Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 24th June 2022, there are 2 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Jurassic World: Dominion from the top of the UK box office.

Here are this weeks new releases

• Elvis
• The Black Phone

Elvis

• The movie is directed by Baz Luhrmann, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Baz Luhrmann also directed Strictly Ballroom in 1992 which grossed £1.7 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Austin Butler who also starred in The Bling Ring (2011).
• The film also stars Tom Hanks who was last seen in Finch (2021).
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Black Phone

• The movie is directed by Scott Derrickson, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Scott Derrickson also directed Hellraiser: Inferno in 2000.
• It stars Mason Thames who also starred in Boys of Summer (2022).
• The film also stars Ethan Hawke who was last seen in The Northman (2022).
• 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 is 1 new movie

• Minions: The Rise of Gru - Friday, 1st July

Elvis~2022 is a musical motion picture which follows the rise of Elvis Presley has been given a 12A age rating in the UK.

The movie stars Austin Butler who was last seen in Once Upon a Time In Hollywood as the King of Rock 'n' Roll and Tom Hanks who has starred in Forrest Gump and Philadelphia as his agent and the man who discovered him Colonel Tom Parker.

Blade Runner 2049 might not have set the box office on fire when it was released 3 weeks ago but it has managed something not many film do and go back to the top of the chart after being knocked off.

It was a relatively quiet weekend at UK cinemas and the Blade runner sequel took £1.8 million to go back on top, nearly 50% down on last weekend.

This means the film has now managed £12.7 million on its UK run, its hard to put this in context of the original movie which 3 weeks in had made £0.8 million.

If take inflated ticket prices into play then the original would have made £4.3 million at this stage so the sequel is over £10 million ahead.

Highest new film of the week, and despite the appalling reviews, is Geostorm starring Gerard Butler, which enters at number 2 with £1.6 million.

The weather disaster movie is a typical summer blockbuster movie so being released so late in the year probably meant the studio had little faith in the film.

Last weeks top film, The Lego Ninjago Movie, falls to number 3 this week with £1.3 million and a total gross so far of £5.5 million.

We have a change of longest running and top total grossing film this week with IT being around for 7 weeks and grossed a total of £32 million.

Historical charts

A year ago - Animated film Trolls took over at the top from The Girl On The Train which fell to number 3 after 2 weeks on top.

Five years ago - Madagascar 3: Europes Most Wanted was the top new film of the week entering the box office at number 1 while Taken 2 fell to number 3 after 2 weeks on top.

Ten years ago - Ratatouille spent a second weekend at the top while the top new film of the week was Stardust starring Claire Danes and Michelle Pfeiffer.

Fifteen years ago - Vin Diesel starred in XXX which was the top new film of the week at number 1 while Lilo and Stitch fell to number 2 after 2 weeks at the top.

Twenty years ago - Hercules spent its second weekend at the top while top new film was Shooting Fist at number 2.

Twenty five years ago - The animated Beauty and The Beast spent its second weekend on top while top new film Strictly Ballroom entered at number 2.