This weekend, Friday 1st August 2025, there are 4 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, 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 Naked Gun~2025
• 40 Acres
• Together
• My Oxford Year

The Naked Gun

• The movie is directed by Akiva Schaffer, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Akiva Schaffer also directed Hot Rod in 2007 which grossed £44.2 K in the UK and grossed $14.4 Mil. globally.
• It stars Liam Neeson who also starred in Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House (2017).
• The film also stars Pamela Anderson who's last movie was The Last Showgirl (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

40 Acres

• The movie is from director R.T. Thorne.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Danielle Deadwyler who also starred in I Saw the TV Glow (2024).
• The film also stars Kataem O'Connor who's last movie was 1UP (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Together

• The movie is from director Michael Shanks.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Dave Franco who also starred in Bad Meat (2011).
• The film also stars Alison Brie who's last movie was Somebody I Used to Know (2023).
• Dave Franco and Alison Brie have starred in 3 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in The Disaster Artist in 2017, The Lego Movie in 2014 and The Little Hours in 2017.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

My Oxford Year

• The movie is directed by Iain Morris, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Iain Morris also directed The Inbetweeners 2 in 2014 which grossed £33.4 Mil. in the UK and grossed $63.9 Mil. globally.
• It stars Sofia Carson who also starred in A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits (2016).
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.

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

Next week there are 2 new movies released

• Freakier Friday - Friday, 8th August
• Weapons - Friday, 8th August

Snow White~2024, the latest in a now long line of Disney live action remakes tops the UK box office with a debut gross of £3.8 Million.

This makes it one of the lowest grossing remakes from Disney with Cinderella from 2015 grossing less.

Chinese smash hit animated feature Ne Zha 2 makes its debut at number 2 this weekend with a £1.2 Million debut.

The movie as blown the debut of Ne Zha from 2019 completely out the water, but the movie is the highest grossing animated movie ever globally and is now the 5th highest grossing movie ever with over $2.1 Billion (£1.6 Billion).

After 2 weeks at the top Mickey 17 falls to number 5 this week and has taken nearly £6 Million at the UK box office.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 21st - 23rd March 2025

• The movie is a new entry at number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,235,546 over its debut weekend
• The movie is a sequel to Ne Zha which took £45,868 at the box office after 1 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £775,855 over the weekend, a 35% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £44,481,396 over 6 weeks of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2025
• The movie is a sequel to Bridget Jones's Baby which took £44,531,175 at the box office after 6 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £730,275 over the weekend, a 41% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £5,892,294 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is the 12th top grossing film so far in 2025

Last weekend Argylle was at the top of the North American box office, there are 7 new releases this weekend, will any of them top the US box office this weekend?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Madame Web
• Land of Bad
• Bob Marley: One Love
• Bleeding Love
• No Way Up
• Double Blind
• What About Love

Madame Web

• The movie is directed by S.J. Clarkson, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• S.J. Clarkson also directed Toast in 2010 and grossed $153.9K globally.
• It stars Dakota Johnson who also starred in Persuasion (2022).
• The film also stars Sydney Sweeney who was last seen in Anyone But You (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Land of Bad

• The movie is directed by William Eubank, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• William Eubank also directed Underwater in 2020 which grossed $17.3 Mil. in the US and grossed $40.9 Mil. globally.
• It stars Russell Crowe who also starred in Cinderella Man (2005).
• The film also stars Milo Ventimiglia who was last seen in The Art of Racing In the Rain (2019).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Bob Marley: One Love

• The movie is directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Reinaldo Marcus Green also directed Good Joe Bell in 2020.
• It stars Kingsley Ben-Adir who also starred in Trespass Against Us (2016).
• The film also stars James Norton who was last seen in A Little Life (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Bleeding Love

• The movie is from director Emma Westenberg.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Ewan McGregor who also starred in Young Adam (2003).
• The film also stars Clara McGregor who was last seen in The Birthday Cake (2021).
• Ewan McGregor and Clara McGregor have starred in 2 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in The Birthday Cake in 2021 and Christopher Robin in 2018.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

