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Ballast
2008
96 minutes (1 hrs 36 mins)
Director and Cast Quickview
Directed by
Lance Hammer
Starring
Micheal J. Smith Sr. · JimMyron Ross · Tarra Riggs · Johnny McPhail · Ventress Bonner · Jimez Alexander
Release dates
US release19th January 2008
Germany release15th February 2008
Czech Republic release4th July 2008
Box Office Quickview
UK box office
- Debut box office: 18th Mar '11
- Debut position: 24
- Highest position: 24
- Debut gross: £1.3 Thousand
- Total chart weeks: 1
US box office
- Box Office debut: 3rd Oct '08
- Debut position: 75
- Highest position: 75
- Debut gross: $8.6 Thousand
- Total chart weeks: 10
Chart position history
UK box office
US box office
Global box office
Certificates
US
Not Rated
Not Rated
Total grosses
UK total gross
£1.3 Thousand
£1.3 Thousand
US total gross
$76.2 Thousand
$76.2 Thousand
Global total gross
$0
$0 25thframe.co.uk stats
News from around the web
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With Avengers: Endgame currently at the top of the global box office can this weeks new cinema releases challlenge it for the global box office crown?
As well as many movies released in cinemas around the globe 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 the top new release this week in countries across the world!- Digger
- Verity
- Forgotten Island
- Heart of the Beast
- Queen At Sea
- Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom
- Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie
- Spa Weekend
- The Weight
- Lucky Strike
Digger
- The movie is directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, it is the directors 7th movie.
- Alejandro G. Iñárritu also directed Babel in 2006 which grossed $135.3 Mil. globally.
- It stars Tom Cruise who also starred in Mission:Impossible III (2006).
- The film also stars Riz Ahmed who's last movie was Hamlet (2025).
- This movie is released in movie theatres.
- Released this week in:
- Albania / Antigua & Barbuda / Argentina / Aruba / Australia / Azerbaijan / Bahrain / Barbados / Belgium / Bolivia / Bosnia and Herzegovina / Brazil / Brunei / Bulgaria / Cambodia / Canada / Chile / China / Colombia / Costa Rica / Croatia / Curacao / Czech Republic / Denmark / Dominican Republic / Ecuador / Estonia / Finland / France / Georgia / Germany / Greece / Guatemala / Guyana / Honduras / Hong Kong / Hungary / Iceland / India / Indonesia / Ireland / Israel / Italy / Kazakhstan / Kosovo / Kuwait / Latvia / Lithuania / Luxembourg / Mexico / Montenegro / Morocco / New Zealand / Nicaragua / Norway / Oman / Panama / Peru / Portugal / Puerto Rico / Qatar / Romania / Saint Kitts and Nevis / Saint Lucia / Saudi Arabia / Serbia / Singapore / Slovakia / Slovenia / South Africa / South Korea / Spain / Sweden / Switzerland / Taiwan / Tajikistan / Trinidad & Tobago / Turkey / Uganda / Ukraine / United Arab Emirates / United Kingdom / United States / Uruguay / Venezuela
Verity
- The movie is directed by Michael Showalter, it is the directors 10th movie.
- Michael Showalter also directed Stella Shorts 1998-2002 in 2002.
- It stars Dakota Johnson who also starred in Chloe and Theo (2015).
- The film also stars Anne Hathaway who's last movie was The End of Oak Street (2026).
- Michael Showalter directed Anne Hathaway in and The Idea of You
- This movie is released in movie theatres.
- Released this week in:
- Argentina / Australia / Brazil / Brunei / Canada / Czech Republic / Denmark / Egypt / France / Germany / Greece / Hungary / India / Indonesia / Ireland / Israel / Italy / Malaysia / Mexico / Netherlands / Norway / Poland / Portugal / Romania / Singapore / Spain / Sweden / Turkey / United Arab Emirates / United Kingdom / United States
Forgotten Island
- The movie is directed by Januel Mercado and Joel Crawford, it is the directors 2nd movie.
