Released in the US this weekend, Friday, 17th April 2026, there are 5 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace from the top of the North American 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 releases

• Lee Cronin's The Mummy
• Wasteman
• 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank
• Mother Mary
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Lee Cronin's The Mummy

• The movie is directed by Lee Cronin, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Lee Cronin also directed Evil Dead Rise in 2023 which grossed $67.2 Mil. in the US.
• It stars Jack Reynor who also starred in The Man With the Iron Heart (2017).
• The film also stars Laia Costa who's last movie was The Teacher Who Promised the Sea (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Wasteman

• The movie is from director Cal McMau.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Tom Blyth who also starred in Pelican Blood (2010).
• The film also stars David Jonsson who's last movie was The Long Walk (2025).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

4 Kids Walk Into a Bank

• The movie is from director Frankie Shaw.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Liam Neeson who also starred in Widows (2018).
• The film also stars Teresa Palmer who's last movie was The Fall Guy (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Mother Mary

• The movie is directed by David Lowery, it is the directors 10th movie.
• David Lowery also directed The Green Knight in 2021 which grossed $17.2 Mil. in the US and grossed $18.9 Mil. globally.
• It stars Anne Hathaway who also starred in Dark Waters (2020).
• The film also stars Michaela Coel who's last movie was Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

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• The movie is directed by Carl Bessai, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Carl Bessai also directed Repeaters in 2010.
• It stars Carrie-Anne Moss who also starred in The Bye Bye Man (2017).
• The film also stars Kevin Zegers who's last movie was Corrective Measures (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• 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 are 4 new movies released

• Mother Mary - Friday, 17th April - limited release
• Fuze - Friday, 24th April - limited release
• No Ordinary Heist - Friday, 24th April
• Michael - Friday, 24th April

Released in the US this weekend, Friday, 17th April 2026, there are 5 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace from the top of the North American 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 releases

• Lee Cronin's The Mummy
• Wasteman
• 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank
• Mother Mary
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Lee Cronin's The Mummy

• The movie is directed by Lee Cronin, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Lee Cronin also directed Evil Dead Rise in 2023 which grossed $67.2 Mil. in the US.
• It stars Jack Reynor who also starred in The Man With the Iron Heart (2017).
• The film also stars Laia Costa who's last movie was The Teacher Who Promised the Sea (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Wasteman

• The movie is from director Cal McMau.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Tom Blyth who also starred in Pelican Blood (2010).
• The film also stars David Jonsson who's last movie was The Long Walk (2025).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

4 Kids Walk Into a Bank

• The movie is from director Frankie Shaw.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Liam Neeson who also starred in Widows (2018).
• The film also stars Teresa Palmer who's last movie was The Fall Guy (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Mother Mary

• The movie is directed by David Lowery, it is the directors 10th movie.
• David Lowery also directed The Green Knight in 2021 which grossed $17.2 Mil. in the US and grossed $18.9 Mil. globally.
• It stars Anne Hathaway who also starred in Dark Waters (2020).
• The film also stars Michaela Coel who's last movie was Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

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• The movie is directed by Carl Bessai, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Carl Bessai also directed Repeaters in 2010.
• It stars Carrie-Anne Moss who also starred in The Bye Bye Man (2017).
• The film also stars Kevin Zegers who's last movie was Corrective Measures (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• 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 are 4 new movies released

• Mother Mary - Friday, 17th April - limited release
• Fuze - Friday, 24th April - limited release
• No Ordinary Heist - Friday, 24th April
• Michael - Friday, 24th April

With currently at the top of the UK box office can this weeks new cinema releases challlenge it for the UK box office crown?

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 releases

• Lee Cronin's The Mummy
• Glenrothan
• The Wizard of the Kremlin
• Kiss of the Spider Woman
• The Exit 8

Lee Cronin's The Mummy

• The movie is directed by Lee Cronin, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Lee Cronin also directed Evil Dead Rise in 2023 which grossed £5.5 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Jack Reynor who also starred in Detroit (2017).
• The film also stars Laia Costa who's last movie was The Teacher Who Promised the Sea (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Glenrothan

• The movie is directed by Brian Cox, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Brian Cox also directed Scorpion Spring in 1995.
• It stars Shirley Henderson who also starred in Greed (2019).
• The film also stars Alan Cumming who's last movie was Marlowe (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Wizard of the Kremlin

