This weekend, Friday 16th February 2024, there are 4 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Migration, for the number 1 spot?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Madame Web
• The Promised Land
• Bob Marley: One Love
• The Taste of Things

Madame Web

• The movie is directed by S.J. Clarkson, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• S.J. Clarkson also directed Toast in 2010 which grossed £94 in the UK and grossed $153.9K globally.
• It stars Dakota Johnson who also starred in Am I OK? (2022).
• The film also stars Sydney Sweeney who was last seen in Anyone But You (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Promised Land

• The movie is directed by Nikolaj Arcel, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Nikolaj Arcel also directed A Royal Affair in 2012 which grossed £460.5K in the UK and grossed $14.8 Mil. globally.
• It stars Mads Mikkelsen who also starred in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023).
• The film also stars Amanda Collin who is making a feature film debut.
• Nikolaj Arcel directed Mads Mikkelsen in A Royal Affair
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Bob Marley: One Love

• The movie is directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Reinaldo Marcus Green also directed King Richard in 2021 which grossed £1.5 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Kingsley Ben-Adir who also starred in Trespass Against Us (2016).
• The film also stars James Norton who was last seen in A Little Life (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Taste of Things

• The movie is directed by Anh Hung Tran, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Anh Hung Tran also directed Cyclo in 1995 which grossed £185.8K in the UK.
• It stars Juliette Binoche who also starred in The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988).
• The film also stars Benoit Magimel who was last seen in Paris Memories (2022).
• 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 7 new movies released

• National Theatre Live: Vanya - Thursday, 22nd February
• Wicked Little Letters - Friday, 23rd February
• Memory - Friday, 23rd February
• Out of Darkness - Friday, 23rd February
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba - to the Hashira Training - Friday, 23rd February
• Perfect Days - Friday, 23rd February
• Red Right Hand - Sunday, 25th February - streaming

The first movie starring Will Smith since his Oscar winning turn in King Richard, Emancipation, has been given a 15 age rating in the UK for strong violence, injury detail, racism, brief sexual threat

Starring Will Smith who is best known for starring in the Men in Black series and as The Fresh Prince of Bell Air on TV the movie also stars Ben Foster who starred in 3:10 to Yuma in 2007 and X-Men: The Last Stand in 2006.

The movie is directed by Antoine Fuqua who is best known for directing The Equalizer and its sequel and The Magnificent Seven remake from 2016.

Movie Synopsis

Peter, a slave, flees a plantation in Louisiana after he was whipped within an inch of his life. He has to outwit cold-blooded hunters and the unforgiving swamps of Louisiana on a torturous journey north.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Emancipation
• BBFC age rating: 15 Certificate
• Reason: strong violence, injury detail, racism, brief sexual threat
• Release date: 9th December 2022
• Runtime: 132 minutes (2 hour 13 minutes)
• This movie is going direct to streaming on Apple TV+
• Directed by:
  • Antoine Fuqua
• Starring:
  • Will Smith
  • Ben Foster
  • David Denman

BBFC movie page

On the UK box office this weekend Ghostbusters: Afterlife makes its debut at the top after a much delayed release, meanwhile King Richard starring Will Smith is a new entry at number 5.

Lower down the box office we have Petite Maman new at number 12 with £97,321 and Exodus new at 14 with £95,042 .

UK box office QuickView

• Number 1 - Ghostbusters: Afterlife (1st weekend)
• Highest debut - Ghostbusters: Afterlife (@1)
• Longest run - No Time To Die (8 weeks)
• Highest total gross - No Time To Die (£94.4 Million)

UK box office top 5 breakdown weekend 19th - 21st November 2021

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Coming 22 years after Ghostbusters II director Ivan Rietman, the son of original director Ivan Rietman, brings a sequel to the movies which started he much loved franchise.

The movie makes its debut with a gross of £4.3 Million which is almost identical to the 2016 Paul Feig female led reboot.

Although the movie was delayed a couple of times due to the pandemic its been released with quite a bit of hype, although critical reviews have been very mixed it seems to have been well received by audiences.

