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

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.

• Send Help
• We Bury the Dead
• The Strangers: Chapter 3
• Cold Storage
• The Chronology of Water
• 100 Nights of Hero

Send Help

• The movie is directed by Sam Raimi, it is the directors 16th movie.
• Sam Raimi also directed The Gift in 2000 which grossed £4.2 Mil. in the UK and grossed $44.6 Mil. globally.
• It stars Rachel McAdams who also starred in Red Eye (2005).
• The film also stars Dylan O'Brien who's last movie was Saturday Night (2024).
• Sam Raimi directed Rachel McAdams in and Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

We Bury the Dead

• The movie is directed by Zak Hilditch, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Zak Hilditch also directed These Final Hours in 2013.
• It stars Daisy Ridley who also starred in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019).
• The film also stars Brenton Thwaites who's last movie was Ghosts of War (2020).
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.

The Strangers: Chapter 3

• The movie is directed by Renny Harlin, it is the directors 27th movie.
• Renny Harlin also directed The Strangers: Chapter 2 in 2025 which grossed £822.7 K in the UK.
• It stars Madelaine Petsch who also starred in The Hive (2014).
• The film also stars Richard Brake who's last movie was Sisu: Road to Revenge (2025).
• Madelaine Petsch and Richard Brake have starred in 2 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in The Strangers: Chapter 2 in 2025 and The Strangers: Chapter 1 in 2024.
• Renny Harlin directed Madelaine Petsch in The Strangers: Chapter 1, and The Strangers: Chapter 2
• Renny Harlin directed Richard Brake in The Strangers: Chapter 1, and The Strangers: Chapter 2
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Cold Storage

• The movie is directed by Jonny Campbell, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Jonny Campbell also directed Alien Autopsy in 2006 which grossed £2.1 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Joe Keery who also starred in Free Guy (2021).
• The film also stars Georgina Campbell who's last movie was The Watched (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Chronology of Water

• The movie is from director Kristen Stewart.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Imogen Poots who also starred in Mobile Homes (2017).
• The film also stars Thora Birch who's last movie was The Last Black Man In San Francisco (2019).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

100 Nights of Hero

• The movie is directed by Julia Jackman, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Julia Jackman also directed Bonus Track in 2023.
• It stars Emma Corrin who also starred in My Policeman (2022).
• The film also stars Nicholas Galitzine who's last movie was The Idea of You (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• 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 5 new movies released

• Crime 101 - Friday, 13th February
• Wuthering Heights - Friday, 13th February
• GOAT - Friday, 13th February
• Stitch Head - Friday, 13th February
• The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie - Friday, 13th February

Check out the new trailer and poster for upcoming movie Masters of the Universe which can be viewed in full if you scroll down this page.

Movie breakdown

• The movie is due for release in the UK on 5th June 2026
• It is due for release in North America on 5th June 2026
• It stars among others Nicholas Galitzine (Bottoms) and Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)
• It is directed by Travis Knight (Wildwood)
• The movie also stars Idris Elba, Alison Brie and James Purefoy

Synopsis for Masters of the Universe

10-year-old Adam Grayskull crash-lands on Earth home planet of his mother Marlena Glenn, separating him from his ancestor's Power Sword of Grayskull. Two decades later, he takes his sword back and takes on the mantle of He-Man as he battles for his home planet, Eternia, against the evil forces of Skeletor.

Check out the Salty Popcorn movie page for more information on this upcoming film.

James Cameron takes his third movie in the Avatar series to the top of the UK box office, although with the lowest debut gross of the series so far when adjusted for inflation.

The movie take just less than £10 Million over the weekend which is still good for the third in a series of movies but both the first two moves are global Billion dollar movies.

Last weeks top movie, Zootopia 2 falls to number 2 this weekend making for a Disney 1 2 double header.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 19th - 21st December 2025

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,879,319 over the weekend, a 32% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £18,640,722 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 12th top grossing film so far in 2025
• The movie is a sequel to Zootopia which took £20,701,132 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,072,379 over the weekend, a 42% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £42,775,032 over 5 weeks of release
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2025
• The movie is a sequel to Wicked which took £48,233,182 at the box office after 5 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £373,346 over the weekend, a 63% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £6,202,380 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is a sequel to Five Nights At Freddy's which took £9,870,466 at the box office after 3 weeks in cinemas.

Check out the new trailer for upcoming movie The Odyssey which can be viewed in full if you scroll down this page.

Movie breakdown

• The movie is due for release in the UK on 17th July 2026
• It is due for release in North America on 17th July 2026
• It stars among others Jon Bernthal (Date Night) and Matt Damon (Ocean"s Eleven)
• It is directed by Christopher Nolan (Interstellar)
• The movie also stars Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland and Robert Pattinson
• Jon Bernthal and Matt Damon appeared together in Le Mans "66
• Christopher Nolan directed Matt Damon in Interstellar

Synopsis for The Odyssey

Odysseus, king of Ithaca, embarks on a perilous journey to return home after the Trojan War.

Check out the Salty Popcorn movie page for more information on this upcoming film.

With a quiet weekend of new movies and the animated sequel Zootopia 2 hitting so well with audiences the Disney movie stays at the top of the UK box office for a second weekend.

The movie takes a very respectable £2.7 Million on its second weekend of release which takes its total gross to £15.5 Million.

Highest new movie of the weekend is Downton Abbey satirical comedy Fackham Hall which takes less thank half a million on its debut.

Things are set to change big time next weekend with the release of the third movie in one of the highest grossing franchises of all time as Avatar Fire and Ask hit the bg screen.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 12th - 14th December 2025

• The movie goes up the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,856,430 over the weekend, a 42% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £40,724,713 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2025
• The movie is a sequel to Wicked which took £43,634,853 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,016,400 over the weekend, a 69% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £5,280,982 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is a sequel to Five Nights At Freddy's which took £8,712,935 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
• It grosses £407,006 over its debut weekend