Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 13th January 2023, there are 4 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Avatar: The Way of Water from the top of the UK box office.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• M3GAN
• Enys Men
• Empire of Light
• TAR

M3GAN

• The movie is directed by Gerard Johnstone, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Gerard Johnstone also directed Housebound in 2014.
• It stars Allison Williams who also starred in Peter Pan Live (2014).
• The film also stars Violet McGraw who was last seen in Black Widow (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Enys Men

• The movie is directed by Mark Jenkin, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Mark Jenkin also directed Golden Burn in 2002.
• It stars Mary Woodvine who also starred in Dressing Granite (2007).
• The film also stars Edward Rowe who was last seen in Bait (2019).
• They also appeared together in Bait in 2019.
• Mark Jenkin directed Mary Woodvine in The Midnight Drives
• Mark Jenkin directed Edward Rowe in Bait
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Empire of Light

• The movie is directed by Sam Mendes, it is the directors 11th movie.
• Sam Mendes also directed Skyfall in 2012 which grossed £102.9 Mil. in the UK and grossed $1.1 Bil. globally.
• It stars Olivia Colman who also starred in Mothering Sunday (2021).
• The film also stars Micheal Ward who was last seen in Beauty (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

TAR

• The movie is directed by Todd Field, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Todd Field also directed In the Bedroom in 2002 which grossed £662.8K in the UK.
• It stars Cate Blanchett who also starred in Ponyo (2008).
• The film also stars Noemie Merlant who was last seen in Paris, 13th District (2021).
• 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 is 1 new movie released

• Babylon - Friday, 20th January

Warner Bros. DC Universe hit movie The Batman spends a third weekend at the top of the UK box office while Japanese anime Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie is the highest debut at 2.

Also inside the top 5 there is a new entry for The Nan Movie and The Phantom of the Open which are both British produces movies.

Director Ti West's latest horror movie X is a new entry at number 7 this weekend with a debut gross of £227,501 while at the lower end of the top 15 there are new entries for Bachchan Pandey and Paris, 13th District at 14 and 15.

UK box office QuickView

• Number 1 - The Batman (3rd weekend)
• Highest debut - Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie (@2)
• Longest run - Spider-Man: No Way Home (14 weeks)
• Highest total gross - Spider-Man: No Way Home ($96.2 Million)

UK box office top 5 weekend breakdown 18th - 20th March 2022

The Batman

Three weeks at the top of the UK box office for the Robert Pattinson starring Dark Knight movie which crosses the £30 Million mark this weekend with a total UK gross of £32.6 Million.

The movie took £3.5 Million over the weekend which is a steep 33% drop but it inline with other superhero movies.

It is now the top movie of 2022 in the UK having taken Sing 2 and its within reach of the UK top 100 movies ever.

Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie

The Japanese animated hot movie is the top new film of the weekend landing on the box office at number 2 with £825,529 including preview shows which brought in £307,860.

The movie was a big hit in Japan when it was released last December and the global figures for the movie are looking good where it has taken nearly $150 Million.

Uncharted

The video game adaptation falls to number 3 this weekend after 6 weeks on the chart with £605,722, a 43% drop over last weekend.

this gives the movie a total UK gross of £22.7 Million, it is currently the 4th top movie of 2022.

The Nan Movie

A new entry at number 4 this weekend, after a difficult production and a year long delay due to the pandemic the infamous Catherine Tate character comes to the big screen.

The movie lands with a gross of £565,340, and the movie also seems to have lost its director Josie Rourke after a series of reshoots.

Its been reported that the movie changed its narrative direction and is now more of a road movie between the character of Nan and her grandson, whereas the original cut was more of a origins movie, it seems it lost the original director credit in the process.

The Phantom of the Open

Another British produced movie about an ammeter golfer being entered into the Open, the movie which stars Mark Rylance makes its debut at number 5 with £456,829 of which £61,645 was from previews screens.