Released in the US this weekend, Friday, 20th October 2023, there are 7 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour from the top of the North American box office.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Killers of the Flower Moon
• The Other Zoey
• Villains Incorporated
• The Canterville Ghost
• Malibu Horror Story
• Nyad
• Dicks: The Musical

Killers of the Flower Moon

• The movie is directed by Martin Scorsese, it is the directors 37th movie.
• Martin Scorsese also directed Gangs of New York in 2003 which grossed $77.8 Mil. in the US and grossed $193.8 Mil. globally.
• It stars Leonardo DiCaprio who also starred in William Shakespeares Romeo + Juliet (1997).
• The film also stars Robert De Niro who was last seen in About My Father (2023).
• Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro have starred in 3 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Marvins Room in 1996, Les Cent Et Une Nuits De Simon Cinema in 1995 and This Boys Life in 1993.
• Martin Scorsese directed Leonardo DiCaprio in Shutter Island
• Martin Scorsese directed Robert De Niro in The Irishman
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

The Other Zoey

• The movie is directed by Sara Zandieh, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Sara Zandieh also directed A Simple Wedding in 2020.
• It stars Josephine Langford who also starred in Pulse (2017).
• The film also stars Drew Starkey who was last seen in The Devil All the Time (2020).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The MPAA age rating is

Villains Incorporated

• The movie is directed by Jeremy Warner, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Jeremy Warner also directed Go West in 2023.
• It stars Mallory Everton who also starred in Villains Incorporated (2023).
• The film also stars Colin Mochrie who was last seen in Astronaut (2019).
• Jeremy Warner directed Mallory Everton in Go West
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

The Canterville Ghost

• The movie is from director Kim Burdon and Robert Chandler.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Freddie Highmore who also starred in Five Children and It (2004).
• The film also stars Hugh Laurie who was last seen in The Amazing Maurice (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Malibu Horror Story

• The movie is directed by Scott Slone, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Scott Slone also directed 2001: An Edm Odyssey in 2018.
• It stars Dylan Sprayberry who also starred in My Father (2007).
• The film also stars Robert Bailey Jr. who was last seen in Edge (2015).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Nyad

• The movie is directed by Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi also directed Meru in 2015.
• It stars Jodie Foster who also starred in A Very Long Engagement (2005).
• The film also stars Annette Bening who was last seen in Death On the Nile (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The MPAA age rating is

Dicks: The Musical

• The movie is directed by Larry Charles, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Larry Charles also directed The Dictator in 2012 which grossed $59.7 Mil. in the US and grossed $179.4 Mil. globally.
• It stars Josh Sharp who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Aaron Jackson who was last seen in Mortal Engines (2018).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The MPAA age rating is

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

Next week there are 8 new movies released

• Stay Out - Thursday, 26th October - streaming
• Pain Hustlers - Friday, 27th October - streaming
• Five Nights At Freddys - Friday, 27th October
• Fingernails - Friday, 27th October - limited release
• The Killer - Friday, 27th October - limited release
• Freelance - Friday, 27th October
• Suitable Flesh - Friday, 27th October
• Miracle In East Texas - Sunday, 29th October

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

With the Marvel sequel movie Black Panther: Wakanda Forever making debut on the UK office this weekend there were no other new releases as the movie slides into the top spot with a £13 Million Uk opening.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 11th - 13th November 2022

Highest new movie this weekend

As is the trend in cinemas in the modern era, with a new Marvel and Disney movie there is a new box office number 1 and it is a mjor even for the week of release.

With the release of the Black Panther sequel we get the first movie in the series since the passing of its star Chadwick Boseman which the movie deal with in the opening act of the film.

The movie makes its debut with a fantastic £13 Million debut weekend, although this is lower than the £17 Million Black Panther took on its debut in 2018.

In comparison to Black Adam which this film replaces at the top, that movie took £5.6 Million on its debut, in comparison to the last MCU movie, Thor: Love and Thunder which was also a sequel albeit the fourth in the series, that took £12.2 Million, so generally in the same ballpark.

The movie is also responsible for nearly 80% of the total of this weekends top 15 movies.

The Black Panther series, as well as Marvel in general, has a very strong fanbase who will keep this on the box office until the end of the year.

The Dwayne Johnson starring super hero movie falls to number 2 this weekend after 3 weeks at the top with a gross of £786,226, a large 61% drop over last weekend.

This gives the movie a total UK gross of £18.6 Million after 4 weeks of release.

The Children's book adaptation falls to number 3 this weekend with a gross of £647,000, a small 34% drop over last weekend.

