This weekend, Friday 21st April 2023, there are 9 new films released in North America and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, for the number 1 spot?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

Here are this weeks new releases

• Beau Is Afraid
• Exhibition On Screen: Vermeer the Blockbuster Exhibition 2023
• Ghosted
• Chevalier
• Spirited Away Live On Stage
• The Covenant
• Evil Dead Rise
• Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan
• Other Peoples Children

Beau Is Afraid

• The movie is directed by Ari Aster, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Ari Aster also directed Midsommar in 2019.
• It stars Joaquin Phoenix who also starred in The Sisters Brother's (2019).
• The film also stars Patti LuPone who was last seen in The School For Good and Evil (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Exhibition On Screen: Vermeer the Blockbuster Exhibition 2023

• The movie is directed by David Bickerstaff, it is the directors 13th movie.
• David Bickerstaff also directed Exhibition On Screen: Van Gogh and Japan 2019 in 2019.
• It stars Robert Lindsay who also starred in Hawkins (2001).
• The film also stars who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Ghosted

• The movie is directed by Dexter Fletcher, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Dexter Fletcher also directed Wild Bill in 2012.
• It stars Ana de Armas who also starred in Wasp Network (2019).
• The film also stars Amy Sedaris who was last seen in Somebody I Used to Know (2023).
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• The MPAA age rating is

Chevalier

• The movie is from director Stephen Williams.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Lucy Boynton who also starred in Bohemian Rhapsody (2018).
• The film also stars Samara Weaving who was last seen in Scream VI (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Spirited Away Live On Stage

• The movie is from director John Caird.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Kotaro Daigo who also starred in The Battle: Roar to VIctory (2019).
• The film also stars Kanna Hashimoto who was last seen in Nemesis The Movie: Mystery of Golden Spiral (2023).
• Kotaro Daigo and Kanna Hashimoto have starred in 2 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Karada Sagashi in 2022 and Remember Member in 2022.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

The Covenant

• The movie is directed by Guy Ritchie, it is the directors 15th movie.
• Guy Ritchie also directed The Gentlemen in 2020 which grossed $36.5 Mil. in the US and grossed $115.2 Mil. globally.
• It stars Jake Gyllenhaal who also starred in End of Watch (2012).
• The film also stars Alexander Ludwig who was last seen in Night Teeth (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Evil Dead Rise

• The movie is directed by Lee Cronin, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Lee Cronin also directed The Hole In the Ground in 2019.
• It stars Mirabai Pease who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Richard Crouchley who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan

• The movie is directed by Farhad Samji, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Farhad Samji also directed Its Entertainment in 2014.
• It stars Salman Khan who also starred in Chal Mere Bhai (2000).
• The film also stars Pooja Hegde who was last seen in Cirkus (2022).
• Farhad Samji directed Pooja Hegde in Housefull 4
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Other Peoples Children

• The movie is directed by Rebecca Zlotowski, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Rebecca Zlotowski also directed Grand Central in 2014.
• It stars Virginie Efira who also starred in Other Peoples Children (2022).
• The film also stars Roschdy Zem who was last seen in The Innocent (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 5 new movies released

• Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret - Friday, 28th April
• Peter Pan & Wendy - Friday, 28th April - streaming
• Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World - Friday, 28th April
• Polite Society - Friday, 28th April

With The Super Mario Bros. Movie currently at the top of the UK box office can this weeks new cinema releases challlenge it for the UK box office crown?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

Here are this weeks new releases

• Evil Dead Rise
• The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan
• National Theatre Live: Good
• Missing
• Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan

Evil Dead Rise

• The movie is directed by Lee Cronin, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Lee Cronin also directed The Hole In the Ground in 2019 which grossed £96.4K in the UK.
• It stars Mirabai Pease who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Richard Crouchley who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan

• The movie is directed by Martin Bourboulon, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Martin Bourboulon also directed Eiffel in 2021 which grossed £10.1K in the UK.
• It stars François Civil who also starred in Back to Burgundy (2017).
• The film also stars Vincent Cassel who was last seen in Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

National Theatre Live: Good

• The movie is directed by Dominic Cooke, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Dominic Cooke also directed The Comedy of Errors: NT Live in 2012.
• It stars David Tennant who also starred in How to Train Your Dragon (2010).
• The film also stars Elliot Levey who was last seen in Murder On the Orient Express (2017).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Missing

• The movie is from director Nicholas D. Johnson and Will Merrick.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Tim Griffin who also starred in Leatherheads (2008).
• The film also stars Ava Zaria Lee who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan

• The movie is directed by Farhad Samji, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Farhad Samji also directed Bachchan Pandey in 2022 which grossed £61.5K in the UK.
• It stars Salman Khan who also starred in Kyon Ki (2005).
• The film also stars Pooja Hegde who was last seen in Cirkus (2022).
• Farhad Samji directed Pooja Hegde in Housefull 4
• 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 6 new movies released

• Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret - Friday, 28th April
• Peter Pan & Wendy - Friday, 28th April - streaming
• Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World - Friday, 28th April
• Polite Society - Friday, 28th April
• The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry - Friday, 28th April
• A Good Person - Friday, 24th March - streaming

Remaining at the top over the Christmas weekend in the sequel movie Avatar: The Way of Water and with no big new releases this week the high new film comes in at number 12, the Indian Hindi-language movie Cirkus takes £72,006.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 23rd - 25th December 2022

The sequel movie to 2009's Avatar remains at the top for a second weekend with a weekend gross of just less than £5 Million, a 58% drop over last weekend, but taken into consideration cinemas were closed on Sunday, Christmas Day, this is higher than would normally have been.

The movie has now taken just over £25 Million over 10 days of release, which is higher than the original Avatar which has taken $18 Million 10 days into its run.

No doubt the movie will be one of the top movies released in 2022 by the time it finishes its run well into 2023, comparing it to the top movie of 2022, Top Gun: Maverick that movie took &pond;10 Million on its second weekend and £38 Million after 10 days, it has taken over £83 Million in total.

The movie version of the stage version of the film version of Matilda remains at number 2 this weekend with £1.1 Million, a small 14% drop over last weekend.

This gives the movie a total gross in the UK fo £16 Million after 5 weeks of release.

The highest Christmas movie this weekend is the 2003 all star ensable directed by Richard Curtis which takes £408,178 from only a handful of screen, a 95% increase from last weekend.

The re-release of the movie has taken £651,745 while the movie has taken £36.2 Million at the UK box office in total.

Another seasonal re-release is at number 4 this weekend as the Will Ferrell starring movie directed by Jon Favreau which takes £252,060 this weekend, a 52% increase.

This gives the movie a £1.7 Million re-release total, and a £16.5 Million UK box office total.

Falling to number 4 this weekend is the violent Santa movie which takes £246,399 one its 4th weekend of release, a 30% drop over last weekend.

The movie has now taken a total of £3.3 Million at the UK box office.