This weekend, Friday 3rd March 2023, there are 4 new films released in North America and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania, for the number 1 spot?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

Here are this weeks new releases

• Creed III
• Blueback
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba - To the Swordsmith Village
• Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre

Creed III

• The movie is from director Michael B. Jordan.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Michael B. Jordan who also starred in Fruitvale Station (2014).
• The film also stars Tessa Thompson who was last seen in Thor: Love and Thunder (2022).
• Michael B. Jordan and Tessa Thompson have starred in 2 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Creed II in 2018 and Creed in 2016.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Blueback

• The movie is directed by Robert Connolly, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Robert Connolly also directed The Dry in 2021.
• It stars Mia Wasikowska who also starred in Stoker (2013).
• The film also stars Albert Mwangi who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba - To the Swordsmith Village

• The movie is directed by Haruo Sotozaki, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Haruo Sotozaki also directed Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train in 2020 which grossed $47.7 Mil. in the US and grossed $498.5 Mil. globally.
• It stars Toshio Furukawa who also starred in Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013).
• The film also stars Natsuki Hanae who was last seen in Goodbye, Don Glees! (2022).
• They also appeared together in Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F in 2015.
• Haruo Sotozaki directed Natsuki Hanae in Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre

• The movie is directed by Guy Ritchie, it is the directors 15th movie.
• Guy Ritchie also directed Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels in 1998.
• It stars Jason Statham who also starred in Redemption (2013).
• The film also stars Aubrey Plaza who was last seen in Emily the Criminal (2022).
• Guy Ritchie directed Jason Statham in Revolver
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• 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

• Helvellyn Edge - Monday, 6th March
• The Fallen - Friday, 10th March
• The Magic Flute - Friday, 10th March
• Scream VI - Friday, 10th March
• 65 - Friday, 10th March
• Luther - Friday, 24th February - streaming
• Champions - Friday, 10th March

A couple of new releases bookend the UK box office this weekend with Avatar: The Way of Water making its debut at the top and The Nutcracker and the Magic Flute new at number 12 with £16,691.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 16th - 18th December 2022

Highest new movie this weekend

Director James Cameron and Disney finally release the long awaited sequel to the highest grossing movie of all time Avatar at the Uk box office.

The movie comes 13 years after the film visit to Pandora, and this movie takes place 10 years after the events of that movie.

The first Avatar took £8.5 Million on its opening weekend and over 18 weeks took over £93 Million and overtook Titanic as the top grossing movie in the UK, it has since been taken by a number of movie and Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the top grossing movie.

This sequel takes £11.6 Million on its debut which makes it the 77th top opening in the UK ever and the 9th top opening in the UK for the month of December.

THe original Avatar was a bit of a slow burner, and with the Christmas season upon us this movie could have good legs until Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is released on 17th February 2023.

After spending an incredible 3 weeks at the top the musical version of the classic Roal Dahl novel falls to number 2 with £1.3 Million, a 34% drop.

The movie has taken an amazing £12.8 Million over its 4 weeks of release.

In comparison the 1997 movie, adjusted for inflation, took £3.7 Million on its 4th weekend for a total of £37.8 Million.

Looking ahead to the movies total gross and if it can become the top grossing movie released in 2022, Top Gun: Maverick took £15.9 Million on its debut weekend and spent 23 weeks on the box office.

Falling to 3 this week is the sequel movie to Black Panther which takes a bit of a hit this weekend with Avatar: The Way of Water being a movie in direct competition, it takes £377,598 over the weekend, a 53% drop.

The movie has taken £31.6 Million over its 6 weeks of release, far lower than the original movie which has taken £44.8 Million at this point.

The movie about Santa Claus being a bad ass drops to number 3 this weekend with £330,606, a 42% drop over last weekend.

The movie as been on the box office fir 3 weeks now and has taken £2.6 Million.

Falling to number 4 is the latest Disney movie which takes £193,659 this weekend, a 37% drop, for a £2 Million total over 4 weeks of release.