Released globaly this week there are 29 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Mufasa: The Lion King 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.

• Den of Thieves 2
• Babygirl
• Companion
• Emilia Perez
• A Real Pain
• Conclave
• The Girl With the Needle
• The Damned
• Better Man
• William Tell

Den of Thieves 2

• The movie is directed by Christian Gudegast, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Christian Gudegast also directed Den of Thieves in 2018.
• It stars Gerard Butler who also starred in Greenland (2020).
• The film also stars O'Shea Jackson Jr. who's last movie was Cocaine Bear (2023).
• They also appeared together in Den of Thieves in 2018.
• Christian Gudegast directed Gerard Butler in and Den of Thieves
• Christian Gudegast directed O'Shea Jackson Jr. in and Den of Thieves
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Canada / Estonia / France / Hungary / Iceland / Indonesia / Israel / Malaysia / Portugal / Romania / Russia / Singapore / Spain / Sweden / United States

Babygirl

• The movie is directed by Halina Reijn, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Halina Reijn also directed Bodies Bodies Bodies in 2022 which grossed $3.6 Mil. globally.
• It stars Nicole Kidman who also starred in Wills and Burke (1985).
• The film also stars Harris Dickinson who's last movie was Blitz (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Brazil / Croatia / Denmark / Estonia / Finland / Ireland / Norway / Poland / United Kingdom

Companion

• The movie is from director Drew Hancock.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Sophie Thatcher who also starred in Heretic (2024).
• The film also stars Harvey Guillén who's last movie was The Garfield Movie (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Argentina / Australia / Canada / Italy / Vietnam

Emilia Perez

• The movie is directed by Jacques Audiard, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Jacques Audiard also directed The Beat That My Heart Skipped in 2005.
• It stars Zoe Saldana who also starred in Unity (2015).
• The film also stars Karla Sofia Gascon who's last movie was Men and Other Inconveniences (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Denmark / Finland / Italy / Sweden

A Real Pain

• The movie is from director Jesse Eisenberg.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Kieran Culkin who also starred in Igby Goes Down (2002).
• The film also stars Jesse Eisenberg who's last movie was Sasquatch Sunset (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Ireland / Netherlands / Spain / United Kingdom

Conclave

• The movie is directed by Edward Berger, it is the directors 9th movie.
• Edward Berger also directed A Good Summer in 2011.
• It stars Ralph Fiennes who also starred in The Return (2024).
• The film also stars Jacek Koman who's last movie was Talk to Me (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Australia / Iceland / Mexico

The Girl With the Needle

• The movie is directed by Magnus von Horn, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Magnus von Horn also directed Sweat in 2020.
• It stars Vic Carmen Sonne who also starred in Godland (2022).
• The film also stars Trine Dyrholm who's last movie was The Almond and the Seahorse (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• Released this week in:
  Germany / Ireland

The Damned

• The movie is from director Thordur Palsson.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Odessa Young who also starred in The Order (2024).
• The film also stars Joe Cole who's last movie was One of These Days (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Ireland / United Kingdom

Better Man

• The movie is directed by Michael Gracey, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Michael Gracey also directed The Greatest Showman in 2017 which grossed $435.1 Mil. globally.
• It stars Robbie Williams who also starred in The Magic Roundabout (2004).
• The film also stars Jonno Davies who's last movie was Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Portugal / Singapore

William Tell

• The movie is directed by Nick Hamm, it is the directors 8th movie.
• Nick Hamm also directed Driven in 2018 which grossed $147.2K globally.
• It stars Jonathan Pryce who also starred in The Healer (2017).
• The film also stars Claes Bang who's last movie was Miss VIborg (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Ireland / United Kingdom

