With The Wild Robot currently at the top of the global box office can this weeks new cinema releases challlenge it for the global box office crown?

As well as many movies released in cinemas around the globe this list also includes a number of the top movies released on streaming platforms.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Smile 2
• The Apprentice
• The Wild Robot
• Flight Risk
• We Live In Time
• The Sisters
• My Hero Academia: You're Next
• Megalopolis
• Panda Plan
• The Substance

Smile 2

• The movie is directed by Parker Finn, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Parker Finn also directed Smile in 2022 which grossed $105.9 Mil. in the US and grossed $216.1 Mil. globally.
• It stars Naomi Scott who also starred in Power Rangers (2017).
• The film also stars Kyle Gallner who's last movie was Strange Darling (2024).
• Parker Finn directed Kyle Gallner in and Smile
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Australia / Belgium / Brazil / Cambodia / Canada / Denmark / Estonia / Finland / France / Germany / Greece / Hungary / Iceland / India / Ireland / Kazakhstan / Lebanon / Mexico / Mongolia / Netherlands / Norway / Philippines / Portugal / Romania / Singapore / Spain / Sweden / Taiwan / Turkey / Ukraine / United Kingdom / United States / Vietnam

The Apprentice

• The movie is directed by Ali Abbasi, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Ali Abbasi also directed Border in 2018.
• It stars Sebastian Stan who also starred in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014).
• The film also stars Jeremy Strong who's last movie was Armageddon Time (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Belgium / Brazil / Denmark / Germany / Ireland / Italy / Poland / Portugal / Romania / Spain / Turkey / Ukraine / United Kingdom

The Wild Robot

• The movie is directed by Chris Sanders, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Chris Sanders also directed The Call of the Wild in 2020 which grossed $62.3 Mil. in the US.
• It stars Lupita Nyong'o who also starred in 12 Years a Slave (2013).
• The film also stars Pedro Pascal who's last movie was Drive-Away Dolls (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Belgium / India / Ireland / Latvia / Romania / Ukraine / United Kingdom

Flight Risk

• The movie is directed by Mel Gibson, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Mel Gibson also directed Hacksaw Ridge in 2017 which grossed $67.2 Mil. in the US and grossed $180.6 Mil. globally.
• It stars Mark Wahlberg who also starred in The Truth About Charlie (2003).
• The film also stars Michelle Dockery who's last movie was Boy Kills World (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Cambodia / Ecuador / Estonia / Iceland / Singapore

We Live In Time

• The movie is directed by John Crowley, it is the directors 8th movie.
• John Crowley also directed interMission in 2003.
• It stars Andrew Garfield who also starred in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021).
• The film also stars Florence Pugh who's last movie was Dune: Part Two (2024).
• John Crowley directed Andrew Garfield in and Boy A
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Greece / Italy / Romania / Turkey / United States

The Sisters

• The movie is directed by Tran Huu Tan, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Tran Huu Tan also directed Survive in 2020.
• It stars Cuong Quoc who also starred in The Sisters (2024).
• The film also stars Thuy Diem who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Australia / Canada / New Zealand / Singapore

My Hero Academia: You're Next

• The movie is directed by Tensai Okamura, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Tensai Okamura also directed Cowboy Bebop: The Movie in 2001.
• It stars Kaito Ishikawa who also starred in Haikyu!! The Movie: Decisive Battle At the Garbage Dump (2024).
• The film also stars Yuki Kaji who's last movie was Haikyu!! The Movie: Decisive Battle At the Garbage Dump (2024).
• Kaito Ishikawa and Yuki Kaji have starred in 6 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Haikyuu!! The Movie 1: The End And: The Beginning in 2015, Legend of the Galactic Heroes: The New Thesis - Stellar War 2 in 2019, Genocidal Organ in 2017, Haikyu!! The Movie: Decisive Battle At the Garbage Dump in 2024, My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising in 2019 and My Hero Academia: Two Heroes in 2018.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Ireland / Romania / Singapore / United Kingdom

