This weekend, Friday 24th January 2025, there are 7 new films released in North America and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Mufasa: The Lion King, for the number 1 spot?

As well as the movies released in cinemas this weekend this list also includes a number of the top movies released on streaming platforms.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Flight Risk
• Presence
• Brave the Dark
• The Colors Within
• Inheritance
• The Girl With the Needle
• Bau: Artist At War

Flight Risk

• The movie is directed by Mel Gibson, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Mel Gibson also directed Hacksaw Ridge in 2017 which grossed $67.2 Mil. in the US and grossed $180.6 Mil. globally.
• It stars Michelle Dockery who also starred in Self/Less (2015).
• The film also stars Mark Wahlberg who's last movie was Arthur the King (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Presence

• The movie is directed by Steven Soderbergh, it is the directors 37th movie.
• Steven Soderbergh also directed Solaris in 2003.
• It stars Lucy Liu who also starred in Shanghai Noon (2000).
• The film also stars Julia Fox who's last movie was No Sudden Move (2021).
• Steven Soderbergh directed Julia Fox in and No Sudden Move
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Brave the Dark

• The movie is directed by Damian Harris, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Damian Harris also directed Mercy in 2000.
• It stars Jared Harris who also starred in White Lies (1997).
• Damian Harris directed Jared Harris in and The Rachel Papers
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

The Colors Within

• The movie is directed by Naoko Yamada, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Naoko Yamada also directed K-On!: The Movie in 2011.
• It stars Sayu Suzukawa who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Akari Takaishi who's last movie was My Happy Marriage (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Inheritance

• The movie is directed by Neil Burger, it is the directors 11th movie.
• Neil Burger also directed Voyagers in 2021.
• It stars Phoebe Dynevor who also starred in Fair Play (2023).
• The film also stars Rhys Ifans who's last movie was Venom: The Last Dance (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

The Girl With the Needle

• The movie is directed by Magnus von Horn, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Magnus von Horn also directed The Here After in 2016.
• 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.

Bau: Artist At War

• The movie is directed by Sean McNamara, it is the directors 44th movie.
• Sean McNamara also directed Treehouse Hostage in 1999.
• It stars Emile Hirsch who also starred in Just Jim (2015).
• The film also stars Inbar Lavi who's last movie was For the Love of Money (2012).
• 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

• Panda Bear In Africa - Monday, 14th October - streaming
• Feng Shen 2 - Wednesday, 29th January - limited release
• Dog Man - Friday, 31st January
• Companion - Friday, 31st January
• Game of Power - Sunday, 2nd February

With The Wild Robot currently at the top of the global box office can this weeks new cinema releases challlenge it for the global box office crown?

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.

• Smile 2
• The Apprentice
• The Wild Robot
• Flight Risk
• We Live In Time
• The Sisters
• My Hero Academia: You're Next
• Megalopolis
• Panda Plan
• The Substance

Smile 2

• The movie is directed by Parker Finn, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Parker Finn also directed Smile in 2022 which grossed $105.9 Mil. in the US and grossed $216.1 Mil. globally.
• It stars Naomi Scott who also starred in Power Rangers (2017).
• The film also stars Kyle Gallner who's last movie was Strange Darling (2024).
• Parker Finn directed Kyle Gallner in and Smile
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Australia / Belgium / Brazil / Cambodia / Canada / Denmark / Estonia / Finland / France / Germany / Greece / Hungary / Iceland / India / Ireland / Kazakhstan / Lebanon / Mexico / Mongolia / Netherlands / Norway / Philippines / Portugal / Romania / Singapore / Spain / Sweden / Taiwan / Turkey / Ukraine / United Kingdom / United States / Vietnam

The Apprentice

• The movie is directed by Ali Abbasi, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Ali Abbasi also directed Border in 2018.
• It stars Sebastian Stan who also starred in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014).
• The film also stars Jeremy Strong who's last movie was Armageddon Time (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Belgium / Brazil / Denmark / Germany / Ireland / Italy / Poland / Portugal / Romania / Spain / Turkey / Ukraine / United Kingdom

