This weekend, Friday 8th December 2023, there are 5 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Napoleon, for the number 1 spot?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Wonka
• The Peasants
• Please Dont Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain
• Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
• Tarrac

Wonka

• The movie is directed by Paul King, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Paul King also directed Paddington 2 in 2017 which grossed £42.6 Mil. in the UK and grossed $228 Mil. globally.
• It stars Timothée Chalamet who also starred in The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021).
• The film also stars Olivia Colman who was last seen in Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Peasants

• The movie is from director DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Kamila Urzedowska who also starred in Zolza (2022).
• The film also stars Robert Gulaczyk who was last seen in Loving VIncent (2017).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain

• The movie is from director Paul Briganti.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Martin Herlihy who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars John Higgins who was last seen in A Man Called Otto (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

• The movie is directed by Sam Fell, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Sam Fell also directed ParaNormaN in 2012 which grossed £6 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Thandiwe Newton who also starred in The Chronicles of Riddick (2004).
• The film also stars Zachary Levi who was last seen in Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Tarrac

• The movie is directed by Declan Recks, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Declan Recks also directed The Truth Commissioner in 2016 which grossed £1.8K in the UK.
• It stars Kelly Gough who also starred in Out of Innocence (2019).
• The film also stars Lorcan Cranitch who was last seen in Lakelands (2023).
• Declan Recks directed Lorcan Cranitch in Dad
• 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 3 new movies released

• The Three Musketeers: Milady - Friday, 15th December
• Godzilla Minus One - Friday, 15th December
• What Happens Later - Friday, 15th December

The long running The Fast and The Furious series brings on its tenth movie, this time titled Fast X, which has been given a 12A age rating in the UK for moderate violence, threat, brief grisly images, infrequent strong language.

The movie stars Vin Diesel, who has previously starred in The Chronicles of Riddick and xXx - Return of Xander Cage, who once again brings his character Dominic Toretto to the series, it also stars Jordana Brewster who has previously starred in The Integrity of Joseph Chambers and Annapolis.

The movie is directed by Louis Leterrier who has previously directed Now You See Me and Transporter 2.

Movie Synopsis

Dominic Toretto must protect his crew and family from Dante Reyes, the son of drug lord Hernan Reyes, seeking revenge for the loss of his family's fortune at their heist in Rio de Janeiro.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Fast X
• BBFC age rating: 12A Certificate
• Reason: moderate violence, threat, brief grisly images, infrequent strong language
• Release date: 19th May 2023
• Runtime: 141 minutes (2 hour 21 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • Louis Leterrier
• Starring:
  • Vin Diesel
  • Jordana Brewster
  • Tyrese Gibson

BBFC movie page

White House Down takes over from Riddick as the best selling disk for home entertainment on it's first week of sale.

White House Down was in cinemas in the middle of September last year debuting at 3 and spending 5 weeks on the chart.

Riddick spends a single week at the top and this weeks falls to 2.

Vin Diesel takes him most famous character, Riddick, to the top of the DVD/Blu-ray sales chart this week.

Riddick is the third film in the Chronicles of Riddick franchise, all starring Diesel, and was at the UK box office back in September where is debuted at number 2 and spent 3 weeks in cinemas.

Check out the UK DVD/Blu-ray top 20.