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.

• Last Breath
• A Complete Unknown
• Attack On Titan The Movie: The Last Attack
• The Brutalist
• Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX: Beginning
• The Monkey
• Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare
• Nosferatu
• Becoming Led Zeppelin
• A Real Pain

Last Breath

• The movie is directed by Alex Parkinson, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Alex Parkinson also directed Last Breath in 2019.
• It stars Woody Harrelson who also starred in The Cowboy Way (1994).
• The film also stars Simu Liu who's last movie was Arthur the King (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Canada / Greece / Ireland / Netherlands / Portugal / Singapore / Taiwan / Turkey / United Kingdom / United States

A Complete Unknown

• The movie is directed by James Mangold, it is the directors 14th movie.
• James Mangold also directed Identity in 2003.
• It stars Timothée Chalamet who also starred in A Complete Unknown (2024).
• 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:
  Brazil / Germany / Indonesia / Japan / Philippines / Singapore / South Korea / Spain / Thailand

Attack On Titan The Movie: The Last Attack

• The movie is directed by Yuichiro Hayashi, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Yuichiro Hayashi also directed Batman: Gotham Knight in 2008.
• It stars Ahnaf who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Natsuki Hanae who's last movie was Dan Da Dan: First Encounter (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Brazil / France / Germany / Iceland / Ireland / Mexico / Poland / United Kingdom

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 Predators (2010).
• 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:
  Denmark / Estonia / Finland / India / Latvia / Norway / Taiwan / Thailand

Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX: Beginning

• The movie is directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki, it is the directors 12th movie.
• Kazuya Tsurumaki also directed Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion in 1997.
• It stars Tomoyo Kurosawa who also starred in Shinchan: Crash! Scribble Kingdom and Almost Four Heroes (2020).
• The film also stars Yui Ishikawa who's last movie was Violet Evergarden: The Movie (2020).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Hong Kong / India / Macau / Malaysia / Singapore / Taiwan / United States

The Monkey

• The movie is directed by Osgood Perkins, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Osgood Perkins also directed I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives In the House in 2016.
• It stars Theo James who also starred in Mr. Malcolms List (2022).
• The film also stars Tatiana Maslany who's last movie was Butterfly Tale (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• Released this week in:
  Belgium / Denmark / Finland / Hungary / Russia / Taiwan / Thailand

Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare

• The movie is from director Scott Chambers.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Kierston Wareing who also starred in The Double (2014).
• The film also stars Kit Green who's last movie was The Queens Sister (2005).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Australia / Belgium / Pakistan / Taiwan / United Kingdom

Nosferatu

• The movie is directed by Robert Eggers, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Robert Eggers also directed The Witch in 2016.
• It stars Lily-Rose Depp who also starred in Wolf (2021).
• The film also stars Nicholas Hoult who's last movie was The Order (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Hong Kong / Malaysia / Philippines / Singapore / Vietnam

Becoming Led Zeppelin

• The movie is directed by Bernard MacMahon, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Bernard MacMahon also directed The Big Bang in 2017.
• It stars Robert Plant who also starred in Pearl Jam Twenty (2011).
• The film also stars Jimmy Page who's last movie was Blow Up (1966).
• Robert Plant and Jimmy Page have starred in 2 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Squaring the Circle in 2023 and Pearl Jam Twenty in 2011.
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• Released this week in:
  Brazil / Chile / France / Italy / Mexico

A Real Pain

• The movie is from director Jesse Eisenberg.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Kieran Culkin who also starred in Margaret (2011).
• The film also stars Jesse Eisenberg who's last movie was Sasquatch Sunset (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  France / Hungary / Italy / Turkey