Megalopolis

• The movie is directed by Francis Ford Coppola, it is the directors 28th movie.
• Francis Ford Coppola also directed Rumble Fish in 1983.
• It stars Adam Driver who also starred in Ferrari (2023).
• The film also stars Giancarlo Esposito who's last movie was MaXXXine (2024).
• Francis Ford Coppola directed Giancarlo Esposito in and The Cotton Club
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Italy / Lithuania / Portugal

Panda Plan

• The movie is directed by Luan Zhang, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Luan Zhang also directed Give Me Five in 2022.
• It stars Jackie Chan who also starred in Ride On (2023).
• The film also stars Xiang Wei who's last movie was Successor (2024).
• Luan Zhang directed Xiang Wei in and Give Me Five
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Canada / Singapore / United States

The Substance

• The movie is directed by Coralie Fargeat, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Coralie Fargeat also directed Revenge in 2017.
• It stars Margaret Qualley who also starred in Novitiate (2017).
• The film also stars Demi Moore who's last movie was The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Indonesia / Taiwan

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

Next week there are 30 new movies released gloabally

• Venom: The Last Dance - From Thursday, 24th October
• The Room Next Door - From Thursday, 24th October
• The Apprentice - From Thursday, 24th October
• The Wild Robot - From Thursday, 24th October
• We Live In Time - From Thursday, 24th October
• The Front Room - From Friday, 25th October
• Lee - From Thursday, 24th October
• 200% Wolf - From Thursday, 24th October
• Dragonkeeper - From Thursday, 24th October
• The Killer - From Wednesday, 23rd October
• Megalopolis - From Thursday, 24th October
• Trap - From Friday, 25th October
• Detour 95 - From Thursday, 24th October
• Transformers: One - From Wednesday, 23rd October
• All About Suomi - From Thursday, 24th October
• La Cocina - From Friday, 25th October
• Terrifier 3 - From Friday, 25th October
• Timestalker - From Thursday, 24th October
• Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person - From Thursday, 24th October
• Spring Garden - From Monday, 21st October
• Thelma - From Thursday, 24th October
• Flight Risk - From Wednesday, 23rd October
• Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot - From Thursday, 24th October
• Firebrand - From Thursday, 24th October
• Project Silence - From Friday, 25th October
• The Substance - From Thursday, 24th October
• Wolf Man - From Friday, 25th October
• Emilia Pérez - From Friday, 25th October
• Monsieur Aznavour - From Wednesday, 23rd October
• Memoir of a Snail - From Friday, 25th October

A new weekend a potential new number one movie and the summer blockbuster films continue to be released.

There are 6 new releases this weekend, Friday, 17th May 2024, looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes from the top of the North American box office.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• IF~2024
• Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry
• I Saw the TV Glow
• The Strangers: Chapter 1
• Greedy People
• Back to Black

IF

• The movie is directed by John Krasinski, it is the directors 5th movie.
• John Krasinski also directed Brief Interviews With Hideous Men in 2009.
• It stars Cailey Fleming who also starred in Desolation (2017).
• The film also stars Ryan Reynolds who's last movie was Ghosted (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry

• The movie is from director Elene Naveriani.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Eka Chavleishvili who also starred in Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry (2023).
• The film also stars Temiko Chichinadze who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.

I Saw the TV Glow

• The movie is directed by Jane Schoenbrun, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Jane Schoenbrun also directed We're All Going to the Worlds Fair in 2021.
• It stars Justice Smith who also starred in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023).
• The film also stars Brigette Lundy-Paine who's last movie was Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

The Strangers: Chapter 1

• The movie is directed by Renny Harlin, it is the directors 25th movie.
• Renny Harlin also directed Bodies At Rest in 2019.
• It stars Gabriel Basso who also starred in Alabama Moon (2009).
• The film also stars Rachel Shenton who's last movie was The Colour Room (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Greedy People

• The movie is from director Potsy Ponciroli.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Lily James who also starred in Baby Driver (2017).
• The film also stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt who's last movie was Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Back to Black

• The movie is directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Sam Taylor-Johnson also directed Fifty Shades of Grey in 2015 which grossed $166.2 Mil. in the US and grossed $571 Mil. globally.
• It stars Marisa Abela who also starred in Rogue Agent (2022).
• The film also stars Jack O'Connell who's last movie was Ferrari (2023).
• 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 6 new movies released

• We Harvest - Friday, 24th May
• Furiosa - Friday, 24th May
• Kidnapped - Friday, 24th May
• Hit Man - Friday, 24th May - limited release
• The Garfield Movie - Friday, 24th May
• Atlas - Friday, 24th May - streaming

Wonka spends its fourth weekend at the top of the UK box office as 2023 comes to an end with a total gross os £43.8 Million, it also ends up as the 4th top grossing movie of the year.

