This weekend, Friday 30th May 2025, there are 5 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Lilo & Stitch, 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.

• Karate Kid: Legends
• Peppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience
• Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War - The Two Episode Finale
• The Salt Path
• The Ballad of Wallis Island

Karate Kid: Legends

• The movie is from director Jonathan Entwistle.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Jackie Chan who also starred in The Foreigner (2017).
• The film also stars Ben Wang who's last movie was Mean Girls (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Peppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience

• The movie is directed by Gretchen Mallorie and Andrea Tran, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Gretchen Mallorie and Andrea Tran also directed Peppa's Cinema Party in 2024 which grossed £1.7 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Harriette Cox who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars John Sparkes who's last movie was Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War - The Two Episode Finale

• The movie is directed by Alex Pillai, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Alex Pillai also directed The Best Man in 2006 and grossed $839.1 K globally.
• It stars Ncuti Gatwa who also starred in National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest (2025).
• The film also stars Varada Sethu who's last movie was I Came By (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

The Salt Path

• The movie is directed by Marianne Elliott, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Marianne Elliott also directed All's Well That Ends Well: NT Live in 2009.
• It stars Gillian Anderson who also starred in Viceroys House (2017).
• The film also stars Jason Isaacs who's last movie was Words of War (2025).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Ballad of Wallis Island

• The movie is directed by James Griffiths, it is the directors 4th movie.
• James Griffiths also directed Charity Case in 2016.
• It stars Tom Basden who also starred in Island of Dreams (2019).
• The film also stars Tim Key who's last movie was Mickey 17 (2025).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next week there are 2 new movies released

• Clown In a Cornfield - Friday, 6th June
• Ballerina - Friday, 6th June

Is it a sequel or a remake? 24 years after the original Space Jam which starred Micheal Jordon comes the follow up which has been given a U rating in the UK by the BBFC.

The movie stars among other basketball legend LeBron James and Boogie Nights star Don Cheadle.

The movie is directed by Malcolm D. Lee who also directed The Best Man from 1999.

Movie Synopsis

Superstar LeBron James and his young son, Dom, get trapped in digital space by a rogue AI. To get home safely, LeBron teams up with Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and the rest of the Looney Tunes gang for a high-stakes basketball game against the AI's digitized champions of the court -- a powered-up roster called the Goon Squad.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Space Jam: A New Legacy
• BBFC age rating:U Certificate
• Reason: very mild slapstick, language
• Release date: 16th July 2021
• Runtime: 115m (1 hour 55 minutes)
• Director: Malcom D Lee
• Starring: LeBron James, Zendaya, Don Cheadle