This weekend, Friday 5th January 2024, there are 5 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Wonka, for the number 1 spot?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Night Swim
• The Goldfinger
• One Life
• Priscilla
• Bad Behaviour

Night Swim

• The movie is directed by Bryce McGuire, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Bryce McGuire also directed Unfollowed in 2018.
• It stars Wyatt Russell who also starred in Goon 2 (2017).
• The film also stars Kerry Condon who was last seen in The Banshees of Inisherin (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Goldfinger

• The movie is directed by Felix Chong, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Felix Chong also directed Lady Cop and Papa Crook in 2008.
• It stars Tony Leung Chiu-wai who also starred in Red Cliff II (2009).
• The film also stars Andy Lau who was last seen in The Movie Emperor (2024).
• Felix Chong directed Tony Leung Chiu-wai in The Silent War
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

One Life

• The movie is directed by James Hawes, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• James Hawes also directed The Amateur in 2024.
• It stars Helena Bonham Carter who also starred in Dark Shadows (2012).
• The film also stars Anthony Hopkins who was last seen in Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire (2023).
• They also appeared together in Howards End in 1992.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Priscilla

• The movie is directed by Sofia Coppola, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Sofia Coppola also directed The Beguiled in 2017 which grossed £1 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Cailee Spaeny who also starred in Pacific Rim Uprising (2018).
• The film also stars Jacob Elordi who was last seen in Saltburn (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Bad Behaviour

• The movie is from director Alice Englert.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Jennifer Connelly who also starred in The Hot Spot (1990).
• The film also stars Alice Englert who was last seen in You Won't Be Alone (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 are 4 new movies released

• Lord of Misrule - Monday, 8th January - streaming
• Poor Things - Friday, 12th January
• The Beekeeper - Friday, 12th January
• The Boys In the Boat - Friday, 12th January

Last weekend Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness was at the top of the UK box office, there are 2 new releases this weekend, will any of them top the UK box office this weekend?

Here are this weeks new releases

• Top Gun: Maverick
• The Bobs Burgers Movie

Top Gun: Maverick

• The movie is directed by Joseph Kosinski, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Joseph Kosinski also directed Spiderhead in 2022.
• It stars Tom Cruise who also starred in Mission:Impossible III (2006).
• The film also stars Jennifer Connelly who was last seen in Alita: Battle Angel (2019).
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Bob's Burgers Movie

• The movie is from director Loren Bouchard and Bernard Derriman.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars H. Jon Benjamin who also starred in The Toe Tactic (2009).
• The film also stars Kristen Schaal who was last seen in Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020).
• 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 2 new movies released

• Men - Wednesday, 1st June
• Dashcam - Friday, 3rd June

A Sequel 35 years in the making, Top Gun: Maverick has been given a 12A age rating in the UK by the BBFC for infrequent strong language.

The movie stars Tom Cruise who was last seen in Mission:Impossible - Fallout returns as fighter pilot Maverick and Jennifer Connelly who we last saw as Chiren in Alita: Battle Angel.

The movie is directed by Joseph Kosinski who has previously directed Tom Cruise in Oblivion and also directed sequel movie TRON Legacy.

Movie Synopsis

After more than 30 years of service as one of the Navy's top aviators, Pete "Maverick" Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. Training a detachment of graduates for a special assignment, Maverick must confront the ghosts of his past and his deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who choose to fly it.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Top Gun: Maverick
• BBFC age rating: 12A Certificate
• Reason: infrequent strong language
• Release date: 27th May 2022
• Runtime: 131m (2 hour 11 minutes)
• Directed by:
  • Joseph Kosinski
• Starring:
  • Tom Cruise
  • Jennifer Connelly
  • Miles Teller

BBFC movie page

A new trailer and poster has been released for upcoming movie Top Gun: Maverick which can seen in full below.

Guaranteed adrenaline rush. #TopGun: Maverick is FINALLY coming to theatres May 27. Watch the NEW official trailer now! pic.twitter.com/es8exVfFk1

— Top Gun (@TopGunMovie) March 29, 2022

• The movie is directed by Joseph Kosinski
• It stars Tom Cruise and Jennifer Connelly among others.
• And has a release date of 27th May 2022.
• It is a sequel to Top Gun
• Joseph Kosinski directed Tom Cruise in Oblivion
• Joseph Kosinski directed Jennifer Connelly in Only the Brave

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