Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 26th September 2025, there are 7 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale from the top of the UK box office.

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.

• One Battle After Another
• Mother's Pride
• Hamilton
• Poison
• Dead of Winter
• Detective Conan: One Eyed Flashback
• The Strangers: Chapter 2

One Battle After Another

• The movie is directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Paul Thomas Anderson also directed Boogie Nights in 1998 which grossed £3.6 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Leonardo DiCaprio who also starred in Celebrity (1998).
• The film also stars Benicio Del Toro who's last movie was The Phoenician Scheme (2025).
• Paul Thomas Anderson directed Benicio Del Toro in and Inherent Vice
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Mother's Pride

• The movie is directed by Nick Moorcroft, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Nick Moorcroft also directed Fisherman's Friends: One and All in 2022 which grossed £3.2 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Luke Treadaway who also starred in The Rack Pack (2016).
• The film also stars Mark Addy who's last movie was The Runaways (2020).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Hamilton

• The movie is directed by Thomas Kail, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Thomas Kail also directed Grease Live! in 2016.
• It stars Daveed Diggs who also starred in Trolls Band Together (2023).
• The film also stars Renée Elise Goldsberry who's last movie was tick, tick...BOOM! (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Poison

• The movie is directed by Désirée Nosbusch, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Désirée Nosbusch also directed Succes Fox in 2014.
• It stars Tim Roth who also starred in Battle of the Brave (2004).
• The film also stars Trine Dyrholm who's last movie was The Girl With the Needle (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Dead of Winter

• The movie is directed by Brian Kirk, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Brian Kirk also directed 21 Bridges in 2019 which grossed £1.5 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Emma Thompson who also starred in Missing Link (2019).
• The film also stars Judy Greer who's last movie was The Long Walk (2025).
• They also appeared together in Men, Women & Children in 2014.
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Detective Conan: One Eyed Flashback

• The movie is directed by Katsuya Shigehara, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Katsuya Shigehara also directed Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos: The Movie in 2023.
• It stars Minami Takayama who also starred in Lupin III Vs. Detective Conan (2009).
• The film also stars Wakana Yamazaki who's last movie was Detective Conan: The Million Dollar Pentagram (2024).
• Minami Takayama and Wakana Yamazaki have starred in 32 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Detective Conan: Quarter of Silence in 2011, The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days In History in 2014, Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer in 2018, The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days In History in 2014, Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street in 2002, Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths in 2005, The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days In History in 2014, Lupin III Vs. Detective Conan in 2009, Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire in 2019, Detective Conan: Vs. Kid the Phantom Thief in 2024, Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine in 2023, Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser in 2009, Detective Conan: The Sniper From Another Dimension in 2014, Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare in 2016, Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno in 2015, Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet in 2021, Detective Conan: Jolly Roger In the Deep Azure in 2007, Detective Conan: Full Score of Fear in 2008, Detective Conan: The Fourteenth Target in 1998, The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days In History in 2014, Detective Conan: Countdown to Heaven in 2001, Case Closed: Episode One - The Great Detective Turned Small in 2016, Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter in 2017, Detective Conan: Captured In Her Eyes in 2000, Detective Conan: The Lost Ship In the Sky in 2010, Detective Conan: Magician of the Silver Sky in 2004, Detective Conan: The Time Bombed Skyscraper in 1997, Detective Conan: The Million Dollar Pentagram in 2024, Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem in 2006, Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century in 1999, Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween in 2022 and Detective Conan: Crossroad In the Ancient Capital in 2003.
• Katsuya Shigehara directed Wakana Yamazaki in and Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos: The Movie
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

The Strangers: Chapter 2

• The movie is directed by Renny Harlin, it is the directors 26th movie.
• Renny Harlin also directed Skiptrace in 2016.
• It stars Rachel Shenton who also starred in Ozi: Voice of the Forest (2024).
• The film also stars Gabriel Basso who's last movie was Juror #2 (2024).
• They also appeared together in The Strangers: Chapter 1 in 2024.
• Renny Harlin directed Rachel Shenton in and The Strangers: Chapter 1
• Renny Harlin directed Gabriel Basso in and The Strangers: Chapter 1
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• 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 4 new movies released

• The Smashing Machine - Friday, 3rd October
• Roofman - Friday, 3rd October
• The Shadows Edge - Friday, 3rd October
• Him - Friday, 3rd October

In a surprise move Weapons~2026 directed by Zach Cregger and starring Josh Brolin makes its debut at the top of the North American box office.