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

Next week there are 46 new movies released gloabally

• Mickey 17 - From Wednesday, 5th March
• In the Lost Lands - From Wednesday, 5th March
• The Monkey - From Monday, 3rd March
• September 5 - From Thursday, 6th March
• One of Them Days - From Thursday, 6th March
• Night of the Zoopocalypse - From Thursday, 6th March
• Flow - From Thursday, 6th March
• Presence - From Monday, 3rd March
• Flight Risk - From Thursday, 6th March
• 200% Wolf - From Friday, 7th March
• The Sloth Lane - From Thursday, 6th March
• Conclave - From Wednesday, 5th March
• Paddington In Peru - From Thursday, 6th March
• The Brutalist - From Wednesday, 5th March
• The Most Precious of Cargoes - From Thursday, 6th March
• Bonhoeffer: Holy Traitor - From Friday, 7th March
• The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie - From Friday, 7th March
• All We Imagine As Light - From Thursday, 6th March
• I'm Still Here - From Friday, 7th March
• Hard Truths - From Thursday, 6th March
• Rebellious - From Wednesday, 5th March
• Wicked - From Friday, 7th March
• Oh Canada - From Thursday, 6th March
• F*** Marry Kill - From Friday, 7th March
• No Other Land - From Thursday, 6th March
• Universal Language - From Thursday, 6th March
• Gladiator II - From Friday, 22nd November
• Small Things Like These - From Thursday, 6th March
• Feng Shen 2 - From Friday, 7th March
• Here - From Thursday, 6th March
• The Quiet Son - From Thursday, 6th March
• Lee - From Friday, 7th March
• Black Dog - From Wednesday, 5th March
• Den of Thieves 2 - From Thursday, 6th March
• Attack On Titan The Movie: The Last Attack - From Monday, 3rd March
• Seven Veils - From Friday, 7th March
• The Seed of the Sacred Fig - From Friday, 7th March
• There's Still Tomorrow - From Friday, 7th March
• Dog Man - From Friday, 7th March
• Becoming Led Zeppelin - From Thursday, 6th March
• Marching Powder - From Friday, 7th March
• Emilia Pérez - From Friday, 7th March
• Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin. - From Thursday, 6th March
• Cleaner - From Friday, 7th March
• Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX: Beginning - From Thursday, 6th March
• La Cocina - From Thursday, 6th March

With Den of Thieves 2 currently at the top of the North American box office can this weeks new cinema releases challlenge it for the US 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.

• Wolf Man
• Back In Action
• Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare
• One of Them Days
• September 5
• Grand Theft Hamlet
• Unstoppable

Wolf Man

• The movie is directed by Leigh Whannell, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Leigh Whannell also directed Upgrade in 2018 which grossed $12 Mil. in the US and grossed $16.7 Mil. globally.
• It stars Julia Garner who also starred in HairBrained (2013).
• The film also stars Christopher Abbott who's last movie was Kraven the Hunter (2024).
• They also appeared together in Martha Marcy May Marlene in 2011.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Back In Action

• The movie is directed by Seth Gordon, it is the directors 8th movie.
• Seth Gordon also directed Four Christmases in 2008 which grossed $120.1 Mil. in the US and grossed $164.1 Mil. globally.
• It stars Jamie Foxx who also starred in Due Date (2010).
• The film also stars Cameron Diaz who's last movie was Annie (2014).
• Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz have starred in 2 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Any Given Sunday in 2000 and Annie in 2014.
• Seth Gordon directed Jamie Foxx in and Horrible Bosses
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.

Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare

• The movie is from director Scott Chambers.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Kierston Wareing who also starred in Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare (2025).
• The film also stars Kit Green who's last movie was The Queens Sister (2005).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

One of Them Days

• The movie is from director Lawrence Lamont.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Keke Palmer who also starred in Winx Club 3D: Magical Adventure (2010).
• The film also stars SZA who's last movie was Lizzo: Live In Concert (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

September 5

• The movie is from director Tim Fehlbaum.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Peter Sarsgaard who also starred in The Cell (2000).
• The film also stars John Magaro who's last movie was Showing Up (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Grand Theft Hamlet

• The movie is from director Sam Crane and Pinny Grylls.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Sam Crane who also starred in The Christmas Candle (2013).
• The film also stars Mark Oosterveen who's last movie was The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Unstoppable

• The movie is from director William Goldenberg.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Jharrel Jerome who also starred in Unstoppable (2024).
• The film also stars Anthony Robles who's last movie was Liza, Liza Skies Are Grey (2017).
• 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 3 new movies released

• Presence - Friday, 24th January
• Inheritance - Friday, 24th January
• Flight Risk - Friday, 24th January

Last weekend Transformers: Rise of the Beasts was at the top of the North American box office, there are 3 new releases this weekend, will any of them top the US box office this weekend?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• The Flash
• Extraction 2
• Elemental