- Januel Mercado and Joel Crawford also directed Puss In Boots: The Last Wish in 2022 which grossed $479.1 Mil. globally.
- It stars H.E.R. who also starred in Yes Day (2021).
- The film also stars Liza Soberano who's last movie was Lisa Frankenstein (2024).
- This movie is released in movie theatres.
- Released this week in:
- Indonesia / Netherlands / Poland / Portugal / Switzerland / Turkey
Heart of the Beast
- The movie is directed by David Ayer, it is the directors 11th movie.
- David Ayer also directed Suicide Squad in 2016 which grossed $745.6 Mil. globally.
- It stars Brad Pitt who also starred in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2009).
- The film also stars J.K. Simmons who's last movie was The Accountant 2 (2025).
- Brad Pitt and J.K. Simmons have starred in 3 other movies together.
- They also appeared together in The Mexican in 2001, Burn After Reading in 2008 and Megamind in 2010.
- David Ayer directed Brad Pitt in and Fury
- David Ayer directed J.K. Simmons in and Harsh Times
- This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
- Released this week in:
- China / Laos / Malta / Turkey
Queen At Sea
- The movie is directed by Lance Hammer, it is the directors 2nd movie.
- Lance Hammer also directed Ballast in 2008.
- It stars Juliette Binoche who also starred in Rendez-vous (1985).
- The film also stars Tom Courtenay who's last movie was The Railway Children Return (2022).
- This movie is released in movie theatres.
- Released this week in:
- Ireland / Portugal / Turkey
Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom
- The movie is from director Steve Cox and Matthew Walker.
- This movie is a directorial debut.
- It stars Justin Fletcher who also starred in Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015).
- The film also stars John Sparkes who's last movie was Peppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience (2025).
- Justin Fletcher and John Sparkes have starred in 2 other movies together.
- They also appeared together in Shaun the Sheep Movie in 2015 and A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon in 2019.
- This movie is released in movie theatres.
- Released this week in:
- Austria / Germany / Singapore
Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie
- The movie is directed by Alex Gibney, it is the directors 13th movie.
- Alex Gibney also directed Freakonomics in 2010.
- It stars Salman Rushdie who also starred in Orwell: 2+2=5 (2025).
- This movie is released in movie theatres.
- Released this week in:
- Ireland / Sweden / United Kingdom
Spa Weekend
- The movie is directed by Scott Moore and Jon Lucas, it is the directors 5th movie.
- Scott Moore and Jon Lucas also directed 21 & Over in 2013.
- It stars Leslie Mann who also starred in The Cable Guy (1996).
- The film also stars Michelle Buteau who's last movie was Babes (2024).
- This movie is released in movie theatres.
- Released this week in:
- Argentina / Turkey
The Weight
- The movie is from director Padraic McKinley.
- This movie is a directorial debut.
- It stars Ethan Hawke who also starred in Raymond and Ray (2022).
- The film also stars Russell Crowe who's last movie was Nuremberg (2025).
- This movie is released in movie theatres.
- Released this week in:
- Ireland / United Kingdom
Lucky Strike
- The movie is directed by Rod Lurie, it is the directors 10th movie.
- Rod Lurie also directed The Senior in 2023 which grossed $3.3 Mil. globally.
- It stars Scott Eastwood who also starred in Pacific Rim Uprising (2018).
- The film also stars Colin Hanks who's last movie was Nuremberg (2025).
- Rod Lurie directed Scott Eastwood in and The Outpost
- This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
- Released this week in:
- India / Spain
Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.
