As the UK has various different level of lockdown cinemas in some parts of the country are open while others have to remain shut so this weekends box office could be similar to recent charts.

There are 3 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Elf, for the number 1 spot?

The Prom

• The movie is directed by Ryan Murphy
• Ryan Murphy also directed Pretty/Handsome in 2008.
• It stars Meryl Streep who last starred in Let Them All Talk (2020).
• The film also stars James Corden who last appeared in Trolls World Tour (2020).
• Meryl Streep and James Corden appeared in Into The Woods (2015) together.

Superintelligence

• This new release stars Melissa McCarthy who's last film was The Kitchen (2019)
• It also stars Bobby Cannavale who appeared in The Jesus Rolls (2020).
• Melissa McCarthy and Bobby Cannavale appeared in Spy (2015) together.
• The film is brought to us by 4 time director Ben Falcone.

Dreamland

• The movie is directed by Miles Joris-Peyrafitte who directed As You Are in 2016.
• It stars Margot Robbie and Travis Fimmel.

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

Next weeks there are 4 new movies

• Arkansas, Tuesday, 15th December
• Wonder Woman 1984, Wednesday, 16th December
• Let Him Go, Friday, 18th December
• Come Away, Friday, 18th December

Cinemas closed back in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and since then many movies have had their release date changed or gone directly to VOD at a premium rate, the movie Tenet has for a long time been seen as the movie that will reopen cinemas and bring audiences back.

After a couple of release date changes the movie is here and with this event many more cinemas are re-opening, with safety precautions in place.

With the pandemic still an issue in the US the movie still has another couple of weeks before its release but cinemas are reopening far slower there.

Here is a rundown of this weeks movies, and I suspect one of them will replace one the current number one film, Unhinged, from the top of the box office chart.

Tenet

• The movie is directed by Christopher Nolan
• Christopher Nolan also directed Insomnia in 2002 which grossed £5.1 Million in the UK.
• It stars John David Washington who last starred in Monsters And Men (2019).
• The film also stars Robert Pattinson who last appeared in The Lighthouse (2020).

Ava

• This new release stars Jessica Chastain who's last film was IT Chapter Two (2019)
• It also stars Common who appeared in The Kitchen (2019).
• Jessica Chastain and Common appeared in Unity (2015) together.
• The film is brought to us by Tate Taylor.

Hope Gap

• The movie is directed by William Nicholson and is their directorial debut.
• It stars Annette Bening and Bill Nighy.

Away

• Also this week there is Away from director Gints Zilbalodis marking a directorial debut.

Savage

• The long list of new releases continues with Savage which is directed by Sam Kelly which is a directorial debut.
• It stars Jake Ryan and John Tui.

Check back on Monday to see if these new releases enter the UK Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next weeks there are 4 new movies

• Mulan, Friday, 4th September
• The New Mutants, Friday, 4th September
• Dream Horse, Friday, 4th September
• Les Misérables, Friday, 4th September

Director Andrea Berloff's period drama The Kitchen is given a 15 age rating by the BBFC in the UK.

The film stars Elisabeth Moss, Tiffany Haddish and flexing her drama muscles again after an Oscar nomination Melissa McCarthy as gangster boss wives.

The film is set for release on 27th September and the BBFC have given the film a 15 age rating for very strong language, strong violence, domestic abuse, sexual threat and the film has a run time of 103 minutes (1 hour 43 minutes).

THE KITCHEN (15) very strong language, strong violence, domestic abuse, sexual threat https://t.co/CeT8PCBsfh

— BBFC (@BBFC) July 18, 2019