This weekend, Friday 5th January 2024, there are 5 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Wonka, for the number 1 spot?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Night Swim
• The Goldfinger
• One Life
• Priscilla
• Bad Behaviour

Night Swim

• The movie is directed by Bryce McGuire, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Bryce McGuire also directed Unfollowed in 2018.
• It stars Wyatt Russell who also starred in Goon 2 (2017).
• The film also stars Kerry Condon who was last seen in The Banshees of Inisherin (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Goldfinger

• The movie is directed by Felix Chong, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Felix Chong also directed Lady Cop and Papa Crook in 2008.
• It stars Tony Leung Chiu-wai who also starred in Red Cliff II (2009).
• The film also stars Andy Lau who was last seen in The Movie Emperor (2024).
• Felix Chong directed Tony Leung Chiu-wai in The Silent War
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

One Life

• The movie is directed by James Hawes, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• James Hawes also directed The Amateur in 2024.
• It stars Helena Bonham Carter who also starred in Dark Shadows (2012).
• The film also stars Anthony Hopkins who was last seen in Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire (2023).
• They also appeared together in Howards End in 1992.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Priscilla

• The movie is directed by Sofia Coppola, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Sofia Coppola also directed The Beguiled in 2017 which grossed £1 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Cailee Spaeny who also starred in Pacific Rim Uprising (2018).
• The film also stars Jacob Elordi who was last seen in Saltburn (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Bad Behaviour

• The movie is from director Alice Englert.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Jennifer Connelly who also starred in The Hot Spot (1990).
• The film also stars Alice Englert who was last seen in You Won't Be Alone (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 4 new movies released

• Lord of Misrule - Monday, 8th January - streaming
• Poor Things - Friday, 12th January
• The Beekeeper - Friday, 12th January
• The Boys In the Boat - Friday, 12th January

This weekend with the release of the highly anticipated Ridley Scott film Alien: Covenant we were always going to see a new film at the top, and Guardians gets push off by the Alien movie.

Despite the mediocre reviews the films launch has it enter the top with a weekend gross of &5.1 million, compared to its predecessor Prometheus this is a million lower.

Falling from the top is Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 after a couple of weeks at the top, a £3,2 million weekend brings the films total to £33 million after 3 weeks of play.

Studios were a bit nervous to release new films against the Alien movie but Miss Sloan starring hot property Jessica Chastain entered the chart at 8 with just over £190,000.

Also new was the Cinema event feature Der Rosenkavalier: Met Opera 2017 which took a little over £313,000 and is at 6.

Beaty and The Beast is the longest running film on the box office with 9 weeks of release and has taken an amazing £71 million, its the 8th top grossing film ever in the UK.

Historical Charts

A year ago - Captain America Civil War remained at the top for a third week despite heavy competition from The Angry Birds Movie which entered at number 2.

Five years ago - Making it three weeks at the top was Avengers Assemble while Dark Shadows entered highest at number 3.

Ten years ago - Spider-Man 3 stayed at the top for a second weekend while 28 Weeks Later entered highest at number 2.

Fifteen years ago - About a Boy was the top film of the week for a third time while Dog Soldiers was the top new film at 3.

Twenty years ago - Staying at the top was Liar Liar while the top new film was at number 4 int the shape of Anaconda.

Twenty five years ago - Basic Instinct entered the chart at the top under a blanket of controversy while The Hand That Rocks The Cradle fell to number 2 on its 4th week of release.

More fun facts for you as the year draws to a close, this time the most tweeted about films of 2012, and the winner is the Tim Story directed Think Like a Man.

The film didn't exactly set the box office alight although it did hit the top spot in America. Following on from that is the most Googled film of the year, The Hunger Games.

The full top ten most Tweeted films of 2012 is as follows -

• Think Like a Man
• The Hunger Games
• The Avengers (Avengers Assemble in the UK)
• Red Tails
• 21 Jump Street
• Dark Knight Rises
• Dark Shadows
• The Devil Inside
• Safe House
• The Vow

It was a sizable hit back in March of this year and people took to Google to find out more as The Hunger Games is the most searched for film if 2012.

Maybe it's because it was a little unkown when the film came out, who knows but the film beat Skyfall which is second and Prometeus which is thurd.

The full list 10 ten most searched films on google is - 1. The Hunger Games - 2. Skyfall - 3. Prometheus - 4. The Avengers - 5. Magic Mike - 6. John Carter - 7. Ek Tha Tiger - 8. Paranormal Activity 4 - 9. Taken 2 - 10. Dark Shadows

An interesting array of films with no mention of Breaking Dawn, The Dark Knight Rises, The Hobbit or Spider-Man!

Interestingly the 2 actors which got the most search queries this year were Whitney Houston and Michael Clarke Duncan who both sadly passed away this year.

What can we learn from this? Probably not a lot but it's interesting to see, what do you think? To see more go to Google's Zeitgeist site.