Next week there are 33 new movies released gloabally
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- Other Mommy - From Thursday, 8th October
- Pressure - From Thursday, 8th October
- Digger - From Thursday, 8th October
- Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom - From Wednesday, 7th October
- Primetime - From Thursday, 8th October
- Forgotten Island - From Wednesday, 7th October
- Hope - From Thursday, 8th October
- Verity - From Thursday, 8th October
- Tad and the Magic Lamp - From Thursday, 8th October
- The Uprising - From Friday, 9th October
- Runner - From Thursday, 8th October
- It Ends - From Thursday, 8th October
- The Magic Faraway Tree - From Friday, 9th October
- By Any Means - From Thursday, 8th October
- Primavera - From Thursday, 8th October
- The Beast - From Friday, 9th October
- Angel and the Badman - From Friday, 9th October
- Her Private Hell - From Friday, 9th October
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- Sheep In the Box - From Thursday, 8th October
- The Stranger - From Thursday, 8th October
- Once Upon a Time In the Middle East - From Friday, 9th October
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With currently at the top of the global box office can this weeks new cinema releases challlenge it for the global box office crown?
As well as many movies released in cinemas around the globe 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 the top new release this week in countries across the world!- Scary Movie
- Masters of the Universe
- Backrooms
- Power Ballad
- Obsession
- Peddi
- Colony
- Toxic
- I Swear
- Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai
Scary Movie
- The movie is directed by Michael Tiddes, it is the directors 4th movie.
- Michael Tiddes also directed Fifty Shades of Black in 2016.
- It stars Marlon Wayans who also starred in On the Rocks (2020).
- The film also stars Shawn Wayans who's last movie was I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988).
- Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans have starred in 7 other movies together.
- They also appeared together in Scary Movie in 2000, White Chicks in 2004, I'm Gonna Git You Sucka in 1988, Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice In the Hood in 1996, Scary Movie 2 in 2001, Dance Flick in 2009 and Little Man in 2006.
- Michael Tiddes directed Marlon Wayans in Fifty Shades of Black, A Haunted House, and A Haunted House 2
- This movie is released in movie theatres.
- Released this week in:
- Antigua & Barbuda / Argentina / Aruba / Austria / Belgium / Bolivia / Bosnia and Herzegovina / Brazil / Bulgaria / Chile / Colombia / Costa Rica / Croatia / Czech Republic / Denmark / Dominican Republic / Ecuador / Estonia / Finland / France / Germany / Greece / Guadeloupe / Guatemala / Guyana / Honduras / Hong Kong / Hungary / Iceland / India / Ireland / Italy / Kosovo / Lithuania / Luxembourg / Mexico / Mongolia / Montenegro / Nicaragua / Panama / Paraguay / Peru / Poland / Portugal / Puerto Rico / Romania / Saint Kitts and Nevis / Saint Lucia / Senegal / Serbia / Singapore / Slovakia / South Africa / Spain / Sweden / Switzerland / Taiwan / Trinidad & Tobago / Tunisia / Turkey / Ukraine / Uruguay / Venezuela
Masters of the Universe
- The movie is directed by Travis Knight, it is the directors 4th movie.
- Travis Knight also directed Kubo and the Two Strings in 2016 which grossed $76.2 Mil. globally.
- It stars Nicholas Galitzine who also starred in High Strung (2016).
- The film also stars Morena Baccarin who's last movie was Greenland 2: Migration (2026).
- This movie is released in movie theatres.
- Released this week in:
- Albania / Antigua & Barbuda / Argentina / Aruba / Australia / Austria / Belgium / Brazil / Cambodia / Canada / China / Denmark / Estonia / Germany / Greece / Guyana / Hong Kong / Hungary / India / Indonesia / Italy / Malaysia / Mexico / Netherlands / New Zealand / Norway / Panama / Puerto Rico / Saint Kitts and Nevis / Saint Lucia / Singapore / Spain / Sweden / Taiwan / Trinidad & Tobago / United Kingdom / United States / Vietnam
Backrooms
- The movie is from director Kane Parsons.
- This movie is a directorial debut.
- It stars Chiwetel Ejiofor who also starred in The First Monday In May (2016).
- The film also stars Renate Reinsve who's last movie was Sentimental Value (2025).
- This movie is released in movie theatres.
- Released this week in:
- Hong Kong / Kazakhstan / Malaysia / Norway / Russia / Spain
Power Ballad
- The movie is directed by John Carney, it is the directors 9th movie.
