This weekend, Friday 2nd December 2022, 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, Matilda: The Musical, for the number 1 spot?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Violent Night
• Cbeebies Panto: Dick Whittington and His Cat
• India Sweets and Spices
• The Infernal Machine
• White Noise

Violent Night

• The movie is directed by Tommy Wirkola, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Tommy Wirkola also directed Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters in 2013 which grossed £3.4 Mil. in the UK and grossed $226.3 Mil. globally.
• It stars David Harbour who also starred in Snitch (2013).
• The film also stars Beverly D'Angelo who was last seen in The Good House (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Cbeebies Panto: Dick Whittington and His Cat

• The movie is from director Debbie Flitcroft.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Ben Cajee who also starred in Cbeebies Christmas Show 2021: The Night Before Christmas (2021).
• The film also stars Justin Fletcher who was last seen in Cbeebies Christmas Show 2021: The Night Before Christmas (2021).
• They also appeared together in Cbeebies Christmas Show 2021: The Night Before Christmas in 2021.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

India Sweets and Spices

• The movie is directed by Geeta Malik, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Geeta Malik also directed Troublemaker in 2011.
• It stars Sophia Ali who also starred in Walking With the Dead (2015).
• The film also stars Rish Shah who was last seen in To All the Boys: Always and Forever (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Infernal Machine

• The movie is directed by Andrew Hunt, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Andrew Hunt also directed Miles Between Us in 2016.
• It stars Guy Pearce who also starred in Rules of Engagement (2000).
• The film also stars Alice Eve who was last seen in Warning (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

White Noise

• The movie is directed by Noah Baumbach, it is the directors 13th movie.
• Noah Baumbach also directed De Palma in 2016 which grossed £2.2K in the UK.
• It stars Adam Driver who also starred in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019).
• The film also stars Raffey Cassidy who was last seen in The Other Lamb (2019).
• Noah Baumbach directed Adam Driver in While We're Young
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• 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

• The Silent Twins - Friday, 9th December
• Emancipation - Friday, 9th December - streaming

Each week we present a rundown of the UK box office chart headlines on this same week from last year to 1990.

A year ago (2019) -

Making its debut at the top was Once Upon A Time ... In Hollywood starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt and directed by Quentin Tarantino

The film with the longest run was Casino Royale which had been on the box office for 24 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was The Lion King which had taken £66 Million after 5 weeks of release.

Five years ago (2015) -

Also making its debut at the top was Pixels starring Adam Sandler and Kevin James and directed by Chris Columbus

The film with the longest run was Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back which had been on the box office for 33 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Jurassic World which had taken £63.7 Million after 10 weeks of release.

Ten years ago (2010) -

The number one film was Toy Story 3 which had been at the top for 4 weeks and with a total gross of £58.9 Million it was also the top total grossing film.

The top new film of the week was The Last Airbender directed by M. Night Shyamalan and starring Jackson Rathbone and Dev Patel which entered the box office at number 3.

The film with the longest run was Shrek Forever After which had been on the box office for 7 weeks.

Fifteen years ago (2005) -

The number one film was Charlie And The Chocolate Factory which had been at the top for 3 weeks.

The top new film of the week was The Island directed by Michael Bay and starring Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson which entered the box office at number 2.

The film with the longest run was Batman Begins which had been on the box office for 9 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was War Of The Worlds which had taken £29.7 Million after 7 weeks of release.

Twenty years ago (2000) -

The number one film was Gone In 60 Seconds which had been at the top for 2 weeks.

The top new film of the week was Rules Of Engagement directed by William Friedkin and starring Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson which entered the box office at number 6.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Gladiator which had taken £29.7 Million over 14 weeks of release.

Twenty five years ago (1995) -

Making its debut at the top was Waterworld starring Kevin Costner and Chaim Jeraffi and directed by Kevin Reynolds

The film with the longest run was Man Of The House which had been on the box office for 10 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Batman Forever which had taken £15.6 Million after 5 weeks of release.

Thirty years ago (1990) -

Making its debut at the top was Die Hard 2: Die Harder starring Bruce Willis and Bonnie Bedelia and directed by Renny Harlin

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Pretty Woman which had taken £12.1 Million over 12 weeks of release.

In a mixed up week at the UK box office, using figures including 2 days of previews Adam Sandlers Pixels takes over a the top, the true winner is Inside Out.

If you take away the 2 days of previews Pixar's Inside Out is by far the biggest film of the weekend, and indeed of the week with only a 3% drop from the previous weeks takings.

But lets not take away from the given champion and Pixels duly takes over at the top of the UK box office with a weekend gross of £2.7 million.

After a slamming from critics last weeks top film, Fantastic Four, makes a dramatic fall from the top and lands at number 6 this week with a total gross after 2 weekends of £4.8 million.

The re-image of the superhero franchise simply hasn't worked and the new film will come no-where near the 2005 version which took £12.4 million or it's sequel 4: Rise of The Silver Surfer which took almost the same amount.

Other new film this week include The Man From U.N.C.L.E. at number 4 and Trainwreck, on a limited release, at number 5, Simon Pegg's new film Absolutely Anything enters at number 9.

Historical charts

A year ago - The Inbetweeners 2 continued their run at the top of the box office while The Expendables 3 was new at 3.

Five years ago - Toy Story 3 continued to rule the box office at the top while the critically panned The Last Airbender was new at 3.

Ten years ago - Charlie and The Chocolate Factory was still the top film in the UK while new at 2 was The Island with Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson

Fifteen years ago - Gone In 60 Seconds stayed at the top for another week while, no new entries inside the top 5 so Rules of Engagement entered highest at number 6.

Twenty years ago - Batman Forever gave up the top spot to the much criticised Waterworld starring Kevin Costner and directed by Kevin Reynolds.

Twenty five years ago - Tom Cruise was at the top with Days of Thunder on its debut weekend knocking Total Recall into second place.