Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 9th January 2026, there are 4 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Avatar: Fire and Ash from the top of the UK box office.

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.

• Hamnet
• Soulm8te
• Greenland 2: Migration
• Giant

Hamnet

• The movie is directed by Chloé Zhao, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Chloé Zhao also directed The Rider in 2018 which grossed £36.3 K in the UK.
• It stars Jessie Buckley who also starred in Misbehaviour (2020).
• The film also stars Paul Mescal who's last movie was Gladiator II (2024).
• They also appeared together in The Lost Daughter in 2021.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Soulm8te

• The movie is directed by Kate Dolan, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Kate Dolan also directed You Are Not My Mother in 2022 which grossed £10.4 K in the UK.
• It stars Valerie Hanna who also starred in A Grim Becoming (2014).
• The film also stars Claudia Doumit who's last movie was Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019).
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.

Greenland 2: Migration

• The movie is directed by Ric Roman Waugh, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Ric Roman Waugh also directed In the Shadows in 2001.
• It stars Gerard Butler who also starred in Fast Food (1999).
• The film also stars Morena Baccarin who's last movie was Deadpool & Wolverine (2024).
• They also appeared together in Greenland in 2020.
• Ric Roman Waugh directed Gerard Butler in Angel Has Fallen, Greenland, and Kandahar
• Ric Roman Waugh directed Morena Baccarin in and Greenland
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

Giant

• The movie is directed by Rowan Athale, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Rowan Athale also directed The Rise in 2013 which grossed £1.5 K in the UK.
• It stars Pierce Brosnan who also starred in The Foreigner (2017).
• The film also stars Amir El-Masry who's last movie was Club Zero (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• 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 3 new movies released

• 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple - Wednesday, 14th January
• The Rip - Friday, 16th January
• Rental Family - Friday, 16th January

Check out the new trailer and poster for upcoming movie Haunted Mansion which can seen in full if you scroll down this page.

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— Walt Disney Studios (@DisneyStudios) May 16, 2023

Movie breakdown

• It stars among others LaKeith Stanfield (Death Note) and Tiffany Haddish (The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part)
• It is directed by Justin Simien
• The movie also stars Owen Wilson, Danny DeVito and Rosario Dawson
• The UK release date is 11th August 2023
• And the release date in North America is 28th July 2023

Synopsis for Haunted Mansion

A single mom named Gabbie hires a tour guide, a psychic, a priest, and a historian to help exorcise their newly bought mansion; after discovering it is inhabited by ghosts.

Check out the Salty Popcorn movie page for more information on this upcoming film.

Sequel superhero movie Shazam! Fury Of The Gods has been given a 12A age rating in the UK for moderate fantasy violence, threat, sex references, implied strong language.

The movie stars once again Zachary Levi as the superhero Shazam!, and this time along for the ride is Helen Mirren who has recently been in the Fast and Furious series and won an Oscar for The Queen and Lucy Liu who has been in many movies including Charlies Angels and Kill Bill Volume 1.

The movie is directed by David F. Sandberg who directed the previous Shazam! movie and also directed I Flip You Off For Four Hours.

Movie Synopsis

Bestowed with the powers of the gods, Billy Batson and his fellow foster kids are still learning how to juggle teenage life with their adult superhero alter egos. When a vengeful trio of ancient gods arrive on Earth in search of the magic stolen from them long ago, Shazam and his allies get thrust into a battle for their superpowers, their lives, and the fate of the world.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Shazam! Fury Of The Gods
• BBFC age rating: 12A Certificate
• Reason: moderate fantasy violence, threat, sex references, implied strong language
• Release date: 17th March 2023
• Runtime: 130 minutes (2 hour 10 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • David F. Sandberg
• Starring:
  • Zachary Levi
  • Helen Mirren
  • Lucy Liu

BBFC movie page

Six movie in and it feels like the Scream franchise has been given a new lease of life, Scream VI has been given an 18 age rating in the UK for strong bloody violence.

As the franchise brings in a new lease of life there are new characters and this movie stars Melissa Barrera who was seen in the 2022 Scream~2022 movie as well as All the World Is Sleeping, but dont worry Courteney Cox is also along for the ride.

The movie is directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett who along with Scream~2022 also directed the well received Ready or Not from 2021.

Movie Synopsis

Four survivors of the Ghostface murders leave Woodsboro behind for a fresh start in New York City. However, they soon find themselves in a fight for their lives when a new killer embarks on a bloody rampage.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Scream VI
• BBFC age rating: 18 Certificate
• Reason: strong bloody violence
• Release date: 10th March 2023
• Runtime: 122 minutes (2 hour 02 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • Tyler Gillett
  • Matt Bettinelli- Olpin
• Starring:
  • Melissa Barrera
  • Courteney Cox
  • Jenna Ortega

BBFC movie page

Two months after the release of Spider-Man: No Way Home superstar Tom Holland is back on top of the UK box office playing Nathan Drake in the video game adaptation Uncharted.

Also new this weekend at number 3 is director Kenneth Branagh's adaptation of the Agatha Christie novel Death on the Nile.

Making its debut just outside the top 5 is the Jennifer Lopez romantic comedy Marry Me which lands at 6 with £700,513, and then closing out the top 15 there are new entries for The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert from director Peter Jackson at 13, Love, Sex and Pandemic from director Patryk Vega at 14 and finally Flee the new movie from Jonas Poher Rasmussen at 15.

UK box office QuickView

• Number 1 - Uncharted (1st weekend)
• Highest debut - Uncharted (@1)
• Longest run - Encanto (12 weeks)
• Highest total gross - Spider-Man: No Way Home (£92.7 Million)

UK box office top 5 weekend breakdown 11th - 13th February 2022

Uncharted

Hot off the heels of his previous smash hit Tom Holland proves he's one of the most bankable stars in the world as the video game adaption from director Ruben Fleischer hits the top of the UK box office.

Also along for the ride is Mark Wahlberg and Antonio Banderas, and with this star power no wonder the movie makes its debut with £4.7 Million.

The movie also instantly becomes the 5th top grossing movie of 2022.

Sing 2

Three weeks on and the animated sequel takes an amazing £3.2 Million, a small 38% drop over last weekend.

This gives the movie a total UK gross of £16.7 Million and makes it the second top movie of 2022 behind Spider-Man: No Way Home.

Death On the Nile

Because of the delay in the release of this movie director Kenneth Branagh has 2 movies on the box office this week, he also stars in this movie which is a remake and adaptation of the Agatha Christie novel of the same name.

Landing at number 3 on this weekend box office the movie takes £1.8 Million on its debut.

Belfast

The Oscar nominated movie from director Kenneth Branagh falls to number 4 this weekend with £1.05 Million, a modest 29% drop over last weekend.

The movie has now taken £11.2 Million on the UK box office and is the 3rd top movie of 2022 so far.

Jackass Forever

Falling to number 5 this weekend after its debut at number 2 is the Jackass boys and their death defying stunts as the movie takes £997,197, a 52% drop, giving the film a £4 Million total.