This weekend, Friday 1st April 2022, 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 Batman, for the number 1 spot?

Here are this weeks new releases

• Sonic the Hedgehog 2
• The Bad Guys
• Morbius
• Coppélia

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

• The movie is directed by Jeff Fowler, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Jeff Fowler also directed Sonic the Hedgehog in 2020 which grossed £19.3 Mil. in the UK and grossed $306.8 Mil. globally.
• It stars Ben Schwartz who also starred in Turbo (2013).
• The film also stars Idris Elba who was last seen in The Harder They Fall (2021).
• The BBFC UK age rating is
• UK box office prediction: 1

The Bad Guys

• The movie is from director Pierre Perifel.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Sam Rockwell who also starred in Trolls World Tour (2020).
• The film also stars Awkwafina who was last seen in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021).
• The BBFC UK age rating is
• UK box office prediction: 8

Morbius

• The movie is directed by Daniel Espinosa, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Daniel Espinosa also directed Child 44 in 2015 which grossed £1.3 Mil. in the UK and grossed $13 Mil. globally.
• It stars Jared Leto who also starred in Urban Legend (1998).
• The film also stars Matt Smith who was last seen in Morbius (2022).
• The BBFC UK age rating is
• UK box office prediction: 2

Coppélia

• The movie is from director Steven de Beul and Ben Tesseur.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Michaela DePrince who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Daniel Camargo who is making a feature film debut.
• The BBFC UK age rating is
• UK box office prediction: 5

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

• Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore - Friday, 8th April
• The Outfit - Friday, 8th April

Last weekend saw The Batman at the top of the UK box office, there are 6 new releases this weekend, will any of them top the UK box office this weekend?

Here are this weeks new releases.

• Ambulance
• I Am What I Am
• The Ice Age: Adventures of Buck Wild
• Umma
• Benedetta
• The Worst Person In the World

Ambulance

• The movie is directed by Michael Bay, it is the directors 15th movie.
• Michael Bay also directed Bad Boys II in 2003 which grossed £8.6 Mil. in the UK and grossed $273.3 Mil. globally.
• It stars Jake Gyllenhaal who also starred in Bubble Boy (2001).
• The film also stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II who was last seen in The Matrix Resurrections (2021).
• The BBFC UK age rating is

I Am What I Am

• The movie is directed by Haipeng Sun, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Haipeng Sun also directed Kung Food in 2018.
• It stars who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars who is making a feature film debut.
• and have starred in 2 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in The Shrinking of Treehorn in 2023 and Star Wars Rogue Squadron in .
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Ice Age: Adventures of Buck Wild

• The movie is from director John C. Donkin.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Utkarsh Ambudkar who also starred in Godmothered (2020).
• The film also stars Sean Kenin who was last seen in White Fang (2018).
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Umma

• The movie is from director Iris K. Shim.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Sandra Oh who also starred in Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity (2002).
• The film also stars Dermot Mulroney who was last seen in The Courier (2019).
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Benedetta

• The movie is directed by Paul Verhoeven, it is the directors 9th movie.
• Paul Verhoeven also directed Showgirls in 1996 which grossed £729.5K in the UK.
• It stars Virginie Efira who also starred in Turning Tide (2014).
• The film also stars Charlotte Rampling who was last seen in Dune (2021).
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Worst Person In the World

• The movie is directed by Joachim Trier, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Joachim Trier also directed Reprise in 2007 which grossed £744 in the UK.
• It stars Renate Reinsve who also starred in Ekspedisjon Knerten (2017).
• The film also stars Anders Danielsen Lie who was last seen in 22 July (2018).
• They also appeared together in Oslo, August 31st in 2011.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

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

• Morbius - Thursday, 31st March
• The Contractor - Friday, 1st April
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - Friday, 1st April
• The Bad Guys - Friday, 1st April
• Coppelia - Friday, 1st April