Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 23rd January 2026, there are 5 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple from the top of the UK box office.

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.

• Mercy
• Saipan
• No Other Choice
• Return to Silent Hill
• H Is For Hawk

Mercy

• The movie is directed by Timur Bekmambetov, it is the directors 15th movie.
• Timur Bekmambetov also directed The Arena in 2001.
• It stars Chris Pratt who also starred in The Five Year Engagement (2012).
• The film also stars Rebecca Ferguson who's last movie was Dune: Part Two (2024).
• Timur Bekmambetov directed Chris Pratt in and Wanted
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Saipan

• The movie is directed by Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn also directed Cherrybomb in 2010 which grossed £16.5 K in the UK.
• It stars Steve Coogan who also starred in Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022).
• The film also stars Eanna Hardwicke who's last movie was William Tell (2025).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

No Other Choice

• The movie is directed by Park Chan-wook, it is the directors 16th movie.
• Park Chan-wook also directed Three ... Extremes in 2004.
• It stars Lee Byung-hun who also starred in Memories of the Sword (2015).
• The film also stars Yeom Hye-ran who's last movie was Citizen of a Kind (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Return to Silent Hill

• The movie is directed by Christophe Gans, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Christophe Gans also directed Silent Hill in 2006 which grossed £3.5 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Jeremy Irvine who also starred in Benediction (2021).
• The film also stars Hannah Emily Anderson who's last movie was X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

H Is For Hawk

• The movie is directed by Philippa Lowthorpe, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Philippa Lowthorpe also directed Swallows and Amazons in 2016 which grossed £3.1 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Claire Foy who also starred in The Lady In the Van (2015).
• The film also stars Brendan Gleeson who's last movie was Joker: Folie à Deux (2024).
• 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

• The Wrecking Crew - Wednesday, 28th January - streaming
• Primate - Friday, 30th January
• Nouvelle Vague - Friday, 30th January
• Rabbit Trap - Friday, 30th January
• Shelter - Friday, 30th January
• Is This Thing On - Friday, 30th January

With Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale currently at the top of the UK box office can this weeks new cinema releases challlenge it for the UK box office crown?

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.

• A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
• Saipan

A Big Bold Beautiful Journey

• The movie is directed by Kogonada, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Kogonada also directed After Yang in 2022 which grossed £5.7 K in the UK.
• It stars Colin Farrell who also starred in Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2018).
• The film also stars Margot Robbie who's last movie was Barbie (2023).
• Kogonada directed Colin Farrell in and After Yang
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Saipan

• The movie is directed by Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn also directed Good Vibrations in 2013 which grossed £308.3 K in the UK.
• It stars Steve Coogan who also starred in Ella Enchanted (2004).
• The film also stars Eanna Hardwicke who's last movie was William Tell (2025).
• 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

• One Battle After Another - Friday, 26th September
• Dead of Winter - Friday, 26th September
• Hamilton - Friday, 26th September
• Detective Conan: One Eyed Flashback - Friday, 26th September
• The Strangers: Chapter 2 - Friday, 26th September
• Poison - Friday, 26th September
• Mother's Pride - Friday, 26th September

Last weekend The Garfield Movie was at the top of the North American box office, there are 5 new releases this weekend, will any of them top the US box office this weekend?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Bad Boys: Ride Or Die
• Late Bloomers
• The Watched
• Hit Man
• Am I OK?

Bad Boys: Ride Or Die

• The movie is directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah also directed Black in 2016.
• It stars Will Smith who also starred in Emancipation (2022).
• The film also stars Martin Lawrence who's last movie was Bad Boys For Life (2020).
• Will Smith and Martin Lawrence have starred in 3 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Bad Boys II in 2003, Bad Boys in 1995 and Bad Boys For Life in 2020.
• Adil El Arbi directed Will Smith in Bad Boys For Life
• Adil El Arbi directed Martin Lawrence in Bad Boys For Life
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Late Bloomers

• The movie is from director Lisa Steen.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Karen Gillan who also starred in The Party's Just Beginning (2019).
• The film also stars Malgorzata Zajaczkowska who's last movie was Zacma (2017).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

