The prequel to Mad Max, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga has been given a 15 age rating in the UK for strong violence, injury detail.

The movie stars Anya Taylor-Joy who has previously been seen in The Menu~2022 and Vampire Academy, it also stars Chris Hemsworth who has previously starred in Extraction~2020 and Thor.

Long time Mad Max director George Miller brings this new movie to the big screen who has previously directed many other films including Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome and Happy Feet Two.

Movie Synopsis

This post-apocalyptic action prequel tells Furiosa's story, from her kidnap as a child to becoming a fearsome, vengeance-driven warrior.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Furiosa
• BBFC age rating: 15 Certificate
• Reason: strong violence, injury detail
• Release date: 31st May 2024
• Runtime: 148 minutes (2 hours 28 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • George Miller
• Starring:
  • Anya Taylor-Joy
  • Charlee Fraser
  • Chris Hemsworth

BBFC movie page

With André Rieu's 2022 Maastricht Concert: Happy Days Are Here Again currently at the top of the UK box office can this weeks new cinema releases challlenge it for the UK box office crown?

Here are this weeks new releases

• Three Thousand Years of Longing
• Fall
• The Forgiven

Three Thousand Years of Longing

• The movie is directed by George Miller, it is the directors 20th movie.
• George Miller also directed Happy Feet Two in 2011 which grossed £5.3 Mil. in the UK and grossed $159.2 Mil. globally.
• It stars Tilda Swinton who also starred in Trainwreck (2015).
• The film also stars Idris Elba who was last seen in Beast (2022).
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Fall

• The movie is directed by Scott Mann, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Scott Mann also directed The Tournament in 2009 and grossed $493.5K globally.
• It stars Grace Caroline Currey who also starred in Painted Horses (2017).
• The film also stars Virginia Gardner who was last seen in All the Bright Places (2020).
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Forgiven

• The movie is directed by John Michael McDonagh, it is the directors 4th movie.
• John Michael McDonagh also directed The Guard in 2011 which grossed £4.6 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Jessica Chastain who also starred in Unity (2015).
• The film also stars Ralph Fiennes who was last seen in Straight Line Crazy: NT Live 2022 (2022).
• They also appeared together in Coriolanus in 2012.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Although the anticipation for the new Disney film Moana is quite high its not enough to knock off the three time champion Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

Fantastic Beast stays put at the top of the Uk box office for its third straight week with an amazing weekend gross of £4.4 million, this brings the films total gross to £37.8 million.

There should be one more weekend at the top for Beast before the Galaxy Far Far Away comes blasting in, but that should be enough to cement the film as one of the years top films.

The film still has a way to go before beating the lowest grossing Potter film which was 2004's Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban which made £45.6 million.

Highest new film of the week then come in at 2, Moana from Disney makes £2.2 million on its UK debut.

Compared to Frozen from Disney which came out at the same time of year in 2013 this is half its debut gross of £4.7 million hence we probably wont see this scaling those heights.

Also new this week is Sully at number 3 with £1.7 million, Pitbull. Niebezpieczne Kobiety at number 5 with £0.4 million, The Edge of Seventeen at 9 with £0.27 million and Bleed For This at number 10 with £0.25 million.

Highest total grossing movie this week is Fantastic beasts and longest run on the box office is Trolls which has been around now for 7 weeks.

Historical Charts

A year ago - The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 stayed at the top for a third weekend while the top new film was Christmas With The Coopers at number 5.

Five years ago - Arthur Christmas went to the top of the box office for the first time on its fourth week of release while Happy Feet Two was the top new film.

Ten years ago - Bond stayed at the top for a third week in Casino Royale while the top new film was Flushed Away at number 2.

Fifteen years ago - Spending a third week at the top was Harry Potter and The Philosophers Stone while top new film was Zoolander at number 2.

Twenty years ago - The Long Kiss Goodnight was at the top on its debut weekend, it knocked The First Wives Club down to number 2.

Twenty five years ago - Point Break made it 2 weeks at the top while top new film was Hot Shots! at number 3.

In a record breaking week where it becomes the top movie in the UK ever, Skyfall reclaims the number 1 spot at the UK box office.

After spending 2 week at the top, The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 2 is dislodged by the return of the 50th anniversary Bond movie. It was a close call in the end with Breaking Dawn 2 grossing £2,180,909 and Skyfall taking £2,275,469 bringing their totals in the UK to £31,373,440 and £93,769,331 repectively.

Highest new film this week is the Dreamworks animated film Rise of the Guardians which took £1,968,984, a good number in most weeks but not with the two powerhouse films that have dominated in recent weeks.

This time last year Arthur Christmas was still holding onto the top spot in the UK and £1,896,595 over the weekend, highest new film of the week was Happy Feet Two.

The festive theme continued five years ago when Fred Clause was the top new film at number one, staring Vince Vaughn the film grossed £2,275,469 on it's opening.

Ten years ago it was another year when it was all Bond, this time with Die Another Day, it was holding the top spot with a take of £5,364,433 over the weekend, and Santa Clause 2 was the highest film at number 3.