This weekend, Friday 20th September 2024, there are 5 new films released in North America and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, for the number 1 spot?

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 Substance
• Transformers: One
• Never Let Go
• A Mistake
• Wolfs

The Substance

• The movie is directed by Coralie Fargeat, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Coralie Fargeat also directed Revenge in 2017.
• It stars Margaret Qualley who also starred in Seberg (2020).
• The film also stars Demi Moore who's last movie was The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Transformers: One

• The movie is directed by Josh Cooley, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Josh Cooley also directed Toy Story 4 in 2019 which grossed $434 Mil. in the US and grossed $1.1 Bil. globally.
• It stars Chris Hemsworth who also starred in Avengers Assemble (2012).
• The film also stars Brian Tyree Henry who's last movie was Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Never Let Go

• The movie is directed by Alexandre Aja, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Alexandre Aja also directed The Hills Have Eyes in 2006 which grossed $41.8 Mil. in the US.
• It stars Halle Berry who also starred in Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017).
• The film also stars Anthony B. Jenkins who's last movie was The Deliverance (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

A Mistake

• The movie is directed by Christine Jeffs, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Christine Jeffs also directed Sunshine Cleaning in 2009.
• It stars Elizabeth Banks who also starred in Call Jane (2022).
• The film also stars Mickey Sumner who's last movie was With/In: Volume 2 (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Wolfs

• The movie is directed by Jon Watts, it is the directors 9th movie.
• Jon Watts also directed Spider-Man: Homecoming in 2017 which grossed $334.2 Mil. in the US and grossed $880.2 Mil. globally.
• It stars Brad Pitt who also starred in The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford (2007).
• The film also stars George Clooney who's last movie was IF (2024).
• Brad Pitt and George Clooney have starred in 6 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Burn After Reading in 2008, IF in 2024, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind in 2003, Ocean's Thirteen in 2007, Ocean's Twelve in 2004 and Ocean's Eleven in 2002.
• 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 7 new movies released

• The Thicket - Friday, 6th September - streaming
• Apartment 7A - Friday, 27th September - streaming
• The Bagman - Friday, 27th September
• Wolfs - Friday, 20th September - streaming
• Lee - Friday, 27th September
• Megalopolis - Friday, 27th September
• The Wild Robot - Friday, 27th September

Cinema closures still effect the UK box office in 2020 so we take a look at past box office weeks over the last 30 years.

A year ago (2019) -

No. 1 and highest debut: - Jumanji: The Next Level starring Dwayne Johnson and Jack Black and directed by Jake Kasdan

Longest run: - Home Alone which had been on the box office for 27 weeks.

Top total grossing: - Frozen II which had taken £38.3 Million after 4 weeks of release.

Five years ago (2015) -

No.1 movie: - The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 which had been at the top for 4 weeks.

Highest debut: - directed by and starring which entered the box office at number 5.

Top total grossing and longest run: - Spectre which had taken £92 Million over 7 weeks of release.

Ten years ago (2010) -

No. 1 and Highest debut: - TRON Legacy starring Jeff Bridges and Garrett Hedlund and directed by Joseph Kosinski

Longest run: - Due Date which had been on the box office for 7 weeks.

Top total grossing: - Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1 which had taken £44.4 Million after 5 weeks of release.

Fifteen years ago (2005) -

No. 1 and highest debut: - King Kong starring Naomi Watts and Jack Black and directed by Peter Jackson

Longest run: - Nanny Mcphee which had been on the box office for 9 weeks.

Top total grossing: - Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire which had taken £42.3 Million after 5 weeks of release.

Twenty years ago (2000) -

No. 1 and highest debut: - Meet The Parents starring Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller and directed by Jay Roach

Top total grossing and longest run: - Billy Elliot which had taken £16.6 Million over 12 weeks of release.

Twenty five years ago (1995) -

No. 1 and highest debut: - Babe starring Christine Cavanaugh and Miriam Margolyes and directed by Chris Noonan

Longest run: - Crimson Tide which had been on the box office for 7 weeks.

Top total grossing: - Goldeneye which had taken £16 Million after 4 weeks of release.

Thirty years ago (1990) -

No. 1 movie: - Home Alone which had been at the top for 1 weeks and with a total gross of £4.3 Million it was also the top total grossing film.

Highest Debut: - Miami Blues directed by George Armitage and starring Fred Ward and Alec Baldwin which entered the box office at number 3.

Longest run: - Betsys Wedding which had been on the box office for 8 weeks.