th December
• Happy Suicide - Friday, 15th December
• Ij Inspector Jamshed - Friday, 15th December
• Raindows - Friday, 15th December
• Control - Friday, 15th December
• Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire - Friday, 15th December - limited release
• Wonka - Friday, 15th December
• Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget - Friday, 15th December - streaming

As if there was any doubt about what would be at the top of the UK box office charts this week, and without any hassle The Hunger Games: Mockingly Part 1 has a terrific first week of release.

Taking over £12 million on it's debut weekend this is the third in The Hunger Games series, which has grown in strength as each film has been released.

The previous film in the series took almost exactly the same on it's opening weekend, but the first film, which was introducing a new franchise to cinema, took far less at just under £5 million.

Last weeks top film, Interstellar, falls to third place this week with The Imitation Game staying put in second place.

Historical Charts

A year ago - The Hunger Games: Catching Fire took over at the top of the chart knocking Gravity down to second place.

Five years ago - Another franchise, The Twilight Saga had it's second film, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, enter at the top of the box office knocking 2012 down to second place.

Ten years ago - Bridget Jones The Edge of Reason kept it's hold on the top of the box office with the highest new film entering at 3, After The Sunset directed by Brett Ratner and starring Pierce Brosnan.

Fifteen years ago - The Sixth Sense was still enjoying it's run at the top of the box office with Harrison Ford starring in the Sydney Pollack directed film Random Hearts being the highest new film right down at seven.