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

Jordan Peele brings his latest horror thriller movie Nope to cinemas which has been given a 15 age rating in the UK for strong language, threat, bloody images.

Starring Daniel Kaluuya who was also in the directors first movie Get Out and the actor has starred in Judas and the Black Messiah the movie also stars Keke Palmer who starred as a voice in Lightyear from earlier in 2022.

The movie is directed by Jordan Peele who is fast becoming one of the most exciting film makers working today and also directed Us~2019 from 2019.

Movie Synopsis

Two siblings who run a California horse ranch discover something wonderful and sinister in the skies above, while the owner of an adjacent theme park tries to profit from the mysterious, otherworldly phenomenon.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Nope
• BBFC age rating: 15 Certificate
• Reason: strong language, threat, bloody images
• Release date: 12th August 2022
• Runtime: 130 minutes (2 hour 10 minutes)
• Directed by:
  • Jordan Peele
• Starring:
  • Daniel Kaluuya
  • Keke Palmer
  • Brandon Perea

BBFC movie page

Very little has changed on this weeks US box office with little in the way of new releases while studios continue to release movies straight to VOD waiting for more certainty in the cinema marketplace.

With the Croods sequel remaining at the top for a second weekend the top new movie of the weekend was Nomadland at number 7, the movie was also available on VOD.

US box office Quickview

• Number 1 - The Croods: A New Age (2nd consecutive, 5th in total)
• Highest Debut - Nomadland (@7)
• Longest Run - The War With Grandpa (20 Weeks)
• Highest total gross - The Croods: A New Age ($50,854,205)

US box office top 5 breakdown 19th - 21st February 2021

The Croods: A New Age

After going back to the top on last weekends chart the Nicholas Cage starring animated sequel has proved to be one of the biggest hits during the COVID-19 pandemic, and at the current rate will overtake Tenet to be the biggest.

This week the movie stays at the top with $1.7 Million on its 13th weekend of release, 18% down from last weekend, for a total of over $50 Million.

The Little Things

Jumping back up to number 2 this weekend is the Denzel Washington starring thriller which falls 44% for a $1.15 Million weekend.

This gives the movie a total gross in America of $11.85 Million after 4 weeks of release.

Judas and the Black Messiah

Director Shaka King's highly praised movie falls to number 3 on its second weekend of release with a weekend gross of $905.000, a 56% drop from last weekend.

This gives the movie a North American total gross of $3.39 Million from its first 2 weeks of release.

Wonder Woman 1984

The much anticipated DC Universe movie from Warner Bros. has not been the massive hit the studio may have hoped, largely due to a tighter COVID-19 lockdown over Christmas when it was released.

The movie has still taken $805,000 on its 9th weekend of release, only a 29% drop from last weekend, and has a total gross of $42.7 Million, it stays at number 4.

The Marksman

Liam Neeson is one of the few actors to have had 2 movies released during the lockdown and this week his second movie stays put at number 5 with $775,000 on its 6th weekend, 30% drop from last weekend, and has taken $11.45 Million in total.