Jenna Ortega and Paul Rudd team up together as father and daughter in Death of a Unicorn which has been given a 15 age rating in the UK for strong bloody violence, horror, gore, language

Jenna Ortega is one of the biggest stars of the moment and has appeared in movie like Winter Spring Summer Or Fall and After Words while Paul Rudd has appeared in movie like The Catcher Was a Spy and Forgetting Sarah Marshall to name a couple.

The director of the movie is Alex Scharfman who is making a feature film debut and he also wrote the story for the movie.

Movie Synopsis

A father and daughter’s encounter with a mythical creature sets off a series of violent events.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Death of a Unicorn
• BBFC age rating: 15 Certificate
• Reason: strong bloody violence, horror, gore, language
• Release date: 4th April 2025
• Runtime: 107 minutes (1 hours 47 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • Alex Scharfman
• Starring:
  • Paul Rudd
  • Jenna Ortega
  • Will Poulter

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Top of the North America box office for the second weekend is sequel movie Beetlejuice Beetlejuice which takes $51 Million over the weekend.

The movie, a long awaited sequel to Beetlejuice, has become the next big blockbuster in North America and has taken $187.7 Million after just 2 weekends on release.

Top new movie of the weekend is Speak No Evil which makes its debut at number 2 with a gross of $11.54 Million.

Despicable Me 4 continues to do well on the North American box office and has been around now for 11 weeks and has taken nearly $360 Million.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 13th - 15th September 2024

• 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 $51,350,355 over the weekend, a 54% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $187,756,434 after 2 weekends of release
• The movie is the 9th top grossing film so far in 2024
• The movie is a sequel to Beetlejuice which took $65,638,141 at the box office after 2 weekends of release.

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weekends US box office chart.
• It grosses $11,397,595 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $11,397,595 after 1 weekends of release

• The movie is a new entry at number 3 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $4,544,063 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $4,544,063 after 1 weekends of release

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $3,814,030 over the weekend, a 46% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $620,109,674 after 8 weekends of release
• The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2024
• The movie is the 16th top grossing movie of all time in the US.
• The movie is a sequel to Deadpool 2 which took $314,546,474 at the box office after 8 weekends of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $2,901,115 over the weekend, a 40% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $23,237,195 after 3 weekends of release

Released globaly this week there are 22 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Beetlejuice Beetlejuice from the top of the global box office.

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.

Here are the top new release this week in countries across the world!

• Speak No Evil
• Uglies
• Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
• Hellboy: The Crooked Man
• How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
• The Critic
• The Killer's Game
• Lee
• Kinds of Kindness
• Spring Garden

Speak No Evil

• The movie is directed by James Watkins, it is the directors 4th movie.
• James Watkins also directed Bastille Day in 2016 which grossed $50.3K in the US and grossed $14.9 Mil. globally.
• It stars James McAvoy who also starred in The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him (2013).
• The film also stars Mackenzie Davis who's last movie was Swimming Home (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Argentina / Australia / Belgium / Brazil / Cambodia / Canada / China / Denmark / Estonia / Finland / Hong Kong / Hungary / Iceland / India / Ireland / Italy / Kazakhstan / Latvia / Mexico / Mexico / Netherlands / Norway / Philippines / Poland / Portugal / Romania / Singapore / South Korea / Spain / Sweden / Taiwan / Turkey / Ukraine / United Kingdom / United States / Vietnam

Uglies

• The movie is directed by McG, it is the directors 14th movie.
• McG also directed Charlie's Angels in 2000 which grossed $125.3 Mil. in the US and grossed $264.1 Mil. globally.
• It stars Joey King who also starred in The Princess (2022).
• The film also stars Chase Stokes who's last movie was The Beach House (2018).
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• Released this week in:
  Australia / Brazil / Canada / France / Germany / India / Italy / Japan / Mexico / Netherlands / Singapore / Spain / Sweden / Taiwan / United Kingdom / United States / Vietnam

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

• The movie is directed by Tim Burton, it is the directors 22nd movie.
• Tim Burton also directed Sleepy Hollow in 2000 which grossed $101.1 Mil. in the US and grossed $206.1 Mil. globally.
• It stars Michael Keaton who also starred in Knox Goes Away (2024).
• The film also stars Winona Ryder who's last movie was Haunted Mansion (2023).
• They also appeared together in Beetlejuice in 1988.
• Tim Burton directed Michael Keaton in Batman Returns, Beetlejuice, Batman, and Dumbo
• Tim Burton directed Winona Ryder in Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, and Frankenweenie
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Belgium / Denmark / France / Germany

Hellboy: The Crooked Man

• The movie is directed by Brian Taylor, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Brian Taylor also directed Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance in 2012 which grossed $51.8 Mil. in the US and grossed $132.6 Mil. globally.
• It stars Jack Kesy who also starred in The Killer (2023).
• The film also stars Jefferson White who's last movie was Civil War (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  India / Latvia / Lithuania / Philippines

