This weekend, Friday 11th August 2023, there are 6 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Barbie, for the number 1 spot?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

Here are this weeks new releases

• Haunted Mansion
• Gran Turismo
• L'immensità
• The Last Voyage of Demeter
• Heart of Stone
• Marry My Dead Body

Haunted Mansion

• The movie is directed by Justin Simien, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Justin Simien also directed Dear White People in 2014 which grossed £10.1K in the UK.
• It stars LaKeith Stanfield who also starred in The Photograph (2020).
• The film also stars Tiffany Haddish who was last seen in Back On the Strip (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Gran Turismo

• The movie is directed by Neill Blomkamp, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Neill Blomkamp also directed Elysium in 2013 which grossed £8.7 Mil. in the UK and grossed $286.1 Mil. globally.
• It stars David Harbour who also starred in Tilda (2011).
• The film also stars Orlando Bloom who was last seen in Needle In a Timestack (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

L'immensità

• The movie is directed by Emanuele Crialese, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Emanuele Crialese also directed Golden Door in 2006 which grossed £156.8K in the UK.
• It stars Penélope Cruz who also starred in The Girl of Your Dreams (1998).
• The film also stars Vincenzo Amato who was last seen in Red Notice (2021).
• Emanuele Crialese directed Vincenzo Amato in Golden Door
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Last Voyage of Demeter

• The movie is directed by André Øvredal, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• André Øvredal also directed Scary Stories to Tell In the Dark in 2019 which grossed £2.1 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Corey Hawkins who also starred in The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021).
• The film also stars Aisling Franciosi who was last seen in God's Creatures (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Heart of Stone

• The movie is directed by Tom Harper, it is the directors 8th movie.
• Tom Harper also directed The Aeronauts in 2019 which grossed £1.8 Mil. in the UK and grossed $3.5 Mil. globally.
• It stars Gal Gadot who also starred in Criminal (2016).
• The film also stars Matthias Schweighofer who was last seen in Oppenheimer (2023).
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Marry My Dead Body

• The movie is directed by Wei-Hao Cheng, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Wei-Hao Cheng also directed Who Killed Cock Robin? in 2017.
• It stars Greg Han Hsu who also starred in Behind the Blue Eyes (2023).
• The film also stars Po-Hung Lin who was last seen in Day Off (2023).
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.

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

• Reinventing Elvis: The ’68 Comeback - Wednesday, 16th August - streaming
• Blue Beetle - Friday, 18th August
• Strays - Friday, 18th August

After a 4 week run at the top of the UK box office The Super Mario Bros. Movie is knocked off by the latest MCU movie Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3, but its not all good news as the threequel does not take as much as the sequel movie on its debut.

With such a bit movie getting its debut the studios cleared the schedule for a couple of weeks to give it time to breath, there were a couple of other new movies though, Jodi was new at 9 with £88,045 while Return to Seoul came in at 10 with £75,273.

Meanwhile outside the top 10 2018 came in at 13 with £52,211.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 5th - 7th May 2023

Highest new movie this weekend

Despite the hype, and generally good reviews the new Guardians of the Galaxy made its debut will less than that of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, which is perhaps another sign that superhero fatigue is creeping in, something which director James Gunn has mentioned in the past.

That said the movie did debut at the top of the chart, knocking off The Super Mario Bros. Movie and is the 8th top grossing movie ever in the month of May.

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
• It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the UK box office.
• It grosses £12,079,820 over its debut weekend
• It is the 8th top debuting movie in the month of May
• The movie is the 8th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 which took £13,092,657 at the box office after 1 weeks in cinemas.

After spending 4 weeks at the top the Nintendo video game adaptation falls just a single place to number 2 this weekend with a £1.3 Million gross

The movie is the top grossing movie of 2023 so far and is looking to top £50 Million by next weekend.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,309,546 over the weekend, a 57% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £49,062,732 over 5 weeks of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023

The Evil Dead sequel movie seems to be pleasing movie goers in the UK as the horror movie takes nearly £500,000 on its third weekend of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £493,732 over the weekend, a 53% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £4,434,284 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is the 19th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Army of Darkness which took £359,131 at the box office after 3 weeks in cinemas.

