With Verity currently at the top of the North American box office can this weeks new cinema releases challlenge it for the US box office crown?

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 Social Reckoning
• A Prayer For the Dying
• Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
• The Beast
• Once Upon a Time In the Middle East
• Other Mommy
• Angel and the Badman
• Fjord
• Vampire Carnival
• California Schemin'

The Social Reckoning

• The movie is directed by Aaron Sorkin, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Aaron Sorkin also directed The Trial of the Chicago 7 in 2020.
• It stars Jeremy Strong who also starred in Mollys Game (2018).
• The film also stars Mikey Madison who's last movie was Anora (2024).
• Aaron Sorkin directed Jeremy Strong in Mollys Game, and The Trial of the Chicago 7
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

A Prayer For the Dying

• The movie is from director Dara Van Dusen.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Johnny Flynn who also starred in The Outfit (2022).
• The film also stars John C. Reilly who's last movie was Licorice Pizza (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother

• The movie is directed by Bassam Tariq, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Bassam Tariq also directed Mogul Mowgli in 2020 which grossed $52.1 K in the US.
• It stars Mahershala Ali who also starred in Crossing Over (2009).
• The film also stars John Cho who's last movie was AfrAId (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The MPAA age rating is

The Beast

• The movie is directed by Renny Harlin, it is the directors 29th movie.
• Renny Harlin also directed Legend of the Ancient Sword in 2018.
• It stars Samuel L. Jackson who also starred in Robocop (2014).
• The film also stars Joel Kinnaman who's last movie was Silent Night (2023).
• They also appeared together in Robocop in 2014.
• Renny Harlin directed Samuel L. Jackson in The Long Kiss Goodnight, Deep Blue Sea, and Cleaner
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Once Upon a Time In the Middle East

• The movie is from director Wen Muye.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Shen Teng who also starred in Once Upon a Time In the Middle East (2026).
• The film also stars Jiang Qiming who's last movie was It's My Time (2026).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Other Mommy

• The movie is directed by Rob Savage, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Rob Savage also directed Strings in 2012.
• It stars Alejandro Nieves who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Jessica Chastain who's last movie was Dreams (2025).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Angel and the Badman

• The movie is directed by Julio Quintana, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Julio Quintana also directed The Long Game in 2023 which grossed $3.1 Mil. in the US and grossed $1.4 Mil. globally.
• It stars Zachary Levi who also starred in Stuntmen (2009).
• The film also stars Neal McDonough who's last movie was The Shift (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Fjord

• The movie is directed by Cristian Mungiu, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Cristian Mungiu also directed Graduation in 2017.
• It stars Sebastian Stan who also starred in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014).
• The film also stars Renate Reinsve who's last movie was Backrooms (2026).
• They also appeared together in A Different Man in 2024.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Vampire Carnival

• The movie is directed by Justin Powell and David Charbonier, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Justin Powell and David Charbonier also directed The Djinn in 2021 which grossed $124.6 K in the US and grossed $50.3 K globally.
• It stars Nell Verlaque who also starred in Vampire Carnival (2026).
• The film also stars Jason Isaacs who's last movie was Heavyweight (2026).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

California Schemin'

• The movie is from director James McAvoy.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Lucy Halliday who also starred in Blue Jean (2023).
• The film also stars James McAvoy who's last movie was Speak No Evil (2024).
• 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 5 new movies released

• Jailer 2 - Thursday, 15th October
• Whalefall - Friday, 16th October - limited release
• Street Fighter - Friday, 16th October
• Sense and Sensibility - Friday, 16th October
• Poetic License - Friday, 16th October

Giving Sonic the hedgehog 2 only a single weekend at the top of the UK box office, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore makes its UK debut at the top.

Also new this week is The Outfit from director Graham Moore which is new at 7 with £96,600 and Compartment No 6 from Juho Kuosmanen which enters at 12 with £42,999.

UK box office QuickView

• Number 1 - Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (1st weekend)
• Highest debut - Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (@1)
• Longest run - Sing 2 (11 weeks)
• Highest total gross - The Batman (£39.2 Million)

UK box office top 5 weekend breakdown 8th - 10th April 2022

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

This third in the series of movies that serve as a prequel to the Harry Potter movies, starring Eddie Redmayne as the Beasts finder Newt Scamander the series has turned into an origins movie for Albus Dumbledore played in this series by Jude law.

The movie opens with a gross of £5.8 Million which is well below the last movie in the series Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald with an opening of £12 Million and the first movie in the series Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them which took £15 Million on its opening.

This series of movies has not touched the heights of the Harry Potter series which started 20 years ago with Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone which took £15 Million on its debut and ended with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 which took £23 Million.

