With Barbie 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.

• The Equalizer 3
• No More Bets
• The First Slam Dunk
• Passages
• Apocalypse Clown
• And Then Come the Nightjars
• Sound of Freedom
• Cobweb

The Equalizer 3

• The movie is directed by Antoine Fuqua, it is the directors 17th movie.
• Antoine Fuqua also directed The Guilty in 2021.
• It stars Denzel Washington who also starred in Carbon Copy (1981).
• The film also stars Dakota Fanning who was last seen in Viena and the Fantomes (2020).
• They also appeared together in Man On Fire in 2004.
• Antoine Fuqua directed Denzel Washington in Training Day
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

No More Bets

• The movie is directed by Ao Shen, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Ao Shen also directed Our New Life in 2021.
• It stars Yixing Zhang who also starred in Kung Fu Yoga (2017).
• The film also stars Gina Chen Jin who was last seen in Te Jing Dui (2019).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

The First Slam Dunk

• The movie is from director Takehiko Inoue and Yasuyuki Ebara.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Masaya Fukunishi who also starred in The First Slam Dunk (2022).
• The film also stars Yoshiaki Hasegawa who was last seen in Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry (2017).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Passages

• The movie is directed by Ira Sachs, it is the directors 11th movie.
• Ira Sachs also directed The Delta in 1996.
• It stars Franz Rogowski who also starred in Freaks Out (2021).
• The film also stars Ben Whishaw who was last seen in Women Talking (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Apocalypse Clown

• The movie is directed by George Kane, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• George Kane also directed Discoverdale in 2016.
• It stars David Earl who also starred in The Penalty King (2006).
• The film also stars Natalie Palamides who was last seen in The Inventor (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

And Then Come the Nightjars

• The movie is from director Paul Robinson.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Nigel Hastings who also starred in Hostage (1992).
• The film also stars David Fielder who was last seen in Peterloo (2018).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Sound of Freedom

• The movie is directed by Alejandro Monteverde, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Alejandro Monteverde also directed Little Boy in 2015.
• It stars Jim Caviezel who also starred in Infidel (2019).
• The film also stars Bill Camp who was last seen in White Noise (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Cobweb

• The movie is from director Samuel Bodin.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Lizzy Caplan who also starred in High Road (2011).
• The film also stars Antony Starr who was last seen in The Covenant (2023).
• 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 5 new movies released

• Jawan - Thursday, 7th September
• The Nun II - Friday, 8th September
• Past Lives - Friday, 8th September
• No More Bets - Friday, 8th September
• My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 - Friday, 8th September

The power of Bohemian Rhapsody was too strong for any new comers as the Queen film stays at the top of the UK box office for a second weekend.

Bohemian Rhapsody

After the excellent £9 million debut last weekend there is no surprise that it manages a second weekend at the box office summit.

Posting a second weekend gross of £5.7 million the Bryan Singer directed film may not have been a hit with the critics but is proving to be popular with the paying public.

The films total UK gross now sits at an incredible £20.4 million after 10 days of release.

A Star Is Born

The Lady Gaga starring film is proving to be a bigger hit in the UK than many other parts of the world as the film spends another week at number 2 taking £1.8 million after 5 weeks of release.

The film which currently has the number single in the UK and the number 1 album has now taken £22.9 million.

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

Disney gets Christmas stared with the release of the popular story often performed as a ballet this time of year and it snaggs the highest new film at number 3.

The film takes a reasonable £1.7 million on its debut weekend of release.

Smallfoot

The animated family film stays at number 4 this weekend £1.1 million which brings its total UK gross to £10.1 million.

Johnny English Strikes Again

Still holding strong at number 5 this week the film has a 5th weekend gross of just over £1 million which brings its total to £16.3 million.

Hotel Transylvania 3 Summer Vacation

Still hanging onto the charts as we enter the holiday season the film has notched up 15 week on the UK box office.

Slaughterhouse Rulez

Further down the chart at number 9 is the new Simon Pegg starring movie which makes its debut this weekend with a £400,00 gross.

Peterloo

Another film worth mentioning makes its debut at number 3 this week in the shape of Mike leigh's latest which opens with £350,000.

Directed by Mike Leigh Peterloo stars Maxine Peake and Rory Kinnear and is released in the UK on 2nd November 2018.

It has been given a 12A rating in the UK by the BBFC for moderate violence, language.

PETERLOO (12A) moderate violence, language https://t.co/qVPFYQr3b6

— BBFC (@BBFC) August 21, 2018