A new poster has been released for upcoming movie The Odyssey which can be viewed in full if you scroll down this page.

Movie breakdown

• The movie is directed by Christopher Nolan
• It stars Jon Bernthal (We Are Your Friends) and Matt Damon (IF) among others.
• The movie also stars Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland and Robert Pattinson
• The release date in the UK is 17th July 2026
• While the North American release date is set for 17th July 2026
• Jon Bernthal and Matt Damon appeared together in Le Mans "66
• Christopher Nolan directed Matt Damon in Interstellar

Synopsis for The Odyssey

Odysseus, king of Ithaca, embarks on a perilous journey to return home after the Trojan War.

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

With Ne Zha 2 currently at the top of the global box office can this weeks new cinema releases challlenge it for the global box office crown?

As well as many movies released in cinemas around the globe this list also includes a number of the top movies released on streaming platforms.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Kinda Pregnant
• Love Hurts
• The Brutalist
• Dark Nuns
• Presence
• A Complete Unknown
• Bring Them Down
• Into the Deep
• Maria
• September 5

Kinda Pregnant

• The movie is from director Tyler Spindel.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Amy Schumer who also starred in Misery Loves Comedy (2015).
• The film also stars Will Forte who's last movie was Thelma the Unicorn (2024).
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• Released this week in:
  Australia / Brazil / Canada / France / Germany / India / Italy / Japan / Mexico / Poland / Singapore / Spain / Sweden / Turkey / United Kingdom / United States / Vietnam

Love Hurts

• The movie is from director Jonathan Eusebio.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Ke Huy Quan who also starred in Music By John Williams (2024).
• The film also stars Ariana DeBose who's last movie was Kraven the Hunter (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Australia / Canada / Germany / Hungary / Iceland / Ireland / Israel / Italy / Malaysia / Portugal / Singapore / Spain / Taiwan / Turkey / United Kingdom / United States / Vietnam

The Brutalist

• The movie is directed by Brady Corbet, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Brady Corbet also directed The Childhood of a Leader in 2016.
• It stars Adrien Brody who also starred in The Pianist (2003).
• The film also stars Felicity Jones who's last movie was Dead Shot (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• Released this week in:
  Argentina / Belgium / Czech Republic / Greece / Italy / Mexico / Netherlands / Romania / Sweden

Dark Nuns

• The movie is directed by Hyeok-jae Kwon, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Hyeok-jae Kwon also directed Count in 2023.
• It stars Song Hye-kyo who also starred in The Crossing 2 (2015).
• The film also stars Jeon Yeo-been who's last movie was Harbin (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Australia / Canada / Laos / Myanmar / New Zealand / Thailand / United States

Presence

• The movie is directed by Steven Soderbergh, it is the directors 37th movie.
• Steven Soderbergh also directed Erin Brockovich in 2000 which grossed $256.3 Mil. globally.
• It stars Lucy Liu who also starred in Shanghai Noon (2000).
• The film also stars Julia Fox who's last movie was No Sudden Move (2021).
• Steven Soderbergh directed Julia Fox in and No Sudden Move
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Australia / France / Hungary / Italy / Portugal / Romania

A Complete Unknown

• The movie is directed by James Mangold, it is the directors 14th movie.
• James Mangold also directed Le Mans '66 in 2019 which grossed $225.5 Mil. globally.
• It stars Timothée Chalamet who also starred in Trooper (2013).
• The film also stars Edward Norton who's last movie was Asteroid City (2023).
• They also appeared together in The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun in 2021.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Estonia / Finland / Hungary / Israel / Romania / Turkey

Bring Them Down

• The movie is from director Chris Andrews.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Christopher Abbott who also starred in Sanctuary (2022).
• The film also stars Barry Keoghan who's last movie was Bird (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Argentina / Ireland / Mexico / United Kingdom / United States

Into the Deep

• The movie is directed by Christian Sesma, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Christian Sesma also directed Section Eight in 2022.
• It stars Callum McGowan who also starred in Kat and the Band (2019).
• The film also stars Scout Taylor-Compton who's last movie was They Turned Us Into Killers (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Egypt / France / Japan / South Korea / United Kingdom

