With Barbie currently at the top of the North American box office can this weeks new cinema releases challlenge it for the US box office crown?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• The Last Voyage of the Demeter
• Medusa Deluxe
• The Pod Generation
• Dragonkeeper
• Jules
• Go West
• Heart of Stone

The Last Voyage of the Demeter

• The movie is directed by André Øvredal, it is the directors 4th movie.
• André Øvredal also directed Scary Stories to Tell In the Dark in 2019 which grossed $68.7 Mil. in the US.
• It stars Corey Hawkins who also starred in Romeo and Juliet (2014).
• The film also stars Aisling Franciosi who was last seen in God's Creatures (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Medusa Deluxe

• The movie is from director Thomas Hardiman.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Clare Perkins who also starred in Secrets & Lies (1996).
• The film also stars Kayla Meikle who was last seen in Ear For Eye (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

The Pod Generation

• The movie is directed by Sophie Barthes, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Sophie Barthes also directed Cold Souls in 2009.
• It stars Emilia Clarke who also starred in Spike Island (2013).
• The film also stars Chiwetel Ejiofor who was last seen in Rob Peace (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Dragonkeeper

• The movie is from director Salvador Simo.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Bill Nighy who also starred in Page Eight (2011).
• The film also stars Brendan Coyle who was last seen in Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Jules

• The movie is directed by Marc Turtletaub, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Marc Turtletaub also directed Puzzle in 2018.
• It stars Ben Kingsley who also starred in L'amore Necessario (1991).
• The film also stars Harriet Sansom Harris who was last seen in Magazine Dreams (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Go West

• The movie is from director Stephen Meek and Jeremy Warner.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Sean Astin who also starred in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001).
• The film also stars Natalie Madsen who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

Heart of Stone

• The movie is directed by Tom Harper, it is the directors 8th movie.
• Tom Harper also directed The Woman In Black: Angel of Death in 2015.
• It stars Gal Gadot who also starred in Knight and Day (2010).
• The film also stars Matthias Schweighofer who was last seen in Oppenheimer (2023).
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• The MPAA age rating is

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

Next week there are 7 new movies released

• Mavka: The Forest Song - Tuesday, 15th August - streaming
• The Monkey King - Friday, 18th August - streaming
• Blue Beetle - Friday, 18th August
• Strays - Friday, 18th August
• The Queen Mary - Friday, 18th August
• Landscape With Invisible Hand - Friday, 18th August
• Back On the Strip - Friday, 18th August

4 new films hit UK cinemas today, fantasy Beautiful Creatures, Bruce Willis's return to Die Hard in A Good Day to Die Hard, comedy sequel This is 40 and drama For Ellen.

Beautiful Creatures is a fantasy film set around family ties and the dark forces, think Romeo and Juliette with witches! Starring Alden Ehrenreich and Alice Englert.

A Good Day to Die Hard is the fifth Die Hard film, once again having Bruce Willis's New York cop suffering from fish out of water scenario, this time in Russia.

This is 40 is a companion film to director Judd Apatows Knocked Up, this time Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann take the lead as the couple with children hitting the age of 40.

For Ellen is the drama of a musicians fight for his daughter from his estranged wife.