This weekend, Friday 8th August 2025, there are 4 new films released in North America and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, 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.

• Freakier Friday
• Weapons
• The Pickup
• North Star

Freakier Friday

• The movie is directed by Nisha Ganatra, it is the directors 8th movie.
• Nisha Ganatra also directed Late Night in 2019.
• It stars Jamie Lee Curtis who also starred in Knives Out (2019).
• The film also stars Lindsay Lohan who's last movie was Mean Girls (2024).
• They also appeared together in Freaky Friday in 2003.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Weapons

• The movie is directed by Zach Cregger, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Zach Cregger also directed Miss March in 2009.
• It stars Josh Brolin who also starred in Avengers: Endgame (2019).
• The film also stars Julia Garner who's last movie was The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025).
• They also appeared together in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For in 2014.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

The Pickup

• The movie is directed by Tim Story, it is the directors 17th movie.
• Tim Story also directed Kevin Hart: Laugh At My Pain in 2011 which grossed $7.7 Mil. in the US and grossed $7.7 Mil. globally.
• It stars Eddie Murphy who also starred in Coming 2 America (2021).
• The film also stars Pete Davidson who's last movie was The Home (2025).
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• The MPAA age rating is

North Star

• The movie is from director Kristin Scott Thomas.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Scarlett Johansson who also starred in Isle of Dogs (2018).
• The film also stars Sienna Miller who's last movie was Horizon: An American Saga (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 2 new movies released

• Nobody 2 - Friday, 15th August
• Americana - Friday, 15th August

This weekend, Friday 28th October 2022, there are 7 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Black Adam, for the number 1 spot?

Here are this weeks new releases

• Barbarian
• Medieval
• Home Coming
• Enola Holmes 2
• BROS
• Triangle of Sadness
• Prey For the Devil

Barbarian

• The movie is directed by Zach Cregger, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Zach Cregger also directed Miss March in 2009 which grossed £24.4K in the UK.
• It stars Georgina Campbell who also starred in All My Friends Hate Me (2022).
• The film also stars Bill Skarsgård who was last seen in Burn All My Letters (2022).
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Medieval

• The movie is from director Petr Jákl.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Ben Foster who also starred in Love Marilyn (2013).
• The film also stars Sophie Lowe who was last seen in Above Suspicion (2019).
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Home Coming

• The movie is directed by Xiaozhi Rao, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Xiaozhi Rao also directed Ode to the Spring in 2022.
• It stars Yi Zhang who also starred in One Second (2020).
• The film also stars Karry Wang who was last seen in The Fallen Bridge (2022).
• They also appeared together in My People, My Homeland in 2020.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Enola Holmes 2

• The movie is directed by Harry Bradbeer, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Harry Bradbeer also directed Enola Holmes in 2020.
• It stars Millie Bobby Brown who also starred in Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019).
• The film also stars Henry Cavill who was last seen in Argylle (2022).
• They also appeared together in Enola Holmes in 2020.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

BROS

• The movie is directed by Nicholas Stoller, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Nicholas Stoller also directed Forgetting Sarah Marshall in 2008 which grossed £7.6 Mil. in the UK and grossed $105.8 Mil. globally.
• It stars Billy Eichner who also starred in We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss (2014).
• The film also stars Luke Macfarlane who was last seen in Rock, Paper, Scissors (2017).
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Triangle of Sadness

• The movie is directed by Ruben Ostlund, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Ruben Ostlund also directed The Square in 2018 which grossed £221.3K in the UK.
• It stars Thobias Thorwid who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Harris Dickinson who was last seen in See How They Run (2022).
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Prey For the Devil

• The movie is directed by Daniel Stamm, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Daniel Stamm also directed 13 Sins in 2014.
• It stars Jacqueline Byers who also starred in You Are Here (2019).
• The film also stars Colin Salmon who was last seen in Nobody (2021).
• 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 6 new movies released

• Watcher - Friday, 4th November
• Living - Friday, 4th November
• Causeway - Saturday, 8th October
• One Piece Film: Red - Friday, 4th November
• Call Jane - Friday, 14th October
• Hunt - Friday, 4th November

Horror movie Barbarian~2022 makes its debut at the top of the North American box office this weekend while Indian movie Brahmastra Part 1: Shiva is also new coming in at number 2.

Further down the box office there are new entries for Lifemark at number 7 with $2.2 Million and Medieval at number 14 with $810,000.

As happens each year the night before the Oscar nominations are announced the Razzie nominations are announced which celebrated the worst in cinematic achievements through the year.

Leading the field this year is the Transformers sequel, Revenge of the Fallen, which lets face it was truly awful and in the field for worst film along with All About Steve, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Land of the Lost and Old Dogs should win quite comfortably.

As these awards are something which are not taken too seriously, even by the foundation, in the worst actor category we have all 3 Jonas brothers up for a single nomination, in the same category we have Will Ferrell, Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy (who has had his fare share of nominations) and John Travolta.

Worst actress nods go to Beyonce, Sandra Bullock, Myley Cyrus, Megan Fox and Sarah Jessica Parker, and guess which of these was in the Transformers movie that may just pip the rest at the post.

The categories are not in the usual fashion and there is a category for Worst Screen Couple for which the Jonas brothers feature again and Worst Remake, Rip-off or Sequel, which of course the Transformers film appears in.

As we celebrated the end of a decade last year there are also categories for picture, actress and actor that were the worst of the naughties.

For more info check out the Razzies website and here is the nomination list

WORST PICTURE OF 2009
"All About Steve"
"G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra"
"Land of the Lost"
"Old Dogs""
"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" (a.k.a. "Trannies, Too")
 
WORST ACTOR OF 2009 
All Three Jonas Brothers, "Jonas Brothers: The 3-D Concert Experience"
Will Ferrell, "Land of the Lost"
Steve Martin, "Pink Panther 2"
Eddie Murphy, "Imagine That"
John Travolta, "Old Dogs"

WORST ACTRESS Of 2009 
Beyonce, "Obsessed"
Sandra Bullock, "All About Steve" 
Myley Cyrus, "Hannah Montana: The Movie" 
Megan Fox, "Jennifer’s Body" and "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" 
Sarah Jessica Parker, "Did You Hear About the Morgans?"