Sequel to the 2022 animated movie The Bad Guys is given a PG age rating in the UK for mild violence, threat, rude humour.

The movie features the voice talent of Sam Rockwell who has starred in The Search For One Eye Jimmy and Jojo Rabbit, it also features Marc Maron who has been in Misery Loves Comedy and Sword of Trust.

The movie is directed by Pierre Perifel who was responsible for the frist The Bad Guys movie and JP Sans who is making a feature film debut with The Bad Guys 2.

Movie Synopsis

A gang of reformed criminals soon return to their old ways when they meet a new team of bandits responsible for a series of high-stakes heists.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: the-fantastic-four-first-steps
• BBFC age rating: PG Certificate
• Reason: mild violence, threat, rude humour
• Release date: 25th July 2025
• Runtime: 104 minutes (1 hour 44 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • Pierre Perifel
  • JP Sans
• Starring:
  • Sam Rockwell
  • Marc Maron
  • Craig Robinson

BBFC movie page

After a string of direct to Disney+ movie Pixar come firing back with the top movie of the summer so far as Inside Out 2 makes its debut with £11 Million.

The movie is the 8th top debut ever in the month of June in the UK and is also already the 12th top movie of 2024.

It also beats the debut of the first movie Inside Out~2015 which took £7 Million in 2015

Last weeks top movie Bad Boys: Ride Or Die falls to 2 this weekend with a total gross of £7.1 Million after 2 weeks of release.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 14th - 16th June 2024

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,857,673 over the weekend, a 52% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £7,139,324 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is the 19th top grossing film so far in 2024
• The movie is a sequel to Bad Boys For Life which took £8,276,495 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £414,672 over the weekend, a 52% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £11,456,782 over 5 weeks of release
• The movie is the 11th top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £355,207 over the weekend, a 51% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £7,881,406 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 17th top grossing film so far in 2024

Released in the US this weekend, Friday, 10th May 2024, there are 5 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace The Fall Guy from the top of the North American box office.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
• Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Freedom
• Nothing Can't Be Undone By a HotPot
• Poolman
• Not Another Church Movie

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

• The movie is directed by Wes Ball, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Wes Ball also directed Maze Runner: The Death Cure in 2018 which grossed $58 Mil. in the US and grossed $288.3 Mil. globally.
• It stars Freya Allan who also starred in Gunpowder Milkshake (2021).
• The film also stars Kevin Durand who's last movie was Abigail (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Freedom

• The movie is directed by Mitsuo Fukuda, it is the directors 8th movie.
• Mitsuo Fukuda also directed Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny: Special Edition: The Hellfire of Destiny in 2006.
• It stars Takehito Koyasu who also starred in Hello World (2019).
• The film also stars Yuichi Nakamura who's last movie was Haikyu!! The Movie: Decisive Battle At the Garbage Dump (2024).
• Mitsuo Fukuda directed Takehito Koyasu in Mobile Suit Gundam: Seed Special Edition II: The Far Away Dawn
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

Nothing Can't Be Undone By a HotPot

• The movie is directed by Sheng Ding, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Sheng Ding also directed A Better Tomorrow 2018 in 2018.
• It stars Mi Yang who also starred in Iron Man 3 (2013).
• The film also stars Qian Yu who's last movie was The Pioneer (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

Poolman

• The movie is from director Chris Pine.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Annette Bening who also starred in The Search (2014).
• The film also stars Jennifer Jason Leigh who's last movie was Sharp Stick (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

Not Another Church Movie

• The movie is from director James Michael Cummings and Johnny Mack.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Mickey Rourke who also starred in Year of the Dragon (1985).
• The film also stars Jamie Foxx who's last movie was The Burial (2023).
• 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

• Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry - Tuesday, 14th May - streaming
• Greedy People - Thursday, 16th May
• Imaginary Friends - Friday, 17th May
• IF~2024 - Friday, 17th May
• The Strangers: Chapter 1 - Friday, 17th May
• I Saw the TV Glow - Friday, 17th May
• Back to Black - Friday, 17th May

A couple of big new releases this week hit UK cinemas, both actually opened before Friday but will impact the weekend box office chart.

Now You See Me has a host of big names, Morgan Freeman, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Jesse Eisenberg and not forgetting our own Michael Caine. The story is a bank heist, of sorts, by a group of magicians.

Not much buzz or excitement around this film, it opens on a Wednesday but with little excitement it will probably have a top 5 entry.

The Internship is a Google based film about a couple of “old people” who win an internship at the search giants. Everyone who works there is very young and the 2 older guys do their best to win favour and do a good job.

Starring 2 massive comedy names in Vince Vaughn and Own Wilson, and a massive advertising campaign this could see a good opening weekend, not strong enough to displace Despicable Me 2 and I think it may struggle with Man of Steel but 3rd place entry.

Come back next week to see if I came close to predicting the entries of these 2 films.