With Despicable Me 4 currently at the top of the UK box office can this weeks new cinema releases challlenge it for the UK box office crown?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Deadpool and Wolverine
• The Beast Within
• I Saw the TV Glow

Deadpool and Wolverine

• The movie is directed by Shawn Levy, it is the directors 18th movie.
• Shawn Levy also directed Night At the Museum in 2006 which grossed £20 Mil. in the UK and grossed $571.1 Mil. globally.
• It stars Ryan Reynolds who also starred in Woman In Gold (2015).
• The film also stars Hugh Jackman who's last movie was Oklahoma! (1999).
• Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman have starred in 3 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in X-Men Origins: Wolverine in 2009, Deadpool 2 in 2018 and Free Guy in 2021.
• Shawn Levy directed Ryan Reynolds in Free Guy
• Shawn Levy directed Hugh Jackman in Night At the Meseum: Secret of the Tomb
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Beast Within

• The movie is from director Alexander J. Farrell.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Kit Harington who also starred in Henry V: NT Live 2022 (2022).
• The film also stars Ashleigh Cummings who's last movie was Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears (2020).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

I Saw the TV Glow

• The movie is directed by Jane Schoenbrun, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Jane Schoenbrun also directed We're All Going to the Worlds Fair in 2021 which grossed £4.4K in the UK.
• It stars Justice Smith who also starred in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018).
• The film also stars Brigette Lundy-Paine who's last movie was Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• 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 4 new movies released

• Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie - Friday, 2nd August - streaming
• Harold and the Purple Crayon - Friday, 2nd August
• Didi - Friday, 2nd August
• Kensukes Kingdom - Friday, 2nd August

The last movie from director Hayao Miyazaki, The Boy and the Heron, has been given a 12A age rating in the UK for moderate threat, bloody images, brief self-harm

The English language version of the movie features the voice of Christian Bale who has previously starred in The Portrait of a Lady and Henry V, it also features the voice of Dave Bautista who has starred in Stuber and Thor: Love and Thunder.

The movie is directed by celebrated director Hayao Miyazaki who has previously directed classic such as Spirited Away and The Wind Rises.

Movie Synopsis

A 12-year-old boy coming to terms with his mother's death meets a talking heron who leads him on adventure to another world in this meditative Japanese animation; themes of family tragedy and grief are handled sensitively.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: The Boy and the Heron
• BBFC age rating: 12A Certificate
• Reason: moderate threat, bloody images, brief self-harm
• Release date: 26th December 2023
• Runtime: 124 minutes (2 hours 04 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • Hayao Miyazaki
• Starring:
  • Christian Bale
  • Dave Bautista
  • Gemma Chan

BBFC movie page

Last weekend saw Sing 2 at the top of the UK box office, with 5 new releases can any of them do enough to top the box office chart this weekend?

Here are this weeks new releases

• Uncharted
• The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
• Marry Me
• Death On the Nile

Uncharted

• The movie is directed by Ruben Fleischer, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Ruben Fleischer also directed Venom in 2018 which grossed £20.1 Mil. in the UK and grossed $856.1 Mil. globally.
• It stars Tom Holland who also starred in Edge of Winter (2016).
• The film also stars Mark Wahlberg who last appeared in Infinite (2021).
• The BBFC UK age rating is
• Box Office Prediction: Number 1

The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert

• The movie is directed by Peter Jackson, it is the directors 15th movie.
• Peter Jackson also directed They Shall Not Grow Old in 2018 which grossed £1.5 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars John Lennon who also starred in The Beatles: Yellow Submarine (1968).
• The film also stars Paul McCartney who last appeared in Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazars Revenge (2017).
• John Lennon and Paul McCartney have starred in 6 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years (2016), The Beatles: Yellow Submarine (1968), George Harrison: Living In the Material World (2011), Help! (1965), Lennon Naked (2010) and A Hard Days Night (1964).
• The BBFC UK age rating is
• Box Office Prediction: Number 10

Marry Me

• The movie is directed by Kat Coiro, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Kat Coiro also directed A Case of You in 2013.
• It stars Jennifer Lopez who also starred in Money Train (1996).
• The film also stars Owen Wilson who last appeared in The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021).
• They also appeared together in Anaconda (1997).
• Box Office Prediction: Number 6

Death On the Nile

• The movie is directed by Kenneth Branagh, it is the directors 21st movie.
• Kenneth Branagh also directed Henry V in 1989 which grossed £650.2K in the UK and grossed $10.8 Mil. globally.
• It stars Kenneth Branagh who also starred in Othello (1995).
• The film also stars Gal Gadot who last appeared in Red Notice (2021).
• The BBFC UK age rating is
• Box Office Prediction: Number 3

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 Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday, 18th February
• Dog, Friday, 18th February