Eternals

The Marvel movie from director Chloe Zhao drop to number 2 this weekend after a couple of weeks at the top with a gross of £1.2 Million, a 58% drop over last weekend.

The movie has now taken a very reasonable £12.8 Million in the UK and is the 10th top movie of 2021 so far.

No Time To Die

Bonds 25th cinematic outing continues to do well and this week falls to 3 with a weekend gross of £940,075, a 40% drop and the first weekend it has failed to gross over £1 Million.

The total gross of the movie now sits at £94.4 Million, it is by far the top movie of 2021 and will remain there for the rest of the year.

It has now overtaken Avatar on the list of all-time UK movie and by next weekend will overtake Spectre to movie into the top 3 top movies.

Dune

The classic sci-fi adaptation from director Denis Villeneuve fall to 4 this weekend with £634,843, a 46% drop over last weekend, giving the movie a total UK gross of £20.1 Million and its the 4th top movie of 2021.

King Richard

Will Smith stars as the father of tennis superstars Serena and Venus Wiliams in the bio-pic of their rise to fame which lands at number 5 this weekend with £570,316.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife brings the flagging series back to life as the new sequel hits the top og the US box office on its opening weekend.

Also new and hitting the top 5 this weekend is the Will Smith movie King Richard which makes its debut at number 4.

US box office QuickView

• Number 1 - Ghostbusters: Afterlife (1st weekend)
• Highest debut - Ghostbusters: Afterlife (@1)
• Longest run - Venom: Let There Be Carnage (8 weeks)
• Highest total gross - Venom: Let There Be Carnage ($206 Million)

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

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Directed original series director Ivan Reitmams son Jason, this reboot and sequel to the original Ghostbusters has had fans eagerly awaiting and this week makes its debut at the top.

The movie takes a very respectable $44 Million on its debut weekend.

Eternals

The latest Marvel movie falls to number 2 this weekend after a 2 week spell at the top with $10.8 Million, a 60% drop over last weekend.

This gives the movie a total of $135.8 over 3 weeks of release and a number 7 place of the top movie of 2021.

Clifford the Big Red Dog

The live action movie based on the beloved animated series falls to number 3 this weekend with $8.1 Million, 1 51% drop over last weekend, giving the movie a 2 week total of $33.5 Million.

King Richard

Will Smith brings his latest movie to the big screen playing the father of tenis aces Serena and Venus Wiliams.

The movie enters the box office at number 4 with a debut gross of $5.7 Million.

Dune

Director Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of the sci-fi classic falls to number 5 this weekend with $3 Million, a 45% drop, giving the movie a gross of $98 Million over 5 weeks of release.

the movie should go over the $100 Million mark by next weekend and climb into the top 10 movies of 2021.

Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 19th November 2021, there are 3 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Eternals from the top of the UK box office.

Here are this weeks new releases

• Ghostbusters: Afterlife
• The Battle At Lake Changjin
• King Richard

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

• The movie is directed by Jason Reitman, it is the directors 9th movie.
• Jason Reitman also directed Tully in 2018 which grossed £494.4K in the UK and grossed $15.6 Mil. globally.
• It stars Finn Wolfhard who also starred in How It Ends (2021).
• The film also stars Mckenna Grace who last appeared in Malignant (2021).
• Uk box office prediction: number 1

The Battle At Lake Changjin

• The movie is directed by Kaige Chen and Dante Lam, it is the directors 19th movie.
• Kaige Chen and Dante Lam also directed My People, My Country in 2019 which grossed £135.3K in the UK and grossed $450.1 Mil. globally.
• It stars Jing Wu who also starred in My Country, My Parents (2021).
• The film also stars Jackson Yee who last appeared in Hero (2021).

King Richard

• The movie is directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Reinaldo Marcus Green also directed Good Joe Bell in 2020.
• It stars Will Smith who also starred in Bad Boys For Life (2020).
• The film also stars Aunjanue Ellis who last appeared in If Beale Street Could Talk (2019).
• Uk box office prediction: number 3

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

Next week there are 4 new movies released

• Encanto, Wednesday, 24th November
• House of Gucci, Friday, 26th November
• Pirates, Friday, 26th November
• A Boy Called Christmas, Friday, 26th November