The Flash

• The movie is directed by Andy Muschietti, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Andy Muschietti also directed Historias Breves 3 in 1999.
• It stars Ezra Miller who also starred in Every Day (2010).
• The film also stars Ben Affleck who was last seen in Hypnotic (2023).
• Ezra Miller and Ben Affleck have starred in 4 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Suicide Squad in 2016, Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice in 2016, Zack Snyder's Justice League in 2021 and Justice League in 2017.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Extraction 2

• The movie is directed by Sam Hargrave, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Sam Hargrave also directed Extraction in 2020.
• It stars Chris Hemsworth who also starred in Avengers: Endgame (2019).
• The film also stars Olga Kurylenko who was last seen in The Princess (2022).
• Sam Hargrave directed Chris Hemsworth in Extraction
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Elemental

• The movie is directed by Peter Sohn, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Peter Sohn also directed The Good Dinosaur in 2015 which grossed $123.1 Mil. in the US and grossed $329.1 Mil. globally.
• It stars Leah Lewis who also starred in Fred 3: Camp Fred (2012).
• The film also stars Mamoudou Athie who was last seen in Jurassic World: Dominion (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• 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 8 new movies released

• Seize the Carp - Monday, 19th June - streaming
• Phels High - Tuesday, 20th June
• The Magnificent Raiders of Dimension War One - Wednesday, 21st June
• He Killed In Ecstasy - Wednesday, 21st June
• God Is a Bullet - Friday, 23rd June
• Past Lives - Friday, 2nd June
• Asteroid City - Friday, 23rd June
• No Hard Feelings - Friday, 23rd June

With the 2020 box office collapsing in March due to the global pandemic the Chinese market was the first an quickest to recover and it dominated the global scene over the whole year.

The top grossing movie of the year was The Eight Hundred wich was released in August and did big business in China.

Chinese films accounted for 6 of the top 20 movies of the year and 7 of the movie were released in 2019 with a holdover in 2020.

Tenet which was the first big movie released during the pandemic made it into the top 5 movies of the year despite being considered a flop.

Many movies have had there releases moved to 2021 and cinemas did not have the massive tentpole pictures that would have pulled in over a Billion dollars in revenue, in fact its the first time in over a decade there has been no movie taking over $1 Billion.

Here are the top 5 movies by gross across the globe in 2020.

The Eight Hundred

A massive hit in China the action war epic is directed by Hu Guan and took $161 Million on its full opening weekend.

Over its full global release the movie took $441.8 Million making the top grossing global movie of the year.

Bad Boys For Life

After a lengthy gap Will Smith and Martin Lawrence re-teamed as the Miami cops and the movie was a global smash.

Released at the start of the year its release just missed the cinemas closures due to COVID-19 and took $418.2 Million.

1917

Sam Mendes released his Oscar nominated was movie in America in late 2019 but got its global release in early 2020 and its the 3rd top movie of 2020 with $375.4 Million.

My People, My Homeland

Directed by 7 of Chinas top directors this anthology movie took $101 Million durings its Chinese opening.

Globally the movie is the 4th highest grossing of the year with $371.1 Million.

Tenet

In America this movie was moved to an August release with studios hoping that cinemas would have re-opened after 4 months of closures, but the global pandemic had other ideas and although countries has started to re-opened cinemas had limited capacity.

The movie did relatively well in global cinemas but with mixed reviews it was not the film Warner Bros. had hoped, but a top five of the year is not bad with a gross of $362.6.

This weeks home video charts has a new number one film enter in the shape of the Duncan Jones directed video game adaptation Warcraft.

Warcraft was released into cinemas in the UK on 3rd June 2016 to tepid reviews, but despite this it still managed a debut at the top with a £3.6 million opening.

The audience was very front loaded and in its second weekend the film fell to number 4 and over the next couple of weeks fell from the box office altogether.

In the Uk the films total gross was £5.9 million, looking at the global box office the film did quite well and, largely led by China, it grossed £413 million and is the 210th top grossing movie.

Alice Through The Looking Glass made its debut at the top last week and this week falls down to number 4.

Also making its debut on the home video chart is Me Before You which comes in strong at number 2 and DTV film The Guv'nor which is new at number 10.