This weekend, Friday 30th December 2022, there are 2 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Avatar: The Way of Water, for the number 1 spot?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

Here are this weeks new releases

• I Wanna Dance With Somebody
• Corsage

I Wanna Dance With Somebody

• The movie is directed by Kasi Lemmons, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Kasi Lemmons also directed Talk to Me in 2007 which grossed £4.8K in the UK.
• It stars Naomi Ackie who also starred in Damilola, Our Loved Boy (2016).
• The film also stars Stanley Tucci who was last seen in The King's Man (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Corsage

• The movie is from director Marie Kreutzer.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Colin Morgan who also starred in Legend (2015).
• The film also stars Vicky Krieps who was last seen in Bergman Island (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• 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 2 new movies released

• A Man Called Otto - Friday, 6th January
• Till - Friday, 6th January

Staying at the top for a second weekend is Avatar: The Way of Water while coming in second on its debut is Puss In Boots: The Last Wish at number 2.

Also new this week is I Wanna Dance With Somebody at number 3 and Babylon at number 4 while Corsage is new at 13 with $32,000 and Living is ew at 15 with $21,233.

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

Two weeks at the top now for the James Cameron directed sequel movie which takes $64 Million over the Christmas weekend, and bearing in mind that Christmas Day fell on Sunday this weekend this is a 52% drop.

Comparing this to the first Avatar movie, in 2009 that movie took $75 Million on its second weekend so the sequel is tracking just over $10 Million below.

After 2 weeks the movie has taken $261 Million at the North American box office which is about $50 Million higer than Avatar at this stage.

The movie is already, after 10 days of release, the 8th top movie of 2022.

Highest new movie this weekend

Making its debut at number 2 this weekend is the sequel movie to Puss in Boots which itself is a spin off from the Shrek series of movies.

The movie makes its debut with a gross of $12.4 Million, which is considerably lower than the $34 Million of the 2011 first movie.

The Shrek series started way back in 2001 and was an instant hit with a $42 Million opening for the first movie, Shrek 2 opened in 2004 with $108 Million.

The bio-pic about superstar Whitney Houston and her rise to fame and premature death makes it debut at number 3 this weekend.

A $4.7 Million debut is disappointing and lower than expectations, Oscar buzz might give the movie a bit of a push but the future is looking like a quick release on streaming.

Another movie with an all star Oscar potential cast fails to perform at the box office this weekend as the new Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie double header lands at number 4.

A $3.6 Millon debut for a movie costing $80 Million is not a great result and the studio must be looking at way to increase the exposure of this movie.

Falling to number 5 this weekend is the Sata Claus meets Home Alone which takes $3.5 Million on its 7th weekend of release, a 30% drop over last week.

The movie has now taken $41 Million on its box office run as the movie hits streaming on Christmas eve.

With Avatar: The Way of Water currently at the top of the North American box office can this weeks new cinema releases challlenge it for the US box office crown?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

Here are this weeks new releases

• Babylon
• Corsage
• Puss In Boots: The Last Wish
• I Wanna Dance With Somebody
• Matilda: The Musical

Babylon

• The movie is directed by Damien Chazelle, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Damien Chazelle also directed La La Land in 2017 which grossed $151.1 Mil. in the US and grossed $446.4 Mil. globally.
• It stars Margot Robbie who also starred in Focus (2015).
• The film also stars Brad Pitt who was last seen in Bullet Train (2022).
• Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt have starred in 2 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Once Upon a Time ... In Hollywood in 2019 and The Big Short in 2016.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Corsage

• The movie is from director Marie Kreutzer.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Colin Morgan who also starred in The Happy Prince (2018).
• The film also stars Vicky Krieps who was last seen in Bergman Island (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Puss In Boots: The Last Wish

• The movie is directed by Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado also directed The Croods: A New Age in 2020 which grossed $58.6 Mil. in the US and grossed $215.9 Mil. globally.
• It stars Antonio Banderas who also starred in Shrek Forever After (2010).
• The film also stars Salma Hayek who was last seen in House of Gucci (2021).
• Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek have starred in 7 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Frida in 2003, The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard in 2021, Puss In Boots in 2011, Spy Kids 3D: Game Over in 2003, Desperado in 1996, Once Upon a Time In Mexico in 2003 and Four Rooms in 1995.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

I Wanna Dance With Somebody

• The movie is directed by Kasi Lemmons, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Kasi Lemmons also directed Black Nativity in 2013 which grossed $7 Mil. in the US and grossed $7.5 Mil. globally.
• It stars Naomi Ackie who also starred in Lady Macbeth (2017).
• The film also stars Stanley Tucci who was last seen in The King's Man (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Matilda: The Musical

• The movie is directed by Matthew Warchus, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Matthew Warchus also directed Present Laughter: NT Live 2019 in 2019.
• It stars Alisha Weir who also starred in Don't Leave Home (2018).
• The film also stars Emma Thompson who was last seen in Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022).
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• 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 is 1 new movie released

• White Noise - Friday, 30th December - streaming

Released in the US this weekend, Friday, 16th December 2022, there are 3 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Black Panther: Wakanda Forever from the top of the North American box office.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

Here are this weeks new releases

• Avatar: The Way of Water
• The Almond and the Seahorse
• The Mean One

Avatar: The Way of Water

• The movie is directed by James Cameron, it is the directors 10th movie.
• James Cameron also directed True Lies in 1994 which grossed $146.3 Mil. in the US and grossed $378.9 Mil. globally.
• It stars Sam Worthington who also starred in The Great Raid (2005).
• The film also stars Zoe Saldana who was last seen in Amsterdam (2022).
• They also appeared together in Avatar in 2009.
• James Cameron directed Sam Worthington in Avatar
• James Cameron directed Zoe Saldana in Avatar
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

The Almond and the Seahorse

• The movie is from director Celyn Jones and Tom Stern.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Rebel Wilson who also starred in The Almond and the Seahorse (2022).
• The film also stars Charlotte Gainsbourg who was last seen in The House That Jack Built (2018).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

The Mean One

• The movie is directed by Steven LaMorte, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Steven LaMorte also directed One Stop Away in 2017.
• It stars David Howard Thornton who also starred in The Mean One (2022).
• The film also stars Krystle Martin who is making a feature film debut.
• 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 5 new movies released

• Puss In Boots: The Last Wish - Wednesday, 21st December
• Corsage - Friday, 23rd December
• Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Friday, 23rd December
• Babylon - Friday, 23rd December
• Matilda: The Musical - Sunday, 25th December - streaming