This weekend, Friday 24th January 2025, there are 7 new films released in North America and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Mufasa: The Lion King, for the number 1 spot?

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.

• Flight Risk
• Presence
• Brave the Dark
• The Colors Within
• Inheritance
• The Girl With the Needle
• Bau: Artist At War

Flight Risk

• The movie is directed by Mel Gibson, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Mel Gibson also directed Hacksaw Ridge in 2017 which grossed $67.2 Mil. in the US and grossed $180.6 Mil. globally.
• It stars Michelle Dockery who also starred in Self/Less (2015).
• The film also stars Mark Wahlberg who's last movie was Arthur the King (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Presence

• The movie is directed by Steven Soderbergh, it is the directors 37th movie.
• Steven Soderbergh also directed Solaris in 2003.
• It stars Lucy Liu who also starred in Shanghai Noon (2000).
• The film also stars Julia Fox who's last movie was No Sudden Move (2021).
• Steven Soderbergh directed Julia Fox in and No Sudden Move
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Brave the Dark

• The movie is directed by Damian Harris, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Damian Harris also directed Mercy in 2000.
• It stars Jared Harris who also starred in White Lies (1997).
• Damian Harris directed Jared Harris in and The Rachel Papers
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

The Colors Within

• The movie is directed by Naoko Yamada, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Naoko Yamada also directed K-On!: The Movie in 2011.
• It stars Sayu Suzukawa who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Akari Takaishi who's last movie was My Happy Marriage (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Inheritance

• The movie is directed by Neil Burger, it is the directors 11th movie.
• Neil Burger also directed Voyagers in 2021.
• It stars Phoebe Dynevor who also starred in Fair Play (2023).
• The film also stars Rhys Ifans who's last movie was Venom: The Last Dance (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

The Girl With the Needle

• The movie is directed by Magnus von Horn, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Magnus von Horn also directed The Here After in 2016.
• It stars Vic Carmen Sonne who also starred in Godland (2022).
• The film also stars Trine Dyrholm who's last movie was The Almond and the Seahorse (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

Bau: Artist At War

• The movie is directed by Sean McNamara, it is the directors 44th movie.
• Sean McNamara also directed Treehouse Hostage in 1999.
• It stars Emile Hirsch who also starred in Just Jim (2015).
• The film also stars Inbar Lavi who's last movie was For the Love of Money (2012).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

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

• Panda Bear In Africa - Monday, 14th October - streaming
• Feng Shen 2 - Wednesday, 29th January - limited release
• Dog Man - Friday, 31st January
• Companion - Friday, 31st January
• Game of Power - Sunday, 2nd February

Last weekend saw The Batman at the top of the UK box office, there are 5 new releases this weekend, will any of them top the UK box office this weekend?

Here are this weeks new releases

• The Nan Movie
• Wolf
• Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie
• The Phantom of the Open
• X

The Nan Movie

• The movie is directed by Josie Rourke, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Josie Rourke also directed Coriolanus: NT Live 2014 in 2014 which grossed £1.3 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Catherine Tate who also starred in Scenes of a Sexual Nature (2006).
• The film also stars Mathew Horne who was last seen in Breaking the Bank (2016).
• The BBFC UK age rating is
• Box office prediction: Number 1

Wolf

• The movie is directed by Nathalie Biancheri, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Nathalie Biancheri also directed Nocturnal in 2020 which grossed £3K in the UK.
• It stars George MacKay who also starred in Been So Long (2018).
• The film also stars Lily-Rose Depp who was last seen in Silent Night (2021).
• The BBFC UK age rating is
• Box office prediction: Number 8

Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie

• The movie is from director Seong-Hu Park.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Chinatsu Akasaki who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Aya Endo who was last seen in Violet Evergarden: The Movie (2020).
• The BBFC UK age rating is
• Box office prediction: Number 7

The Phantom of the Open

• The movie is directed by Craig Roberts, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Craig Roberts also directed Just Jim in 2015 which grossed £8.8K in the UK.
• It stars Rhys Ifans who also starred in Official Secrets (2019).
• The film also stars Mark Rylance who was last seen in Don't Look Up (2021).
• They also appeared together in Anonymous in 2011.
• The BBFC UK age rating is
• Box office prediction: Number 5

X

• The movie is directed by Ti West, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Ti West also directed The Roost in 2006.
• It stars Mia Goth who also starred in High Life (2019).
• The film also stars Jenna Ortega who was last seen in Studio 666 (2022).
• The BBFC UK age rating is
• Box office prediction: Number 10

Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next week there are 6 new movies released

• The Ice Age: Adventures of Buck Wild - Friday, 25th March
• Ambulance - Friday, 25th March
• Benedetta - Friday, 25th March
• Umma - Friday, 25th March
• The Worst Person In the World - Friday, 8th October
• I Am What I Am - Friday, 25th March

British feel good comedy drama The Phantom Of The Open is given a 12A age rating by the BBFC.

The British love a true life underdog movie, like 2015's Eddie the Eagle, and here they go again with a golfing movie about an amateur player who got into the open!.

The movie stars Mark Rylance as Maurice Flitcroft, the amateur golfer who was accepted into the open, and Sally Hawkins as his wife, it also stars Rhys Ifans.

The movie is directed by Craig Roberts who brought us Eternal Beauty in 2019 but is better know as one of the stars of Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans.

Movie Synopsis

Amateur golfer Maurice Flitcroft achieves his late-in-life goal of participating in the British Open Golf Championship, much to the ire of the staid golfing community.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: The Phantom Of The Open
• BBFC age rating: 12A Certificate
• Reason: infrequent strong language/li>
• Release date: 18th March 2022
• Runtime: 106m (1 hour 46 minutes)
• Director:
  • Craig Roberts
• Starring:
  • Mark Rylance
  • Sally Hawkins
  • Rhys Ifans

BBFC movie page

The moment that many a Spider-man fan has been looking forward to finally arrived yesterday and we have the first glimpse of Andrew Garfield in his outfit, even if it's a blood stained and ripped costume.

I for one don't think that the Spider-man series needed a re-boot, the Sam Raimi film is only 10 years old, it was a good film that had a raw edge to it that just worked, the second film was a more polished and better produced film and still good, the third film, well less said about that the better.

Because of the vast amounts of money that the franchise can bring Sony have naturally decided to make a new film, and with Sam Raimi jumping ship last year they decided to “re-boot” the series (re-boot being the latest buzz word in Hollywood) and Andrew Garfield got the coveted role of the web-slinger. This new picture shows that the new film looks maybe a little darker, and the film will be action packed to the core, Spidey is well beaten up in picture and in reality we only see glimpses of the suite, a new design was inevitable along with Spider logo.

Spider-Man (insert suitable number/sub heading here) is out on July 4th 2012 and along side Andrew Garfield are Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Martin Sheen and Sally Field with Marc Webb calling the shots.