This weekend, Friday 20th September 2024, there are 5 new films released in North America and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, 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.

• The Substance
• Transformers: One
• Never Let Go
• A Mistake
• Wolfs

The Substance

• The movie is directed by Coralie Fargeat, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Coralie Fargeat also directed Revenge in 2017.
• It stars Margaret Qualley who also starred in Seberg (2020).
• The film also stars Demi Moore who's last movie was The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Transformers: One

• The movie is directed by Josh Cooley, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Josh Cooley also directed Toy Story 4 in 2019 which grossed $434 Mil. in the US and grossed $1.1 Bil. globally.
• It stars Chris Hemsworth who also starred in Avengers Assemble (2012).
• The film also stars Brian Tyree Henry who's last movie was Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Never Let Go

• The movie is directed by Alexandre Aja, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Alexandre Aja also directed The Hills Have Eyes in 2006 which grossed $41.8 Mil. in the US.
• It stars Halle Berry who also starred in Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017).
• The film also stars Anthony B. Jenkins who's last movie was The Deliverance (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

A Mistake

• The movie is directed by Christine Jeffs, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Christine Jeffs also directed Sunshine Cleaning in 2009.
• It stars Elizabeth Banks who also starred in Call Jane (2022).
• The film also stars Mickey Sumner who's last movie was With/In: Volume 2 (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Wolfs

• The movie is directed by Jon Watts, it is the directors 9th movie.
• Jon Watts also directed Spider-Man: Homecoming in 2017 which grossed $334.2 Mil. in the US and grossed $880.2 Mil. globally.
• It stars Brad Pitt who also starred in The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford (2007).
• The film also stars George Clooney who's last movie was IF (2024).
• Brad Pitt and George Clooney have starred in 6 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Burn After Reading in 2008, IF in 2024, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind in 2003, Ocean's Thirteen in 2007, Ocean's Twelve in 2004 and Ocean's Eleven in 2002.
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• 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 7 new movies released

• The Thicket - Friday, 6th September - streaming
• Apartment 7A - Friday, 27th September - streaming
• The Bagman - Friday, 27th September
• Wolfs - Friday, 20th September - streaming
• Lee - Friday, 27th September
• Megalopolis - Friday, 27th September
• The Wild Robot - Friday, 27th September

As we get closer to the re-opening of UK cinemas we take a look back at what was making headlines at the UK box office in the last 30 years.

We take a look at 1991 where Awakenings was the top movie, 2016 with Kung Fu Panda hitting the top and 2006 where The Hills Have Eyes was the new film at number 1.

A year ago (2020)

No.1 movie: - Onward which had been at the top for 2 weeks.

Highest debut: - The Hunt directed by Craig Zobel and starring Betty Gilpin and Hilary Swank which entered the box office at number 3.

Top total grossing and longest run: - 1917 which had taken £43.7 Million over 10 weeks of release.

Five years ago (2016)

No. 1 and highest debut: - Kung Fu Panda 3 starring Jack Black and Bryan Cranston and directed by Alessandro Carloni and Jennifer Yuh

Top total grossing and longest run: - Star Wars: The Force Awakens which had taken £122.9 Million over 13 weeks of release.

Ten years ago (2011)

No. 1 and Highest debut: - Battle: Los Angeles starring Aaron Eckhart and Ramón Rodríguez and directed by Jonathan Liebesman

Top total grossing and longest run: - The Kings Speech which had taken £43.3 Million over 10 weeks of release.

Fifteen years ago (2006)

No. 1 and highest debut: - The Hills Have Eyes starring Maxime Giffard and Michael Bailey Smith and directed by Alexandre Aja

Longest run: - Walk the Line which had been on the box office for 6 weeks.

Top total grossing: - Chicken Little which had taken £12.5 Million after 5 weeks of release.

Twenty years ago (2001)

No. 1 movie: - Hannibal which had been at the top for 4 weeks and with a total gross of £19.1 Million it was also the top total grossing film.

Highest Debut: - The Watcher directed by Joe Charbanic and starring James Spader and Marisa Tomei which entered the box office at number 7.

Longest run: - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon which had been on the box office for 10 weeks.

Twenty five years ago (1996)

No.1 movie: - Trainspotting which had been at the top for 2 weeks.

Highest debut: - Restoration directed by Michael Hoffman and starring Robert Downey Jr. and Sam Neill which entered the box office at number 10.

Longest run: - Babe which had been on the box office for 14 weeks.

Top total grossing: - Seven which had taken £19.3 Million after 11 weeks of release.

Thirty years ago (1991)

No. 1 and highest debut: - Awakenings starring Robert De Niro and Robin Williams and directed by Penny Marshall

Longest run: - Home Alone which had been on the box office for 15 weeks.

Top total grossing: - Dances With Wolves which had taken £10.1 Million after 6 weeks of release.

Stopping London Has Fallen in its tracks after only one week at the top King Fu Panda 3 flies in with a high kick that no one could stop.

Taking a reasonable £4.7 million from the weekend this is the lowest debuting film for the series to date.

Kung Fu Panda 2 and the original broth managed to gross in the region of £6 million on their debuts.

With Disney's Zootopia just round the corner and getting great reviews Kung Fu Panda 3 could well struggle to bring in decent numbers.

Falling from the top spot to number 3 after its debut at the top is London Has Fallen, a second week gross of £1.8 million brings its total to £6.4 million after 10 days.

Highest total grossing movie on the box offie this week is Deadpool which after 5 weeks has taken £35.7 million.

Historical charts

A year ago - The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel was still at the top of the box office leaving Liam Neeson's Run All Night to enter highest at 2.

Five years ago - Battle: Los Angeles made its debut at the top of the UK box office while Rango fell into second place.

Ten years ago - Horror remake The Hills Have Eyes entered at the top of the chart knocking Date Movie down to number 2.

Fifteen years ago - Hannibal stayed at the top of the box office leaving the highest new entry to debut at number 7 in the shape of The Watcher.

Twenty years ago - Trainspotting remained at the top of the box office and in a quiet week for new releases there was nothing entering the box office this week.

Twenty five years ago - The Godfather Part III made its debut at the top knocking Dances With Wolves down to number 2 after a four weeks at the top