With The Super Mario Bros. Movie 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.

• Polite Society
• The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
• Peter Pan & Wendy
• Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World

Polite Society

• The movie is from director Nida Manzoor.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Priya Kansara who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Ritu Arya who was last seen in Red Notice (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

• The movie is directed by Hettie Macdonald, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Hettie Macdonald also directed White Girl in 2008.
• It stars Jim Broadbent who also starred in Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe (1985).
• The film also stars Penelope Wilton who was last seen in Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022).
• They also appeared together in Iris in 2002.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Peter Pan & Wendy

• The movie is directed by David Lowery, it is the directors 9th movie.
• David Lowery also directed Pete's Dragon in 2016 which grossed £4.3 Mil. in the UK and grossed $143.7 Mil. globally.
• It stars Alexander Molony who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Ever Anderson who was last seen in Black Widow (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World

• The movie is directed by George Tillman Jr., it is the directors 9th movie.
• George Tillman Jr. also directed Faster in 2011 which grossed £157.2K in the UK and grossed $35.6 Mil. globally.
• It stars Khris Davis who also starred in Judas and the Black Messiah (2021).
• The film also stars Jasmine Mathews who was last seen in The Man From Toronto (2022).
• 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 is 1 new movie released

• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 - Friday, 5th May

The very British movie

The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry has been given an age rating by the BBFC of 12A for infrequent strong language, drug misuse, suicide, moderate sex references

The movie stars British acting legent Jim Broadbent who has starred in many many movies both Hollywood and British including The Harry Hill Movie and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, the movie also stars Penelope Wilton who is as much of a legend and has been in movies such as Pride and Prejudice and Laughterhouse.

The movie is directed by Hettie Macdonald who has previously directed movie such as Banglatown Banquet and White Girl.

Movie Synopsis

A seemingly unremarkable man in his 60s named Harold one day learns his old friend Queenie is dying. He embarks on a walk, only to keep going for 450 miles until he reaches Queenie's hospice, much to the despair of his wife Maureen.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry
• BBFC age rating: 12A Certificate
• Reason: infrequent strong language, drug misuse, suicide, moderate sex references
• Release date: 28th April 2023
• Runtime: 108 minutes (1 hour 48 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • Hettie Macdonald
• Starring:
  • Jim Broadbent
  • Penelope Wilton
  • Monika Gossmann

BBFC movie page