Veteran director Martin Scorsese directs Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro for the firs time together in Killers of the Flower Moon which has been given a 15 age rating in the UK for strong violence, injury detail, racism.

Leonardo DiCaprio has had a long successful carrer appearing in movies such as Once Upon a Time In Hollywood and The Aviator among his 31 movie credits, while Robert De Niro has appeared in 111 movie including Raging Bull and Night and the City, the movie also stars Lily Gladstone from Freedom and First Cow.

Martin Scorsese is one of the most celebrated directors of the modern cinema era and has brought movies such as Mean Streets and The Departed to the big screen.

Movie Synopsis

Based on the best selling noval by David Grann, the story is set in 1920s Oklahoma and depicts the serial murder of members of the oil-wealthy Osage Nation, a string of brutal crimes that came to be known as the Reign of Terror.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Killers of the Flower Moon
• BBFC age rating: 15 Certificate
• Reason: strong violence, injury detail, racism
• Release date: 20th October 2023
• Runtime: 206 minutes (3 hours 26 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres and on Netflix
• Directed by:
  • Martin Scorsese
• Starring:
  • Leonardo DiCaprio
  • Robert De Niro
  • Lily Gladstone

BBFC movie page

This weekend The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It makes it debit at the top of the UK box office and knocks Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway into second place after a week at the top.

Also new this week as the US public get used to going to the cinema again is Cruella at number 3 and the Japanese animated global smash Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train at number 4.

Outside the top 10 movies there is a new release for First Cow which is directed by Kelly Reichardt and enters the box office at 13 with £21,862.

UK box office QuickView

• Number 1 - The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (1st Weekend)
• Highest debut - The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (@1)
• Longest run - Everything except the new entries! (2 weeks)
• Highest total gross - Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (£7.4 Million)

UK top 5 breakdown weekend 28th - 30th May 2021.

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

Debut weekend for the new movie from the Conjuring Universe and the third film in the original series of movies.

The film takes a fairly impressive £2.7 Million over its debut weekend, altohugh this was boosted by preview showings which accounted for over £800,000 of business.

Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway

Falling to number 2 on its second weekend of release is the sequel movie directed by Will Gluck about the rabbit made famous by Beatrix Potter.

The movie takes £2.04 Million on its second weekend of release, a large 56% drop from last weekend, which gives the movie a £7.48 Million total.

Cruella

Disney release their latest live action movie as a origin tale for Cruella De'Vil which enters the box office at number 3 despite also being available the Disney streaming service, altohugh with extra cash for the pleasure.

The movie which stars Emma Stone and Emma Thompson took £1.4 Million on its debut weekend.

Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train

The animated movie from director Haruo Sotozaki has been a mega smash across the world over the last year and has to date taken nearly $500 Million (£352 Million) since its release last October in Japan.

Its debut on the UK box office has it enter at 4 with a weekend gross of £693,081.

Godzilla Vs. Kong

Falling to number 4 this weekend is the monster smash up movie which has been a mega hit globally but as its been available on streaming in the UK for a while its UK gross has been low.

This weekend the movie take £254,172, a 68% drop from last weekend, for a total of £1.7 Million on its second weekend of release.

Last weekend saw Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway at the top of the UK box office, with 4 new releases can any of them do enough to top the box office this weekend?

Here is a rundown of this weeks top new movies released at the cinema and on streaming.

Cruella

• The movie is directed by Craig Gillespie
• Craig Gillespie also directed Million Dollar Arm in 2014 which grossed £150.1 Thousand in the UK.
• It stars Emma Stone who last starred in My Favorite Shapes By Julio Torres (2019).
• The film also stars Emma Thompson who last appeared in How to Build a Girl (2019).

First Cow

• The movie is directed by Kelly Reichardt
• Kelly Reichardt also directed Meek's Cutoff in 2011 which grossed £27.6 Thousand in the UK.
• It stars Alia Shawkat who last starred in Love Spreads (2020).
• The film also stars John Magaro who last appeared in Sylvies Love (2020).

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

• The movie is directed by Michael Chaves
• Michael Chaves also directed The Curse of La Llorona in 2019 which grossed £1.5 Million in the UK.
• It stars Patrick Wilson who last starred in Insidious: The Dark Realm (2021).
• The film also stars Vera Farmiga who last appeared in Skin (2019).
• Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga starred in The Conjuring (2013) together.

Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train

• The movie is from director Haruo Sotozaki
• It is their directorial debut.
• It stars Natsuki Hanae who last starred in Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna (2020).
• The film also stars Akari Kito who is making a feature film debut.

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

Next weeks there are 3 new movies

• A Quiet Place Part II, Thursday, 3rd June
• Dream Horse, Friday, 4th June
• Land, Friday, 4th June

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