Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 12th January 2024, there are 4 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Wonka from the top of the UK box office.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Poor Things
• The Boys In the Boat
• Lord of Misrule
• The Beekeeper

Poor Things

• The movie is directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Yorgos Lanthimos also directed Kinetta in 2007.
• It stars Emma Stone who also starred in Easy A (2010).
• The film also stars Willem Dafoe who was last seen in The Boy and the Heron (2023).
• They also appeared together in Kinds of Kindness in .
• Yorgos Lanthimos directed Emma Stone in The Favourite
• Yorgos Lanthimos directed Willem Dafoe in Kinds of Kindness
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Boys In the Boat

• The movie is directed by George Clooney, it is the directors 9th movie.
• George Clooney also directed The Midnight Sky in 2020 and grossed $70K globally.
• It stars Joel Edgerton who also starred in Black Mass (2015).
• The film also stars Callum Turner who was last seen in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Lord of Misrule

• The movie is directed by William Brent Bell, it is the directors 10th movie.
• William Brent Bell also directed Separation in 2021.
• It stars Tuppence Middleton who also starred in The Imitation Game (2014).
• 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 on streaming platforms.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Beekeeper

• The movie is directed by David Ayer, it is the directors 9th movie.
• David Ayer also directed Street Kings in 2008 which grossed £1.1 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Jason Statham who also starred in The Expendables (2010).
• The film also stars Emmy Raver-Lampman who was last seen in Dog (2022).
• 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 4 new movies released

• Mean Girls - Wednesday, 17th January
• The End We Start From - Friday, 19th January
• The Holdovers - Friday, 19th January
• The Book of Clarence - Friday, 19th January

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

Video game adaptation Sonic The Hedgehog remained at the top of the US box office for a second consecutive weekend stopping Harrison Ford's new film which made an impressive debut at number 2.

Sonic the Hedgehog

The speedy blue hedgehog remained at the top of the US box office for a second weekend with $26.3 Million.

This puts the Jim Carrey starring movie's total gross at $106.6 Million and the film has managed to pass one milestone by passing the $100 Million mark.

This is incidentally the biggest film Starring Jim Carrey in 10 years and at the current rate could be his biggest film since Bruce Almighty from 2003.

The Call of the Wild

Harrison Ford follows up his return to the Galaxy Far Far Away with this more grounded movie which just misses out on the top spot.

The movie is the top new film of the week and takes $24.8 Million over the weekend.

Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

The Margo Robbie starring Harley Quinn movie falls to number 3 this week with a weekend gross of just $7 Million.

This puts the film total gross to a fairly disappointing $72.5 Million after 3 weeks of release, it will end up one of the lowest grossing DC Universe movies.

Brahms: The Boy II

Entering the box office at number 4 is this horror movie starring Katie Holmes which taked $5.9 Million on its debut.

Bad Boys For Life

Finally halling to number 5 this week with the Bad Boys reunion which takes $5.8 Million for a 6 week gross of $191.1 Million.

The movie should pass the $200 Million mark by next weekend.

Parasite

Thanks to the Oscar glory the film got the SOuth Korean class movie is the longest running film on the US box office this week with 19 weeks, it has taken just shy of $50 Million.

Jumanji: The Next Level

Highest total grossing movie of the week is the Dwayne Johnson vehicle which is at number 9 this week with $310.9 Million after 11 weeks of release.