The Watched

• The movie is from director Ishana Shyamalan.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Dakota Fanning who also starred in War of the Worlds (2005).
• The film also stars Georgina Campbell who's last movie was T I M (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Hit Man

• The movie is directed by Richard Linklater, it is the directors 25th movie.
• Richard Linklater also directed Waking Life in 2001.
• It stars Glen Powell who also starred in The Wendell Baker Story (2005).
• The film also stars Adria Arjona who's last movie was The Absence of Eden (2024).
• Richard Linklater directed Glen Powell in Everybody Wants Some!!
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The MPAA age rating is

Am I OK?

• The movie is from director Stephanie Allynne and Tig Notaro.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Dakota Johnson who also starred in The High Note (2020).
• The film also stars Sonoya Mizuno who's last movie was Civil War (2024).
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• 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 5 new movies released

• Bad Boys 4 - Friday, 14th June
• Firebrand - Friday, 14th June
• Tiger Stripes - Friday, 14th June
• Inside Out 2 - Friday, 14th June
• Treasure - Friday, 14th June

Director Denis Villeneuve brings his second part of the Dune~2020 story to the big screen, and unlike the forst part this movie doesn't have to deal with a pandemic and opens to just over £9 Million.

The original movie which was delayed until 2021 took £5.8 Million on its debut, at the time this was good for a movie after all the COVID19 cinema closures.

Last weeks top movie, Bob Marley: One Love, falls to second place this week after 2 weekends at the top, the movie has taken an excellent £4,2 Million in total box office grosses.

Madame Web hangs on for another weekend on the top 5 bit with a total gross of only £3.9 Million it will be one of the lowest grossing superhero movie in the modern era.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 1st - 3rd March 2024

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,351,557 over the weekend, a 43% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £13,760,796 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,172,890 over the weekend, a 29% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £4,259,564 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is the 11th top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie remains at number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £246,538 over the weekend, a 59% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £3,916,755 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is the 12th top grossing film so far in 2024

Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 1st March 2024, there are 5 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Bob Marley: One Love from the top of the UK box office.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Dune Part Two
• Lisa Frankenstein
• Spaceman
• Four Daughters
• Hamlet

Dune Part Two

• The movie is directed by Denis Villeneuve, it is the directors 11th movie.
• Denis Villeneuve also directed Dune in 2021 which grossed £21.8 Mil. in the UK and grossed $400.7 Mil. globally.
• It stars Timothee Chalamet who also starred in Men Women and Children (2014).
• The film also stars Zendaya who was last seen in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021).
• They also appeared together in Dune in 2021.
• Denis Villeneuve directed Timothee Chalamet in Dune
• Denis Villeneuve directed Zendaya in Dune
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Lisa Frankenstein

• The movie is from director Zelda Williams.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Kathryn Newton who also starred in Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019).
• The film also stars Liza Soberano who was last seen in My Ex and Whys (2017).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Spaceman

• The movie is directed by Johan Renck, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Johan Renck also directed Downloading Nancy in 2008.
• It stars Adam Sandler who also starred in Pixels (2015).
• The film also stars Carey Mulligan who was last seen in Saltburn (2023).
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.

Four Daughters

• The movie is directed by Kaouther Ben Hania, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Kaouther Ben Hania also directed The Man Who Sold His Skin in 2020 which grossed £4K in the UK.
• It stars Olfa Hamrouni who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Eya Chikhaoui who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Hamlet

• The movie is directed by Sean Mathias, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Sean Mathias also directed National Theatre Live: No Man's Land in 2016.
• It stars Ian McKellen who also starred in Miss In Her Teens (2012).
• The film also stars Francesca Annis who was last seen in King of Thieves (2018).
• Sean Mathias directed Ian McKellen in Bent
• 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 4 new movies released

• Titanic: The Musical - Thursday, 7th March
• Imaginary - Friday, 8th March
• Origin - Friday, 8th March
• Io Capitano - Friday, 8th March