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

Next week there are 39 new movies released gloabally

• Wolf Man - From Thursday, 16th January
• Back In Action - From Friday, 17th January
• Paddington In Peru - From Thursday, 16th January
• Here - From Thursday, 16th January
• Babygirl - From Wednesday, 15th January
• Unstoppable - From Thursday, 16th January
• A Real Pain - From Thursday, 16th January
• Better Man - From Thursday, 16th January
• A Complete Unknown - From Friday, 17th January
• We Live In Time - From Thursday, 16th January
• Emmanuelle - From Friday, 17th January
• Sonic the Hedgehog 3 - From Wednesday, 15th January
• Den of Thieves 2 - From Thursday, 16th January
• Sing Sing - From Thursday, 16th January
• All We Imagine As Light - From Friday, 17th January
• In the Grey - From Friday, 17th January
• Oh Canada - From Thursday, 16th January
• The Girl With the Needle - From Friday, 17th January
• When Fall Is Coming - From Friday, 17th January
• Nosferatu - From Wednesday, 15th January
• The Bagman - From Thursday, 16th January
• Maria - From Thursday, 16th January
• The Apprentice - From Friday, 17th January
• Attack On Titan The Movie: The Last Attack - From Thursday, 16th January
• Emilia Perez - From Thursday, 16th January
• Little Eggs: A Frozen Rescue - From Friday, 17th January
• Anora - From Thursday, 16th January
• Lee - From Thursday, 16th January
• There's Still Tomorrow - From Friday, 17th January
• Companion - From Wednesday, 15th January
• La Cocina - From Thursday, 16th January
• September 5 - From Friday, 13th December
• The Seed of the Sacred Fig - From Friday, 17th January
• Juror #2 - From Thursday, 16th January
• The Prosecutor - From Friday, 17th January
• Beating Hearts - From Thursday, 16th January
• Inheritance - From Friday, 17th January
• One of Them Days - From Friday, 17th January
• The Last Showgirl - From Friday, 17th January

Last weekend Fast X was at the top of the North American box office, there are 5 new releases this weekend, will any of them top the US box office this weekend?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• The Little Mermaid
• Kandahar
• The Machine
• About My Father
• Exhibition On Screen: Tokyo Stories 2023

The Little Mermaid

• The movie is directed by Rob Marshall, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Rob Marshall also directed Mary Poppins Returns in 2018 which grossed $171.8 Mil. in the US and grossed $349.5 Mil. globally.
• It stars Halle Bailey who also starred in The Line (2023).
• The film also stars Jonah Hauer-King who was last seen in Once Upon a Time In Staten Island (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Kandahar

• The movie is directed by Ric Roman Waugh, it is the directors 8th movie.
• Ric Roman Waugh also directed In the Shadows in 2001.
• It stars Gerard Butler who also starred in Hunter Killer (2018).
• The film also stars Ali Fazal who was last seen in Death On the Nile (2022).
• Ric Roman Waugh directed Gerard Butler in Greenland
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

The Machine

• The movie is directed by Peter Atencio, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Peter Atencio also directed Night of the Dog in 2005.
• It stars Mark Hamill who also starred in The Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia (1981).
• The film also stars Martyn Ford who was last seen in Fast & Furious 9 (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

About My Father

• The movie is from director Laura Terruso.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Robert De Niro who also starred in The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000).
• The film also stars Leslie Bibb who was last seen in The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Exhibition On Screen: Tokyo Stories 2023

• The movie is directed by David Bickerstaff, it is the directors 14th movie.
• David Bickerstaff also directed Exhibition On Screen: Lucian Freud a Self Portrait 2020 in 2020.
• It stars who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars who is making a feature film debut.
• and have starred in 5 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Vacation Guide to the Solar System in , Fantastic Four in 2025, Superman: Legacy in 2025, The Lego Batman Movie 2 in and Paddington In Peru in .
• 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 7 new movies released

• Reality - Monday, 29th May - streaming
• Shin Kamen Rider - Wednesday, 31st May
• Hunted - Thursday, 1st June
• Lachrymose Primrose - Thursday, 1st June
• Montreal Girls - Friday, 2nd June
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Friday, 2nd June
• The Boogeyman - Friday, 2nd June

Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 10th September 2021, there are 4 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings from the top of the UK box office.

Here are this weeks new releases

• Respect
• Malignant
• Copshop
• Herself

Respect

• The movie is from director Liesl Tommy
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Jennifer Hudson who also starred in Cats (2019).
• The film also stars Forest Whitaker who last appeared in Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (2020).
• Jennifer Hudson and Forest Whitaker have starred in 2 movies together.
• They also appeared together in Fragments (2008).

Malignant

• The movie is directed by James Wan, it is the directors 13th movie.
• James Wan also directed Stygian in 2000.
• It stars Annabelle Wallis who also starred in The Silencing (2020).
• The film also stars Maddie Hasson who last appeared in We Summon the Darkness (2019).

