The summer cinema season came to a bit of a grinding halt this weekend with no big new releases to draw cinema goers.

After a couple of new big film last weekend underperforming this weekend the John Krasinski directed movie IF~2024 goes back to the top of the box office with a weekend gross of £1.5 Million, a tiny 4% drop over last week.

This pushes last weeks top movie The Garfield Movie dropping down to number 2 with £1,3 Million, which means that there are to family oriented movies at the top.

Furiosa drops to number 4 this weekend and making its debut at 2 last week with under a million pound and a 51% drop.

THe highest new entry is at number 6 with the 20th anniversary re-release of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, while the top new movie is Haikyu The Movie: Decisive Battle At the Garbage Dump at 7 with £270,095.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 31st - 2nd June 2024

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,349,975 over the weekend, a 36% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £6,282,724 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is the 18th top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie goes up the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,058,441 over the weekend, a 33% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £13,282,022 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 8th top grossing film so far in 2024
• The movie is a sequel to War For the Planet of the Apes which took £18,348,929 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie remains at number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £524,320 over the weekend, a 30% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £11,102,408 over 5 weeks of release
• The movie is the 10th top grossing film so far in 2024

The fourth movie in the recent series of Planet of the Apes movies, Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes has been given a 12A age rating in the UK for moderate violence, threat, injury detail.

The movie stars Freya Allan who has previously been seen in Gunpowder Milkshake and Baghead, it also stars William H. Macy who has previously starred in Inland Empir and >WarGames.

With Creed III 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.

Released in the US this weekend, Friday, 17th February 2023, there are 5 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Magic Mike's Last Dance from the top of the North American box office.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania
• Marlowe
• Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey
• Hidden Blade
• Devil's Peak

Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania

• The movie is directed by Peyton Reed, it is the directors 11th movie.
• Peyton Reed also directed The Break Up in 2006 which grossed $118.7 Mil. in the US and grossed $205 Mil. globally.
• It stars Paul Rudd who also starred in Admission (2013).
• The film also stars Evangeline Lilly who was last seen in Crisis (2021).
• Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly have starred in 3 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Ant-Man and the Wasp in 2018, Ant-Man in 2015 and Avengers: Endgame in 2019.
• Peyton Reed directed Paul Rudd in Ant-Man
• Peyton Reed directed Evangeline Lilly in Ant-Man
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Marlowe

• The movie is directed by Neil Jordan, it is the directors 20th movie.
• Neil Jordan also directed The End of the Affair in 2000 which grossed $10.8 Mil. in the US and grossed $15.2 Mil. globally.
• It stars Liam Neeson who also starred in Road (2014).
• The film also stars Diane Kruger who was last seen in The 355 (2022).
• They also appeared together in Unknown in 2011.
• Neil Jordan directed Liam Neeson in Michael Collins
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey

• The movie is directed by Rhys Frake-Waterfield, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Rhys Frake-Waterfield also directed Dinosaur Prison in 2022.
• It stars Maria Taylor who also starred in Dinosaur Prison (2022).
• The film also stars Craig David Dowsett who is making a feature film debut.
• Rhys Frake-Waterfield directed Maria Taylor in Dinosaur Prison
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Hidden Blade

• The movie is directed by Er Cheng, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Er Cheng also directed Di San Ge Ren in 2007.
• It stars Tony Chiu-Wai Leung who also starred in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021).
• The film also stars Yibo Wang who was last seen in A Chinese Odyssey Part Three (2016).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Devil's Peak

• The movie is directed by Ben Young, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Ben Young also directed Hounds of Love in 2017.
• It stars Robin Wright who also starred in The Singing Detective (2003).
• The film also stars Billy Bob Thornton who was last seen in The Gray Man (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 are 8 new movies released

• The Confession Musical - Monday, 20th February
• Marooned Awakening - Tuesday, 21st February - streaming
• Alcarras - Friday, 24th February - streaming
• Cocaine Bear - Friday, 24th February
• Mummies - Friday, 24th February
• Jesus Revolution - Friday, 24th February
• Quackers - Friday, 24th February
• My Happy Ending - Friday, 24th February

Continuing the story started by Rocky back in 1976, Creed III is given a 12A age rating for moderate violence, infrequent strong language. The movie stars Michael B Jordan who returns once again as Adonis Creed from Creed and Creed II, but this time the actor return to direct the movie as well.

The movie also stars Jonathan Majors who is about to appear in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, it also stars Tessa Thompson who also starred in the first two movies.

Movie Synopsis

Still dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed is thriving in his career and family life. When Damian, a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy resurfaces after serving time in prison, he's eager to prove that he deserves his shot in the ring. The face-off between former friends is more than just a fight. To settle the score, Adonis must put his future on the line to battle Damian -- a fighter who has nothing to lose.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Creed III
• BBFC age rating: 12A Certificate
• Reason: moderate violence, infrequent strong language
• Release date: 3rd March 2023
• Runtime: 116 minutes (1 hour 46 minutes)
• Directed by:
  • Michael B Jordan
• Starring:
  • Michael B Jordan
  • Jonathan Majors
  • Tessa Thompson

BBFC movie page