This weekend, Friday 8th August 2025, there are 4 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 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.

• Freakier Friday
• Weapons
• The Pickup
• North Star

Freakier Friday

• The movie is directed by Nisha Ganatra, it is the directors 8th movie.
• Nisha Ganatra also directed Late Night in 2019.
• It stars Jamie Lee Curtis who also starred in Knives Out (2019).
• The film also stars Lindsay Lohan who's last movie was Mean Girls (2024).
• They also appeared together in Freaky Friday in 2003.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Weapons

• The movie is directed by Zach Cregger, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Zach Cregger also directed Miss March in 2009.
• It stars Josh Brolin who also starred in Avengers: Endgame (2019).
• The film also stars Julia Garner who's last movie was The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025).
• They also appeared together in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For in 2014.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

The Pickup

• The movie is directed by Tim Story, it is the directors 17th movie.
• Tim Story also directed Kevin Hart: Laugh At My Pain in 2011 which grossed $7.7 Mil. in the US and grossed $7.7 Mil. globally.
• It stars Eddie Murphy who also starred in Coming 2 America (2021).
• The film also stars Pete Davidson who's last movie was The Home (2025).
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• The MPAA age rating is

North Star

• The movie is from director Kristin Scott Thomas.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Scarlett Johansson who also starred in Isle of Dogs (2018).
• The film also stars Sienna Miller who's last movie was Horizon: An American Saga (2024).
• 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 2 new movies released

• Nobody 2 - Friday, 15th August
• Americana - Friday, 15th August

With cinemas across the UK still closed due to the ongoing pandemic all new releases at the moment are getting released onto streaming, all this weeks film were once set for a cinema release but then got moved to online platforms.

Here are the highlights of this weeks movies to stream either on Disney+ or Amazon Prime Video.

Coming 2 America

• The movie is directed by Craig Brewer
• Craig Brewer also directed Black Snake Moan in 2007 which grossed £39.7 Thousand in the UK.
• It stars Eddie Murphy who last starred in Dolemite Is My Name (2019).
• The film also stars Arsenio Hall who last appeared in Mr. Soul (2018).
• Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall appeared in Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me (2017) together.
• Available exclusively on Amazon Prime Video.

Raya and the Last Dragon

• This new release stars Kelly Marie Tran who's last film was The Croods: A New Age (2020)
• It also stars Awkwafina who appeared in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge On the Run (2020).
• The film is brought to us by directors Don Hall and Carlos Lopez Estrada.
• Available exclusively on Disney+.

Next weeks there are 2 new movies

• SAS: Red Notice, Friday, 12th March
• Cherry, Friday, 12th March

Getting an Amazon Prime release sequel movie Coming 2 America is given a 12 rating in the UK by the BBFC.

The sequel to 1988's Coming To America was originally scheduled for a December 2020 release in theatres by Paramount but due to the global pandemic was delayed.

The movie was purchased by Amazon and is skipping the still closed cinemas all together and going direct to Amazon Prime streaming.

The movie stars Eddie Murphy and John Amos and follows the 2 back to America as they go in search of Prince Akeem's unknown son.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Coming 2 America
• BBFC rating: 12 Certificate
• Reason: moderate sex references, violence, drug misuse, language, discrimination.
• Release date: March 5th 2021
• Runtime: 110m (1 hour 50 minutes)
• Director: Craig Brewer

Did you think we wouldn’t give you at least a LITTLE taste of the trailer after all that? #Coming2America arrives on March 5. pic.twitter.com/D7zlkXfahz

— Prime Video (@PrimeVideo) December 22, 2020

After Amazon Prime released the first poster for the Eddie Murphy starring Coming 2 America yesterday, today they release the first trailer.

The trailer is almost exactly what you would expect from a sequel to 1988's Coming To America with a story that has Prince Akeem going back to America in search of his son which he did not know he had.

The movie got sold to Amazon Prime this year and will no longer get a theatrical release, instead being released on the streaming service on March 5th 2021.

A new poster has been released for upcoming movie Coming 2 America which can seen in full below.

The movie is directed by Craig Brewer and has a cast including the likes of Eddie Murphy and James Earl Jones, while the release date of the film is 5th March 2021 and is coming to Prime Video after it was sold by Paramount earlier this year.

Synopsis Of: The Movie

Years after Prince Akeem Joffer (Eddie Murphy) came to America to "sow his royal seeds" he is set to become King of Zamunda, he then discovers he has a son he never knew about in America - a street savvy Queens native named Lavelle (Jermaine Fowler).

Honoring his royal father"s (James Earl Jones) dying wish to groom this son as the crown prince, Akeem and Semmi (Arsenio Hall) set off to America once again.

Check out the movie page for more information on this film.