The movie has turned into a major hit and has currently taken £11.5 Million in the UK after 5 weeks on the chart, all of them inside the top 5.

The Irish Oscar contender falls to number 4 this weekend with a gross of £560,627, a 43% drop over last weekend.

The charming and heartwarming movie starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson and directed by Martin McDonagh has taken £7.5 Million in the UK after 4 weeks of release.

Director Oliver Hermanus's movie starring Bill Nighy falls to number 5 this weekend, its second, with £492,047, a 27% drop, giving the movie a total UK gross of £1.7 Million.

Superhero movie Black Adam is starting to be a sizable hit iin its own right on its last weekend before the next major event movie hits UK cinemas and spends a third weekend at the top of the UK box office.

The top new movie of the weekend is the Bill Nighy starring movie Living which enters at 4 with the Japansese animated movie One Piece Film: Red coming in one place below at 4.

There are also new releases for Ania at number 11 with £165,145 and Watcher at number 12 with £140,396, and finally there is the event movie La Traviata: Met Opera 2022 which comes in at 14 with £102,437.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 4th - 6th November 2022

The Dwayne Johnson starring superhero movie remains strong this weekend as it notches up a third weekend at the top of the UK box office.

Taking a very respectable £2 Million it is a sizable but respectable 42% drop over last weekend.

This gives the movie a total UK gross of £17 Million over its 3 weeks of release as it pushes its way towards the £20 Million milestone.

The movie is the only film this weekend to gross over £1 Million at the box office.

The children's comic book adaptation remains in second place this weekend as its takes £979,484, a 35% drop over last weekend.

This gives the movie a fantastic £10 Million over its 4 weeks of release and is becoming a major hit in the UK.

The Irish comedy drama starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson remains at number 3 this weekend as it takes £976,323, a very slim 23% drop from last weekend.

The movie has taken £6.2 Million in total over its 3 weeks of release.

Highest new movie this weekend

Highest new entry of the weekend comes from director Oliver Hermanus who adapts the 1952 Japanese film Ikiru directed by Akira Kurosawa.

The movie lands at number 4 this weekend with a debut gross of £670,206 which is the directors highest grossing movie in the UK.

The Japanese animated movie sequel makes its debut at the UK box office this weekend at number 5 with a debut gross of £559,623.

The movie which is a sequel to One Piece: Stampede from 2020, this movie far out grosses that movie which make its debut at the end of January with £69,174 and spent a single week on the box office.

As Black Adam spends a second weekend at the top of the UK box office the top new movie of the weekend comes in at number 4 with horror movie Prey For the Devil to celebrate the halloween season.

Also new inside the top 5 is the event movie Coldplay Music of the Spheres Live Broadcast From Buenos Aires while outside the top 5 a 20th anniversary release of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is new at 7 with £454,250.

American hit movie Barbarian~2022 makes a disappointing entry at 8 with £380,812, also Triangle of Sadness is new at 10 with £308,950 and surprisingly celebrated LGBQ comedy BROS is new at 11 with £215,612.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 28th - 30th October 2022

A second weekend at the top for the DC super hero movie starring Dwayne Johnson which takes £3.4 Million, a reasonable 38% drop over last weekend.

In comparison Shazam! from 2019 took £2.1 Million on its second weekend which was also a new unknown IP for Warner Bros., although it didn't have the big star name attached.

The movie has taken £13.4 Million in the UK after its 2 weeks (10 days) of release.

Jumping back up the chart to number 2 this weekend of the children's book adaptation which takes £1.4 Million, an incredible 4% increase over last weekend.

This gives the movie a totak UK gross of £9 Million after 3 weeks of release.

Falling to number 3 this weekend after making its debut at number 2 is the Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson friendship drama which takes £1.2 Million, a 23% drop over its debut.

This gives the Irish drama/comedy a total gross of £4.2 Million in the United Kingdom after 2 weeks of release.

Highest new movie this weekend

Highest new movie of the weekend celebrates the Halloween season as the horror movies directed by Daniel Stamm makes its debut at number 4.

The season peaked early this year with Smile~2022 and Halloween Ends having already made their mark on the box office and this movie makes its debut with £859,717.

Interestingly with halloween on a Monday this year both Smile~2022 and Halloween Ends suffered significant drop this weekend and couldn't capitalise on the season.

Event movies have become a staple of the box office in recent years and for those unable to get to the event Coldplay broadcast their latest concert in theatres starting on Thursday of last week.

Over the weekend the concert pulled in a total gross of £745,541 with repeat showings bound to push it over the Million mark in the coming weeks.