Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 15th December 2023, there are 6 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Wonka from the top of the UK box office.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Godzilla Minus One
• The Shift
• Showing Up
• Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire
• What Happens Later
• The Three Musketeers: Milady

Godzilla Minus One

• The movie is directed by Takashi Yamazaki, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Takashi Yamazaki also directed Ghost Book Obakezukan in 2022.
• It stars Ryunosuke Kamiki who also starred in Gekijouban SPEC: Kurôzu - Zen no hen (2013).
• The film also stars Minami Hamabe who was last seen in Shin Kamen Rider (2023).
• They also appeared together in Murder At Shijinso in 2019.
• Takashi Yamazaki directed Ryunosuke Kamiki in Ghost Book Obakezukan
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Shift

• The movie is from director Brock Heasley.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Neal McDonough who also starred in Flags of Our Fathers (2006).
• The film also stars Kristoffer Polaha who was last seen in Jurassic World: Dominion (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Showing Up

• The movie is directed by Kelly Reichardt, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Kelly Reichardt also directed Night Moves in 2014 which grossed £25.6K in the UK.
• It stars Michelle Williams who also starred in Me Without You (2001).
• The film also stars Hong Chau who was last seen in Asteroid City (2023).
• Kelly Reichardt directed Michelle Williams in Certain Women
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire

• The movie is directed by Zack Snyder, it is the directors 12th movie.
• Zack Snyder also directed Man of Steel in 2013 which grossed £29.8 Mil. in the UK and grossed $661 Mil. globally.
• It stars Sofia Boutella who also starred in Hotel Artemis (2018).
• The film also stars Ed Skrein who was last seen in Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon (2022).
• Zack Snyder directed Ed Skrein in Rebel Moon Part Two: The Scargiver
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

What Happens Later

• The movie is directed by Meg Ryan, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Meg Ryan also directed Ithaca in 2015.
• It stars Meg Ryan who also starred in In the Cut (2003).
• The film also stars David Duchovny who was last seen in The Bubble (2022).
• Meg Ryan directed Meg Ryan in Ithaca
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Three Musketeers: Milady

• The movie is directed by Martin Bourboulon, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Martin Bourboulon also directed The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan in 2023 which grossed £393.4K in the UK.
• It stars Jacob Fortune-Lloyd who also starred in Globe On Screen: The Merchant of Venice Shakespeares Globe 2015 (2016).
• The film also stars Eva Green who was last seen in The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan (2023).
• They also appeared together in The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan in 2023.
• Martin Bourboulon directed Jacob Fortune-Lloyd in The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan
• Martin Bourboulon directed Eva Green in The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan
• 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 3 new movies released

• Maestro - Wednesday, 20th December - streaming
• Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom - Thursday, 21st December
• Silent Night - Saturday, 23rd December - streaming

After a couple of weeks of very little excitement at the Uk box office this week explodes with the release of Warner Bros. IT which dominates the chart and easily enters at the top.

IT enters the Uk box office with just over £10 million which puts in in the top 100 for UK best opening films and it is the only film on the top 10 to gross over a million.

The hype that has been put into the marketing of the film has been huge and it has paid off, and with favourable reviews, and Stephen King being a favourite in the UK the film was bound to do well.

With nothing of note coming out this weekend coming IT is bound to continue at the top at least for the next week.

American Made falls from the top to number 2 this week with a gross of just over half a million, this brings the films total gross to £4.3 million after 3 weeks of play.

Once again Despicable Me 3 is the longest running film of the chart with 11 weeks and once again Dunkirk os the highest total grossing film with an excellent £55 million, it is now the 19th highest grossing film ever in the UK.

Historical charts - A year ago - Sausage Party spent a second weekend at the top with the Ben Hur remake the highest new film at number 2.

Five years ago - Dredd was the top film of the week making its debut at number 1 while Total recall fell from the top to number 4.

Ten years ago - Comedy Run Fatboy Run found itself at the top of the UK box office on its debut while The Bourne Ultimatum fell to number 3 after 3 weeks at the top.

Fifteen years ago - The Bourne Identity was the top new film of the week at number one while Insomnia fell from the top to number 2 after a week.

Twenty years ago - The Full Monty stayed at the top for a second weekend while the highest new film of the week was Austin Powers International Man of Mystery which made its debut at number 2.

Twenty five years ago - Alien 3 remained at the top of the UK box office while the top new film was Knight Moves starring Christopher Lambert at number 3.