Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 9th January 2026, there are 4 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Avatar: Fire and Ash from the top of the UK box office.

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.

• Hamnet
• Soulm8te
• Greenland 2: Migration
• Giant

Hamnet

• The movie is directed by Chloé Zhao, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Chloé Zhao also directed The Rider in 2018 which grossed £36.3 K in the UK.
• It stars Jessie Buckley who also starred in Misbehaviour (2020).
• The film also stars Paul Mescal who's last movie was Gladiator II (2024).
• They also appeared together in The Lost Daughter in 2021.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Soulm8te

• The movie is directed by Kate Dolan, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Kate Dolan also directed You Are Not My Mother in 2022 which grossed £10.4 K in the UK.
• It stars Valerie Hanna who also starred in A Grim Becoming (2014).
• The film also stars Claudia Doumit who's last movie was Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019).
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.

Greenland 2: Migration

• The movie is directed by Ric Roman Waugh, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Ric Roman Waugh also directed In the Shadows in 2001.
• It stars Gerard Butler who also starred in Fast Food (1999).
• The film also stars Morena Baccarin who's last movie was Deadpool & Wolverine (2024).
• They also appeared together in Greenland in 2020.
• Ric Roman Waugh directed Gerard Butler in Angel Has Fallen, Greenland, and Kandahar
• Ric Roman Waugh directed Morena Baccarin in and Greenland
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

Giant

• The movie is directed by Rowan Athale, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Rowan Athale also directed The Rise in 2013 which grossed £1.5 K in the UK.
• It stars Pierce Brosnan who also starred in The Foreigner (2017).
• The film also stars Amir El-Masry who's last movie was Club Zero (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 3 new movies released

• 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple - Wednesday, 14th January
• The Rip - Friday, 16th January
• Rental Family - Friday, 16th January

The James Cameron directed Avatar: Fire and Ash continues to dominate the UK box office as it spends its third weekend at the top of the box office chart.

The movie has now taken over £31 Million in the UK as it adds another £4.5 Million on its third weekend of release.

It is well behind the previous movie which at this point had taken £45 Million on its UK cinema run.

Highest movie of the weekend lands outside the top 5 this week as Song Sung Blue makes its debut at number 6 this weekend with just shy of £1 Million on its debut.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 2nd - 4th January 2026

• The movie remains at number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £3,857,746 over the weekend, a 13% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £12,367,165 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2026

• The movie goes up the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £2,764,274 over the weekend, a 50% increase from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £6,002,922 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2026

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,177,468 over the weekend, a 61% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £5,996,385 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is the 5th top grossing film so far in 2026

Last weekend Avatar: Fire and Ash was at the top of the UK box office, there are 1 new releases this weekend, will any of them top the UK box office this weekend?

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.

• Song Sung Blue

Song Sung Blue

• The movie is directed by Craig Brewer, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Craig Brewer also directed Black Snake Moan in 2007 which grossed £39.7 K in the UK and grossed $10.9 Mil. globally.
• It stars Hugh Jackman who also starred in The Son (2022).
• The film also stars Kate Hudson who's last movie was A Little White Lie (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

• 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple - Tuesday, 6th January
• Soulm8te - Friday, 9th January - streaming
• Primate - Friday, 9th January
• Mutiny - Friday, 9th January
• Hamnet - Friday, 9th January

With Avatar: Fire and Ash currently at the top of the UK box office can this weeks new cinema releases challlenge it for the UK 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.

• The SpongeBob Movie: Search For Squarepants
• Marty Supreme
• Sentimental Value
• The Housemaid
• Anaconda
• Goodbye June

The SpongeBob Movie: Search For Squarepants

• The movie is directed by Derek Drymon, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Derek Drymon also directed Hotel Transylvania: Transformania in 2021.
• It stars Carolyn Lawrence who also starred in The Wild (2006).
• The film also stars Mr. Lawrence who's last movie was Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie (2024).
• Carolyn Lawrence and Mr. Lawrence have starred in 4 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water in 2015, The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie in 2004, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge On the Run in 2020 and Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie in 2024.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Marty Supreme

• The movie is directed by Josh Safdie, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Josh Safdie also directed Lenny Cooke in 2013.
• It stars Timothée Chalamet who also starred in Wonka (2023).
• The film also stars Gwyneth Paltrow who's last movie was She Said (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Sentimental Value

• The movie is directed by Joachim Trier, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Joachim Trier also directed The Worst Person In the World in 2021 which grossed £993 K in the UK.
• It stars Renate Reinsve who also starred in Women In Oversized Mens Shirts (2015).
• The film also stars Stellan Skarsgård who's last movie was What Remains (2024).
• Joachim Trier directed Renate Reinsve in Oslo, August 31st, and The Worst Person In the World
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Housemaid

• The movie is directed by Paul Feig, it is the directors 13th movie.
• Paul Feig also directed Spy in 2015 which grossed £9.7 Mil. in the UK and grossed $235.7 Mil. globally.
• It stars Sydney Sweeney who also starred in The Ward (2010).
• The film also stars Amanda Seyfried who's last movie was I Don't Understand You (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Anaconda

• The movie is directed by Tom Gormican, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Tom Gormican also directed The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent in 2022 which grossed £1.4 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Paul Rudd who also starred in Over Her Dead Body (2008).
• The film also stars Jack Black who's last movie was A Minecraft Movie (2025).
• Paul Rudd and Jack Black have starred in 3 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy in 2004, Walk Hard the Dewey Cox Story in 2008 and Year One in 2009.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Goodbye June

• The movie is from director Kate Winslet.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Kate Winslet who also starred in Black Beauty (2020).
• The film also stars Andrea Riseborough who's last movie was Dragonfly (2025).
• They also appeared together in Lee in 2024.
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• 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 2 new movies released

• Song Sung Blue - Thursday, 1st January
• Soulm8te - Thursday, 1st January

James Cameron takes his third movie in the Avatar series to the top of the UK box office, although with the lowest debut gross of the series so far when adjusted for inflation.

The movie take just less than £10 Million over the weekend which is still good for the third in a series of movies but both the first two moves are global Billion dollar movies.

Last weeks top movie, Zootopia 2 falls to number 2 this weekend making for a Disney 1 2 double header.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 19th - 21st December 2025

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,879,319 over the weekend, a 32% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £18,640,722 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 12th top grossing film so far in 2025
• The movie is a sequel to Zootopia which took £20,701,132 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,072,379 over the weekend, a 42% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £42,775,032 over 5 weeks of release
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2025
• The movie is a sequel to Wicked which took £48,233,182 at the box office after 5 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £373,346 over the weekend, a 63% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £6,202,380 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is a sequel to Five Nights At Freddy's which took £9,870,466 at the box office after 3 weeks in cinemas.