Check out the new trailer and poster for upcoming movie The Wedding Banquet which can be viewed in full if you scroll down this page.

Movie breakdown

• It stars among others Bowen Yang (The Tigers Apprentice) and Lily Gladstone (The Thin Line)
• It is directed by Andrew Ahn (30 30 Vision 3 Decades of Strand Releasing)
• The movie also stars Kelly Marie Tran, Joan Chen and Youn Yuh-jung
• There is currently no UK release date set
• The release date in North America is 18th April 2025

Synopsis for The Wedding Banquet

Hoping to stay in the country, a gay man proposes a green card marriage to a female friend in exchange for paying for her IVF treatment. However, things soon get complicated when his grandmother surprises them with plans for an extravagant Korean wedding banquet.

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

Last weekend Mickey 17 was at the top of the North American box office, there are 6 new releases this weekend, will any of them top the US box office this weekend?

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.

• Novocaine~2025
• Opus
• Control Freak
• The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
• The Electric State
• Black Bag

Novocaine~2025

• The movie is directed by Dan Berk and Robert Olsen, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Dan Berk and Robert Olsen also directed Villains in 2019.
• It stars Jack Quaid who also starred in Plus One (2020).
• The film also stars Amber Midthunder who's last movie was Dream Scenario (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Opus

• The movie is from director Mark Anthony Green.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Ayo Edebiri who also starred in Cicada (2020).
• The film also stars John Malkovich who's last movie was Fool's Paradise (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Control Freak

• The movie is from director Shal Ngo.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Kelly Marie Tran who also starred in The Wedding Banquet (2025).
• The film also stars Miles Robbins who's last movie was Y2K (2024).
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.

The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie

• The movie is from director Peter Browngardt.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Eric Bauza who also starred in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015).
• The film also stars Candi Milo who's last movie was Trick Or Treat Scooby-Doo! (2022).
• Eric Bauza and Candi Milo have starred in 3 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Scooby-Doo! Frankencreepy in 2014, Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright in 2013 and Space Jam: A New Legacy in 2021.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

The Electric State

• The movie is directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo, it is the directors 13th movie.
• Anthony Russo and Joe Russo also directed Pieces in 1997.
• It stars Woody Norman who also starred in Cobweb (2023).
• The film also stars Millie Bobby Brown who's last movie was Damsel (2024).
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• The MPAA age rating is

Black Bag

• The movie is directed by Steven Soderbergh, it is the directors 37th movie.
• Steven Soderbergh also directed Logan Lucky in 2017 which grossed $27.8 Mil. in the US and grossed $48.5 Mil. globally.
• It stars Michael Fassbender who also starred in Wedding Belles (2007).
• The film also stars Gustaf Skarsgård who's last movie was What Remains (2024).
• Steven Soderbergh directed Michael Fassbender in and Haywire
• 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 6 new movies released

• Locked - Friday, 21st March
• Sing Sing - Friday, 12th July - streaming
• Ash - Friday, 21st March - limited release
• The Assessment - Friday, 21st March - limited release
• Snow White - Friday, 21st March
• The Alto Knights - Friday, 21st March

Disney release their latest animated adventure Raya and the Last Dragon on cinemas and on Disney+ premium and score a number 1 hit movie, despite the debut weekend gross being a little lower than maybe expected.

Last weeks top movie, Tom & Jerry: The Movie, falls to number 2 after its successful debut last weekend and also on the top 5 there are new releases for Chaos Walking and Boogie.

Worthy of note this week is the drop of The War With Grandpa out of the top 15 movies, the film has been a long stay during the COVID-19 pandemic and spent 21 weeks on the chart, this week its at 17 with $20 Million total gross.

Us box office Quickview

• Number 1 - Raya and the Last Dragon (1st Weekend)
• Highest debut - Raya and the Last Dragon (@1)
• Longest run - The Croods: A New Age (15 weeks)
• Highest total gross - The Croods: A New Age ($53,611,445)

This weeks US box office top 5 breakdown 5th - 7th March 2021

Raya and the Last Dragon

Disney return to releasing movies at the US box office, despite it also being on Disney+, and score a number 1 hit, the Kelly Marie Tran and Awkwafina voiced movie takes $8.6 Million on its debut.

Kidpics have been the mainstay of the pandemic era with The War With Grandpa, The Croods: A New Age and last weeks top movie Tom & Jerry: The Movie all doing well, and with spring break on the doorstep this could do well as a return for Disney.

Tom and Jerry

Falling to number 2 this weekend the cat and mouse movie has done very well for itself, especially considering its also available on HBO Max, this week it takes $6.6 Million, a 56% drop from last weekend.

The movie has taken $23 Million at the US box office and is the third top grossing movie of 2021 so far!

Chaos Walking

Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley return to the big screen in this sci-fi movie that has been critically panned but still lands at number 3 this week with a gross of $3.8 Million.

Directed by Doug Liman the movie is available on streaming and I suspect wont be a long stay at the box office.

Boogie

Directed by Eddie Huang this story of a basketball prodigy lands at number 4 this weekend with a debut gross of $1.2 Million.

The Croods: A New Age

Falling to number 5 this weekend is the animated sequel movie which takes $780,000 on its 15th weekend of release, only 38% down from last weekend, giving it a $53.6 Million total.

With cinemas across the UK still closed due to the ongoing pandemic all new releases at the moment are getting released onto streaming, all this weeks film were once set for a cinema release but then got moved to online platforms.

Here are the highlights of this weeks movies to stream either on Disney+ or Amazon Prime Video.

Coming 2 America

• The movie is directed by Craig Brewer
• Craig Brewer also directed Black Snake Moan in 2007 which grossed £39.7 Thousand in the UK.
• It stars Eddie Murphy who last starred in Dolemite Is My Name (2019).
• The film also stars Arsenio Hall who last appeared in Mr. Soul (2018).
• Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall appeared in Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me (2017) together.
• Available exclusively on Amazon Prime Video.

Raya and the Last Dragon

• This new release stars Kelly Marie Tran who's last film was The Croods: A New Age (2020)
• It also stars Awkwafina who appeared in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge On the Run (2020).
• The film is brought to us by directors Don Hall and Carlos Lopez Estrada.
• Available exclusively on Disney+.

Next weeks there are 2 new movies

• SAS: Red Notice, Friday, 12th March
• Cherry, Friday, 12th March

A new trailer and poster has been released for upcoming movie Raya And The Last Dragon which can seen in full below.

Starring among others Kelly Marie Tran and Awkwafina the movie is directed by Don Hall/Carlos Lopez Estrada and it has a release date of 5th March 2021.

The new trailer introduces the 'con-baby' who is adorable and kick-ass and is bound to become a fan favourite as she joins forces with Raya, and we get our first real introduction of the dragon who seems to have confidence issues.

On March 5, join Raya on her quest to find the last dragon. See Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon in theatres or order it on @DisneyPlus with Premier Access on March 5. Learn more: https://t.co/VbE7d6KNRP pic.twitter.com/54wfglZWMQ

— Raya and the Last Dragon (@DisneyRaya) January 26, 2021

The poster is typical Disney fare and has the Dragon dominant with Raya taking more of a back seat this time but has her sword ready for action, we also get to see the mysterious circular stone in the background with the sun blazing through.

The movie will be released in cinemas across the world and on Disney+ Premium Access which will require an additional fee, Mulan was an extra £30 ($30) on top of the monthly fee, something HBO Max is not doing with their direct to VOD movies like Wonder Woman 1984.

Synopsis Of: The Movie

In a fantasy land called Kumandra, split into five different regions, a warrior named Raya searches for the last dragon in the world.

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