Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 15th December 2023, there are 6 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Wonka from the top of the UK box office.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Godzilla Minus One
• The Shift
• Showing Up
• Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire
• What Happens Later
• The Three Musketeers: Milady

Godzilla Minus One

• The movie is directed by Takashi Yamazaki, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Takashi Yamazaki also directed Ghost Book Obakezukan in 2022.
• It stars Ryunosuke Kamiki who also starred in Gekijouban SPEC: Kurôzu - Zen no hen (2013).
• The film also stars Minami Hamabe who was last seen in Shin Kamen Rider (2023).
• They also appeared together in Murder At Shijinso in 2019.
• Takashi Yamazaki directed Ryunosuke Kamiki in Ghost Book Obakezukan
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Shift

• The movie is from director Brock Heasley.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Neal McDonough who also starred in Flags of Our Fathers (2006).
• The film also stars Kristoffer Polaha who was last seen in Jurassic World: Dominion (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Showing Up

• The movie is directed by Kelly Reichardt, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Kelly Reichardt also directed Night Moves in 2014 which grossed £25.6K in the UK.
• It stars Michelle Williams who also starred in Me Without You (2001).
• The film also stars Hong Chau who was last seen in Asteroid City (2023).
• Kelly Reichardt directed Michelle Williams in Certain Women
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire

• The movie is directed by Zack Snyder, it is the directors 12th movie.
• Zack Snyder also directed Man of Steel in 2013 which grossed £29.8 Mil. in the UK and grossed $661 Mil. globally.
• It stars Sofia Boutella who also starred in Hotel Artemis (2018).
• The film also stars Ed Skrein who was last seen in Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon (2022).
• Zack Snyder directed Ed Skrein in Rebel Moon Part Two: The Scargiver
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

What Happens Later

• The movie is directed by Meg Ryan, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Meg Ryan also directed Ithaca in 2015.
• It stars Meg Ryan who also starred in In the Cut (2003).
• The film also stars David Duchovny who was last seen in The Bubble (2022).
• Meg Ryan directed Meg Ryan in Ithaca
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Three Musketeers: Milady

• The movie is directed by Martin Bourboulon, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Martin Bourboulon also directed The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan in 2023 which grossed £393.4K in the UK.
• It stars Jacob Fortune-Lloyd who also starred in Globe On Screen: The Merchant of Venice Shakespeares Globe 2015 (2016).
• The film also stars Eva Green who was last seen in The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan (2023).
• They also appeared together in The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan in 2023.
• Martin Bourboulon directed Jacob Fortune-Lloyd in The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan
• Martin Bourboulon directed Eva Green in The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• 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 3 new movies released

• Maestro - Wednesday, 20th December - streaming
• Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom - Thursday, 21st December
• Silent Night - Saturday, 23rd December - streaming

This weekend The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It makes it debit at the top of the UK box office and knocks Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway into second place after a week at the top.

Also new this week as the US public get used to going to the cinema again is Cruella at number 3 and the Japanese animated global smash Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train at number 4.

Outside the top 10 movies there is a new release for First Cow which is directed by Kelly Reichardt and enters the box office at 13 with £21,862.

UK box office QuickView

• Number 1 - The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (1st Weekend)
• Highest debut - The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (@1)
• Longest run - Everything except the new entries! (2 weeks)
• Highest total gross - Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (£7.4 Million)

UK top 5 breakdown weekend 28th - 30th May 2021.

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

Debut weekend for the new movie from the Conjuring Universe and the third film in the original series of movies.

The film takes a fairly impressive £2.7 Million over its debut weekend, altohugh this was boosted by preview showings which accounted for over £800,000 of business.

Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway

Falling to number 2 on its second weekend of release is the sequel movie directed by Will Gluck about the rabbit made famous by Beatrix Potter.

The movie takes £2.04 Million on its second weekend of release, a large 56% drop from last weekend, which gives the movie a £7.48 Million total.

Cruella

Disney release their latest live action movie as a origin tale for Cruella De'Vil which enters the box office at number 3 despite also being available the Disney streaming service, altohugh with extra cash for the pleasure.

The movie which stars Emma Stone and Emma Thompson took £1.4 Million on its debut weekend.

Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train

The animated movie from director Haruo Sotozaki has been a mega smash across the world over the last year and has to date taken nearly $500 Million (£352 Million) since its release last October in Japan.

Its debut on the UK box office has it enter at 4 with a weekend gross of £693,081.

Godzilla Vs. Kong

Falling to number 4 this weekend is the monster smash up movie which has been a mega hit globally but as its been available on streaming in the UK for a while its UK gross has been low.

This weekend the movie take £254,172, a 68% drop from last weekend, for a total of £1.7 Million on its second weekend of release.

Last weekend saw Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway at the top of the UK box office, with 4 new releases can any of them do enough to top the box office this weekend?

Here is a rundown of this weeks top new movies released at the cinema and on streaming.

Cruella

• The movie is directed by Craig Gillespie
• Craig Gillespie also directed Million Dollar Arm in 2014 which grossed £150.1 Thousand in the UK.
• It stars Emma Stone who last starred in My Favorite Shapes By Julio Torres (2019).
• The film also stars Emma Thompson who last appeared in How to Build a Girl (2019).

First Cow

• The movie is directed by Kelly Reichardt
• Kelly Reichardt also directed Meek's Cutoff in 2011 which grossed £27.6 Thousand in the UK.
• It stars Alia Shawkat who last starred in Love Spreads (2020).
• The film also stars John Magaro who last appeared in Sylvies Love (2020).

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

• The movie is directed by Michael Chaves
• Michael Chaves also directed The Curse of La Llorona in 2019 which grossed £1.5 Million in the UK.
• It stars Patrick Wilson who last starred in Insidious: The Dark Realm (2021).
• The film also stars Vera Farmiga who last appeared in Skin (2019).
• Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga starred in The Conjuring (2013) together.

Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train

• The movie is from director Haruo Sotozaki
• It is their directorial debut.
• It stars Natsuki Hanae who last starred in Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna (2020).
• The film also stars Akari Kito who is making a feature film debut.

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

Next weeks there are 3 new movies

• A Quiet Place Part II, Thursday, 3rd June
• Dream Horse, Friday, 4th June
• Land, Friday, 4th June