Last weekend saw The Batman at the top of the UK box office, there are 5 new releases this weekend, will any of them top the UK box office this weekend?

Here are this weeks new releases

• The Nan Movie
• Wolf
• Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie
• The Phantom of the Open
• X

The Nan Movie

• The movie is directed by Josie Rourke, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Josie Rourke also directed Coriolanus: NT Live 2014 in 2014 which grossed £1.3 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Catherine Tate who also starred in Scenes of a Sexual Nature (2006).
• The film also stars Mathew Horne who was last seen in Breaking the Bank (2016).
• The BBFC UK age rating is
• Box office prediction: Number 1

Wolf

• The movie is directed by Nathalie Biancheri, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Nathalie Biancheri also directed Nocturnal in 2020 which grossed £3K in the UK.
• It stars George MacKay who also starred in Been So Long (2018).
• The film also stars Lily-Rose Depp who was last seen in Silent Night (2021).
• The BBFC UK age rating is
• Box office prediction: Number 8

Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie

• The movie is from director Seong-Hu Park.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Chinatsu Akasaki who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Aya Endo who was last seen in Violet Evergarden: The Movie (2020).
• The BBFC UK age rating is
• Box office prediction: Number 7

The Phantom of the Open

• The movie is directed by Craig Roberts, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Craig Roberts also directed Just Jim in 2015 which grossed £8.8K in the UK.
• It stars Rhys Ifans who also starred in Official Secrets (2019).
• The film also stars Mark Rylance who was last seen in Don't Look Up (2021).
• They also appeared together in Anonymous in 2011.
• The BBFC UK age rating is
• Box office prediction: Number 5

X

• The movie is directed by Ti West, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Ti West also directed The Roost in 2006.
• It stars Mia Goth who also starred in High Life (2019).
• The film also stars Jenna Ortega who was last seen in Studio 666 (2022).
• The BBFC UK age rating is
• Box office prediction: Number 10

Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next week there are 6 new movies released

• The Ice Age: Adventures of Buck Wild - Friday, 25th March
• Ambulance - Friday, 25th March
• Benedetta - Friday, 25th March
• Umma - Friday, 25th March
• The Worst Person In the World - Friday, 8th October
• I Am What I Am - Friday, 25th March

In a bid to promote its new streaming platform Paramount+ the studio today has announced that selected movies will be put exclusively on the platform between 30 and 45 days after release.

The new streaming platform is the latest home video on demand service to be launched alongside the likes of Disney+ from Disney which includes the likes of Pixar, Star Wars and marvel Cinematic Universe and HBO Max which is owned by Warner Bros.

During the last 12 months Disney and Warner Bros. have used their platforms to launch their titles that have had long delays, like Disney's Mulan, although often they have also given them a theatrical release in cities and countries where they are open, HBO Max has done it at no extra charge, Disney have charged a premium on top of the monthly fee.

During a press conference today (February 24th 2021) ViacomCBS chief Bob Bakish, who own Paramount and Universal studios laid out the plans for the new service which will take over from CBS All Access and their other streaming platforms.

The upcoming Mission:Impossible 7 and A Quiet Place Part II, both of which have suffered delayed releases because of the pandemic, are two title the CEO named which will be on the platform 45 days after an exclusive theatrical window.

Universal were the company last year that upset the cinema chains in the US when they announced they would shorted the exclusive window from 90 days to 30 days, and in a controversial move they put Trolls World Tour directly to video on demand (VOD).

Cinemas in the UK are going to open on or around May 17th and in the US cinemas are opening in different states as and when they can, the industry needs a hit movie in order to get people back into cinemas.

In China last weekend the movie Detective Cinamtown 3 was released which took over $300 Million on its opening weekend and to date has taken over $600 Million, challenging Avengers: Engame as the top grossing movie of all time.

China seems to cherish its industry and is doing all it can to make it thrive, so why is the same not happening in Europe and America?

It is with much sadness to write about the passing of Apple founder Steve Jobs, as an almost obsessive follower of technology he has been one of a selected few who has given me something to think about for the last 10 years.

Lets not forget also the incredible effect he has had on the film industry. Jobs in 1988 saw a computer graphics company that George Lucus was going to close down, bought it for $10 million dollars and not only created one of the greatest film studios the world has seen, but also created a studio which has brought some of the best loved characters of the last 20years.

From their first film Toy Story to their latest hit Cars 2 Pixar has continues to bring box office hits and stories we can cherish. Even kids today go to Disney and love the likes of Woody, Buzz, Nemo, Flick, WALL-E.

As a member of the Disney board Jobs also helped bring the firm back to life with Pixar a staple corner of that company, Pixar literally revolutionised animated film in the same way the iPod revolutionised the way we listed to music and the iPad revolutionized the way we use portable computers.

Lets celebrate his life, but with great sadness I say RIP Steve Jobs