- John Carney also directed Sing Street in 2016 which grossed $13.6 Mil. globally.
- It stars Paul Rudd who also starred in All Is Bright (2013).
- The film also stars Nick Jonas who's last movie was Love Again (2023).
- This movie is released in movie theatres.
- Released this week in:
- Canada / Hungary / Malaysia / New Zealand / United States
Obsession
- The movie is directed by Curry Barker, it is the directors 3rd movie.
- Curry Barker also directed Anything But Ghosts in .
- It stars Michael Johnston who also starred in Ballast (2008).
- The film also stars Inde Navarrette who's last movie was Trap House (2025).
- This movie is released in movie theatres.
- Released this week in:
- Antigua & Barbuda / Guyana / Saint Lucia / Trinidad & Tobago
Peddi
- The movie is directed by Buchi Babu Sana, it is the directors 2nd movie.
- Buchi Babu Sana also directed Uppena in 2021.
- It stars Ram Charan who also starred in Khaidi No.150 (2017).
- The film also stars Janhvi Kapoor who's last movie was Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari (2025).
- This movie is released in movie theatres.
- Released this week in:
- India / Ireland / United Kingdom / United States
Colony
- The movie is from director Yeon Sang-ho.
- This movie is a directorial debut.
- It stars Gianna Jun who also starred in Colony (2026).
- The film also stars Koo Kyo-hwan who's last movie was Once We Were Us (2025).
- This movie is released in movie theatres.
- Released this week in:
- Indonesia / New Zealand / Thailand
Toxic
- The movie is directed by Geethu Mohandas, it is the directors 3rd movie.
- Geethu Mohandas also directed Liars Dice in 2013.
- It stars Yash who also starred in K.G.F: Chapter 2 (2022).
- The film also stars Nayanthara who's last movie was Patriot (2026).
- This movie is released in movie theatres.
- Released this week in:
- Malaysia / Norway / United States
I Swear
- The movie is directed by Kirk Jones, it is the directors 6th movie.
- Kirk Jones also directed My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 in 2016.
- It stars Robert Aramayo who also starred in Galveston (2018).
- The film also stars Peter Mullan who's last movie was Baghead (2023).
- This movie is released in movie theatres.
- Released this week in:
- Czech Republic / Germany / Slovakia
Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai
- The movie is directed by David Dhawan, it is the directors 15th movie.
- David Dhawan also directed Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya in 2005.
- It stars Varun Dhawan who also starred in Stree 2 (2024).
- The film also stars Mrunal Thakur who's last movie was Dacoit a Love Story (2026).
- David Dhawan directed Varun Dhawan in Main Tera Hero, Judwaa 2, Chashme Baddoor, and Coolie No.1
- This movie is released in movie theatres.
- Released this week in:
- India / Ireland / United States
Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.
Next week there are 24 new movies released gloabally
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- Scary Movie - From Wednesday, 10th June
- Power Ballad - From Thursday, 11th June
- Normal - From Friday, 12th June
- Colony - From Thursday, 11th June
- In the Grey - From Thursday, 11th June
- Tuner - From Thursday, 11th June
- Little Amélie Or the Character of Rain - From Thursday, 11th June
- Littlemouth - From Wednesday, 10th June
- Animal Farm - From Thursday, 11th June
- The Christophers - From Wednesday, 10th June
- Dreams - From Friday, 12th June
- A New Dawn - From Friday, 12th June
- Deep Water - From Tuesday, 9th June
- Primavera - From Thursday, 25th December
- Solo Mio - From Friday, 12th June
- You, Me & Tuscany - From Thursday, 11th June
- Michael - From Friday, 12th June
- Being Towards Death - From Thursday, 11th June
- Miroirs No 3 - From Thursday, 11th June
- The Magic Faraway Tree - From Friday, 12th June
- Backrooms - From Wednesday, 10th June
- Blue Heron - From Thursday, 11th June
- Fuze - From Friday, 12th June