Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 26th August 2022, there are 4 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Nope from the top of the UK box office.

Here are this weeks new releases

• Beast
• André Rieu's 2022 Maastricht Concert: Happy Days Are Here Again
• The Invitation
• Official Competition

Beast

• The movie is directed by Baltasar Kormakur, it is the directors 15th movie.
• Baltasar Kormakur also directed Everest in 2015 which grossed £10.6 Mil. in the UK and grossed $203.4 Mil. globally.
• It stars Idris Elba who also starred in This Christmas (2007).
• The film also stars Sharlto Copley who was last seen in Seal Team (2021).
• The BBFC UK age rating is

André Rieu's 2022 Maastricht Concert: Happy Days Are Here Again

• The movie is directed by Michael Wiseman, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Michael Wiseman also directed Christmas With André in 2021 which grossed £693.7K in the UK.
• It stars André Rieu who also starred in André Rieu: Live In Bucharest (2015).
• The film also stars Donij van Doorn who was last seen in Christmas With André (2021).
• Andre Rieu and Donij van Doorn have starred in 18 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in André Rieu: Live In Bucharest in 2015, André Rieu 2019 Maastricht Concert: Shall We Dance? in 2019, Christmas With André in 2021, André Rieu: Christmas With André in 2016, André Rieu: Christmas With André in 2016, André Rieu: Ich Hab Mein Herz In Heidelberg Verloren in 2009, André Rieu's 2018 Maastricht Concert in 2018, André Rieu: Live In Bucharest in 2015, André Rieu: Die Grobe Nacht Der Wiener Musik in 2006, André Rieu's 2014 Maastricht Concert in 2014, André Rieu's 2021 Summer Concert: Together Again in 2021, André Rieu's 2017 Maastricht Concert in 2017, André Rieu: 70 Years Young in 2020, André Rieu: Live In Sydney in 2009, André Rieu: Ich Tanze Mit Dir In Den Himmel Hinein in 2008, André Rieu's 2016 Maastricht Concert in 2016, André Rieu's 2015 Maastricht Concert in 2015 and André Rieu's Magical Maastricht: Together In Music in 2020.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Invitation

• The movie is directed by Jessica M. Thompson, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Jessica M. Thompson also directed The Light of the Moon in 2017.
• It stars Nathalie Emmanuel who also starred in Army of Thieves (2021).
• The film also stars Thomas Doherty who was last seen in Descendants 3 (2019).
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Official Competition

• The movie is from director Mariano Cohn and Gaston Duprat.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Penélope Cruz who also starred in The Counsellor (2013).
• The film also stars Antonio Banderas who was last seen in Uncharted (2022).
• Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas have starred in 2 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Pain and Glory in 2019 and I'm So Excited in 2013.
• 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 2 new movies released

• Three Thousand Years of Longing - Friday, 30th September
• The Forgiven - Friday, 2nd September

Horror/Slasher movie The Invitation has been given a 15 age rating in the UK for strong horror, violence, bloody images.

The movie stars Nathalie Emmanuel who can be seen in the Fast series movie Fast & Furious 9, it also stars Thomas Doherty who was last seen in the 2018 movie Free Dance.

The movie is directed by Jessica M. Thompson who previously directed The Light of the Moon in 2017.

Movie Synopsis

After the death of her mother and having no other known relatives, Evie takes a DNA test and discovers a long-lost cousin she never knew she had. Invited by her newfound family to a lavish wedding in the English countryside, Evie's at first seduced by the sexy aristocratic host. However, she's soon thrust into a nightmare of survival as she uncovers twisted secrets about her family history and the unsettling intentions behind their sinful generosity.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: The Invitation
• BBFC age rating: 15 Certificate
• Reason: strong horror, violence, bloody images
• Release date: 26th August 2022
• Runtime: 104 minutes (1 hour 44 minutes)
• Directed by:
  • Jessica M. Thompson
• Starring:
  • Nathalie Emmanuel
  • Thomas Doherty
  • Stephanie Corneliussen

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