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$0 The new movie from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thunderbolts*, tops the UK box office on its debut weekend with a debut gross just shy of £6 Million.
This debut gross is not a bad opening for an MCU movie in the UK and it beats Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and gets close to Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
LAst weeks top movie A Minecraft Movie falls to number 3 this weekend after a solid 4 weeks at the top having taken over £53 Million at the UK box office.
Sinners spends a third weekend at number 3 this weekend and has taken over £10 Million so far on its UK box office run.
With Mufasa: The Lion King 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!Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.
A weekly Rundown of the UK box office chart headlines over the last 30 years.
The number one film was Captain Marvel which had been at the top for 2 weeks and with a total gross of £23.7 Million it was also the top total grossing film.
The top new film of the week was Fisherman's Friends directed by Chris Foggin and starring Tuppence Middleton and James Purefoy which entered the box office at number 2.
The film with the longest run was Green Book which had been on the box office for 7 weeks.
The number one film was The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel which had been at the top for 3 weeks.
The top new film of the week was Run All Night directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and starring Liam Neeson and Ed Harris which entered the box office at number 2.
The film with the longest run was The Theory Of Everything which had been on the box office for 11 weeks.
The top total grossing film of the week was Fifty Shades Of Grey which had taken £33.8 Million after 5 weeks of release.
The number one film was Alice In Wonderland which had been at the top for 2 weeks.
The top new film of the week was Shutter Island directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo which entered the box office at number 2.
The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Avatar which had taken £89.9 Million over 13 weeks of release.
Making its debut at the top was Hitch starring Will Smith and Eva Mendes and directed by Andy Tennant.
The film with the longest run was Million Dollar Baby which had been on the box office for 8 weeks.
The top total grossing film of the week was Meet The Fockers which had taken £27.9 Million after 7 weeks of release.
The number one film was Toy Story 2 which had been at the top for 5 weeks and with a total gross of £38.7 Million it was also the top total grossing film.
The top new film of the week was The Insider directed by Michael Mann and starring Al Pacino and Russell Crowe which entered the box office at number 7.
The film with the longest run was East Is East which had been on the box office for 19 weeks.
The number one film was Disclosure which had been at the top for 2 weeks.
The top new film of the week was Nell directed by Michael Apted and starring Jodie Foster and Liam Neeson which entered the box office at number 3.
The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Forrest Gump which had taken £16.4 Million over 23 weeks of release.
The number one film was The War Of The Roses which had been at the top for 2 weeks.
The top new film of the week was Weekend At Bernies directed by Ted Kotcheff and starring Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan Silverman which entered the box office at number 3.
The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Back To The Future Part II which had taken £10.4 Million over 17 weeks of release.
This weekend, Friday 19th July 2019, there are 3 new films released in the UK looking to hit the box office, but can it challenge Spider-Man: Far From Home for the top spot?
First up at cinemas this week is the live action version of The Lion King from Disney, a Dramatic movie directed by Jon Favreau who also directed Chef in 2014 which grossed £1.5 Million.
It stars Donald Glover who last starred in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) and Seth Rogen who last appeared in Long Shot (2019).
Next on the new release schedule is Tell It To The Bees, this new Romance stars Anna Paquin and Holliday Grainger.
The film is brought to us by new director Annabel Jankel.
Next up this week is The Wedding Guest which is directed by Michael Winterbottom who directed Go Now in 1995.
It stars Dev Patel and Radhika Apte.
-Check back on Monday to see where these films end up on the Weekend Box Office Chart.
Come back next week when there are 3 new releases hitting cinemas. -
Another change on the UK video chart this week with tearjerking drama The Fault in Our Stars taking over at the top of the chart on it's first week of release.
The Fault in Our Stars was released at UK cinemas on 20th June this year taking £3.4 million on it's opening weekend where it entered at the top of the box office.
A six week stay on the box office saw it take a total gross of £11 million most of which happened in the first 3 weeks of release.
Falling from the top position to the runner up on it's second week of release is Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie.
The HobbitL The Desolation of Smaug was released in special extended edition last week and in turn re-enters the video chart at three.
Other new film of the video chart this week are: The Snow Queen at seven, Chef at thirteen and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire re-enters at fourteen.