This weekend, Friday 14th January 2022, there are 3 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Spider-Man: No Way Home, for the number 1 spot?

Here are this weeks new releases

• Scream
• Embrace Again
• Save the Cinema

Scream

• The movie is directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett also directed Devil's Due in 2014 which grossed £1.8 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Neve Campbell who also starred in Drowning Mona (2000).
• The film also stars Courteney Cox who last appeared in Friends 25th: The One With the Anniversary (2019).
• Neve Campbell and Courteney Cox have starred in 4 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Scream 2 (1998), Scream 3 (2000), Scream (1996) and Scream 4 (2011).
• UK box office prediction: Number 1

Embrace Again

• The movie is directed by Xiaolu Xue, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Xiaolu Xue also directed My People, My Country in 2019 which grossed £135.3K in the UK and grossed $450.1 Mil. globally.
• It stars Bo Huang who also starred in Crazy Alien (2019).
• The film also stars Ling Jia who last appeared in Hi, Mom (2021).
• They also appeared together in My People, My Homeland (2020).

Save the Cinema

• The movie is directed by Sara Sugarman, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Sara Sugarman also directed Very Annie Mary in 2001.
• It stars Samantha Morton who also starred in John Carter (2012).
• The film also stars Tom Felton who last appeared in Braking For Whales (2019).
• UK box office prediction: Number 8

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

• Belfast, Friday, 21st January
• Nightmare Alley, Friday, 21st January
• A Journal For Jordan, Friday, 21st January

A new poster has been released for upcoming movie Scream which can seen in full if you scroll down this page.

• The movie is due for release on 14th January 2022
• It stars among others Neve Campbell and Courteney Cox
• It is directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin
• It is a sequel to Scream, Scream 2, Scream 3 and Scream 4

Check out the Salty Popcorn movie page for more information on this upcoming film.

A weekly rundown of the UK box office chart big films over the last 30 years.

A year ago (2019) -

The number one film was Avengers: Endgame which had been at the top for 2 weeks and with a total gross of £69.3 Million it was also the top total grossing film.

The top new film of the week was Long Shot directed by Jonathan Levine and starring Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen which entered the box office at number 2.

The film with the longest run was How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World which had been on the box office for 10 weeks.

Five years ago (2015) -

The number one film was Avengers: Age Of Ultron which had been at the top for 2 weeks.

The top new film of the week was Far From The Madding Crowd directed by Thomas Vinterberg and starring Carey Mulligan and Matthias Schoenaerts which entered the box office at number 2.

The film with the longest run was Big Hero 6 which had been on the box office for 10 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Fast & Furious 7 which had taken £36.5 Million after 5 weeks of release.

Ten years ago (2010) -

Another film making its debut at the top was Iron Man 2 starring Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow and directed by Jon Favreau

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Alice In Wonderland which had taken £42.2 Million over 9 weeks of release.

Fifteen years ago (2005) -

Making its debut at the top was The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy starring Martin Freeman and Mos Def and directed by Garth Jennings

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Hitch which had taken £17.1 Million over 8 weeks of release.

Twenty years ago (2000) -

Making its debut at the top was Scream 3 starring David Arquette and Neve Campbell and directed by Wes Craven

The film with the longest run was American Beauty which had been on the box office for 14 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Toy Story 2 which had taken £43.5 Million after 12 weeks of release.

Twenty five years ago (1995) -

Making its debut at the top was Outbreak starring Dustin Hoffman and Rene Russo and directed by Wolfgang Petersen

The film with the longest run was Rudyard Kiplings The Jungle Book which had been on the box office for 11 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Dumb And Dumber which had taken £7.5 Million after 4 weeks of release.

Thirty years ago (1990) -

Making its debut at the top was Nuns On The Run starring Eric Idle and Robbie Coltrane and directed by Jonathan Lynn

The film with the longest run was Honey I Shrunk The Kids which had been on the box office for 13 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Look Who's Talking which had taken £9.8 Million after 5 weeks of release.