Released in the US this weekend, Friday, 3rd October 2025, there are 4 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace One Battle After Another from the top of the North American box office.

As well as the movies released in cinemas this weekend this list also includes a number of the top movies released on streaming platforms.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• The Smashing Machine
• Bone Lake
• A Writer's Odyssey 2
• Good Boy!

The Smashing Machine

• The movie is directed by Benny Safdie, it is the directors 8th movie.
• Benny Safdie also directed Lenny Cooke in 2013.
• It stars Dwayne Johnson who also starred in Central Intelligence (2016).
• The film also stars Emily Blunt who's last movie was IF (2024).
• They also appeared together in Jungle Cruise in 2021.
• Benny Safdie directed Dwayne Johnson in and Lizard Music
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Bone Lake

• The movie is directed by Mercedes Bryce Morgan, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Mercedes Bryce Morgan also directed Fixation in 2022.
• It stars Alex Roe who also starred in Bone Lake (2025).
• The film also stars Maddie Hasson who's last movie was Elevation (2024).
• Mercedes Bryce Morgan directed Maddie Hasson in and Fixation
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

A Writer's Odyssey 2

• The movie is directed by Yang Lu, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Yang Lu also directed Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield in 2013.
• It stars Chao Deng who also starred in Looking Up (2019).
• The film also stars Zijian Dong who's last movie was My Friend An Delie (2024).
• Chao Deng and Zijian Dong have starred in 2 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in My People, My Homeland in 2020 and Duckweed in 2017.
• Yang Lu directed Chao Deng in and The Sacrifice
• Yang Lu directed Zijian Dong in and A Writer's Odyssey
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

Good Boy!

• The movie is from director Ben Leonberg.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Indy who also starred in Escape From Polygamy (2013).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• 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 5 new movies released

• Animal Friends - Friday, 10th October
• Vicious - Friday, 10th October - streaming
• Roofman - Friday, 10th October
• TRON: Ares - Friday, 10th October
• The Woman In Cabin 10 - Friday, 10th October - streaming

Last weekend Minions: The Rise of Gru was at the top of the UK box office, there are 2 new releases this weekend, will any of them top the UK box office this weekend?

Here are this weeks new releases

• DC League of Super-Pets
• Joyride

DC League of Super-Pets

• The movie is directed by Jared Stern and Sam Levine, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Jared Stern and Sam Levine also directed Happy Anniversary in 2018.
• It stars Dwayne Johnson who also starred in Jumanji: The Next Level (2019).
• The film also stars Kevin Hart who was last seen in The Man From Toronto (2022).
• Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart have starred in 4 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Jumanji: The Next Level in 2019, Fast & Furious Presents Hobbs and Shaw in 2019, Central Intelligence in 2016 and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle in 2017.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Joyride

• The movie is directed by Emer Reynolds, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Emer Reynolds also directed The Farthest in 2017 which grossed £16.3K in the UK.
• It stars Olivia Colman who also starred in Locke (2014).
• The film also stars Charlie Reid who is making a feature film debut.
• 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

• Bullet Train - Wednesday, 3rd August
• Prey - Friday, 5th August
• Thirteen Lives - Friday, 5th August

There have been many film adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs creation Tarzan and this week the latest version enters at the top of the home video chart in the UK.

This version was released in cinemas on 8th July 2016 where it entered at number 2, beaten by The Secret Life of Pets on its 3rd week at the top.

The Legend of Tarzan took £3.5 million on its opening weekend and spent 5 weeks on the UK top 15, it then spent another 7 weeks in Uk cinemas before disappearing.

During that time it took a non too shabby £9.2 million, also the film didn't do too bad on the global stage taking £356.6 million.

Last weeks top film, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Out of The Shadows, falls quite hard down to number 5 this week after a single week at the top.

Also making its debut on the chart this week is: Supersonic at number 2 and Central Intelligence at number 3.

Also making a re-entry at number 4 thanks to a new version of the Blu-ray is Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens.

This week on the US box office The Secret Life of Pets managed to make it 2 weeks at the top of the box office, this week beating the Ghostbusters re-boot on its debut.

Pets made $50,5 million on its second weekend of release which brings its total after 10 days of release to $203.1 million.

The film is looking very strong and with the American school holidays in full swing this could be the one to beat this summer season.

Paul Feigs Ghostbusters reboot couldn't quite make it to the top on its debut and fell into second place with $46 million including preview shows on Thursday night.

This isn't at all bad and would have topped had it not been for the strength of Pets, good reviews have helped and it should hang around for the summer season.

Also new this week is The Infiltrator at number 8 which debuts with $5.2 million.

Highest total grossing film in America on the top 10 is Finding Dory which is at number 4 this week with a gross of $445.5 million while the longest running film is shared with Dory and Central Intelligence.

Despite competition from the British beloved comedy that is Ab Fab, The Life of Pets remains at the top of the UK box office for a second weekend.

In its second weekend The Life of Pets takes a gross of £4.7 million, this brings the films total gross to an very good £16.6 million after 2 weeks, the films weekly gross is over £7 million.

Highest new entry of the week in Absolutely Fabulous The Move which makes its debut at number 2, a weekend gross of £4.02 million.

The film version of the British comedy comes nearly 25 years after the TV series started on BBC and amazingly it still has all the original cast including leads Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders.

A good run should be in order for the film although as is often the case with TV to movie adaptation it will probably spend a lot of time in cinemas but out of the charts.

Also new this week is Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart in Central Intelligence which is new at 3.

Highest total grossing and longest running movie on the box office this week once again is The Jungle Book which over 12 weeks has grossed £47 million.

Historical charts

A years ago - The Minions remained at the top of the box office while highest new film was Terminator Genisys at number 2.

Five years ago - Transformers: Dark of The Moon is the highest new film at the top of the box office while falling to number 2 is Bridesmaids.

Ten years ago - New at the top of Dreamworks Over The Hedge while The Fast and The Furious Tokyo Drift falls down to number 3.

Fifteen years ago - Shrek was the new film at the top of the box office while Evolution falls to number 2.

Twenty years ago - The Rock remains firm at the top of the box office while highest new film is Moonlight and Valentino at number 4.

Twenty five years ago - The Naked Gun 2 ½ The Smell of Fear makes its box office debut at the top knocking Silence of The Lambs down to number 2.