The movie takes a very good $42 Million on its debut after good reviews and audience scores.

After a couple of weeks at the top The Fantastic Four: First Steps drops to the number 3 spot and has a total gross of nearly $230.5 Million, the movie is not being the bog hit that Disney/Marvel were hoping for!

Coming in at number 2 this weekend is the 'strange it got a cinema release' Freakier Friday which enter the box office at 2 with just shy of $30 Million.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 8th - 10th August 2025

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weekends US box office chart.
• It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It grosses $42,500,000 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $42,500,000 after 1 weekends of release

• The movie is a new entry at number 2 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $29,000,000 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $29,000,000 after 1 weekends of release

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $15,500,000 over the weekend, a 60% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $230,412,709 after 3 weekends of release
• The movie is the 7th top grossing film so far in 2025

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $10,400,000 over the weekend, a 53% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $43,409,480 after 2 weekends of release

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $8,375,000 over the weekend, a 50% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $33,009,738 after 2 weekends of release

Released globaly this week there are 13 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace How to Train Your Dragon from the top of the global box office.

As well as many movies released in cinemas around the globe this list also includes a number of the top movies released on streaming platforms.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• F1
• M3GAN 2.0
• Elio
• One to One: John & Yoko
• The Ritual
• Sorry, Baby
• The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
• 28 Years Later
• Detective Conan: One Eyed Flashback
• Bride Hard

F1

• The movie is directed by Joseph Kosinski, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Joseph Kosinski also directed Only the Brave in 2017 which grossed $26.4 Mil. globally.
• It stars Brad Pitt who also starred in Fight Club (1999).
• The film also stars Javier Bardem who's last movie was Spellbound (2024).
• They also appeared together in The Counsellor in 2013.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Argentina / Australia / Brazil / Cambodia / Canada / Chile / China / Colombia / Denmark / Estonia / Finland / France / Georgia / Germany / Greece / Hong Kong / Hungary / Iceland / India / Indonesia / Ireland / Israel / Italy / Japan / Kazakhstan / Latvia / Malaysia / Mexico / Mexico / Montenegro / Netherlands / Norway / Philippines / Poland / Romania / Singapore / South Korea / Spain / Sweden / Taiwan / Thailand / Turkey / Ukraine / United Kingdom / United States

M3GAN 2.0

• The movie is directed by Gerard Johnstone, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Gerard Johnstone also directed Housebound in 2014.
• It stars Violet McGraw who also starred in A Christmas Mystery (2022).
• The film also stars Jemaine Clement who's last movie was A Minecraft Movie (2025).
• Gerard Johnstone directed Violet McGraw in and M3GAN
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Argentina / Australia / Cambodia / Canada / Denmark / Finland / France / Germany / Greece / Hungary / India / Ireland / Israel / Italy / Kazakhstan / Mexico / Mexico / Norway / Philippines / Poland / Singapore / Spain / Sweden / Taiwan / Turkey / United Kingdom / United States

Elio

• The movie is directed by Madeline Sharafian and Domee Shi, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Madeline Sharafian and Domee Shi also directed 2021 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Animation in 2021.
• It stars Yonas Kibreab who also starred in Merry Little Batman (2023).
• The film also stars Zoe Saldaña who's last movie was Emilia Pérez (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  China / Finland / Sweden

