This weekend, Friday 20th September 2024, there are 5 new films released in North America and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, for the number 1 spot?

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.

• The Substance
• Transformers: One
• Never Let Go
• A Mistake
• Wolfs

The Substance

• The movie is directed by Coralie Fargeat, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Coralie Fargeat also directed Revenge in 2017.
• It stars Margaret Qualley who also starred in Seberg (2020).
• The film also stars Demi Moore who's last movie was The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Transformers: One

• The movie is directed by Josh Cooley, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Josh Cooley also directed Toy Story 4 in 2019 which grossed $434 Mil. in the US and grossed $1.1 Bil. globally.
• It stars Chris Hemsworth who also starred in Avengers Assemble (2012).
• The film also stars Brian Tyree Henry who's last movie was Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Never Let Go

• The movie is directed by Alexandre Aja, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Alexandre Aja also directed The Hills Have Eyes in 2006 which grossed $41.8 Mil. in the US.
• It stars Halle Berry who also starred in Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017).
• The film also stars Anthony B. Jenkins who's last movie was The Deliverance (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

A Mistake

• The movie is directed by Christine Jeffs, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Christine Jeffs also directed Sunshine Cleaning in 2009.
• It stars Elizabeth Banks who also starred in Call Jane (2022).
• The film also stars Mickey Sumner who's last movie was With/In: Volume 2 (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Wolfs

• The movie is directed by Jon Watts, it is the directors 9th movie.
• Jon Watts also directed Spider-Man: Homecoming in 2017 which grossed $334.2 Mil. in the US and grossed $880.2 Mil. globally.
• It stars Brad Pitt who also starred in The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford (2007).
• The film also stars George Clooney who's last movie was IF (2024).
• Brad Pitt and George Clooney have starred in 6 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Burn After Reading in 2008, IF in 2024, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind in 2003, Ocean's Thirteen in 2007, Ocean's Twelve in 2004 and Ocean's Eleven in 2002.
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• 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

• The Thicket - Friday, 6th September - streaming
• Apartment 7A - Friday, 27th September - streaming
• The Bagman - Friday, 27th September
• Wolfs - Friday, 20th September - streaming
• Lee - Friday, 27th September
• Megalopolis - Friday, 27th September
• The Wild Robot - Friday, 27th September

A new poster has been released for upcoming movie Killers of the Flower Moon which can seen in full if you scroll down this page.

Movie breakdown

• It stars among others Leonardo DiCaprio (The Great Gatsby) and Robert De Niro (We"re No Angels)
• It is directed by Martin Scorsese (Shine a Light)
• The movie also stars Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons and Tantoo Cardinal
• The UK release date is 20th October 2023
• And the release date in North America is 20th October 2023
• Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro appeared together in This Boys Life, Marvins Room and Les Cent Et Une Nuits De Simon Cinema
• Martin Scorsese directed Robert De Niro in New York, New York

Synopsis for Killers of the Flower Moon

Members of the Osage tribe in northeastern Oklahoma are murdered under mysterious circumstances in the 1920s, sparking a major BOI investigation directed by a 29-year-old J. Edgar Hoover and former Texas Ranger Tom White, described by Grann as an old-style lawman.

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

Liam Neeson remains at the top of the US box office this weekend with the revenge thriller Honest Thief, in fact the top 3 movies remain the same as last week!

The highest new movie of the weekend is horror movie The Empty Man which makes its debut at number 4, also making a debut this week is Monsters Inc. re-release which enters at 7 and After We Collided which makes its debut at 8.

Here is the US box office Quickview.

• Number 1 - Honest Thief (2nd week)
• Highest debut - The Empty Man (@4)
• Longest run - Unhinged (11 weeks)
• Highest total gross - Tenet ($52,500,000) (not including re-releases)

US top 5 box office breakdown 23rd - 25th October 2020.

Honest Thief

Liam Neeson stars in the revenge thriller which remains at the top of the US box office for a second weekend, the week taking $2.3 Million which is only a 36% drop from last weekend.

This pushes the total gross in the US to $7.4 Million on its second weekend, and with more and more cinemas starting to open it could be one of the bigger film to open during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The War With Grandpa

The Tim Hill directed comedy starring Robert De Niro remains at number 2 this week with $1.8 Million, only 25% down from last weekend.

The film has been out for 3 weeks now and has taken $9.7 Million since release.

The Empty Man

**UPDATE** With the release of the final weekend figures The Empty Man has taken just a little more than Tenet and so ended in third place rather than fourth.

Highest new movie of the week is the David Prior directed horror movie which lands at number 3 this weekend with $1.26 Million.

with Halloween next weekend the movie should have a strong second weekend but then the potential to drop off the chart is strong, although horror movies did shine during the pandemic cinema shutdown when only drive-in theatres were open.

Tenet

Warner Bros. have admitted that their 'savour of cinema' movie was actually a failure and just maybe they opened the movie too soon, regardless of that the movie takes $1.3 Million this weekend, a drop of only 19%.

The movie has been on the box office for 8 weeks now and is by far the highest grossing movie since cinemas closed in March with $52.5 Million, as a side note Warner Bros. have been cagy about the movies box office figures.

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Disney's re-release of their Henry Selick directed classic falls to number 5 this weekend with $577,000, a 57% drop, giving the movie a total gross of $76.9 Million since its 1994 release.

Doctor Sleep is a follow up to Stephen Kings The Shining and this year director Mike Flanagan takes us on that journey, and today we get the first trailer.

The film is based on the 2013 novel of the same name, and although not a direct sequel the trailer shows us that is will use Stanley Kubrick's Overlook Hotel from The Shining for many scenes.

The film stars Ewan McGregor as Danny Torrance, who is now grown up, as he battles alcoholism but cant escape the events from his life or gift.

Set for release in November check out the trailer below.

The world will shine again. Watch the teaser trailer now. #DoctorSleepMovie pic.twitter.com/HqLIqr3dKn

— Doctor Sleep (@DoctorSleepFilm) June 13, 2019

At the UK box office this week, Friday, 10th May 2019, there is 6 new releases looking to take your attention at the local multiplex and break into the box office chart next week.

Pokémon: Detective Pikachu

First up at cinemas this week is new movie Pokémon: Detective Pikachu directed by Rob Letterman who also directed Goosebumps in 2016 which grossed £8,575,763.

It stars Ryan Reynolds who last starred in Deadpool 2 and Justice Smith who last appeared in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.

High Life

Next on the new release schedule is High Life, this new movie stars Robert Pattinson and Juliette Binoche who starred in Cosmopolis together.

The film is brought to us by Claire Denis who's last film was Let The Sunshine In.

Destination Wedding

Also out this week is Destination Wedding which is directed by Victor Levin which is a directorial debut.

It stars Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder who were last seen together in The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee which grossed £44,511.

Amazing Grace

The long list of new releases continues with Amazing Grace which is directed by Alan Elliott and Sydney Pollack directing together.

It stars Aretha Franklin and Reverand James Cleveland.

The Hustle

Finally there is The Hustle from director Chris Addison making their directorial debut, the film stars Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson.

Check back on Monday to see where these films end up on the weekends box office chart.

Come back next week when there are 2 new releases. -

• John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum is out Friday, 17th May
• Breakthrough get released on Friday, 17th May