This weekend, Friday 5th January 2024, 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, Wonka, for the number 1 spot?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Night Swim
• Noryang: Deadly Sea
• Memory
• Shining For One Thing

Night Swim

• The movie is directed by Bryce McGuire, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Bryce McGuire also directed Unfollowed in 2018.
• It stars Wyatt Russell who also starred in Table 19 (2017).
• The film also stars Kerry Condon who was last seen in The Banshees of Inisherin (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Noryang: Deadly Sea

• The movie is directed by Han-min Kim, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Han-min Kim also directed Paradise Murdered in 2007.
• It stars Jeong Jae-yeong who also starred in Noryang: Deadly Sea (2023).
• The film also stars Yeo Jin-goo who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

Memory

• The movie is directed by Michel Franco, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Michel Franco also directed Chronic in 2016.
• It stars Jessica Chastain who also starred in IT Chapter Two (2019).
• The film also stars Peter Sarsgaard who was last seen in The Batman (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The MPAA age rating is

Shining For One Thing

• The movie is from director Xiaoming Chen and Pan Zhang.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Yun-Lin Chiang who also starred in Shining For One Thing (2023).
• The film also stars Jing Fu who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

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

Next week there are 5 new movies released

• The Book of Clarence - Friday, 12th January
• Her Seye Ragmen - Friday, 12th January
• Mean Girls - Friday, 12th January
• The Beekeeper - Friday, 12th January
• Mean Girls - Friday, 12th January

This weekend, Friday 5th January 2024, there are 5 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Wonka, for the number 1 spot?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Night Swim
• The Goldfinger
• One Life
• Priscilla
• Bad Behaviour

Night Swim

• The movie is directed by Bryce McGuire, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Bryce McGuire also directed Unfollowed in 2018.
• It stars Wyatt Russell who also starred in Goon 2 (2017).
• The film also stars Kerry Condon who was last seen in The Banshees of Inisherin (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Goldfinger

• The movie is directed by Felix Chong, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Felix Chong also directed Lady Cop and Papa Crook in 2008.
• It stars Tony Leung Chiu-wai who also starred in Red Cliff II (2009).
• The film also stars Andy Lau who was last seen in The Movie Emperor (2024).
• Felix Chong directed Tony Leung Chiu-wai in The Silent War
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

One Life

• The movie is directed by James Hawes, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• James Hawes also directed The Amateur in 2024.
• It stars Helena Bonham Carter who also starred in Dark Shadows (2012).
• The film also stars Anthony Hopkins who was last seen in Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire (2023).
• They also appeared together in Howards End in 1992.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Priscilla

• The movie is directed by Sofia Coppola, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Sofia Coppola also directed The Beguiled in 2017 which grossed £1 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Cailee Spaeny who also starred in Pacific Rim Uprising (2018).
• The film also stars Jacob Elordi who was last seen in Saltburn (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Bad Behaviour

• The movie is from director Alice Englert.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Jennifer Connelly who also starred in The Hot Spot (1990).
• The film also stars Alice Englert who was last seen in You Won't Be Alone (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

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

• Lord of Misrule - Monday, 8th January - streaming
• Poor Things - Friday, 12th January
• The Beekeeper - Friday, 12th January
• The Boys In the Boat - Friday, 12th January

Director and producer James Wan has become synonymous with horror and this new movie which he produces, Night Swim, has been given a 15 age rating in the UK for strong horror.

The movie stars Kerry Condon who was previously seen in This Must Be the Place and Human Affairs alongside Wyatt Russell who has starred in Cowboys & Aliens and Overlord.

The movie is directed by Bryce McGuire who has previously been behind the camera for his directorial debut Unfollowed.

Movie Synopsis

A family's swimming pool turns out to have strange and sinister powers.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Night Swim
• BBFC age rating: 15 Certificate
• Reason: strong horror
• Release date: 5th January 2024
• Runtime: 98 minutes (1 hours 38 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • Bryce McGuire
• Starring:
  • Kerry Condon
  • Wyatt Russell
  • Nancy Lenehan

BBFC movie page

Kevin Smith has released the first trailer for his upcoming threequel movie Clerks III.

The movie is the third in the directors most famous movie series which stated with Clerks in 1995 before being followed by a sequel, Clerks II, in 2006.

The stars are all back for this new instalment including Rosario Dawson, Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes.

The movie is released in the US this fall with no UK release date set yet.

There are 4 new entries inside the top 5 on this weekends US box office, but none were strong enough to keep Spider-Man: No Way Home from spending another big weekend at the top.

Top of the new releases was Sing 2 which came in at 2, followed by The Matrix Resurrections which was new at 3.

British movie The King's Man was new at number 4 and then finally in the top 5 American Underdog came in just below.

Also new this week is A Journal For Jordan which came in at 8 with $2.2 Million and '83 from director Kabir Khan came in at 10 with $1.76 Million.

US box office QuickView

• Number 1 - Spider-Man: No Way Home (2nd weekend)
• Highest debut - Sing 2 (@2)
• Longest run - Eternals (8 weeks)
• Highest total gross - Spider-Man: No Way Home ($467.3 Million)

US box office weekend top 5 breakdown 24th - 26th December 2021

Spider Man: No Way Home

The smash hit Marvel/Sony movie spends a second weekend at the top of the US box office with a weekend gross of $81.5 Million, a 69% drop over last weekend which isn't too bad considering the giant debut gross the movie had.

The movie has now taken a total gross in the US of $467.3 Million making it now by far the top grossing movie of 2021 having grossed twice as much as the movie at number 2 for the year, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.

The movie also this weekend enters the top 20 US movies of all time at number 19.

Sing 2

Highest new entry of the weekend is the animated sequel movie which takes $23.7 Million on its debut.

The film is a sequel to the 2017 movie Sing which took $35.2 Million in North America on its debut on its way to $634.2 Million over 9 weeks.

The Matrix Resurrections

The long awaited follow up to the highly successful Matrix series of movies makes its debut this weekend at number 3 with $12 Million.

The pre hype for the movie was sky high, but an luke warm response on its release, and a simultaneous HBO Max release has by the looks of it damaged its box office potentital.

The King's Man

A prequel to the Kingsmen movies lands at number 4 this weekend with a gross of $6.3 Million.

Matthew Vaughn directs once again, but Ralph Fiennes takes over in the lead role this time, but diminishing returns seems to have set in for this series.

American Underdog

Making its debut at number 5 this weekend is this inspirational movie starring Zachary Levi about a down on his luck potential NFL great, the movie takes $6.2 Million on its debut.