This weekend, Friday 16th August 2024, there are 2 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, It Ends With Us, for the number 1 spot?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Alien: Romulus
• The Union

Alien: Romulus

• The movie is directed by Fede Alvarez, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Fede Alvarez also directed The Girl In the Spider's Web in 2018 which grossed £557.4K in the UK.
• It stars Isabela Merced who also starred in Spirit Untamed (2021).
• The film also stars Cailee Spaeny who's last movie was Civil War (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Union

• The movie is directed by Julian Farino, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Julian Farino also directed Marvellous in 2014.
• It stars Mark Wahlberg who also starred in The Italian Job (2003).
• The film also stars Halle Berry who's last movie was Moonfall (2022).
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.

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

• The Crow - Friday, 23rd August
• Blink Twice - Friday, 23rd August
• The Killer - Friday, 23rd August
• Widow Clicquot - Friday, 23rd August
• Between the Temples - Friday, 23rd August
• Cuckoo - Friday, 23rd August

Released in the US this weekend, Friday, 28th July 2023, there are 7 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Barbie from the top of the North American box office.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Haunted Mansion
• War Pony
• Talk to Me
• The First Slam Dunk
• Sympathy For the Devil
• The Beanie Bubble
• Ladybug & Cat Noir: Awakening

Haunted Mansion

• The movie is directed by Justin Simien, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Justin Simien also directed Dear White People in 2014.
• It stars LaKeith Stanfield who also starred in The Girl In the Spider's Web (2018).
• The film also stars Tiffany Haddish who was last seen in Back On the Strip (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

War Pony

• The movie is from director Gina Gammell and Riley Keough.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Iona Red Bear who also starred in War Pony (2023).
• The film also stars Ta-Yamni Long Black Cat who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Talk to Me

• The movie is from director Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Sophie Wilde who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Joe Bird who was last seen in The Last Rites of Ransom Pride (2010).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

The First Slam Dunk

• The movie is from director Takehiko Inoue and Yasuyuki Ebara.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Masaya Fukunishi who also starred in Legend of the Galactic Heroes: The New Thesis - Stellar War 2 (2019).
• The film also stars Yoshiaki Hasegawa who was last seen in Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry (2017).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Sympathy For the Devil

• The movie is directed by Yuval Adler, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Yuval Adler also directed The Secrets We Keep in 2020.
• It stars Nicolas Cage who also starred in Mom and Dad (2018).
• The film also stars Joel Kinnaman who was last seen in The Suicide Squad (2021).
• Yuval Adler directed Joel Kinnaman in The Secrets We Keep
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• The MPAA age rating is

The Beanie Bubble

• The movie is from director Kristin Gore and Damian Kulash.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Sarah Snook who also starred in Pieces of a Woman (2020).
• The film also stars Geraldine Viswanathan who was last seen in Rumble (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Ladybug & Cat Noir: Awakening

• The movie is from director Jeremy Zag.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Annouck Hautbois who also starred in Ladybug & Cat Noir: Awakening (2023).
• The film also stars Benjamin Bollen who is making a feature film debut.
• 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 11 new movies released

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem - Wednesday, 2nd August
• The Hiding Place - Thursday, 3rd August
• Meg 2: The Trench - Friday, 4th August
• Mob Land - Friday, 4th August
• Passages - Friday, 4th August
• Dreamin Wild - Friday, 4th August
• Jessica Frost - Friday, 4th August
• The Collective - Friday, 4th August
• Till Death Do Us Part - Friday, 4th August
• Corner Office - Friday, 4th August
• The Six - Saturday, 5th August

There are 7 new reelases on the chart this week with Robin Hood the highest but the top 3 stay the same headed by Fantastic Beasts 2.

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

Doing well in the UK the Fantastic Beasts sequel remains at the top of the UK box office with a weekend take of £5.6 million.

The film isn't doing so well in the US but the figures are looking better elsewhere, in the UK the films total gross is now £22 million after 10 days of release.

The Grinch

This hanging onto to the runner spot the Dr Seuss film takes £3.2 million on its third weekend for a total gross of £14 million.

Bohemian Rhapsody

Still riding high at 3 after 5 weeks is the Freddy Mercury/Queen bio-pic which takes an excellent £2.2 million on its fifth week of release.

The film has now taken £39 million as is the eighth top film of 2018 but should break the top 5 by next weekend.

Robin Hood

Highest new entry of the week comes in at 4 with this Taron Egerton and Jamie Foxx starring re-telling of the classic bows and arrows film.

The film takes a relatively disappointing £1.3 million making one of the lowest debuting Robin Hood films.

Nativity Rocks!

Closing out the top 5 is a film which is the fourth entry in the long running Nativity! series directed by Debbie Isitt.

This entry takes £0.8 million over the weekend which is higher than the first entry but half that of the other 2.

The Girl In The Spider's Web

Opening outside the top 5 is the highly anticipated film starring Claire Foy which is at 6 taking £557,403.

As the run-up Christmas starts the Dr Seuss classic about the season The Grinch takes over from Bohemian Rhapsody at the top of the US box office.

The Grinch

The animated film from Illumination who also brought us Horton Hears A Who makes its debut with a vert impressive $66 million opening weekend.

The most recent version of the film starring Jim Carey and directed by Ron Howard opened to $55 million back in 2000.

Bohemian Rhapsody

The Queen film drops to number 2 on its second weekend of release with $30 million which brings its total to just over $100 million.

Overlord

Famed director JJ Abrahams has his name all over this film and with good reason as it has had a good responce from critics and public alike.

Directed by Julius Avery the film takes $10 million on its debut weekend to see it land at number 3.

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

Dropping considerably in its second weekend of release the Disney film takes $9.5 million to boost its total to $35.2 million and is at number 4 this week.

The Girl In The Spider's Web

Last of three new releases on the top 5 this week is a sequel of sorts as the book its based on is from the universe of The Girl With The Dragon tattoo.

Taking $8 million from the weekend this is lower than the US adaptation of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo from 2011 with took $12.7 million on its debut.

Based on the novel by David Lagercrantz The Girl In The Spider's Web is from the same series of books as The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.

Directed by Fede Alvarez and starring Claire Foy the film is released in the UK on 9th November 2018.

The BBFC have given the film a 15 certificate in the UK for strong violence, injury detail, language, sex and it has a runtime of 115 minutes.

THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER'S WEB (15) strong violence, injury detail, language, sex https://t.co/QbzDs4LbP7

— BBFC (@BBFC) October 31, 2018