One to One: John & Yoko

• The movie is directed by Kevin Macdonald and Sam Rice-Edwards, it is the directors 18th movie.
• Kevin Macdonald and Sam Rice-Edwards also directed The Eagle in 2011 which grossed $38 Mil. globally.
• It stars John Lennon who also starred in Hendrix (2000).
• The film also stars Yoko Ono who's last movie was Zappa (2020).
• John Lennon and Yoko Ono have starred in 7 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam in 1987, Hendrix in 2000, Zappa in 2020, Borrowed Time: Lennon's Last Decade in 2025, George Harrison: Living In the Material World in 2011, Janis Little Girl Blue in 2016 and Lennon Naked in 2010.
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• Released this week in:
  Austria / Germany

The Ritual

• The movie is from director David Midell.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Al Pacino who also starred in ...And Justice For All. (1979).
• The film also stars Dan Stevens who's last movie was Cuckoo (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Kazakhstan / Russia

Sorry, Baby

• The movie is from director Eva Victor.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Eva Victor who also starred in Shithouse (2020).
• The film also stars Naomi Ackie who's last movie was Mickey 17 (2025).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• Released this week in:
  Brazil / United States

The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie

• The movie is from director Peter Browngardt.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Eric Bauza who also starred in The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023).
• The film also stars Candi Milo who's last movie was Trick Or Treat Scooby-Doo! (2022).
• Eric Bauza and Candi Milo have starred in 3 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Space Jam: A New Legacy in 2021, Scooby-Doo! Frankencreepy in 2014 and Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright in 2013.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Bosnia and Herzegovina / Croatia

28 Years Later

• The movie is directed by Danny Boyle, it is the directors 15th movie.
• Danny Boyle also directed A Life Less Ordinary in 1997 which grossed $6.9 Mil. globally.
• It stars Jodie Comer who also starred in The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde ().
• The film also stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson who's last movie was Nosferatu (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Estonia / Finland

Detective Conan: One Eyed Flashback

• The movie is directed by Katsuya Shigehara, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Katsuya Shigehara also directed Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos: The Movie in 2023.
• It stars Minami Takayama who also starred in Detective Conan: Haibara Aimonogatari Black Iron Mystery Train (2022).
• The film also stars Wakana Yamazaki who's last movie was Detective Conan: The Million Dollar Pentagram (2024).
• Minami Takayama and Wakana Yamazaki have starred in 23 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer in 2018, Detective Conan: Captured In Her Eyes in 2000, Detective Conan: Quarter of Silence in 2011, Detective Conan: Countdown to Heaven in 2001, Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century in 1999, Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire in 2019, Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser in 2009, Detective Conan: Jolly Roger In the Deep Azure in 2007, Detective Conan: Magician of the Silver Sky in 2004, Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine in 2023, Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street in 2002, Detective Conan: Crossroad In the Ancient Capital in 2003, Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet in 2021, The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days In History in 2014, Detective Conan: The Fourteenth Target in 1998, Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem in 2006, Case Closed: Episode One - The Great Detective Turned Small in 2016, Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths in 2005, Detective Conan: The Time Bombed Skyscraper in 1997, Detective Conan: The Million Dollar Pentagram in 2024, Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween in 2022, Detective Conan: Full Score of Fear in 2008 and Detective Conan: The Lost Ship In the Sky in 2010.
• Katsuya Shigehara directed Wakana Yamazaki in and Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos: The Movie
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  China / Taiwan

Bride Hard

• The movie is directed by Simon West, it is the directors 13th movie.
• Simon West also directed Purple Mountain in 2008.
• It stars Rebel Wilson who also starred in How to Be Single (2016).
• The film also stars Anna Camp who's last movie was Jerry & Marge Go Large (2022).
• Rebel Wilson and Anna Camp have starred in 3 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Pitch Perfect in 2012, Pitch Perfect 3 in 2017 and Pitch Perfect 2 in 2015.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Russia

