Marvel studios brings its latest movie The Fantastic Four: First Steps to the big screen and as expected the anticipated introduction of Marvels first family tops the UK box office on its debut.

The movie takes an excellent £8.1 Million on its debut which is better than Iron Man 2 but not as good as Thor: The Dark World

The movie is the third of the big July 2025 movies and although it did better than Superman~2025 from a couple of weeks ago its not come close to Jurassic World: Rebirth from the start of July.

Superman~2025 drops to number 2 after a couple of weeks at the top and has taken £21.5 Million to date.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 25th - 27th July 2025

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,934,660 over the weekend, a 60% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £21,578,900 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is the 6th top grossing film so far in 2025

• The movie is a new entry at number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,613,209 over its debut weekend

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £649,942 over the weekend, a 48% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £19,700,000 over 5 weeks of release
• The movie is the 9th top grossing film so far in 2025

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

Is it a sequel or a remake? 24 years after the original Space Jam which starred Micheal Jordon comes the follow up which has been given a U rating in the UK by the BBFC.

The movie stars among other basketball legend LeBron James and Boogie Nights star Don Cheadle.

The movie is directed by Malcolm D. Lee who also directed The Best Man from 1999.

Movie Synopsis

Superstar LeBron James and his young son, Dom, get trapped in digital space by a rogue AI. To get home safely, LeBron teams up with Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and the rest of the Looney Tunes gang for a high-stakes basketball game against the AI's digitized champions of the court -- a powered-up roster called the Goon Squad.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Space Jam: A New Legacy
• BBFC age rating:U Certificate
• Reason: very mild slapstick, language
• Release date: 16th July 2021
• Runtime: 115m (1 hour 55 minutes)
• Director: Malcom D Lee
• Starring: LeBron James, Zendaya, Don Cheadle

Unhinged takes the honor as being the first 'wide' release of the pandemic era as the Russell Crowe movie goes to the top of the box office knocking SpongeBob into second place.

Elsewhere on the chart Words On Bathroom Walls is the top new film while Cut Throat City is also new inside the top 5.

Here is the top 5 US movies 21st - 23rd August 2020.

Unhinged

A new entry at number 2 last week thanks to its Canadian release the movie expands into over 1800 American movie theatres this week and with seating capacity limits due to social distancing and with people still wary of going to indoor movie theatres the movie takes $4 Million over the weekend.

The Derrick Borte has now taken $5.05 Million and is now by far the most success film during the pandemic to hit theatres.

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge On the Run

A new entry at number 1 last week on its Canadian release the movie falls to number 2 this week again thanks to being released in US movie theatres and takes $550K over the weekend.

Two weeks in and the animated feature takes $1.4 Million.

Words On Bathroom Walls

Highest new film of the weekend is director Thor Freudenthal new movie which enters the weekend US box office at number 3 with $462K.

The Goonies

Re-entering the box office again is the 1985 Richard Donner classic which is at number 4 this weekend with $260K, the movie has now taken over $63 Million in the US.

Cut Throat City

Directed by rapper RZA and starring Eiza Gonzalez and Ethan Hawke this new movie enters the box office at number 5 with a weekend gross of $240K.

The US box office is still limping along with drive-in movie theatres making up most of the box office figures as cinemas continue to struggle to re-open in light of the continued threat of COVID-19

This week The Rental remains at the top and older catalogue titles still continue to dominate the top 5 movies.

Here are the top 5 movies in America 31st July - 2 August 2020.

The Rental

The Dave Franco directed horror movie spends another weekend at the top of the US box office with a gross of $317K over the Friday to Sunday frame.

The movie has now taken just under a million with $916K and will most likely be the third film under the cinema closures to cross the million mark.

The Goonies

The 1983 classic spends a 6th weekend on rerelease on the box office, this weekend its sits at number 2 with a gross of $150K pushing the movies total to $62.7 Million since release.

Jurassic Park

Steven Spielberg's evergreen classic spends its 7th weekend on the box office under release, this weekend at number 3 it takes $117K pushing its total since release to $403.6 Million.

Back to the Future

The ever popular time travel movie starring Michael J. Fox is at number 4 with a weekend gross of $107K wihch takes its total gross since release to $211.2 Million.

The Big Ugly

Staying at number 5 this week is director Scott Wiper's gangster movie starring Vinnie Jones which takes $105K for a $332.3K total after 2 weeks.