Maria

• The movie is directed by Pablo Larraín, it is the directors 11th movie.
• Pablo Larraín also directed Venice 70: Future Reloaded in 2013.
• It stars Angelina Jolie who also starred in Life Or Something Like It (2002).
• The film also stars Pierfrancesco Favino who's last movie was The Count of Monte-Cristo (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• Released this week in:
  France / Germany / Poland / Spain

September 5

• The movie is from director Tim Fehlbaum.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Peter Sarsgaard who also starred in Pet Shop Days (2023).
• The film also stars John Magaro who's last movie was Showing Up (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• Released this week in:
  Australia / France / South Korea / United Kingdom

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

Next week there are 42 new movies released gloabally

• Captain America: Brave New World - From Wednesday, 12th February
• Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy - From Wednesday, 12th February
• Attack On Titan The Movie: The Last Attack - From Monday, 10th February
• Beating Hearts - From Thursday, 13th February
• Emmanuelle - From Friday, 14th February
• September 5 - From Thursday, 13th February
• Presence - From Friday, 14th February
• Dark Nuns - From Thursday, 13th February
• Sing Sing - From Thursday, 13th February
• The Brutalist - From Wednesday, 12th February
• La Cocina - From Friday, 14th February
• Conclave - From Thursday, 13th February
• The Seed of the Sacred Fig - From Friday, 14th February
• The Well - From Thursday, 13th February
• Emilia Pérez - From Monday, 10th February
• Detective Chinatown 1900 - From Thursday, 13th February
• Deva - From Friday, 14th February
• Maria - From Thursday, 13th February
• Verona's Romeo & Juliet - From Friday, 14th February
• Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin. - From Thursday, 13th February
• Feng Shen 2 - From Friday, 14th February
• The Last Showgirl - From Thursday, 13th February
• Flight Risk - From Thursday, 13th February
• The Girl With the Needle - From Thursday, 13th February
• Companion - From Friday, 14th February
• Trillion Game - From Friday, 14th February
• Flow - From Saturday, 15th February
• Vermiglio - From Friday, 14th February
• Marked Men - From Friday, 14th February
• Troll Factory - From Friday, 14th February
• Paddington In Peru - From Friday, 14th February
• Memoir of a Snail - From Friday, 14th February
• Holy Cow - From Thursday, 13th February
• Daddio - From Friday, 14th February
• Dog Man - From Friday, 14th February
• I Dannati - From Wednesday, 12th February
• Firebrand - From Friday, 14th February
• Queer - From Thursday, 13th February
• Lee - From Wednesday, 9th October
• Ruzgara Birak - From Friday, 14th February
• The Promised Land - From Friday, 14th February
• Parthenope - From Friday, 14th February

Last weekend saw Spider-Man: No Way Home at the top of the UK box office, with 3 new releases can any of them do enough to top the box office chart this weekend?

Here are this weeks new releases.

• Belfast
• Nightmare Alley
• A Journal For Jordan

Belfast

• The movie is directed by Kenneth Branagh, it is the directors 21st movie.
• Kenneth Branagh also directed In the Bleak Midwinter in 1995 which grossed £346.8K in the UK.
• It stars Caitriona Balfe who also starred in Le Mans '66 (2019).
• The film also stars Judi Dench who last appeared in Off the Rails (2021).
• UK Box Office prediction: 3

Nightmare Alley

• The movie is directed by Guillermo del Toro, it is the directors 12th movie.
• Guillermo del Toro also directed Hellboy in 2004 which grossed £3 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Bradley Cooper who also starred in American Sniper (2015).
• The film also stars Cate Blanchett who last appeared in Don't Look Up (2021).
• UK Box Office prediction: 5

A Journal For Jordan

• The movie is directed by Denzel Washington, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Denzel Washington also directed John Q in 2002 which grossed £779.2K in the UK.
• It stars Michael B. Jordan who also starred in Creed II (2018).
• The film also stars Chante Adams who last appeared in Voyagers (2021).

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

• Detective Chinatown 3, Tuesday, 25th January
• Sing 2, Friday, 28th January
• Parallel Mother's, Friday, 28th January

Cinemas are back open in the UK after nearly 5 months of being closed and there are a whole host of new releases this week to mark the occasion.

Most of these new movies came out on Monday, and many of them have been delayed from last year, and some of them are already available on streaming so there is a nice mixed bag.

Here is a rundown of this weeks new movies in the UK.

Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway

• The movie is directed by Will Gluck
• Will Gluck also directed Friends With Benefits in 2011 which grossed £6.2 Million in the UK.
• It stars James Corden who last starred in Superintelligence (2020).
• The film also stars Elizabeth Debicki who last appeared in The Burnt Orange Heresy (2019).
• James Corden and Elizabeth Debicki starred in Peter Rabbit (2018) together.

Spiral: From the Book of Saw

• The movie is directed by Darren Lynn Bousman
• Darren Lynn Bousman also directed Identity Lost in 2001.
• It stars Chris Rock who last starred in The Witches (2020).
• The film also stars Samuel L. Jackson who last appeared in Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019).

The Unholy

• The movie is from director Evan Spiliotopoulos
• It is their directorial debut.
• It stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan who last starred in Walkaway Joe (2020).
• The film also stars Cary Elwes who last appeared in Black Christmas (2019).

Nomadland

• The movie is directed by Chloé Zhao
• Chloé Zhao also directed The Rider in 2018 which grossed £36.3 Thousand in the UK.
• It stars Frances McDormand who last starred in The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2020).
• The film also stars Gay DeForest who is making a feature film debut.

My New York Year

• The movie is directed by Philippe Falardeau
• Philippe Falardeau also directed The Bleeder in 2016.
• It stars Margaret Qualley who last starred in Seberg (2020).
• The film also stars Sigourney Weaver who last appeared in The Meyerowitz Stories New and Selected (2017).

Army of the Dead

• The movie is directed by Zack Snyder
• Zack Snyder also directed Dawn of the Dead in 2004 which grossed £5.4 Million in the UK.
• It stars Hiroyuki Sanada who last starred in Mortal Kombat (2021).
• The film also stars Dave Bautista who last appeared in My Spy (2020).
• Hiroyuki Sanada and Dave Bautista starred in Avengers: Endgame (2019) together.

Sound of Metal

• The movie is from director Darius Marder
• It is their directorial debut.
• It stars Riz Ahmed who last starred in Mogul Mowgli (2020).
• The film also stars Olivia Cooke who last appeared in Naked Singularity (2021).

Those Who Wish Me Dead

• The movie is directed by Taylor Sheridan
• Taylor Sheridan also directed Wind River in 2017 which grossed £1.2 Million in the UK.
• It stars Angelina Jolie who last starred in Come Away (2020).
• The film also stars Jon Bernthal who last appeared in Le Mans '66 (2019).

Rare Beasts

• The movie is from director Billie Piper
• It is their directorial debut.
• It stars Billie Piper who last starred in Eternal Beauty (2019).
• The film also stars Leo Bill who last appeared in In Fabric (2019).

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

Next weeks there are 4 new movies

• Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train, Wednesday, 26th May
• Cruella, Friday, 28th May
• The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, Friday, 28th May
• First Cow, Friday, 28th May

For the second week running Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker is the top home entertainment movie in the UK while Birds Of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation Of One Harley Quinn) is the top new release of the week.

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

The end of the Skywalker saga remains at the top as the best selling video and top streaming movie of the week on its second week of release.

Jumanji: The Next Level

The Dwayne Johnson starring sequel remains at number 2 for a second week on its 4th week of release in the UK.

Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

Top new movie of the week on on the home entertainment chart is the Margot Robbie vehicle and spiritual successor to Suicide Squad.

The movie hit cinemas early in February of 2020 where it made its debut at number 2, kept from the top by Dolittle.

The movie took £8.8 Million in the UK over a 5 week box office run while the film took $201.8 Million globally.

Spies In Disguise

Starring the voice talents of Will Smith and Tom Holland this animated feature released at the very end of December 2019 made its debut at number 6 on the UK box office.

The movie was on the box office for 7 weeks taking £7.6 Million in the UK while the film took £66.7 Million in the US.

Frozen II

The Disney sequel continues its home video run inside the top 5 this week, sitting at number 5 after 6 weeks of release.

Here is the UK top 10 home entertainment movies for week 29th April - 5th may.

1. Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker
2. Jumanji: The Next Level
3. Birds Of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation Of One Harley Quinn)
4. Spies In Disguise
5. Frozen II
6. Sonic The Hedgehog
7. Blue Story
8. Knives Out
9. Trolls
10. Le Mans '66 (Ford V Ferrari)