As the James Cameron directed Avatar: The Way of Water spends its 6th weekend at the top of the UK box office, new movie Babylon makes its debut in 3rd place.

Also new this weekend is That Time I Got Reincarnated As a Slime The Movie: Scarlet Bond whi makes its debut at 13 with £62,612, Holy Spider is new at 14 with £60,731 and Na Twoim Miejscu makes its debut at 15 with £57,883.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 20th - 22nd January 2023

AS the sequel movie from James Cameron goes over $2 Billion worldwide it remains at the top of the UK box office for a 6th weekend with a gross of £2.7 Million which pushes its total to £67.8 Million.

• The movie remains at number 1 on this weeks UK box office
• It has spent 6 weeks at the top of the UK box office.
• It grosses £2,789,760 over the weekend, a 33% drop from last weeeknd
• It has a total gross of £67,845,973 over 6 weeks of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is the 17th top grossing movie of all time in the UK.
• The movie is a sequel to Avatar which took £57,441,123 at the box office after 6 weeks of release.

The new horror IP from director Gerard Johnstone remains at 2 this weekend with £1.3 Million taking its total gross of £4.6 million after 2 weeks.

The success of the movie has called for a sequel, M3gan 2 to be made making this a new horror franchise.

• The movie remains at number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,354,537 over the weekend, a 43% drop from last weeeknd
• It has a total gross of £4,667,263 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2023

Highest new movie this weekend

Making its debut at 3 this week is the star studded movie from director Damien Chazelle starring Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie

The movie takes £1.3 Million on its debut weekend in the UK.

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
• It grosses £1,323,683 over the weekend on its debut.
• The movie is the 7th top grossing film so far in 2023

The Whitney Houston bio-pic remains at number 4 this weekend with a gross of £766,245 on its 4th weekend giving it a £9.6 Million total.

• The movie remains at number 4 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £766,245 over the weekend, a 31% drop from last weeeknd
• It has a total gross of £9,600,212 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2023

The musical version of Roal Dahl's classic book remains at number 5 this weekend with a gross of £661,449 which gives the former number 1 movie a total UK gross of £25.8 Million after 9 weeks.

• The movie remains at number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £661,449 over the weekend, a 23% drop from last weeeknd
• It has a total gross of £25,804,997 over 9 weeks of release
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2023

Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 20th January 2023, there are 3 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Avatar: The Way of Water from the top of the UK box office.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

Here are this weeks new releases

• Babylon
• Everything Under Control
• The Wandering Earth 2

Babylon

• The movie is directed by Damien Chazelle, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Damien Chazelle also directed First Man in 2018 which grossed £7.4 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Margot Robbie who also starred in Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017).
• 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 The Big Short in 2016 and Once Upon a Time ... In Hollywood in 2019.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Everything Under Control

• The movie is from director Ying Chi-Wen.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Aaryn Cheung who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Hins Cheung who was last seen in Storm Rider Clash of the Evils (2008).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

The Wandering Earth 2

• The movie is directed by Frant Gwo, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Frant Gwo also directed The Wandering Earth in 2019 and grossed $699.8 Mil. globally.
• It stars Andy Lau who also starred in Needing You... (2000).
• The film also stars Jing Wu who was last seen in Ping Pong of China (2023).
• They also appeared together in Shaolin in 2011.
• Frant Gwo directed Jing Wu in The Sacrifice
• 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 3 new movies released

• Unwelcome - Friday, 27th January
• Plane - Friday, 27th January
• The Fabelmans - Friday, 27th January

The star studded movie Babylon about Hollywood in the 1920's has been given an 18 age rating in the UK for strong sex, nudity, drug misuse

The movie stars Brad Pitt who also starred in last years Bullet Train and an Oscar winning role in Once Upon a Time ... In Hollywood, it also stars Margot Robbie who starred as Harley Quinn in The Suicide Squad and will appear as Barbie later in 2023.

The movie is directed by Damien Chazelle who brought us First Man in 2018 and La La Land in 2017 which won an Oscar for Best Actress in 2018 for Emma Stone.

Movie Synopsis

Decadence, depravity, and outrageous excess lead to the rise and fall of several ambitious dreamers in 1920s Hollywood.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Babylon
• BBFC age rating: 18 Certificate
• Reason: strong sex, nudity, drug misuse
• Release date: 20th January 2023
• Runtime: 189 minutes (3 hour 09 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • Damien Chazelle
• Starring:
  • Brad Pitt
  • Margot Robbie
  • Jean Smart

BBFC movie page

With no big new released again this weekend Avatar: The Way of Water easily remains at the top of the North American box office while the new Tom Hanks movie A Man Called Otto is the highest new movie at 16 with $58,000.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 30th - 1st January 2023

Three weeks on top now for the sequel to the 2009 movie Avatar which takes $66.8 Million this weekend which is the same as from the Christmas weekend last week.

This gives the movie an amazing total of $425 Million over its 3 weeks of release, and it is tracking about $12 Million ahead of Avatar which is the 4th highest grossing movie of all time in America.

The movie is the third highest grossing movie of 2022 in North America and with 2022 over now Top Gun: Maverick takes the honor of the top movie of the year, but the Avatar sequel could in a few weeks become the top grossing movie released in 2022.

The sequel movie from the Shrek universe remains at number 2 this weekend with a gross of $16.3 Million, a 12% drop over last weekend.

This gives the movie a total gross of $60 Million over 2 weeks of release.

The original Puss in Boots from 2011 had taken $75.5 Million on its second weekend of release after a $33 Million weekend.

The latest marvel movie which is a sequel to Black Panther goes back up to number 3 this weekend with from number 6 with $4.8 Million, a decent 28% increase on its 8th weekend of release.

The movie has taken an incredible $427.9 Million since release and is the second top grossing movie of 2022.

It is however far lower than the $665.6 Million the first movie had taken by its 8th weekend of release.

The Witney Houston bio-pic drops to number 4 this weekend with $4.2 Million, an 11% decrease on its 2nd weekend.

Considering last weekend was the weekend Christmas fell on which probably kept a lot of people out of cinemas and many were closed for a day this is not a good sign for the movie.

The total gross if a very disappointing $14.8 Million after 2 weekends of release.

Another movie which seems to having a disappointing run is the Damien Chazelle directed movie starring Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt which takes just $2.7 Million on its second weekend of release, a 24% drop.

This gives the movie a total gross of just $10 Million after 2 weeks of release.

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