How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies

• The movie is from director Pat Boonnitipat.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Putthipong Assaratanakul who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Usha Seamkhum who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Singapore / Thailand / United States

The Critic

• The movie is directed by Anand Tucker, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Anand Tucker also directed Hilary and Jackie in 1999.
• It stars Gemma Arterton who also starred in Rogue Agent (2022).
• The film also stars Ian McKellen who's last movie was Hamlet (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Ireland / United Kingdom / United States

The Killer's Game

• The movie is directed by J.J. Perry, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• J.J. Perry also directed Day Shift in 2022.
• It stars Sofia Boutella who also starred in Argylle (2024).
• The film also stars Lucy Cork who's last movie was The Union (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Russia / Ukraine / United States

Lee

• The movie is from director Ellen Kuras.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Kate Winslet who also starred in Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001).
• The film also stars Alexander Skarsgård who's last movie was Infinity Pool (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Ireland / Poland / United Kingdom

Kinds of Kindness

• The movie is directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, it is the directors 11th movie.
• Yorgos Lanthimos also directed Poor Things in 2023.
• It stars Emma Stone who also starred in Superbad (2007).
• The film also stars Jesse Plemons who's last movie was Civil War (2024).
• They also appeared together in Bugonia in 2025.
• Yorgos Lanthimos directed Emma Stone in Poor Things, Bugonia, and The Favourite
• Yorgos Lanthimos directed Jesse Plemons in and Bugonia
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Romania / Ukraine

Spring Garden

• The movie is from director Ku Born.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Jo Yun-hie who also starred in Spring Garden (2024).
• The film also stars Kim Joo-ryung who's last movie was Memories of Murder (2003).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Singapore / Taiwan

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

Next week there are 29 new movies released gloabally

Check here for more details

• Wolfs - From Wednesday, 18th September
• The Substance - From Wednesday, 18th September
• The Substance - From Wednesday, 18th September
• Hellboy: The Crooked Man - From Thursday, 19th September
• Never Let Go - From Thursday, 19th September
• 200% Wolf - From Friday, 20th September
• Strange Darling - From Friday, 20th September
• The Count of Monte-Cristo - From Thursday, 19th September
• Lee - From Thursday, 19th September
• Green Border - From Friday, 20th September
• Speak No Evil - From Wednesday, 18th September
• Hollywoodgate - From Friday, 20th September
• The Forge - From Thursday, 19th September
• Look Back - From Friday, 20th September
• AfrAId - From Thursday, 19th September
• Exhuma - From Friday, 20th September
• Ozi: Voice of the Forest - From Thursday, 19th September
• The Commandants Shadow - From Friday, 20th September
• My Penguin Friend - From Thursday, 19th September
• Kinds of Kindness - From Thursday, 19th September
• Transformers: One - From Friday, 20th September
• It Ends With Us - From Wednesday, 18th September
• Trap - From Friday, 20th September
• Rode College - From Friday, 7th June
• Longlegs - From Friday, 20th September
• The Front Room - From Friday, 20th September
• Slingshot - From Thursday, 19th September
• Project Silence - From Thursday, 19th September
• Starve Acre - From Thursday, 19th September

Released globaly this week there are 24 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Alien: Romulus from the top of the global box office.

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.

Here are the top new release this week in countries across the world!

• The Deliverance
• AfrAId
• The Crow
• Longlegs
• Touch
• Pilot
• The Forge
• Strange Darling
• MaXXXine
• April 29, 1992

The Deliverance

• The movie is directed by Lee Daniels, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Lee Daniels also directed The Paperboy in 2013.
• It stars Andra Day who also starred in Cars 3 (2017).
• The film also stars Glenn Close who's last movie was Heart of Stone (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• Released this week in:
  Australia / Brazil / Canada / France / Germany / India / Italy / Japan / Mexico / Netherlands / Norway / Poland / Singapore / Spain / Sweden / United Kingdom / United States / Vietnam

AfrAId

• The movie is directed by Chris Weitz, it is the directors 8th movie.
• Chris Weitz also directed Operation Finale in 2018.
• It stars David Dastmalchian who also starred in Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania (2023).
• The film also stars Keith Carradine who's last movie was The Power of the Dog (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Australia / Brazil / Cambodia / Canada / France / Germany / Hungary / India / Ireland / Netherlands / Spain / Turkey / United Kingdom / United States

The Crow

• The movie is directed by Rupert Sanders, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Rupert Sanders also directed Snow White and the Huntsman in 2012 which grossed $155.3 Mil. in the US and grossed $400.4 Mil. globally.
• It stars Bill Skarsgård who also starred in Boy Kills World (2024).
• The film also stars FKA twigs who's last movie was Honey Boy (2019).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Cambodia / Denmark / Hong Kong / Italy / Romania / Sweden / Taiwan

Longlegs

• The movie is directed by Oz Perkins, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Oz Perkins also directed Gretel and Hansel in 2020.
• It stars Maika Monroe who also starred in Significan't Other (2022).
• The film also stars Nicolas Cage who's last movie was Arcadian (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Argentina / Brazil / Hong Kong / Mexico / Sweden

