US release: 15th April 2022
Canada release: 13th April 2022
Australia release: 12th May 2022
£139 Thousand 
$20.9 Million 
$17.6 Million With Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness currently at the top of the UK box office can this weeks new cinema releases challlenge it for the UK box office crown?
Here are this weeks new releases
Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.
Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 6th May 2022, there is 1 new releases which will more than likely knock Downton Abbey: A New Era from the top of the UK box office.
Here is this weeks new release
Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore makes its debut at the top of the US box office with the lowest debut for the series so far.
Father Stu is also new at number 5 this weekend while Indian movie K.G.F: Chapter 2 is also new at 9 with $2.8 Million.
Finally Dual starring Karen Gillan makes its debut at number 12 with $125,000 over the weekend.
US box office top 5 weekend breakdown 15th - 18th April 2022
This third in the Wizarding World series of movies makes a soft debut at the top of the US box office chart this weekend with $43 Million.
Compared to the last movie in the series Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald this is $20 Million lower and compared to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is it $30 Million lower.
The Fantastic Beasts series has never hit the heights of Harry Potter, but with the controversy and difficult production of this series many critics are declaring this should be the last one and quit while your ahead.
Falling into second place this weekend is the blue video game hedgehog which takes $30 Million on its second weekend of release, a hefty 58% drop over last weekend.
The movie has taken a nice $119.6 Million after 2 weeks of release which is higher than Sonic the Hedgehog from 2020.
The movie is the 4th top movie of 2022 to date.
Falling a single place to 3 this weekend is the Sandra Bullock starring action comedy which takes $6.5 Million this weekend, 29% down.
This takes the movies total gross to $78.5 Million total after 4 weeks and its the 7th top movie of 2022.
Jumping up the box office to number 4 this weekend after being available in many more cinemas is the Michelle Yeoh starring alternate reality movie which takes $6.1 Million on its 4th weekend, a 2% increase over last week.
This gives the movie a very respectable $17.6 Million total, which could climb higher as it expands to more cinemas and is getting good critical word of mouth.
Finally in the top 5 is another new movie as Mark Wahlberg joins in Daddy's Home 2 co-star Mel Gibson in this comedy which takes $5.7 on its debut weekend.
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore goes ultra wide this weekend in 67 countries and climbs to the top of the global box office on its second weekend of release.
Highest new movie of the weekend is the Indian movie K.G.F: Chapter 2 which lands at number 2 while Father Stu starring Mark Whalberg is new at number 9 with $5.7 Million from its single country release of North America.
World box office top 5 weekend breakdown 15th - 18th April 2022
The third in the Fantastic Bests series climbs up the global box office from its debut position last weekend at number 2 to the top this week with a country count that has expanded to 67, including North America.
The movie takes $114 Million on its second weekend which gives the film a total global gross of $193.4 Million, a 49% increase, a worrying 2 week gross for the troubled Wizarding World series.
The movie is the 9th top film of 2022 so far, but with the mixed critical reviews and tepid word of mouth this could be the first 'flop' for the series.
A sequel to the 2019 movie K.G.F: Chapter 1 which took $6 Million globally gets released in 19 countries this week and lands on the global box office at number 2 making it the highest new movie.
Taking an incredible $72.3 Million on its debut this is the second Indian movie to gain global success in recent weeks.
Falling from the top to number 3 this weekend is the video game sequel movie which takes $55 Million from 55 countries, a 49% drop over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total global gross of $231.8 Million after 3 weeks of release and its the 7th top movie of 2022.
The action comedy starring Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum climbs back up to number 4 from last weeks 6 this weekend with a gross of $16.6 Million from 34 countries, a 32% increase over last weekend.
The movie has taken $98.9 Million over 4 weeks of release and should cross the $100 Million milestone by next weekend.
Sony's Spiderverse villain movie falls to number 5 on its 3rd weekend of release with $11.4 Million from 63 countries, a 55% drop, giving the movie a total global gross of $146.4 Million over its release.
Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 8th April 2022, there are 3 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Sonic the Hedgehog 2 from the top of the UK box office.
Here are this weeks new releases
Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.