The Wild Robot

• The movie is directed by Chris Sanders, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Chris Sanders also directed The Call of the Wild in 2020 which grossed $62.3 Mil. in the US.
• It stars Lupita Nyong'o who also starred in 12 Years a Slave (2013).
• The film also stars Pedro Pascal who's last movie was Drive-Away Dolls (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Belgium / India / Ireland / Latvia / Romania / Ukraine / United Kingdom

Flight Risk

• The movie is directed by Mel Gibson, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Mel Gibson also directed Hacksaw Ridge in 2017 which grossed $67.2 Mil. in the US and grossed $180.6 Mil. globally.
• It stars Mark Wahlberg who also starred in The Truth About Charlie (2003).
• The film also stars Michelle Dockery who's last movie was Boy Kills World (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Cambodia / Ecuador / Estonia / Iceland / Singapore

We Live In Time

• The movie is directed by John Crowley, it is the directors 8th movie.
• John Crowley also directed interMission in 2003.
• It stars Andrew Garfield who also starred in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021).
• The film also stars Florence Pugh who's last movie was Dune: Part Two (2024).
• John Crowley directed Andrew Garfield in and Boy A
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Greece / Italy / Romania / Turkey / United States

The Sisters

• The movie is directed by Tran Huu Tan, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Tran Huu Tan also directed Survive in 2020.
• It stars Cuong Quoc who also starred in The Sisters (2024).
• The film also stars Thuy Diem who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Australia / Canada / New Zealand / Singapore

My Hero Academia: You're Next

• The movie is directed by Tensai Okamura, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Tensai Okamura also directed Cowboy Bebop: The Movie in 2001.
• It stars Kaito Ishikawa who also starred in Haikyu!! The Movie: Decisive Battle At the Garbage Dump (2024).
• The film also stars Yuki Kaji who's last movie was Haikyu!! The Movie: Decisive Battle At the Garbage Dump (2024).
• Kaito Ishikawa and Yuki Kaji have starred in 6 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Haikyuu!! The Movie 1: The End And: The Beginning in 2015, Legend of the Galactic Heroes: The New Thesis - Stellar War 2 in 2019, Genocidal Organ in 2017, Haikyu!! The Movie: Decisive Battle At the Garbage Dump in 2024, My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising in 2019 and My Hero Academia: Two Heroes in 2018.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Ireland / Romania / Singapore / United Kingdom

Megalopolis

• The movie is directed by Francis Ford Coppola, it is the directors 28th movie.
• Francis Ford Coppola also directed Rumble Fish in 1983.
• It stars Adam Driver who also starred in Ferrari (2023).
• The film also stars Giancarlo Esposito who's last movie was MaXXXine (2024).
• Francis Ford Coppola directed Giancarlo Esposito in and The Cotton Club
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Italy / Lithuania / Portugal

Panda Plan

• The movie is directed by Luan Zhang, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Luan Zhang also directed Give Me Five in 2022.
• It stars Jackie Chan who also starred in Ride On (2023).
• The film also stars Xiang Wei who's last movie was Successor (2024).
• Luan Zhang directed Xiang Wei in and Give Me Five
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Canada / Singapore / United States

The Substance

• The movie is directed by Coralie Fargeat, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Coralie Fargeat also directed Revenge in 2017.
• It stars Margaret Qualley who also starred in Novitiate (2017).
• The film also stars Demi Moore who's last movie was The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Indonesia / Taiwan