The British produces movie starring Jim Broadbent and Penelope Wilton falls to number 4 on its second weekend of release with a £336,519 gross.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £336,519 over the weekend, a 57% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £2,014,466 over 2 weeks of release

Going back up the box office to number 5 is the former number 1 John Wick sequel which has a total UK gross of £17 Million after 7 weeks of release.

• The movie goes up the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £195,298 over the weekend, a 59% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £17,122,806 over 7 weeks of release
• The movie is the 5th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum which took £10,203,138 at the box office after 7 weeks in cinemas.

It will most likely be the last weekend at the top for The Super Mario Bros. Movie but the top grossing movie of 2023 so far spends a fourth weekend at the top of the UK box office pushing its total gross to over £45 Million after 4 weeks of release.

With the horror movie Evil Dead Rise staying at number 2 with a gross of just over a million the top new movie of the weekend is The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry starring Jim Broadbent and Penelope Wilton which takes £784,698 on its debut.

Also new this weekend is Ponniyin Selvan: Part Two taking £618,244 on its debut and there is a new entry for the 40th Anniversary rerelease of the much loved classic Star Wars: Return of the Jedi at number 7 with £446,291

Maybe a little disappointing is the debut place for Polite Society which enters the box office at 9 with £220,278.

Finally inside outside the top 10 is Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World which debut's with £204,220.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 28th - 30th April 2023

• The movie remains at number 1 on this weeks UK box office
• It has spent 4 weeks at the top of the UK box office.
• It grosses £3,067,431 over the weekend, a 28% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £45,780,596 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023

• The movie remains at number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,059,777 over the weekend, a 28% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £3,356,627 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is a sequel to Army of Darkness which took £311,311 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
• It grosses £784,698 over its debut weekend

• The movie is a new entry at number 4 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £618,244 over its debut weekend

The movie is a sequel to Ponniyin Selvan: Part One which took £800,116 at the box office after 1 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £575,796 over the weekend, a 25% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £12,781,642 over 5 weeks of release
• The movie is the 7th top grossing film so far in 2023

With The Super Mario Bros. Movie currently at the top of the UK box office can this weeks new cinema releases challlenge it for the UK box office crown?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

Here are this weeks new releases

• Polite Society
• The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
• Peter Pan & Wendy
• Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World

Polite Society

• The movie is from director Nida Manzoor.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Priya Kansara who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Ritu Arya who was last seen in Red Notice (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

• The movie is directed by Hettie Macdonald, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Hettie Macdonald also directed White Girl in 2008.
• It stars Jim Broadbent who also starred in Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe (1985).
• The film also stars Penelope Wilton who was last seen in Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022).
• They also appeared together in Iris in 2002.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Peter Pan & Wendy

• The movie is directed by David Lowery, it is the directors 9th movie.
• David Lowery also directed Pete's Dragon in 2016 which grossed £4.3 Mil. in the UK and grossed $143.7 Mil. globally.
• It stars Alexander Molony who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Ever Anderson who was last seen in Black Widow (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World

• The movie is directed by George Tillman Jr., it is the directors 9th movie.
• George Tillman Jr. also directed Faster in 2011 which grossed £157.2K in the UK and grossed $35.6 Mil. globally.
• It stars Khris Davis who also starred in Judas and the Black Messiah (2021).
• The film also stars Jasmine Mathews who was last seen in The Man From Toronto (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 is 1 new movie released

• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 - Friday, 5th May

The very British movie

The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry has been given an age rating by the BBFC of 12A for infrequent strong language, drug misuse, suicide, moderate sex references

The movie stars British acting legent Jim Broadbent who has starred in many many movies both Hollywood and British including The Harry Hill Movie and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, the movie also stars Penelope Wilton who is as much of a legend and has been in movies such as Pride and Prejudice and Laughterhouse.

The movie is directed by Hettie Macdonald who has previously directed movie such as Banglatown Banquet and White Girl.

Movie Synopsis

A seemingly unremarkable man in his 60s named Harold one day learns his old friend Queenie is dying. He embarks on a walk, only to keep going for 450 miles until he reaches Queenie's hospice, much to the despair of his wife Maureen.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry
• BBFC age rating: 12A Certificate
• Reason: infrequent strong language, drug misuse, suicide, moderate sex references
• Release date: 28th April 2023
• Runtime: 108 minutes (1 hour 48 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • Hettie Macdonald
• Starring:
  • Jim Broadbent
  • Penelope Wilton
  • Monika Gossmann

BBFC movie page