Last weekend The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes was at the top of the UK box office, there are 4 new releases this weekend, will any of them top the UK box office this weekend?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Napoleon
• Wish
• Leo
• Good Burger 2

Napoleon

• The movie is directed by Ridley Scott, it is the directors 33rd movie.
• Ridley Scott also directed Exodus: Gods and Kings in 2014 which grossed £7.5 Mil. in the UK and grossed $268.2 Mil. globally.
• It stars Joaquin Phoenix who also starred in Mary Magdalene (2018).
• The film also stars Vanessa Kirby who was last seen in Mission:Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1 (2023).
• Ridley Scott directed Joaquin Phoenix in Gladiator
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Wish

• The movie is directed by Chris Buck and Fawn Veerasunthorn, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Chris Buck and Fawn Veerasunthorn also directed Tarzan in 1999 which grossed £17.7 Mil. in the UK and grossed $435.2 Mil. globally.
• It stars Evan Peters who also starred in X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019).
• The film also stars Chris Pine who was last seen in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Leo

• The movie is from director Robert Marianetti and Robert Smigel.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Adam Sandler who also starred in 50 First Dates (2004).
• The film also stars Bill Burr who was last seen in The Guilty (2021).
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Good Burger 2

• The movie is directed by Phil Traill, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Phil Traill also directed Chalet Girl in 2011 which grossed £1.8 Mil. in the UK and grossed $5.5 Mil. globally.
• It stars Kenan Thompson who also starred in Trolls World Tour (2020).
• The film also stars Kel Mitchell who was last seen in Cliffords Really Big Movie (2004).
• Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell have starred in 2 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle in 2000 and Good Burger in 1998.
• 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 9 new movies released

• Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé - Thursday, 30th November
• Your Christmas Or Mine 2 - Friday, 1st December
• Cbeebies Christmas Panto 2023: Robin Hood - Friday, 1st December
• Eileen - Friday, 1st December
• Candy Cane Lane - Friday, 1st December - streaming
• Genie - Friday, 1st December - streaming
• Summering - Saturday, 2nd December
• André Rieu's White Christmas - Saturday, 2nd December
• The Eternal Daughter - Saturday, 2nd December

Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 8th April 2022, there are 3 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Sonic the Hedgehog 2 from the top of the UK box office.

Here are this weeks new releases

• Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
• The Outfit
• Murina

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

• The movie is directed by David Yates, it is the directors 9th movie.
• David Yates also directed The Legend of Tarzan in 2016 which grossed £9.2 Mil. in the UK and grossed $356.7 Mil. globally.
• It stars Eddie Redmayne who also starred in Like Minds (2006).
• The film also stars Jude Law who was last seen in The Nest (2020).
• They also appeared together in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald in 2018.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Outfit

• The movie is from director Graham Moore.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Mark Rylance who also starred in Dunkirk (2017).
• The film also stars Zoey Deutch who was last seen in The Year of Spectacular Men (2017).
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Murina

• The movie is from director Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Gracija Filipovic who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Danica Curcic who was last seen in Across the Waters (2017).
• 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 5 new movies released

• The Lost City - Friday, 15th April
• The Northman - Friday, 15th April
• Operation Mincemeat - Friday, 15th April
• Father Stu - Friday, 15th April
• Benedetta - Friday, 15th April

A weekly Rundown of the UK box office chart headlines over the last 30 years.

A year ago (2019) -

Making its debut at the top was Stan And Ollie starring John C. Reilly and Steve Coogan.

The film with the longest run was A Star Is Born which had been on the box office for 12 weeks . The top total grossing film of the week was Bohemian Rhapsody which had taken £49,958,709 after 12 weeks of release

Making its debut at the top was Tak3n starring Liam Neeson and Forest Whitaker.

The film with the longest run was The Imitation Game which had been on the box office for 9 weeks . The top total grossing film of the week was The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies which had taken £39,201,752 after 5 weeks of release

The number one film was Avatar which had been at the top for 3 weeks and with a total gross of £40,991,797 it was also the top total grossing film. The top new film of the week was Daybreakers starring Ethan Hawke and Isabel Lucas which entered the box office at number 3.

The film with the longest run was The Twilight Saga: New Moon which had been on the box office for 8 weeks .

Making its debut at the top was White Noise starring Michael Keaton and Chandra West.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason which had taken £35,612,127 over 9 weeks of release

Making its debut at the top was Sleepy Hollow starring Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci.

The film with the longest run was Tarzan which had been on the box office for 14 weeks . The top total grossing film of the week was The World Is Not Enough which had taken £25,453,243 after 7 weeks of release

Making its debut at the top was Stargate starring Kurt Russell and James Spader.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was The Lion King which had taken £23,160,883 over 14 weeks of release

Making its debut at the top was Parenthood starring Steve Martin and Mary Steenburgen.

The film with the longest run was The Abyss which had been on the box office for 14 weeks . The top total grossing film of the week was Shirley Valentine which had taken £11,723,429 after 12 weeks of release

Spider-Man joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe for the first time in Spider-Man Homecoming and with the help of Iron Man tops the Uk box office.

The new re-boot (the third for the franchise) stars Tom Holland and reaches the top with a £9.3 million opening weekend.

In terms of previous Spider-Man films this is fairly standard with only Spider-Man 3 and The Amazing Spider-Man doing far better.

Despicable Me 3 falls to second place but still manages a £5 million weekend which brings the films total gross to nearly £20 million.

With the school summer holidays fast approaching expect this film to hang around for a while.

Yet gain The Boss Baby is the longest running film of the week with 14 weeks on total on the chart and it is also the highest total grossing film with £28 million.

Historical charts

A year ago - The Secret Life of Pets held on to the top of the chart with The Legend of Tarzan coming in as the highest new film at number 2.

Five years ago - The Amazing Spider-Man starring Andrew Garfield made its debut at the top of the box office on its debit weekend knocking Ice Age: Continental Drift down to number 2.

Ten years ago - Shrek The Third remained at the top for a second weekend while the top new film was Die Hard 4.0 starring Bruce Willis at number 2.

Fifteen years ago - Tom Cruise starred in Minority Reports which too over at the top on its debut while Spider-Man fell to number 2 after 3 weeks on top.

Twenty years ago - Batman and Robin remained on top while the top new film was George Clooney in One Fine Day at number 2.

Twenty five years ago - The Player stayed at the top for a second weekend while the top new film was Sleepwalkers at number 2.

There have been many film adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs creation Tarzan and this week the latest version enters at the top of the home video chart in the UK.

This version was released in cinemas on 8th July 2016 where it entered at number 2, beaten by The Secret Life of Pets on its 3rd week at the top.

The Legend of Tarzan took £3.5 million on its opening weekend and spent 5 weeks on the UK top 15, it then spent another 7 weeks in Uk cinemas before disappearing.

During that time it took a non too shabby £9.2 million, also the film didn't do too bad on the global stage taking £356.6 million.

Last weeks top film, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Out of The Shadows, falls quite hard down to number 5 this week after a single week at the top.

Also making its debut on the chart this week is: Supersonic at number 2 and Central Intelligence at number 3.

Also making a re-entry at number 4 thanks to a new version of the Blu-ray is Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens.