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US release: 9th January 2026Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 2nd May 2025, there are 7 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace A Minecraft Movie from the top of the UK box office.
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.
Here are this weeks new releasesCheck back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.
Trilogy movie Magic Mike's Last Dance makes its debut at the North American box office on what is considered the quietest weekend of the year, during the American Football mega event the SuperBowl.
Also new this weekend is the 25th Anniversary re-release of Titanic while lower down the box office at 13 is Consecration directed by Christopher Smith which takes $329,951 over the weekend.
Highest new movie this weekend
Making its debut at the top of the box office this weekend is the threequel movie to the Magic Mike series which sees Steven Soderbergh return as director.
The movie which stars Channing Tatum and Salma Hayek takes $8 Million on its debut and is the lowest debut for a number 1 movie since The Invitation in August 2022.
As the mammoth hot movie continues its box office run it goes up the chart this weekend to number 2 on its 9th weekend of release.
the movie has taken an amazing $647.2 Million and this week breaks into the top 10 movies of all time in North America.
Its been 25 years since the Oscar winning movie from director James Cameron was released, and as he is hot property as the moment why not release a 4K remaster of the movie?
Despite the appearance of Marvel and superhero special effects heavy movies over the last 25 years this movie still pulls in the audiences, a simple tale of love abord a sinking boat!
Pulling in strong audiences on its second weekend of release, the well times release of this movie has been a good move for the studio.
The movie took an amazing $12 Million over its first full week (7 days) of release.
The sequel movie to Puss in Boots from the Shrek universe of movies stars to drop down the box office now but its $158.5 Million at the North American box office perhaps seals the touted Donkey spin off movie starring Eddie Murphy.
Avatar: The Way of Water spends its 7th weekend at the top of the North American box office which equals that of the first Avatar movie.
The highest new movie of the weekend is the Indian movie Pathaan which makes its debut at 5 while Infinity Pool from director Brandon Cronenberg is new at 8 with $2.7 Million.
Also new this weekend is Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist at number 9 with $2.3 Million, The Wandering Earth 2 at 10 with $1.3 Million, Billie Eilish Live At the O2 at 11 with $1.29 Million and Fear~2023 at number 12 with $1.28 Million.
Finally there is a re-entry for the 11 times Oscar nominated movie Everything Everywhere All At Once at 13 with $1 Million taking its total gross to $71 Million over 29 weeks.
James Camerons sequel movie makes it 7 weeks at the top of the North American box office, the first movie to do this since the original Avatar in 2009/10.
The movie is still tracking ahead of Avatar and will likely finish above the original movie which sets up part 3 of the movie series to probably land in the $700 Million mark easily.
The sequel movie from the Shrek franchise remains at number 2 this weekend with $10.6 Million as it proves that the franchise is still alive and well.
The movie is tracking just ahead of the original 2011 Puss in Boots
Rumors of a fifth Shrek movie and a solo Donkey movie are starting to circulate.
Tom Hanks proves he is still a box office pull as his latest movie goes back up the North American box office a $6.7 Million on its 5 week of release.
The new horror franchise from director Gerard Johnstone drops to number 4 this weekend with $6.3 Million after on its 4th weekend.
Comparing this to horror movie Smile from late in 2022 this movie is tracking just behind but is still in the same ball park.
Highest new movie this weekend
Landing at number 5 is the latest hit Indian movie to hit North America as director Siddharth Anand brings this action Drama to the big screen.
The latest in the growing saga of Terminator films, Terminator Genysis, this weeks makes its debut on the UK video charts at the top.
Terminator Genisys was released at the UK box office on 3rd July 2015 with the expectation for this the regenerate the series to its former glory.
Unfortunately it seems to have halted the series, it entered at number 2 which isn't good, with £3.8 million and after only 8 weeks, 5 weeks on chart 3 off, disappeared.
The film made £11 million in the UK which doesn't even make it one of the top grossing films, worldwide it made $322.4 million making it the 308th top grossing film.
Jurassic World falls from the top to number 2 this week after 3 weeks at number 1.
Also new this week are: Nativity 3: Dude Where's My Donkey?! at number 3, Amy at number 3, The Longest Ride at number 8, The Snow Queen Magic of The Ice Mirror at number ten and Get Santa at number 15.