The movie is the 10th top movie of the year so far, and will end up most likely in the top 5, but it is debatable if Warner Bros. will see this as good enough to continue the movies in what should have been a 5 movie series.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

The blue speedy hedgehog which made its debut at number 1 last weekend falls to number 2 on its second weekend of release with £2.9 Million, a 42% drop over last weekend.

this gives the movie a total UK gross of £10.6 Million after 2 weeks of release, this is more than double the take of the first movie at the same point of release.

The movie is the 6th top film of 2022 and at this rate bound to do even better.

The Bad Guys

Proving to be a smash hit is the latest movie from the DreamWorks animated stable which this weekend takes £1.1 Million, a 51% drop over last weekend, taking the movies total UK gross to £4.8 Million.

Morbius

Sony's Spiderverse movie drops to number 4 this weekend with £740,336, a massive 77% drop over last weekend.

This gives the movie a total gross of £5 Million after 2 weekends of release, it will most likely drop out of the top 5 next weekend and end its run with about £7 Million.

Its not been good for the super villain movie especially after the success last year of Venom: Let There Be Carnage and Spider-Man: No Way Home.

The Batman

Dropping to number 5 this weekend The Caped Crusader takes £623,866 on its 6th weekend of release, a 48% drop over last weekend, giving the movie a total of £39 Million.

The movie is the top movie of 2022 so far, an honor it will loose in the coming weeks, but the film has been a success for Warner Bros. in fact it has been more successful tha Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice from 2016 which took £35 Million over its total 6 week run.

It has not been as successful though as Joker~2019 from 2019 which had taken £54 Million 6 weeks into its run on its way to £58 Million total.

Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 8th April 2022, there are 3 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Sonic the Hedgehog 2 from the top of the UK box office.

Here are this weeks new releases

• Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
• The Outfit
• Murina

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

• The movie is directed by David Yates, it is the directors 9th movie.
• David Yates also directed The Legend of Tarzan in 2016 which grossed £9.2 Mil. in the UK and grossed $356.7 Mil. globally.
• It stars Eddie Redmayne who also starred in Like Minds (2006).
• The film also stars Jude Law who was last seen in The Nest (2020).
• They also appeared together in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald in 2018.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Outfit

• The movie is from director Graham Moore.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Mark Rylance who also starred in Dunkirk (2017).
• The film also stars Zoey Deutch who was last seen in The Year of Spectacular Men (2017).
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Murina

• The movie is from director Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Gracija Filipovic who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Danica Curcic who was last seen in Across the Waters (2017).
• 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 5 new movies released

• The Lost City - Friday, 15th April
• The Northman - Friday, 15th April
• Operation Mincemeat - Friday, 15th April
• Father Stu - Friday, 15th April
• Benedetta - Friday, 15th April

This weekend, Friday 1st April 2022, there are 4 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, The Batman, for the number 1 spot?

Here are this weeks new releases

• Sonic the Hedgehog 2
• The Bad Guys
• Morbius
• Coppélia

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

• The movie is directed by Jeff Fowler, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Jeff Fowler also directed Sonic the Hedgehog in 2020 which grossed £19.3 Mil. in the UK and grossed $306.8 Mil. globally.
• It stars Ben Schwartz who also starred in Turbo (2013).
• The film also stars Idris Elba who was last seen in The Harder They Fall (2021).
• The BBFC UK age rating is
• UK box office prediction: 1

The Bad Guys

• The movie is from director Pierre Perifel.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Sam Rockwell who also starred in Trolls World Tour (2020).
• The film also stars Awkwafina who was last seen in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021).
• The BBFC UK age rating is
• UK box office prediction: 8

Morbius

• The movie is directed by Daniel Espinosa, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Daniel Espinosa also directed Child 44 in 2015 which grossed £1.3 Mil. in the UK and grossed $13 Mil. globally.
• It stars Jared Leto who also starred in Urban Legend (1998).
• The film also stars Matt Smith who was last seen in Morbius (2022).
• The BBFC UK age rating is
• UK box office prediction: 2

Coppélia

• The movie is from director Steven de Beul and Ben Tesseur.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Michaela DePrince who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Daniel Camargo who is making a feature film debut.
• The BBFC UK age rating is
• UK box office prediction: 5

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

• Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore - Friday, 8th April
• The Outfit - Friday, 8th April

The Batman spends its 3rd weekend at the top of the US box office while the Japanese manga movie Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie is the top debut at 2.

Horror movie X makes its debut at number 4 and The Outfit is a new movie at number 8 with $1.5 Million on its debut.

Global hit The Kashmir Files makes a new entry at number 9 with $1.4 Million while Sandra Oh stars in Umma which is new at 11 with $915,000 and finally Alice~2022 is a new entry at number 12 with $176,120.