This weekend, Friday 24th January 2025, there are 7 new films released in North America and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Mufasa: The Lion King, for the number 1 spot?

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.

• Flight Risk
• Presence
• Brave the Dark
• The Colors Within
• Inheritance
• The Girl With the Needle
• Bau: Artist At War

Flight Risk

• The movie is directed by Mel Gibson, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Mel Gibson also directed Hacksaw Ridge in 2017 which grossed $67.2 Mil. in the US and grossed $180.6 Mil. globally.
• It stars Michelle Dockery who also starred in Self/Less (2015).
• The film also stars Mark Wahlberg who's last movie was Arthur the King (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Presence

• The movie is directed by Steven Soderbergh, it is the directors 37th movie.
• Steven Soderbergh also directed Solaris in 2003.
• It stars Lucy Liu who also starred in Shanghai Noon (2000).
• The film also stars Julia Fox who's last movie was No Sudden Move (2021).
• Steven Soderbergh directed Julia Fox in and No Sudden Move
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Brave the Dark

• The movie is directed by Damian Harris, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Damian Harris also directed Mercy in 2000.
• It stars Jared Harris who also starred in White Lies (1997).
• Damian Harris directed Jared Harris in and The Rachel Papers
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

The Colors Within

• The movie is directed by Naoko Yamada, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Naoko Yamada also directed K-On!: The Movie in 2011.
• It stars Sayu Suzukawa who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Akari Takaishi who's last movie was My Happy Marriage (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Inheritance

• The movie is directed by Neil Burger, it is the directors 11th movie.
• Neil Burger also directed Voyagers in 2021.
• It stars Phoebe Dynevor who also starred in Fair Play (2023).
• The film also stars Rhys Ifans who's last movie was Venom: The Last Dance (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

The Girl With the Needle

• The movie is directed by Magnus von Horn, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Magnus von Horn also directed The Here After in 2016.
• It stars Vic Carmen Sonne who also starred in Godland (2022).
• The film also stars Trine Dyrholm who's last movie was The Almond and the Seahorse (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

Bau: Artist At War

• The movie is directed by Sean McNamara, it is the directors 44th movie.
• Sean McNamara also directed Treehouse Hostage in 1999.
• It stars Emile Hirsch who also starred in Just Jim (2015).
• The film also stars Inbar Lavi who's last movie was For the Love of Money (2012).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

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

• Panda Bear In Africa - Monday, 14th October - streaming
• Feng Shen 2 - Wednesday, 29th January - limited release
• Dog Man - Friday, 31st January
• Companion - Friday, 31st January
• Game of Power - Sunday, 2nd February

Last weekend saw The Batman at the top of the UK box office, there are 5 new releases this weekend, will any of them top the UK box office this weekend?

Here are this weeks new releases

• The Nan Movie
• Wolf
• Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie
• The Phantom of the Open
• X

The Nan Movie

• The movie is directed by Josie Rourke, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Josie Rourke also directed Coriolanus: NT Live 2014 in 2014 which grossed £1.3 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Catherine Tate who also starred in Scenes of a Sexual Nature (2006).
• The film also stars Mathew Horne who was last seen in Breaking the Bank (2016).
• The BBFC UK age rating is
• Box office prediction: Number 1

Wolf

• The movie is directed by Nathalie Biancheri, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Nathalie Biancheri also directed Nocturnal in 2020 which grossed £3K in the UK.
• It stars George MacKay who also starred in Been So Long (2018).
• The film also stars Lily-Rose Depp who was last seen in Silent Night (2021).
• The BBFC UK age rating is
• Box office prediction: Number 8

Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie

• The movie is from director Seong-Hu Park.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Chinatsu Akasaki who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Aya Endo who was last seen in Violet Evergarden: The Movie (2020).
• The BBFC UK age rating is
• Box office prediction: Number 7

The Phantom of the Open

• The movie is directed by Craig Roberts, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Craig Roberts also directed Just Jim in 2015 which grossed £8.8K in the UK.
• It stars Rhys Ifans who also starred in Official Secrets (2019).
• The film also stars Mark Rylance who was last seen in Don't Look Up (2021).
• They also appeared together in Anonymous in 2011.
• The BBFC UK age rating is
• Box office prediction: Number 5

X

• The movie is directed by Ti West, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Ti West also directed The Roost in 2006.
• It stars Mia Goth who also starred in High Life (2019).
• The film also stars Jenna Ortega who was last seen in Studio 666 (2022).
• The BBFC UK age rating is
• Box office prediction: Number 10

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

Next week there are 6 new movies released

• The Ice Age: Adventures of Buck Wild - Friday, 25th March
• Ambulance - Friday, 25th March
• Benedetta - Friday, 25th March
• Umma - Friday, 25th March
• The Worst Person In the World - Friday, 8th October
• I Am What I Am - Friday, 25th March

With Tenet spending a 5th weekend at the top of the UK box office can Eternal Beauty or Summer Of 85 replace it, there is still a chance that After We Collided could jump the one place to the top on its 4th weekend of release.

Here are the new releases this weekend that are looking to enter the box office.

Eternal Beauty

• The movie is directed by Craig Roberts
• Craig Roberts also directed Just Jim in 2015 which grossed £8.8 Thousand in the UK.
• It stars Sally Hawkins who last starred in Margaret Atwood Live In Cinemas (2019).
• The film also stars Alice Lowe who last appeared in Sometimes Always Never (2019).

Summer of 85

• This new release stars Felix Lefebvre who's last film was Une Nuit, a Travers Champs (2020)
• It also stars Benjamin Voisin who appeared in The Happy Prince (2018).
• The film is brought to us by new director François Ozon.

Check back on Monday to see if these new releases enter the UK Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next weeks there are 2 new movies

• Saint Maud, Friday, 9th October
• Kajillionaire, Friday, 9th October