The movie comes in behind Barbie, Oppenheimer and The Super Mario Bros. Movie with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 coming in 5th.

Highest new movie of the weekend is Ferrari~2023 which comes in at number 2 with a debut gross of £1.9 Million.

Also worthy of mention is Hayao Miyazaki directorial finale The Boy and the Heron which makes its debut at number 4.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 29th - 31st December 2023

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
• It grosses £1,981,677 over its debut weekend

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,732,614 over the weekend, a 30% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £5,983,518 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is the th top grossing film so far in 2024
• The movie is a sequel to Aquaman which took £10,056,769 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie is a new entry at number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,253,694 over its debut weekend

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom falls from the top of the US box office after a single weekend as Wonka goes back to the top.

Wonka goes back tup with a weekend gross of $23.9 Million, a 25% increase over last weekend, which gives the movie a total gross of $134.9 Million at the US box office.

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is at 2 with $19.5 Million, a 30% drop over its debut.

Top new movie of the weekend is the musical version of The Colour Purple~2023 which makes its debut at 4 with $13 Million after its Christmas day debut.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 29th - 31st December 2023

• The movie goes up the chart to number 1 on this weekends US box office
• It has spent 2 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It grosses $23,950,000 over the weekend, a 25% increase from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $134,902,717 after 3 weekends of release
• The movie is the th top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $19,500,000 over the weekend, a 30% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $77,845,000 after 2 weekends of release
• The movie is the th top grossing film so far in 2024
• The movie is a sequel to Aquaman which took $189,048,186 at the box office after 2 weekends of release.

• The movie remains at number 3 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $17,230,000 over the weekend, a 28% increase from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $54,322,645 after 2 weekends of release
• The movie is the th top grossing film so far in 2024

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weekends US box office chart.
• It has a total gross of $13,000,000 after 1 weekends of release
• The movie is the th top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $9,000,000 over the weekend, a 33% increase from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $25,085,000 after 2 weekends of release
• The movie is the th top grossing film so far in 2024

This weekend, Friday 29th December 2023, there are 4 new films released in North America and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, for the number 1 spot?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• The Colour Purple
• Target Number One
• The Boys In the Boat
• Ferrari~2023

The Colour Purple

• The movie is directed by Blitz Bazawule, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Blitz Bazawule also directed Black Is King in 2020.
• It stars Fantasia Barrino who also starred in Life Is Not a Fairytale the Fantasia Barrino Story (2006).
• The film also stars Taraji P. Henson who was last seen in PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Target Number One

• The movie is directed by , it is the directors 160th movie.
• also directed Nutcracker: ROH 2017/18 in 2017.
• It stars who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars who is making a feature film debut.
• and have starred in 6 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi in , The Exorcist Deceiver in 2025, Vacation Guide to the Solar System in , The Lego Batman Movie 2 in , Fantastic Four in 2025 and Saw XI in 2024.
• directed in Saw XI
• directed in Saw XI
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

The Boys In the Boat

• The movie is directed by George Clooney, it is the directors 9th movie.
• George Clooney also directed The Midnight Sky in 2020 and grossed $70K globally.
• It stars Joel Edgerton who also starred in Master Gardener (2023).
• The film also stars Callum Turner who was last seen in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Ferrari

• The movie is directed by Michael Mann, it is the directors 12th movie.
• Michael Mann also directed The Keep in 1983 which grossed $4.2 Mil. in the US and grossed $4.2 Mil. globally.
• It stars Adam Driver who also starred in The Last Duel (2021).
• The film also stars Shailene Woodley who was last seen in Dumb Money (2023).
• 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 3 new movies released

• Night Swim - Friday, 5th January
• Memory - Friday, 22nd December
• Noryang: Deadly Sea - Friday, 22nd December