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

Next week there are 14 new movies released gloabally

• Jurassic World: Rebirth - From Wednesday, 2nd July
• Hot Milk - From Thursday, 3rd July
• Heads of State - From Wednesday, 2nd July
• Materialists - From Wednesday, 2nd July
• The Ugly Stepsister - From Wednesday, 2nd July
• The Ritual - From Monday, 30th June
• United Kingdom of Kerala - From Friday, 4th July
• Detective Conan: One Eyed Flashback - From Friday, 4th July
• Bring Her Back - From Friday, 4th July
• M3GAN 2.0 - From Tuesday, 1st July
• The Shrouds - From Friday, 4th July
• Fight Or Flight - From Friday, 4th July
• Boomerang Bro Gets Grounded: The First Movie - Kalahari Waterpark Disaster - From Monday, 30th June
• The Salt Path - From Thursday, 3rd July

As the Christmas holiday arrives Disney score a number 1 hit with the sequel movie Mufasa: The Lion King, topping the UK box office on its debut weekend.

The movie takes over at the top of the UK box office with a weekend gross of over £4.4 Million, although this is a far cry from the £16.6 Million of the 2019 original The Lion King~2019.

Last weeks top movie Moana 2 falls to number 3 this weekend and has taken £29 Million over its 4 weeks of release.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 20th - 22nd December 2024

• The movie remains at number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £2,511,897 over the weekend, a 27% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £48,233,182 over 5 weeks of release
• The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £2,057,688 over the weekend, a 43% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £29,751,577 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 7th top grossing film so far in 2024
• The movie is a sequel to Moana which took £9,833,507 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £497,569 over the weekend, a 46% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £29,691,557 over 6 weeks of release
• The movie is the 8th top grossing film so far in 2024
• The movie is a sequel to Gladiator which took £22,753,751 at the box office after 6 weeks in cinemas.

With Alien: Romulus 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.

• The Crow
• Widow Clicquot
• The Killer
• Cuckoo
• Kneecap
• Between the Temples
• Blink Twice

The Crow

• The movie is directed by Rupert Sanders, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Rupert Sanders also directed Ghost In the Shell in 2017 which grossed £5.6 Mil. in the UK and grossed $169.8 Mil. globally.
• It stars Bill Skarsgård who also starred in Atomic Blonde (2017).
• The film also stars Danny Huston who's last movie was Horizon: An American Saga (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Widow Clicquot

• The movie is directed by Thomas Napper, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Thomas Napper also directed Jawbone in 2017 which grossed £30.4K in the UK.
• It stars Leo Suter who also starred in Fallen (2016).
• The film also stars Haley Bennett who's last movie was Borderlands (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Killer

• The movie is directed by John Woo, it is the directors 37th movie.
• John Woo also directed Just Heroes in 1989.
• It stars Nathalie Emmanuel who also starred in Arthur the King (2024).
• The film also stars Sam Worthington who's last movie was Horizon: An American Saga (2024).
• They also appeared together in The Titan in 2018.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Cuckoo

• The movie is directed by Tilman Singer, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Tilman Singer also directed Luz in 2019.
• It stars Hunter Schafer who also starred in Kinds of Kindness (2024).
• The film also stars Jan Bluthardt who's last movie was Luz (2019).
• Tilman Singer directed Jan Bluthardt in Luz
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Kneecap

• The movie is directed by Rich Peppiatt, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Rich Peppiatt also directed One Rogue Reporter in 2024.
• It stars Moglai Bap who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Mo Chara who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Between the Temples

• The movie is from director Nathan Silver.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Jason Schwartzman who also starred in Bewitched (2005).
• The film also stars Carol Kane who's last movie was Migration (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Blink Twice

• The movie is from director Zoë Kravitz.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Naomi Ackie who also starred in The Score (2022).
• The film also stars Channing Tatum who's last movie was Deadpool & Wolverine (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• 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 6 new movies released

• Afraid - Friday, 30th August
• Sing Sing - Friday, 30th August
• Touch - Friday, 30th August
• The Count of Monte-Cristo - Friday, 30th August
• The Deliverance - Friday, 30th August - streaming
• André Rieu's 2024 Maastricht Concert: Power of Love - Saturday, 31st August