Copshop

• The movie is directed by Joe Carnahan, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Joe Carnahan also directed Smokin Aces in 2007 which grossed £3 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Frank Grillo who also starred in The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021).
• The film also stars Gerard Butler who last appeared in Greenland (2020).

Herself

• The movie is directed by Phyllida Lloyd, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Phyllida Lloyd also directed Mamma Mia! in 2008 which grossed £69.2 Mil. in the UK and grossed $609.9 Mil. globally.
• It stars Molly McCann who also starred in The Racer (2020).
• The film also stars Clare Dunne who last appeared in Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019).

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

Next weeks there are 6 new movies released

• Everybody's Talking About Jamie, Friday, 17th September
• Gunpowder Milkshake, Friday, 17th September
• The Obscure Life of the Grand Duke of Corsica, Friday, 3rd December
• The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Friday, 17th September
• Prisoners of the Ghostland, Friday, 17th September
• Cry Macho, Friday, 17th September

Last weekend saw Black Widow at the top of the UK box office for a second weekend, there are 4 new releases this weekend so can any of those in cinemas do enough to top the box office chart this weekend?

Old

• The movie is directed by M. Night Shyamalan, it is the directors 15th movie.
• M. Night Shyamalan also directed Glass in 2019 which grossed £10.7 Million in the UK and grossed $246.9 Million globally.
• It stars Gael Garcia Bernal who also starred in Wasp Network (2019).
• The film also stars Vicky Krieps who last appeared in The Last Vermeer (2019).

Settlers

• The movie is from director Wyatt Rockefeller
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Sofia Boutella who also starred in Climax (2018).
• The film also stars Ismael Cruz Cordova who last appeared in Miss Bala (2019).

Wrath of Man

• The movie is directed by Guy Ritchie, it is the directors 13th movie.
• Guy Ritchie also directed Revolver in 2005 which grossed £1.6 Million in the UK.
• It stars Jason Statham who also starred in Fast & Furious Presents Hobbs and Shaw (2019).
• The film also stars Holt McCallany who last appeared in Greenland (2020).

Riders of Justice

• The movie is directed by Anders Thomas Jensen, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Anders Thomas Jensen also directed Men and Chicken in 2016 which grossed £10.9 Thousand in the UK.
• It stars Mads Mikkelsen who also starred in Another Round (2020).
• The film also stars Nikolaj Lie Kaas who last appeared in Men and Chicken (2016).
• Mads Mikkelsen and Nikolaj Lie Kaas have starred in 5 movies together.
• They also appeared together in Men and Chicken (2016).

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

Next weeks there are 4 new movies released

• The Suicide Squad, Friday, 30th July
• Jungle Cruise, Friday, 30th July
• The Sparks Brothers, Friday, 30th July
• Spirit Untamed, Friday, 30th July

Japan led the way on the global stage this weekend as the animated movie Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train topped the global box office with a record breaking Japanese debut.

China also did well again this weekend as its box office continued to do well in what can be seen as a post COVID-19 re-opening.

Here is the global box office Quickview

• Number 1 - Demon Slayer: The Movie Mugen Train (1 week)
• Highest debut - Demon Slayer: The Movie Mugen Train (@1)
• Longest run - Greenland (11 weeks)
• Highest total gross - My People, My Homeland ($360,270,102)

Here is a breakdown of the global top 5 16th - 18th October 2020

Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train

Breaking the record for the biggest ever opening for a film in Japan the animated movie took nearly $44 Million on its debut.

A great opening for the Haruo Sotozaki directed movie and a great sign that cinema is open again, in Japan at least.

My People, My Homeland

With Chinese cinema doing well over the last couple of weekends its current number 1 movie falls to number 2 on the global box office with $19.1 Million.

After 3 weeks the movie has now taken $360.2 Million globally.

Honest Thief

Getting a release in the US and topping the chart there has given the Liam Neeson movie a massive boost and the film jumps from 18 to number 3 with $4.7 Million globally, up 91% from last weekend.

The film has taken $6.3 Million in total after 2 weeks of release.

Tenet

The Christopher Nolan movie has had a troubled time at the cinema but despite that its at number 4 this weekend with $4,4 Million.

The film has a global take of $334 Million after 8 weeks of release.

The War With Grandpa

The Tim Hill directed comedy falls to number 5 this week with $2.6 Million over the weekend pushing its total gross to $11.1 Million after 5 weeks of release.