This weekend, Friday 24th January 2025, there are 7 new films released in North America and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Mufasa: The Lion King, for the number 1 spot?

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.

• Flight Risk
• Presence
• Brave the Dark
• The Colors Within
• Inheritance
• The Girl With the Needle
• Bau: Artist At War

Flight Risk

• The movie is directed by Mel Gibson, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Mel Gibson also directed Hacksaw Ridge in 2017 which grossed $67.2 Mil. in the US and grossed $180.6 Mil. globally.
• It stars Michelle Dockery who also starred in Self/Less (2015).
• The film also stars Mark Wahlberg who's last movie was Arthur the King (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Presence

• The movie is directed by Steven Soderbergh, it is the directors 37th movie.
• Steven Soderbergh also directed Solaris in 2003.
• 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.

Brave the Dark

• The movie is directed by Damian Harris, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Damian Harris also directed Mercy in 2000.
• It stars Jared Harris who also starred in White Lies (1997).
• Damian Harris directed Jared Harris in and The Rachel Papers
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

The Colors Within

• The movie is directed by Naoko Yamada, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Naoko Yamada also directed K-On!: The Movie in 2011.
• It stars Sayu Suzukawa who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Akari Takaishi who's last movie was My Happy Marriage (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Inheritance

• The movie is directed by Neil Burger, it is the directors 11th movie.
• Neil Burger also directed Voyagers in 2021.
• It stars Phoebe Dynevor who also starred in Fair Play (2023).
• The film also stars Rhys Ifans who's last movie was Venom: The Last Dance (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

The Girl With the Needle

• The movie is directed by Magnus von Horn, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Magnus von Horn also directed The Here After in 2016.
• It stars Vic Carmen Sonne who also starred in Godland (2022).
• The film also stars Trine Dyrholm who's last movie was The Almond and the Seahorse (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

Bau: Artist At War

• The movie is directed by Sean McNamara, it is the directors 44th movie.
• Sean McNamara also directed Treehouse Hostage in 1999.
• It stars Emile Hirsch who also starred in Just Jim (2015).
• The film also stars Inbar Lavi who's last movie was For the Love of Money (2012).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

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

• Panda Bear In Africa - Monday, 14th October - streaming
• Feng Shen 2 - Wednesday, 29th January - limited release
• Dog Man - Friday, 31st January
• Companion - Friday, 31st January
• Game of Power - Sunday, 2nd February

Last weekend Barbie was at the top of the North American box office, there are 8 new releases this weekend, will any of them top the US box office this weekend?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Meg 2: The Trench
• Passages
• Corner Office
• Dreamin' Wild
• Mob Land
• Til Death Do Us Part
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
• The Hiding Place

Meg 2: The Trench

• The movie is directed by Ben Wheatley, it is the directors 12th movie.
• Ben Wheatley also directed Kill List in 2011.
• It stars Jason Statham who also starred in Hummingbird (2013).
• The film also stars Cliff Curtis who was last seen in True Spirit (2023).
• Jason Statham and Cliff Curtis have starred in 2 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Fast & Furious Presents Hobbs and Shaw in 2019 and The Meg in 2018.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Passages

• The movie is directed by Ira Sachs, it is the directors 11th movie.
• Ira Sachs also directed Vaudeville in 1992.
• It stars Franz Rogowski who also starred in Victoria (2016).
• The film also stars Ben Whishaw who was last seen in Women Talking (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The MPAA age rating is

Corner Office

• The movie is from director Joachim Back.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Jon Hamm who also starred in Keeping Up With the Joneses (2016).
• The film also stars Danny Pudi who was last seen in Somebody I Used to Know (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Dreamin' Wild

• The movie is directed by Bill Pohlad, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Bill Pohlad also directed Love and Mercy in 2015.
• It stars Walton Goggins who also starred in The Hateful Eight (2015).
• The film also stars Casey Affleck who was last seen in Oppenheimer (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Mob Land

• The movie is from director Nicholas Maggio.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars John Travolta who also starred in Hairspray (2007).
• The film also stars Donald Ome who was last seen in Pain Hustlers (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

Til Death Do Us Part

• The movie is directed by Timothy Woodward Jr., it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Timothy Woodward Jr. also directed Traded in 2016.
• It stars Cam Gigandet who also starred in The Experiment (2010).
• The film also stars Jason Patric who was last seen in Shrapnel (2023).
• They also appeared together in Shrapnel in 2023.
• Timothy Woodward Jr. directed Jason Patric in Gangster Land
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

• The movie is directed by Jeff Rowe and Kyler Spears, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Jeff Rowe and Kyler Spears also directed The Mitchells Vs. the Machines in 2021.
• It stars Ayo Edebiri who also starred in Hello, Goodbye and Everything In Between (2022).
• The film also stars Rose Byrne who was last seen in Insidious: The Red Door (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

The Hiding Place

• The movie is from director Laura Matula.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Nan Gurley who also starred in The Hiding Place (2023).
• The film also stars John Schuck who was last seen in Santa Bootcamp (2022).
• 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 7 new movies released

• Dragonkeeper - Thursday, 10th August
• The Last Voyage of Demeter - Friday, 11th August
• Heart of Stone - Friday, 11th August - streaming
• Go West - Wednesday, 19th July
• Jules - Friday, 11th August
• The Pod Generation - Friday, 11th August
• Medusa Deluxe - Friday, 11th August

The next movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Shang-chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings gets an age rating certificate from the BBFC, a 12A for moderate violence, fantasy threat, bloody images, language.

The movie stars Simu Liug as Shang-chi and Awkwafina as they both mark their debuts in the Disney MCU.

The movie is directed by Destin Daniel Cretton who is best known for directing Just Mercy in 2019.

Movie Synopsis

Martial-arts master Shang-Chi confronts the past he thought he left behind when he's drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Shang-chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings
• BBFC age rating: 12A Certificate
• Reason: moderate violence, fantasy threat, bloody images, language
• Release date: 3rd September 2021
• Runtime: 132m (2 hour 12 minutes)
• Director: Destin Daniel Cretton
• Starring: Simu Liu, Awkwafina, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung

A new trailer has been released for the Disney/Marvel movie Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings from the Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 4 series of movies.

The movie stars Simu Liu as Shang-Chi and also features Awkwafina and is set for release in the UK on 3rd September and in the US on he same day.

The trailer is an action feast and as well as revealing some of the story has some quite incredible effects shots.

The movie is directed by Hawaiian Destin Daniel Cretton who also directed Just Mercy in 2019.

With Black Widow nearly in cinemas and Disney+ this is the next movie to look forward to in the MCU before we get the much anticipated Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

Last weekend saw Wonder Woman 1984 at the top of the UK box office, and the movie is likely to remain there this week with no new cinema releases.

There are a couple of new movies hitting VOD this week, Soul and One Night in Miami.

Soul

• The movie is from director Pete Docter and Kemp Powers
• It is their directorial debut.
• It stars Jamie Foxx who last starred in Just Mercy (2020).
• The film also stars Tina Fey who last appeared in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016).

One Night In Miami

• This new release stars Kingsley Ben-Adir who's last film was Noelle (2019)
• It also stars Eli Goree who appeared in Race (2016).
• The film is brought to us by new director Regina King.

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

Next weeks there are 3 new movies

• I Fell In Love Like A Flower Bouquet, Friday, 25th December
• The Duke, Friday, 25th December
• Doraemon: Nobita And The Legend Of The Sun King, Friday, 1st January