Check out the announcement trailer for upcoming movie Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery which can be viewed in full if you scroll down this page.

Movie breakdown

• It stars among others Daniel Craig (Hotel Splendide) who returns as Benoit Blanc.
• It is written and directed once again by Rian Johnson (Star Wars: The Last Jedi)
• The rest of the cast is yet to be announced.
• The UK release date is sometime in 2025
• And the release date in North America is also 2025

Synopsis for Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Benoit Blanc returns to solve another Knives Out Mystery.

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

A new weekend a potential new number one movie and the summer blockbuster films continue to be released.

There are 6 new releases this weekend, Friday, 17th May 2024, looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes from the top of the North American box office.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• IF~2024
• Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry
• I Saw the TV Glow
• The Strangers: Chapter 1
• Greedy People
• Back to Black

IF

• The movie is directed by John Krasinski, it is the directors 5th movie.
• John Krasinski also directed Brief Interviews With Hideous Men in 2009.
• It stars Cailey Fleming who also starred in Desolation (2017).
• The film also stars Ryan Reynolds who's last movie was Ghosted (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry

• The movie is from director Elene Naveriani.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Eka Chavleishvili who also starred in Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry (2023).
• The film also stars Temiko Chichinadze who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.

I Saw the TV Glow

• The movie is directed by Jane Schoenbrun, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Jane Schoenbrun also directed We're All Going to the Worlds Fair in 2021.
• It stars Justice Smith who also starred in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023).
• The film also stars Brigette Lundy-Paine who's last movie was Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

The Strangers: Chapter 1

• The movie is directed by Renny Harlin, it is the directors 25th movie.
• Renny Harlin also directed Bodies At Rest in 2019.
• It stars Gabriel Basso who also starred in Alabama Moon (2009).
• The film also stars Rachel Shenton who's last movie was The Colour Room (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Greedy People

• The movie is from director Potsy Ponciroli.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Lily James who also starred in Baby Driver (2017).
• The film also stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt who's last movie was Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Back to Black

• The movie is directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Sam Taylor-Johnson also directed Fifty Shades of Grey in 2015 which grossed $166.2 Mil. in the US and grossed $571 Mil. globally.
• It stars Marisa Abela who also starred in Rogue Agent (2022).
• The film also stars Jack O'Connell who's last movie was Ferrari (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

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

• We Harvest - Friday, 24th May
• Furiosa - Friday, 24th May
• Kidnapped - Friday, 24th May
• Hit Man - Friday, 24th May - limited release
• The Garfield Movie - Friday, 24th May
• Atlas - Friday, 24th May - streaming

With Five Nights At Freddy's currently at the top of the UK box office can this weeks new cinema releases challlenge it for the UK box office crown?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Bottoms
• Nobody Has to Know
• Fingernails
• The Royal Hotel
• How to Have Sex
• Exhibition On Screen: Klimt and the Kiss 2023
• The Undertaker

Bottoms

• The movie is directed by Emma Seligman, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Emma Seligman also directed Shiva Baby in 2020.
• It stars Rachel Sennott who also starred in Tahara (2020).
• The film also stars Ayo Edebiri who was last seen in Theater Camp (2023).
• Emma Seligman directed Rachel Sennott in Shiva Baby
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Nobody Has to Know

• The movie is directed by Tim Mielants and Bouli Lanners, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Tim Mielants and Bouli Lanners also directed Patrick in 2019.
• It stars Michelle Fairley who also starred in Jack and the Cuckoo Clock Heart (2014).
• The film also stars Bouli Lanners who was last seen in The Night of the 12th (2022).
• Tim Mielants directed Bouli Lanners in Patrick
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Fingernails

• The movie is directed by Christos Nikou, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Christos Nikou also directed Apples in 2021 which grossed £5K in the UK.
• It stars Jeremy Allen White who also starred in After Everything (2018).
• The film also stars Jessie Buckley who was last seen in Women Talking (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Royal Hotel

• The movie is directed by Kitty Green, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Kitty Green also directed The Assistant in 2019.
• It stars Julia Garner who also starred in We Are What We Are (2013).
• The film also stars Jessica Henwick who was last seen in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022).
• Kitty Green directed Julia Garner in The Assistant
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

