Released in the US this weekend, Friday, 13th January 2023, there are 4 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Avatar: The Way of Water from the top of the North American box office.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• House Party
• The Seven Faces of Jane
• Plane
• Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre

House Party

• The movie is from director Calmatic.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Tosin Cole who also starred in Second Coming (2015).
• The film also stars Jacob Latimore who was last seen in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

The Seven Faces of Jane

• The movie is from director Julian Acosta and Xan Cassavetes.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Gillian Jacobs who also starred in The Lookalike (2014).
• The film also stars Joel McHale who was last seen in Becky (2020).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Plane

• The movie is from director Jean-François Richet.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Gerard Butler who also starred in The Phantom of the Opera (2004).
• The film also stars Mike Colter who was last seen in Im Charlie Walker (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre

• The movie is directed by Guy Ritchie, it is the directors 15th movie.
• Guy Ritchie also directed Rocknrolla in 2008 which grossed $5.7 Mil. in the US and grossed $25.7 Mil. globally.
• It stars Aubrey Plaza who also starred in Dirty Grandpa (2016).
• The film also stars Cary Elwes who was last seen in Best Sellers (2021).
• They also appeared together in Best Sellers in 2021.
• 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 2 new movies released

• Detective Knight: Independence - Friday, 20th January - streaming
• The Son - Friday, 20th January

Last week saw Aladdin at the top of the UK box office, can any of this weeks new releases do enough to top the chart this weekend?

X-Men: Dark Phoenix

First up at cinemas this week is X-Men: Dark Phoenix, a Sci-Fi movie from director Simon Kinberg who is directing for the first time.

It stars James McAvoy who last starred in Glass and Michael Fassbender who last appeared in The Snowman.

Late Night

Next on the new release schedule is Late Night, this new Comedy movie stars Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling.

The film is brought to us by 3 time director Nisha Ganatra who's last film was Cake.

Last Summer

Next up this week is Last Summer which is directed by Jon Jones and is a directorial debut.

It stars Noa Thomas and Gruffydd Weston.

Gloria Bell

Also this week there is Gloria Bell from director Sebastian Lelio who also directed A Fantastic Woman in 2018.

The film features Julianne Moore and John Turturro in starring roles.

Check back on Monday to see where these films end up on the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Come back next week when there are 2 new releases hitting cinemas. -

• Men In Black: International you can see from Friday, 14th June
• Shaft is released on Friday, 14th June

The much hypes Disney movie A Wrinkle In Time gets a PG rating from the BBFC in the UK for mild threat.

Released in the UK on 23rd March the film stars big A list names suck as Cris Pine, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling to name a few.

A WRINKLE IN TIME (PG) mild threat https://t.co/2kZ6CiZiP0

— BBFC (@BBFC) February 23, 2018