Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 10th October 2025, there are 5 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl 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.

• TRON: Ares
• Alpha
• Night of the Zoopocalypse
• I Swear
• Good Boy!

TRON: Ares

• The movie is directed by Joachim Rønning, it is the directors 8th movie.
• Joachim Rønning also directed Doomsday in 2017.
• It stars Jared Leto who also starred in Basil (1998).
• The film also stars Greta Lee who's last movie was The Tigers Apprentice (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Alpha

• The movie is directed by Julia Ducournau, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Julia Ducournau also directed Titane in 2021 which grossed £196.2 K in the UK.
• It stars Tahar Rahim who also starred in Our Children (2012).
• The film also stars Golshifteh Farahani who's last movie was William Tell (2025).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Night of the Zoopocalypse

• The movie is from director Ricardo Curtis.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars David Harbour who also starred in State of Play (2009).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

I Swear

• The movie is directed by Kirk Jones, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Kirk Jones also directed What to Expect When You're Expecting in 2012 which grossed £3.9 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Robert Aramayo who also starred in Eternal Beauty (2019).
• The film also stars Maxine Peake who's last movie was Words of War (2025).
• They also appeared together in Dance First in 2023.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Good Boy!

• The movie is from director Ben Leonberg.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Indy who also starred in Escape From Polygamy (2013).
• 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 8 new movies released

• If I Had Legs I'd Kick You - Monday, 13th October
• Black Phone 2 - Friday, 17th October
• Ballad of a Small Player - Friday, 17th October
• Good Fortune - Friday, 17th October
• After the Hunt - Friday, 17th October
• Roofman - Friday, 17th October
• Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie - Friday, 17th October
• Frankenstein - Friday, 17th October

British feel good comedy drama The Phantom Of The Open is given a 12A age rating by the BBFC.

The British love a true life underdog movie, like 2015's Eddie the Eagle, and here they go again with a golfing movie about an amateur player who got into the open!.

The movie stars Mark Rylance as Maurice Flitcroft, the amateur golfer who was accepted into the open, and Sally Hawkins as his wife, it also stars Rhys Ifans.

The movie is directed by Craig Roberts who brought us Eternal Beauty in 2019 but is better know as one of the stars of Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans.

Movie Synopsis

Amateur golfer Maurice Flitcroft achieves his late-in-life goal of participating in the British Open Golf Championship, much to the ire of the staid golfing community.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: The Phantom Of The Open
• BBFC age rating: 12A Certificate
• Reason: infrequent strong language/li>
• Release date: 18th March 2022
• Runtime: 106m (1 hour 46 minutes)
• Director:
  • Craig Roberts
• Starring:
  • Mark Rylance
  • Sally Hawkins
  • Rhys Ifans

BBFC movie page

Cinemas are back open in the UK after nearly 5 months of being closed and there are a whole host of new releases this week to mark the occasion.

Most of these new movies came out on Monday, and many of them have been delayed from last year, and some of them are already available on streaming so there is a nice mixed bag.

Here is a rundown of this weeks new movies in the UK.

Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway

• The movie is directed by Will Gluck
• Will Gluck also directed Friends With Benefits in 2011 which grossed £6.2 Million in the UK.
• It stars James Corden who last starred in Superintelligence (2020).
• The film also stars Elizabeth Debicki who last appeared in The Burnt Orange Heresy (2019).
• James Corden and Elizabeth Debicki starred in Peter Rabbit (2018) together.

Spiral: From the Book of Saw

• The movie is directed by Darren Lynn Bousman
• Darren Lynn Bousman also directed Identity Lost in 2001.
• It stars Chris Rock who last starred in The Witches (2020).
• The film also stars Samuel L. Jackson who last appeared in Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019).

The Unholy

• The movie is from director Evan Spiliotopoulos
• It is their directorial debut.
• It stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan who last starred in Walkaway Joe (2020).
• The film also stars Cary Elwes who last appeared in Black Christmas (2019).