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

Next week there are 30 new movies released gloabally

• Venom: The Last Dance - From Thursday, 24th October
• The Room Next Door - From Thursday, 24th October
• The Apprentice - From Thursday, 24th October
• The Wild Robot - From Thursday, 24th October
• We Live In Time - From Thursday, 24th October
• The Front Room - From Friday, 25th October
• Lee - From Thursday, 24th October
• 200% Wolf - From Thursday, 24th October
• Dragonkeeper - From Thursday, 24th October
• The Killer - From Wednesday, 23rd October
• Megalopolis - From Thursday, 24th October
• Trap - From Friday, 25th October
• Detour 95 - From Thursday, 24th October
• Transformers: One - From Wednesday, 23rd October
• All About Suomi - From Thursday, 24th October
• La Cocina - From Friday, 25th October
• Terrifier 3 - From Friday, 25th October
• Timestalker - From Thursday, 24th October
• Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person - From Thursday, 24th October
• Spring Garden - From Monday, 21st October
• Thelma - From Thursday, 24th October
• Flight Risk - From Wednesday, 23rd October
• Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot - From Thursday, 24th October
• Firebrand - From Thursday, 24th October
• Project Silence - From Friday, 25th October
• The Substance - From Thursday, 24th October
• Wolf Man - From Friday, 25th October
• Emilia Pérez - From Friday, 25th October
• Monsieur Aznavour - From Wednesday, 23rd October
• Memoir of a Snail - From Friday, 25th October

US Box Office Weekend Report 15th - 17th March 2024: Kung Fu Panda 4 remains at the top for a second weekend while Arthur the King is the top new movie of the week Remaining at number 1 for a second weekend is the fourquel movie Kung-Fu Panda 4 which takes over $30 Million on its second weekend, a 48% drop from last weekend.

The movie which is the fourth in the Kung-Fu Panda series of movies has passed the $100 Million milestone at the US box office having taken over $107 Million to date.

Highest new entry this weekend is Arthur the King which stars Mark Wahlberg and is directed by Simon Cellan Jones.

The movie enters the box office at number 3 with a gross of $7.6 Million.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 15th - 17th March 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 $30,149,970 over the weekend, a 48% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $107,893,725 after 2 weekends of release
• The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2024
• The movie is a sequel to Kung Fu Panda 3 which took $69,293,138 at the box office after 2 weekends of release.

• The movie remains at number 2 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $28,505,206 over the weekend, a 38% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $204,723,123 after 3 weekends of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2024
• The movie is a sequel to Dune which took $83,946,162 at the box office after 3 weekends of release.

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weekends US box office chart.
• It has a total gross of $7,633,898 after 1 weekends of release

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $5,552,010 over the weekend, a 44% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $19,033,678 after 2 weekends of release
• The movie is the 16th top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $2,812,301 over the weekend, a 61% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $13,001,227 after 2 weekends of release

Announced a while back a reboot if Dungeons & Dragons is in production starring Chris Pine and Hugh Grant.

Our campaign begins… Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. Come join our party with Chris Pine, @MRodOfficial, @RegeJean, @StandUp4Justice, @SophiaLillis, and @HackedOffHugh as our journey begins in theatres on March 3, 2023. #DnDMovie #DnD pic.twitter.com/tzz9z6dZuP

— DnDMovie (@DnDMovie) April 21, 2022

The movie now has a full title and date, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves with a release date of March 3rd 2023 - or 3/3/23.

The movie is directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein and also stars Rege-Jean Page and Michelle Rodriguez among many others.

Another movie from Disney based on a ride at their parks, this time its Jungle Cruise which has been given a 12A certificate in the UK.

The movie stars the biggest Hollywood star of the moment Dwayne Johnson and fresh from her turn in A Quiet Place Part II Emily Blunt.

The movie is directed by Jaume Collet-Serra who last brought us The Commuter starring Liam Neeson in 2018.

Movie Synopsis

Dr. Lily Houghton enlists the aid of wisecracking skipper Frank Wolff to take her down the Amazon in his ramshackle boat. Together, they search for an ancient tree that holds the power to heal, a discovery that will change the future of medicine.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: The Jungle Cruise
• BBFC age rating: 12A Certificate
• Reason: moderate violence, threat
• Release date: 30th July 2021
• Runtime: 126m (2 hour 07 minutes)
• Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
• Starring: Emily Blunt, Dwayne Johnson, Paul Giamatti