No Way Up

• The movie is directed by Claudio Fäh, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Claudio Fäh also directed Northmen: A Viking Saga in 2014.
• It stars Phyllis Logan who also starred in Soft Top Hard Shoulder (1993).
• The film also stars Colm Meaney who was last seen in Marlowe (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Double Blind

• The movie is directed by Ian Hunt-Duffy, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Ian Hunt-Duffy also directed Double Blind in 2023.
• It stars Millie Brady who also starred in Double Blind (2023).
• The film also stars Pollyanna McIntosh who was last seen in Apocalypse Clown (2023).
• They also appeared together in Double Blind in 2023.
• Ian Hunt-Duffy directed Millie Brady in Double Blind
• Ian Hunt-Duffy directed Pollyanna McIntosh in Double Blind
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

What About Love

• The movie is from director Klaus Menzel.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Sharon Stone who also starred in The Specialist (1994).
• The film also stars Iain Glen who was last seen in The Lost Girls (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

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

• Drive-Away Dolls - Friday, 23rd February
• Red Right Hand - Friday, 23rd February - limited release
• Ordinary Angels - Friday, 23rd February
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba - to the Hashira Training - Friday, 23rd February

Kenneth Branagh this week scores another number one film with his take on the Agatha Christie classic Murder On The Orient Express, and in turn knock an old friend from the top of the box office.

Directed by and starring Branagh along with a whole host of other big names like Judi Dench, Michelle Pfeiffer and Johnny Depp the film makes its debut with a respectable £4.9 million.

This already makes it his 4th most successful film as a director and by the end of its run it will be most likely 3rd with just Thor and Cinderella out doing it.

As just mentioned Branagh directed the first in the Thor series of films as by coincidence his new film knocks the latest Thor from the top spot.

Thor Ragnarok this week falls only to number 2, and it gave Murder On The Orient Express a good run for its money as it comes in with £4.6 million which brings the total gross to £20 million and its now the most successful Thor film in the UK.

Thor Ragnarok is still pulling in the audience and on a Monday to Sunday bases it would have by a long distance been the top film of the week taking in £8.1 million.

Also new this week is A Bad Moms Christmas which despite trying to celebrate Christmas in November, far too early, takes in £1.7 million at number 3.

Pokémon The Movie I Choose You and The Killing of the Sacred Deer are also new at numbers 9 and 10 respectively.

Kingsman The Golden Circle is the top total grossing movie this week with £24 million and the longest running film with 7 weeks on the chart.

Historical charts

A year ago - Doctor Strange kept its hold on the box office by staying at the top while top new film was the Ben Affleck starring The Accountant.

Five years ago - Skyfall was still the top film of the week while the top new film was Silent Hill Revelation (in 3D, it was Halloween!) which entered at 3.

Ten years ago - Ratatouille spent a 4th week at the top while 30 Days of Night from director David Slade was the top new film at 2.

Fifteen years ago - Sequel movie 28 Days Later was the top new film of the week making its debut at number 1, it knocked off XXX which fell to 2 after 2 weeks on top.

Twenty years ago - The Full Monty remained at the top on its 10th weekend, although not all of them had been at the top, highest new entry was LA Confidential at number 2.

Twenty five years ago - Beauty And The Beast spent its fourth weekend at the top while the highest new film was Boomerang starring Eddie Murphy at number 2.

Monsters of all various types have been in the order of the day in recent weeks, Logan then Jong last week and this week Disney bring us their live action retelling of Beauty and the Beast.

The Mouse House have done a fantastic job in recent years of bringing their animated classic to a live audience, Cinderella and The Jungle Book are two which did really well.

Now is the time of the greatest animation of all time to get a live action film and audiences are clearly wanting it as the film lands to an incredible $170 million opening weekend.

Kong in its second weekend fell to number 2 with a gross of $28.8 million, this brings the films total US box office to $110.1 million after 10 days of play.

Logan at 3 is now the highest grossing Wolverine movie is the US and with $184 million in total grosses could catch the lowest X-Men movies.

Also new this week is The Belko Experiment at number 7 with a debut gross os $4 million.

Longest running film on the top 10 is once again Hidden Figures which has now been around for 13 weeks, but Logan is now the highest total grossing movie.