This weekend, Friday 2nd December 2022, 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, Matilda: The Musical, for the number 1 spot?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Violent Night
• Cbeebies Panto: Dick Whittington and His Cat
• India Sweets and Spices
• The Infernal Machine
• White Noise

Violent Night

• The movie is directed by Tommy Wirkola, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Tommy Wirkola also directed Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters in 2013 which grossed £3.4 Mil. in the UK and grossed $226.3 Mil. globally.
• It stars David Harbour who also starred in Snitch (2013).
• The film also stars Beverly D'Angelo who was last seen in The Good House (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Cbeebies Panto: Dick Whittington and His Cat

• The movie is from director Debbie Flitcroft.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Ben Cajee who also starred in Cbeebies Christmas Show 2021: The Night Before Christmas (2021).
• The film also stars Justin Fletcher who was last seen in Cbeebies Christmas Show 2021: The Night Before Christmas (2021).
• They also appeared together in Cbeebies Christmas Show 2021: The Night Before Christmas in 2021.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

India Sweets and Spices

• The movie is directed by Geeta Malik, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Geeta Malik also directed Troublemaker in 2011.
• It stars Sophia Ali who also starred in Walking With the Dead (2015).
• The film also stars Rish Shah who was last seen in To All the Boys: Always and Forever (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Infernal Machine

• The movie is directed by Andrew Hunt, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Andrew Hunt also directed Miles Between Us in 2016.
• It stars Guy Pearce who also starred in Rules of Engagement (2000).
• The film also stars Alice Eve who was last seen in Warning (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

White Noise

• The movie is directed by Noah Baumbach, it is the directors 13th movie.
• Noah Baumbach also directed De Palma in 2016 which grossed £2.2K in the UK.
• It stars Adam Driver who also starred in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019).
• The film also stars Raffey Cassidy who was last seen in The Other Lamb (2019).
• Noah Baumbach directed Adam Driver in While We're Young
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

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

Next week there are 2 new movies released

• The Silent Twins - Friday, 9th December
• Emancipation - Friday, 9th December - streaming

There is never a time like Christmas to bring peace on earth, new movie Violent Night doesn't think so! The BBFC has given the movie a 15 age rating in the UK for strong bloody violence, gore, language, sex references.

The movie stars David Harbour who was previously seen in Black Widow in 2021 and and the 2019 remake of Hellboy, it also stars Beverly D'Angelo who is most famous for being the mother in the National Lampoons movies, in particular that Christmas classic National Lampoons Christmas Vacation.

The movie is directed by Tommy Wirkola who is best known for directing Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters but also directed The Trip in 2021.

Movie Synopsis

When a group of mercenaries attack the estate of a wealthy family on Christmas Eve, Santa Claus must step in to save the day.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Violent Night
• BBFC age rating: 15 Certificate
• Reason: strong bloody violence, gore, language, sex references
• Release date: 2nd December 2022
• Runtime: 112 minutes (1 hour 42 minutes)
• Directed by:
  • Tommy Wirkola
• Starring:
  • David Harbour
  • Beverly D'Angelo
  • John Leguizamo

BBFC movie page

Bad Boys For Life spends another weekend at the top of the US box office while a new horror spin on the Grimm fairytale Hansel and Gretel gets the highest debut at number 4.

Bad Boys For Life

Three weeks ago no one would have thought the return of Will Smith and Martin Lawrence would have been such a big hit, and still be at the top of the box office, but here we are the the movie takes $17.6 Million, on a quiet Super Bowl weekend, to remain number 1.

This puts the movies total US gross at $148 Million and makes it the top grossing movie in the series to date.

1917

The award winning movie takes top honors at the UK BAFTA awards over the weekend and remains at number 2 on the box office with $9.6 Million.

This gives the movie a total gross of $119.2 Million after 6 weeks of release.

Dolittle

It was a quiet weekend at the box office and Dolittle remains at number 3 with $7.7 Million giving it a $55.2 Million total gross after 3 weeks of release.

Gretel and Hansel

Highest new film of the week enters the box office at number 4 with a weekend gross of $6.05 Million.

The studios weren't going to release a tentpole picture over the same weekend of the most watched television event of the year and this horror re-telling of the Grimm fairytale fit the bill perfectly.

The Gentlemen

Falling to number 5 this weekend is Guy Ritchies latest movie which takes $6 Million on its second weekend of release pushing its total to $20.4 Million.

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Its on its way out of the box office now but the Star Wars sequel movie is the top total grossing film on the box office with $507 Million over a 7 week release period.

Parasite

Longest run on the box office once again goes to the SOuth Korean movie which falls to number 14 this week and has been around for 16 weeks.

No move at the top of the box office chart this week for The Lego Movie which makes it 3 in a row now for the little plastic bricks.

Keeping a still solid weekend gross of £3.2 million The Lego Movie was able to keep all pretenders to the throne at bay. the total now for Lego is £26.7 million.

Highest new film of the week is the Liam Neeson action film Non-Stop which debuts at 2 with £2.6 million.

A year ago Hansel and Gretel was the highest new film of the week debuting at the top of the chart, knocking Wreck-It Ralph down to the runner up spot.

Five years ago Slumdog Millionaire was still at the top off the back of big Oscar success while highest new film was Unborn at number 3.

Ten years ago Along Came Poly entered the chart at number one moving School of Rock down to number three.

Fifteen years ago A Bugs Life held firm at the top leaving highest new film You've Got Mail to enter at two.

Twenty years ago Schindler's List stayed at the top on the back of it's Oscar glory while Beethoven's 2nd was the highest new film at four.

Finally Twenty-Five years ago Rain Man was doing big business as the top film for March.

At the UK box office this week Sam Raimi has his latest film turn into a blockbuster for Disney with Oz The Great and Powerful debuting at number 1.

A weekend gross of £3.7 million is enough for Oz to knock last weeks top film, Hansel and Gretel right down to the 6th place, the Witch Hunter film suffering a massive drop in it's second weekend of release.

Oz, a prequel to the classic The Wizard of Oz, had a strong opening but did not manage one of the top opening of all time.

Last year Disney was celebrating with a top spot debut for John Carter, it was no where near as strong as Oz, and terrible reviews killed it quickly, but the opening weekend was just why of £2 million.

Five years ago the Dennis Quaid vehicle Vantage point was the top film, making it's debut there with £1.4 million.

Ten years ago Jennifer Lopez and Ralph Fiennes were doing the romantic thing at the top with Maid In Manhattan which took £2.5 million on it's debut.

Fifteen years ago it was still all about Titanic at the top, having made £44.5 million by now with the highest new film Oscar winning Good Will Hunting debuting at 2.

Twenty years ago Dracula was still the top film while Steven Segal was fighting terrorists on a boat in Under Siege.