Nomadland

• The movie is directed by Chloé Zhao
• Chloé Zhao also directed The Rider in 2018 which grossed £36.3 Thousand in the UK.
• It stars Frances McDormand who last starred in The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2020).
• The film also stars Gay DeForest who is making a feature film debut.

My New York Year

• The movie is directed by Philippe Falardeau
• Philippe Falardeau also directed The Bleeder in 2016.
• It stars Margaret Qualley who last starred in Seberg (2020).
• The film also stars Sigourney Weaver who last appeared in The Meyerowitz Stories New and Selected (2017).

Army of the Dead

• The movie is directed by Zack Snyder
• Zack Snyder also directed Dawn of the Dead in 2004 which grossed £5.4 Million in the UK.
• It stars Hiroyuki Sanada who last starred in Mortal Kombat (2021).
• The film also stars Dave Bautista who last appeared in My Spy (2020).
• Hiroyuki Sanada and Dave Bautista starred in Avengers: Endgame (2019) together.

Sound of Metal

• The movie is from director Darius Marder
• It is their directorial debut.
• It stars Riz Ahmed who last starred in Mogul Mowgli (2020).
• The film also stars Olivia Cooke who last appeared in Naked Singularity (2021).

Those Who Wish Me Dead

• The movie is directed by Taylor Sheridan
• Taylor Sheridan also directed Wind River in 2017 which grossed £1.2 Million in the UK.
• It stars Angelina Jolie who last starred in Come Away (2020).
• The film also stars Jon Bernthal who last appeared in Le Mans '66 (2019).

Rare Beasts

• The movie is from director Billie Piper
• It is their directorial debut.
• It stars Billie Piper who last starred in Eternal Beauty (2019).
• The film also stars Leo Bill who last appeared in In Fabric (2019).

Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next weeks there are 4 new movies

• Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train, Wednesday, 26th May
• Cruella, Friday, 28th May
• The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, Friday, 28th May
• First Cow, Friday, 28th May

This weekend, Friday 9th October 2020, there are 3 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Tenet, for the number 1 spot after 6 weeks?

Saint Maud

• The movie is from director Rose Glass
• It is their directorial debut.
• It stars Morfydd Clark who last starred in Eternal Beauty (2020).
• The film also stars Jennifer Ehle who last appeared in Vox Lux (2019).

Kajillionaire

• This new release stars Evan Rachel Wood who's last film was Be Natural: The Untold Story Of Alice Guy Blache (2020)
• It also stars Gina Rodriguez who appeared in Scoob! (2020).
• The film is brought to us by 3 time director Miranda July.

I Am Woman

• The movie is directed by Unjoo Moon and is their directorial debut.
• It stars Tilda Cobham-Hervey and Danielle Macdonald.

Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next weeks there are 2 new movies

• The War With Grandpa, Friday, 16th October
• I Am Greta, Friday, 16th October

With Tenet spending a 5th weekend at the top of the UK box office can Eternal Beauty or Summer Of 85 replace it, there is still a chance that After We Collided could jump the one place to the top on its 4th weekend of release.

Here are the new releases this weekend that are looking to enter the box office.

Eternal Beauty

• The movie is directed by Craig Roberts
• Craig Roberts also directed Just Jim in 2015 which grossed £8.8 Thousand in the UK.
• It stars Sally Hawkins who last starred in Margaret Atwood Live In Cinemas (2019).
• The film also stars Alice Lowe who last appeared in Sometimes Always Never (2019).

Summer of 85

• This new release stars Felix Lefebvre who's last film was Une Nuit, a Travers Champs (2020)
• It also stars Benjamin Voisin who appeared in The Happy Prince (2018).
• The film is brought to us by new director François Ozon.

Check back on Monday to see if these new releases enter the UK Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next weeks there are 2 new movies

• Saint Maud, Friday, 9th October
• Kajillionaire, Friday, 9th October