Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 23rd January 2026, there are 5 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple 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.

• Mercy
• Saipan
• No Other Choice
• Return to Silent Hill
• H Is For Hawk

Mercy

• The movie is directed by Timur Bekmambetov, it is the directors 15th movie.
• Timur Bekmambetov also directed The Arena in 2001.
• It stars Chris Pratt who also starred in The Five Year Engagement (2012).
• The film also stars Rebecca Ferguson who's last movie was Dune: Part Two (2024).
• Timur Bekmambetov directed Chris Pratt in and Wanted
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Saipan

• The movie is directed by Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn also directed Cherrybomb in 2010 which grossed £16.5 K in the UK.
• It stars Steve Coogan who also starred in Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022).
• The film also stars Eanna Hardwicke who's last movie was William Tell (2025).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

No Other Choice

• The movie is directed by Park Chan-wook, it is the directors 16th movie.
• Park Chan-wook also directed Three ... Extremes in 2004.
• It stars Lee Byung-hun who also starred in Memories of the Sword (2015).
• The film also stars Yeom Hye-ran who's last movie was Citizen of a Kind (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Return to Silent Hill

• The movie is directed by Christophe Gans, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Christophe Gans also directed Silent Hill in 2006 which grossed £3.5 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Jeremy Irvine who also starred in Benediction (2021).
• The film also stars Hannah Emily Anderson who's last movie was X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

H Is For Hawk

• The movie is directed by Philippa Lowthorpe, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Philippa Lowthorpe also directed Swallows and Amazons in 2016 which grossed £3.1 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Claire Foy who also starred in The Lady In the Van (2015).
• The film also stars Brendan Gleeson who's last movie was Joker: Folie à Deux (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 6 new movies released

• The Wrecking Crew - Wednesday, 28th January - streaming
• Primate - Friday, 30th January
• Nouvelle Vague - Friday, 30th January
• Rabbit Trap - Friday, 30th January
• Shelter - Friday, 30th January
• Is This Thing On - Friday, 30th January

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

Global weekend box office top 5 breakdown 6th - 8th December 2024

• The movie remains at number 1 on this weeks Global box office
• It has spent 2 weeks at the top of the Global box office.
• It grosses $155,700,000 over the weekend, a 48% drop from last weekend
• The movie is release in 53 countries globally this weekend
• It has a total gross of $600,039,013 over 2 weeks in cinemas
• The movie is the 5th top grossing film so far in 2024
• The movie is a sequel to Moana which took $174,284,518 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks Global box office chart.
• It grosses $92,517,562 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $92,517,562 over 1 weeks in cinemas
• The movie is release in 38 countries globally this weekend
• The movie is a sequel to Pushpa: The Rise - Part 1 which took $3,740,937 at the box office after 1 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks Global box office
• It grosses $61,707,000 over the weekend, a 43% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $455,551,000 over 3 weeks in cinemas
• The movie is release in 80 countries globally this weekend
• The movie is the 11th top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weeks Global box office
• It grosses $29,450,000 over the weekend, a 49% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $368,443,000 over 4 weeks in cinemas
• The movie is release in 66 countries globally this weekend
• The movie is the 17th top grossing film so far in 2024
• The movie is a sequel to Gladiator which took $3,740,937 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie remains at number 5 on this weeks Global box office
• It grosses $12,209,300 over the weekend, a 30% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $74,895,000 over 3 weeks in cinemas
• The movie is release in 7 countries globally this weekend

A new poster has been released for upcoming movie 28 Years Later which can be viewed in full if you scroll down this page.

Movie breakdown

• The movie is directed by Danny Boyle
• It stars Jodie Comer (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker) and Aaron Taylor-Johnson (28 Years Later) among others.
• The movie also stars Ralph Fiennes, Jack O"Connell and
• The release date in the UK is 20th June 2025
• While the North American release date is set for 20th June 2025

Synopsis for 28 Years Later

Taking place after the events of 28 Weeks Later, the Rage Virus has returned, and a group of survivors must survive in a world ravaged by hordes of the infected.

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

Director Chris Sanders brings us a new animated tale called The Wild Robot which has been given a U age rating in the UK for very mild threat, violence, language, rude humour.

The movie stars the voice talent of Lupita Nyong'o who has previously starred in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and Black Panther, it also stars Pedro Pascal who has been in Materialists and The Great Wall.

The movies director Chris Sanders has previously directed How to Train Your Dragon and The Call of the Wild.

Movie Synopsis

A robot's programming is challenged by the natural world when it crash lands on an island rich in wildlife.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: The Wild Robot
• BBFC age rating: U Certificate
• Reason: very mild threat, violence, language, rude humour
• Release date: 18th October 2024
• Runtime: 102 minutes (1 hours 42 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • Chris Sanders
• Starring:
  • Lupita Nyong'o
  • Pedro Pascal
  • Kit Connor

BBFC movie page