With Dune: Part Two currently at the top of the UK box office can this weeks new cinema releases challlenge it for the UK box office crown?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Imaginary
• Origin
• Titanic: The Musical

Imaginary

• The movie is directed by Jeff Wadlow, it is the directors 8th movie.
• Jeff Wadlow also directed True Memoirs of An International Assassin in 2016.
• It stars DeWanda Wise who also starred in Someone Great (2019).
• The film also stars Tom Payne who's last movie was IO (2019).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Origin

• The movie is directed by Ava DuVernay, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Ava DuVernay also directed I Will Follow in 2011.
• It stars Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor who also starred in The Colour Purple (2023).
• The film also stars Jon Bernthal who's last movie was Sharp Stick (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Titanic: The Musical

• The movie is from director Austin Shaw and Thom Southerland.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Martin Allanson who also starred in Breaking the Bank (2016).
• The film also stars Valda Aviks who's last movie was Sparks and Embers (2015).
• 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 3 new movies released

• The New Boy - Friday, 15th March
• Drive-Away Dolls - Friday, 15th March
• Monster - Friday, 15th March

The musical remake of Mean Girls stays at the top of the UK box office for a second weekend with a gross of £1.5 Million which pushes its total to £5.5 Million.

The high school comedy has after 2 weeks taken about the same as the original 2004 movie took over its 6 week box office run.

Highest new movie of the weekend is All of Us Strangers which wasn't too far behind Mean Girls~2024 and takes £1.1 Million.

Wonka moves down to number 3 this weekend and is the top grossing movie so far in 2024 and has a total gross of nearly £60 Million.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 26th - 28th January 2024

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
• It grosses £1,176,972 over its debut weekend
• The movie is the 14th top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,047,752 over the weekend, a 38% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £59,768,006 over 8 weeks of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie is a new entry at number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £729,299 over its debut weekend
• The movie is the 15th top grossing film so far in 2024

This weekend, Friday 26th January 2024, there are 6 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Mean Girls, for the number 1 spot?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• The Colour Purple
• National Theatre Live: Dear England
• All of Us Strangers
• The Outrun
• Baghead
• Jackdaw

The Colour Purple

• The movie is directed by Blitz Bazawule, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Blitz Bazawule also directed Black Is King in 2020.
• It stars Fantasia Barrino who also starred in Life Is Not a Fairytale the Fantasia Barrino Story (2006).
• The film also stars Taraji P. Henson who was last seen in PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

National Theatre Live: Dear England

• The movie is directed by Rupert Goold, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Rupert Goold also directed Almeida Live: Richard III 2016 in 2016 which grossed £421.6K in the UK and grossed $577.5K globally.
• It stars Joseph Fiennes who also starred in Shakespeare Live: From the RSC (2016).
• The film also stars Tashinga Bepete who was last seen in The Railway Children Return (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

All of Us Strangers

• The movie is directed by Andrew Haigh, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Andrew Haigh also directed Looking in 2016.
• It stars Andrew Scott who also starred in Steel Country (2019).
• The film also stars Paul Mescal who was last seen in Foe (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Outrun

• The movie is from director Nora Fingscheidt.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Saoirse Ronan who also starred in Byzantium (2013).
• The film also stars Saskia Reeves who was last seen in Creation Stories (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Baghead

• The movie is from director Alberto Corredor.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Freya Allan who also starred in Gunpowder Milkshake (2021).
• The film also stars Jeremy Irvine who was last seen in Benediction (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Jackdaw

• The movie is from director Jamie Childs.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Jenna Coleman who also starred in All My Sons: NT Live 2019 (2019).
• The film also stars Oliver Jackson-Cohen who was last seen in Emily (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• 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 8 new movies released

• Wise Guys - Friday, 2nd February
• The Persian Version - Friday, 2nd February
• Orion and the Dark - Friday, 2nd February - streaming
• American Fiction - Friday, 2nd February
• Migration - Friday, 2nd February
• Argylle - Friday, 2nd February
• The Zone of Interest - Friday, 2nd February
• The Tigers Apprentice - Saturday, 3rd February - streaming

Last weekend Wonka 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.

• Mean Girls
• The Book of Clarence
• The Holdovers
• The End We Start From

Mean Girls

• The movie is from director Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr..
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Angourie Rice who also starred in Jasper Jones (2017).
• The film also stars Renée Rapp who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Book of Clarence

• The movie is directed by Jeymes Samuel, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Jeymes Samuel also directed The Harder They Fall in 2021 and grossed $8.3K globally.
• It stars LaKeith Stanfield who also starred in Crown Heights (2017).
• The film also stars Omar Sy who was last seen in Jurassic World: Dominion (2022).
• Jeymes Samuel directed LaKeith Stanfield in The Harder They Fall
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Holdovers

• The movie is directed by Alexander Payne, it is the directors 13th movie.
• Alexander Payne also directed Inside Out in 1991.
• It stars Paul Giamatti who also starred in The Ant Bully (2006).
• The film also stars Dominic Sessa who is making a feature film debut.
• Alexander Payne directed Paul Giamatti in Sideways
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The End We Start From

• The movie is from director Mahalia Belo.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Ramanique Ahluwalia who also starred in Jadoo (2013).
• The film also stars Elena Bielova who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• 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 6 new movies released

• On the Line - Monday, 22nd January - streaming
• National Theatre Live: Dear England - Thursday, 25th January
• The Tigers Apprentice - Friday, 26th January
• Jackdaw - Friday, 26th January
• The Colour Purple - Friday, 26th January
• All of Us Strangers - Friday, 26th January

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom falls from the top of the US box office after a single weekend as Wonka goes back to the top.

Wonka goes back tup with a weekend gross of $23.9 Million, a 25% increase over last weekend, which gives the movie a total gross of $134.9 Million at the US box office.

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is at 2 with $19.5 Million, a 30% drop over its debut.

Top new movie of the weekend is the musical version of The Colour Purple~2023 which makes its debut at 4 with $13 Million after its Christmas day debut.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 29th - 31st December 2023

• The movie goes up the chart to number 1 on this weekends US box office
• It has spent 2 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It grosses $23,950,000 over the weekend, a 25% increase from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $134,902,717 after 3 weekends of release
• The movie is the th top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $19,500,000 over the weekend, a 30% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $77,845,000 after 2 weekends of release
• The movie is the th top grossing film so far in 2024
• The movie is a sequel to Aquaman which took $189,048,186 at the box office after 2 weekends of release.

• The movie remains at number 3 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $17,230,000 over the weekend, a 28% increase from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $54,322,645 after 2 weekends of release
• The movie is the th top grossing film so far in 2024

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weekends US box office chart.
• It has a total gross of $13,000,000 after 1 weekends of release
• The movie is the th top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $9,000,000 over the weekend, a 33% increase from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $25,085,000 after 2 weekends of release
• The movie is the th top grossing film so far in 2024