Touch

• The movie is directed by Baltasar Kormákur, it is the directors 16th movie.
• Baltasar Kormákur also directed Everest in 2015 which grossed $87.2 Mil. in the US and grossed $203.4 Mil. globally.
• It stars Egill Olafsson who also starred in Beowulf and Grendel (2005).
• The film also stars Koki who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Hong Kong / Ireland / Italy / United Kingdom

Pilot

• The movie is from director Kim Han Gyul.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Jo Jung-Suk who also starred in Pilot (2024).
• The film also stars Derek Chouinard who's last movie was The Roundup: Punishment (2024).
• They also appeared together in Hit and Run Squad in 2019.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Cambodia / Philippines / Vietnam

The Forge

• The movie is directed by Alex Kendrick, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Alex Kendrick also directed War Room in 2015.
• It stars Karen Abercrombie who also starred in The Forge (2024).
• The film also stars Cameron Arnett who's last movie was Running the Bases (2022).
• Alex Kendrick directed Karen Abercrombie in War Room
• Alex Kendrick directed Cameron Arnett in Overcomer
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Argentina / Australia / Mexico

Strange Darling

• The movie is from director JT Mollner.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Willa Fitzgerald who also starred in Blood Money (2017).
• The film also stars Kyle Gallner who's last movie was The Passenger (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Poland / Thailand / Turkey

MaXXXine

• The movie is directed by Ti West, it is the directors 12th movie.
• Ti West also directed In a Valley of Violence in 2016.
• It stars Mia Goth who also starred in Suspiria (2018).
• The film also stars Elizabeth Debicki who's last movie was Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023).
• They also appeared together in Everest in 2015.
• Ti West directed Mia Goth in X
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• Released this week in:
  Denmark / Finland / Norway

April 29, 1992

• The movie is directed by Ariel Vromen, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Ariel Vromen also directed The Angel in 2018.
• It stars Tyrese Gibson who also starred in April 29, 1992 (2024).
• The film also stars Ray Liotta who's last movie was Cocaine Bear (2023).
• Ariel Vromen directed Ray Liotta in The Iceman
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• Released this week in:
  Spain / United States

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

Next week there are 25 new movies released gloabally

Check here for more details

• Beetlejuice Beetlejuice - From Wednesday, 4th September
• Longlegs - From Friday, 6th September
• Spring Garden - From Thursday, 5th September
• Strange Darling - From Thursday, 5th September
• It Ends With Us - From Thursday, 5th September
• Look Back - From Thursday, 5th September
• Hellboy: The Crooked Man - From Friday, 6th September
• Ozi: Voice of the Forest - From Friday, 6th September
• Kinds of Kindness - From Friday, 6th September
• My Penguin Friend - From Friday, 6th September
• Alien: Romulus - From Friday, 6th September
• Firebrand - From Friday, 6th September
• The Thicket - From Friday, 6th September
• Pilot - From Thursday, 5th September
• Slingshot - From Thursday, 5th September
• Before Dawn - From Monday, 2nd September
• Daddio - From Thursday, 5th September
• Gracie and Pedro: Pets to the Rescue - From Thursday, 5th September
• Boneyard - From Thursday, 5th September
• Kensuke's Kingdom - From Thursday, 5th September
• A Legend - From Thursday, 5th September
• Kill - From Thursday, 5th September
• Janet Planet - From Thursday, 5th September
• Something In the Water - From Thursday, 5th September
• Jessica Frost - From Wednesday, 4th September

After giving up the top of the North American box office last weekend for Alien: Romulus, Deadpool & Wolverine jumps back to the top for another week at number 1.

The movie has now taken an amazing $577.2 Million over 5 weeks of release after a weekend of $18.3 Million to take it back ot the top.

As mentioned last weeks top movie, Alien: Romulus, falls to number 2 this weeeknd after spending a single weekend at the top.

With $16.3 Million over the weekend the movie has made $72 Million in total.

Top new movie of the weekend enters the box office at number 4 as Blink Twice takes $7 Million on its debut.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 23rd - 25th August 2024

• The movie goes up the chart to number 1 on this weekends US box office
• It has spent 4 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It grosses $18,310,240 over the weekend, a 39% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $577,213,606 after 5 weekends of release
• The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2024
• The movie is the 17th top grossing movie of all time in the US.
• The movie is a sequel to Deadpool 2 which took $294,562,309 at the box office after 5 weekends of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $16,364,012 over the weekend, a 61% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $72,803,395 after 2 weekends of release
• The movie is a sequel to Alien: Covenant which took $57,436,720 at the box office after 2 weekends of release.

• The movie remains at number 3 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $11,642,437 over the weekend, a 51% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $120,616,514 after 3 weekends of release
• The movie is the 11th 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 grosses $7,301,894 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $7,301,894 after 1 weekends of release

• The movie is a new entry at number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $6,652,671 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $6,652,671 after 1 weekends of release