• The movie is directed by Olivier Assayas, it is the directors 11th movie.
• Olivier Assayas also directed Summer Hours in 2008 which grossed £122.2 K in the UK.
• It stars Alicia Vikander who also starred in Hotel (2013).
• The film also stars Jude Law who's last movie was The Order (2024).
• Alicia Vikander and Jude Law have starred in 2 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Anna Karenina in 2012 and Firebrand in 2024.
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Kiss of the Spider Woman

• The movie is directed by Bill Condon, it is the directors 14th movie.
• Bill Condon also directed The Good Liar in 2019 which grossed £4 Mil. in the UK and grossed $33.9 Mil. globally.
• It stars Diego Luna who also starred in Un Mundo Maravilloso (2006).
• The film also stars Tonatiuh who's last movie was Carry-On (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Exit 8

• The movie is directed by Genki Kawamura, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Genki Kawamura also directed A Hundred Flowers in 2022.
• It stars Kazunari Ninomiya who also starred in Another Gantz (2011).
• 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 3 new movies released

• Couture - Monday, 20th April
• Mother Mary - Friday, 24th April
• Michael - Friday, 24th April

The tenth movie in The Fast and the Furious franchise makes its debut at the top of the US box office this weekend with a gross of $67.5 Million.

This is a slither lower than the $70 Million of the previous movie, which came out during the pandemic, and its way lower than the series high, Fast & Furious 7 which was released in April 2015.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 drops to number 2 this weekend and has taken $266.5 Million in total after 3 weeks of release in the US.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie is still hanging on to a top 3 place after 7 weeks of release and has taken nearly $550 Million at the US box office.

The only other new entry on this weeks top 15 was Master Gardener which makes its debut at 12 with $269,200.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 19th - 21st May 2023

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weekends US box office chart.
• It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It has a total gross of $67,500,000 after 1 weekends of release
• The movie is the 11th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Fast & Furious 9 which took $70,043,165 at the box office after 1 weekends of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $31,980,000 over the weekend, a 48% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $266,522,579 after 3 weekends of release
• The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 which took $301,391,228 at the box office after 3 weekends of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $9,800,000 over the weekend, a 22% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $549,290,720 after 7 weekends of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is the 15th top grossing movie of all time in the US.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $3,000,000 over the weekend, a 55% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $13,125,220 after 2 weekends of release
• The movie is a sequel to Book Club which took $32,279,691 at the box office after 2 weekends of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $2,375,000 over the weekend, a 36% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $64,105,752 after 5 weekends of release
• The movie is the 14th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Army of Darkness which took $32,279,691 at the box office after 5 weekends of release.

A strong second weekend for the MCU movie Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 keeps it at the top of the US box office for a second weekend.

The movie takes $60 Million over the weekend which is a 49% drop, the lowest second weekend drop for an MCU movie in a while, the movies total gross is now over $213 Million.

Remaining at number 2 after 6 weeks of release is the smash hit animated movie The Super Mario Bros. Movie which has now passed the $500 Million milestone at the US box office.

Highest new movie of the weekend is the sequel to Book Club, Book Club 2: The Next Chapter, which has a debut gross of $6.5 Million, half that of the first movie.

Also new this weekend is the Ben Affleck movie Hypnotic at 6 with $2.3 Million, Knights of the Zodiac at 11 with $535,000, BlackBerry at 13 with $473,000 and finally Fool's Paradise at 14 with $443,140.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 12th - 14th May 2023

• The movie remains at number 1 on this weekends US box office
• It has spent 2 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It grosses $60,500,000 over the weekend, a 49% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $213,201,178 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 which took $248,420,911 at the box office after 2 weeks of release.

• The movie remains at number 2 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $13,000,000 over the weekend, a 30% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $535,959,015 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 US.

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weekends US box office chart.
• It grosses $6,500,000 over its debut weekend of release
• The movie is a sequel to Book Club which took $13,582,231 at the box office after 1 weeks of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $3,728,000 over the weekend, a 37% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $60,188,357 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 13th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Army of Darkness which took $13,582,231 at the box office after 4 weeks of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $2,500,000 over the weekend, a 23% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $16,476,954 over 3 weeks of release