How to Have Sex

• The movie is from director Molly Manning Walker.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Mia McKenna-Bruce who also starred in Kindling (2023).
• The film also stars Shaun Thomas who was last seen in Ali & Ava (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Exhibition On Screen: Klimt and the Kiss 2023

• The movie is directed by Ali Ray, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Ali Ray also directed Exhibition On Screen: Frida Kahlo 2020 in 2020 which grossed £70.1K in the UK.
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Undertaker

• The movie is from director Michael Wright.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Paul McGann who also starred in My Kingdom (2001).
• The film also stars Tara Fitzgerald who was last seen in Rise of the Footsoldier: Vengeance (2023).
• They also appeared together in Churchills Secret in 2016.
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• 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 5 new movies released

• Daliland - Monday, 4th September
• Dream Scenario - Friday, 10th November
• The Killer - Friday, 10th November - streaming
• Anatomy of a Fall - Friday, 10th November
• The Marvels - Friday, 10th November

The new movie from celebrated director M. Night Shyamalan, Knock at the Cabin, is given a 15 age rating in the UK for strong threat, violence, language, suicide

The movie stars Dave Bautista who is most famous for playing Drax in the Guardians of the Galaxy movies and was seen in last year hit movie Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, it also stars Jonathan Groff from the Frozen~2013 movies and Hamilton.

Director M. Night Shyamalan is most famous for his genre bending movie The Sixth Sense but is also known for Lady in the Water and The Village.

Movie Synopsis

While vacationing at a remote cabin in the woods, a young girl and her parents are taken hostage by four armed strangers who demand they make an unthinkable choice to avert the apocalypse. Confused, scared and with limited access to the outside world, the family must decide what they believe before all is lost.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Knock at the Cabin
• BBFC age rating: 15 Certificate
• Reason: strong threat, violence, language, suicide
• Release date: 3rd February 2023
• Runtime: 100 minutes (1 hour 40 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • M. Night Shyamalan
• Starring:
  • Dave Bautista
  • Jonathan Groff
  • Ben Aldridge

BBFC movie page

Disney take the top two spots at the US box office this weekend although with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever staying at the top it means the new animated tale Strange World limps into second place.

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery makes an impressive debut at 3 on limited release while Devotion is new at 4.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 25th - 27th November 2022

Remaining at the top for a third weekend is the Marvel movie sequel to Black Panther which takes $45.9 Million over the post Thanksgiving weekend, a small drop of 32% over last weekend.

The movie is tracking behind the original but this weekend pushes its total gross to $367 Million, quite a way behind the $500 Million of Black Panther three weeks into its run.

The movie will hence most likely finish below that of the original which took over $700 Million at the North American box office.

Highest new movie this weekend

The new Disney animated movie falls below expectation at the US box office during a time of big change at Disney with the old CEO Bob Chapeck being replaced by former CEO Bob Iger!

The movie lands on the North American box office at number 2 with a Thanksgiving post weekend gross of $18.6 Million.

In comparison the previous Disney animated movie (not Pixar) was Encanto from the same time last year and that grossed over $27 Million on its debut, and box office takings were still low due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Netflix release their much anticipated sequel movie in limited cinemas for a limited run and the movie lands very nicely at number 3 on the box office this weekend.

The movie takes $13.2 Million on its debut weekend, comparing to the original Knives Out is not a fair comparison as that movie got a full theatrical release but released in 2019 it took $26.7 Million on its debut, and with this getting good reviews you can imagine what it would have achieved with a full theatrical release!

A poor set of reviews given to this, dare I say poor mans Top Gun Maverick as it lands at number 4 on the box office this weekend.

The movie takes $9 Million on its debut with a swift drop down the box office bound to follow!

Falling to number 5 this weekend after its debut at 2 is the Ralph Finnes and Anya Taylor-Joy starring movie which takes $5.2 Million this weekend, a 42$ drop.

This gives the movie a total North American gross of $18.6 Million after 2 weeks of release.