Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 15th December 2023, there are 6 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Wonka from the top of the UK box office.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Godzilla Minus One
• The Shift
• Showing Up
• Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire
• What Happens Later
• The Three Musketeers: Milady

Godzilla Minus One

• The movie is directed by Takashi Yamazaki, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Takashi Yamazaki also directed Ghost Book Obakezukan in 2022.
• It stars Ryunosuke Kamiki who also starred in Gekijouban SPEC: Kurôzu - Zen no hen (2013).
• The film also stars Minami Hamabe who was last seen in Shin Kamen Rider (2023).
• They also appeared together in Murder At Shijinso in 2019.
• Takashi Yamazaki directed Ryunosuke Kamiki in Ghost Book Obakezukan
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Shift

• The movie is from director Brock Heasley.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Neal McDonough who also starred in Flags of Our Fathers (2006).
• The film also stars Kristoffer Polaha who was last seen in Jurassic World: Dominion (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Showing Up

• The movie is directed by Kelly Reichardt, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Kelly Reichardt also directed Night Moves in 2014 which grossed £25.6K in the UK.
• It stars Michelle Williams who also starred in Me Without You (2001).
• The film also stars Hong Chau who was last seen in Asteroid City (2023).
• Kelly Reichardt directed Michelle Williams in Certain Women
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire

• The movie is directed by Zack Snyder, it is the directors 12th movie.
• Zack Snyder also directed Man of Steel in 2013 which grossed £29.8 Mil. in the UK and grossed $661 Mil. globally.
• It stars Sofia Boutella who also starred in Hotel Artemis (2018).
• The film also stars Ed Skrein who was last seen in Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon (2022).
• Zack Snyder directed Ed Skrein in Rebel Moon Part Two: The Scargiver
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

What Happens Later

• The movie is directed by Meg Ryan, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Meg Ryan also directed Ithaca in 2015.
• It stars Meg Ryan who also starred in In the Cut (2003).
• The film also stars David Duchovny who was last seen in The Bubble (2022).
• Meg Ryan directed Meg Ryan in Ithaca
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Three Musketeers: Milady

• The movie is directed by Martin Bourboulon, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Martin Bourboulon also directed The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan in 2023 which grossed £393.4K in the UK.
• It stars Jacob Fortune-Lloyd who also starred in Globe On Screen: The Merchant of Venice Shakespeares Globe 2015 (2016).
• The film also stars Eva Green who was last seen in The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan (2023).
• They also appeared together in The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan in 2023.
• Martin Bourboulon directed Jacob Fortune-Lloyd in The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan
• Martin Bourboulon directed Eva Green in The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan
• 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

• Maestro - Wednesday, 20th December - streaming
• Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom - Thursday, 21st December
• Silent Night - Saturday, 23rd December - streaming

The second concert film to reach the top of the US box office this year has Renaissance: A Film By Beyonce claiming the top spot on its debut release with a total weekend gross of $21 Million.

A couple of months back Taylor Swift did the same with Taylor Swift The Eras Tour which topped the box office with a debut of $92 Million.

Falling to number 2 this weekend after a couple of weeks at the top is The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes which has taken a total of $121 Million.

Godzilla Minus One makes an impressive debut at 3 with a weekend gross of $11 Million.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 1st - 3rd December 2023

• The movie is a new entry at number 1 on this weekends US box office
• It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It has a total gross of $21,000,000 after 1 weekends of release

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $14,500,000 over the weekend, a 50% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $121,243,408 after 3 weekends of release
• The movie is a sequel to The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 which took $227,369,547 at the box office after 3 weekends of release.

• The movie is a new entry at number 3 on this weekends US box office
• It has a total gross of $11,031,954 after 1 weekends of release

• The movie remains at number 4 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $7,600,000 over the weekend, a 57% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $74,833,055 after 3 weekends of release
• The movie is a sequel to Trolls World Tour which took $2,600,000 at the box office after 3 weekends of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $7,412,000 over the weekend, a 62% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $41,955,942 after 2 weekends of release

With The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes currently at the top of the North American box office can this weeks new cinema releases challlenge it for the US box office crown?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Napoleon
• Maestro
• Good Burger 2
• Leo
• Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
• The Boy and the Heron
• Genie
• Wish

Napoleon

• The movie is directed by Ridley Scott, it is the directors 33rd movie.
• Ridley Scott also directed All the Invisible Children in 2006.
• It stars Joaquin Phoenix who also starred in The Master (2012).
• The film also stars Vanessa Kirby who was last seen in Mission:Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1 (2023).
• Ridley Scott directed Joaquin Phoenix in Gladiator
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Maestro

• The movie is directed by Bradley Cooper, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Bradley Cooper also directed A Star Is Born in 2018 which grossed $215.2 Mil. in the US and grossed $436.2 Mil. globally.
• It stars Carey Mulligan who also starred in My Boy Jack (2007).
• The film also stars Bradley Cooper who was last seen in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023).
• Bradley Cooper directed Bradley Cooper in A Star Is Born
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

Good Burger 2

• The movie is directed by Phil Traill, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Phil Traill also directed Chalet Girl in 2011 which grossed $1.7K in the US and grossed $5.5 Mil. globally.
• It stars Kenan Thompson who also starred in Good Burger (1998).
• The film also stars Kel Mitchell who was last seen in Cliffords Really Big Movie (2004).
• Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell have starred in 2 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Good Burger in 1998 and The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle in 2000.
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• The MPAA age rating is

Leo

• The movie is from director Robert Marianetti and Robert Smigel.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Adam Sandler who also starred in The Longest Yard (2005).
• The film also stars Bill Burr who was last seen in The Guilty (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The MPAA age rating is

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

• The movie is from director Anna Hints.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Kadi Kivilo who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

The Boy and the Heron

• The movie is directed by Hayao Miyazaki, it is the directors 13th movie.
• Hayao Miyazaki also directed Conan the Future Boy: The Big Giant Robots Resurrection in 1984.
• It stars Christian Bale who also starred in Velvet Goldmine (1998).
• The film also stars Dave Bautista who was last seen in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023).
• They also appeared together in Thor: Love and Thunder in 2022.
• Hayao Miyazaki directed Christian Bale in Howl's Moving Castle
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The MPAA age rating is

Genie

• The movie is directed by Sam Boyd, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Sam Boyd also directed In a Relationship in 2018.
• It stars Melissa McCarthy who also starred in Drowning Mona (2000).
• The film also stars Alan Cumming who was last seen in Marlowe (2023).
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• The MPAA age rating is

Wish

• The movie is directed by Chris Buck and Fawn Veerasunthorn, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Chris Buck and Fawn Veerasunthorn also directed Surf's Up in 2007 which grossed $58.9 Mil. in the US and grossed $152 Mil. globally.
• It stars Evan Peters who also starred in Never Back Down (2008).
• The film also stars Chris Pine who was last seen in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (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 11 new movies released

• Animal - Thursday, 30th November - limited release
• 21st Century Cleo - Friday, 1st December
• From the Ashes - Friday, 1st December
• Animal Crossing Christmas Festival: The Movie - Friday, 1st December
• Fuck Them All the Story of Heaven and Hell the Making of a Ballet - Friday, 1st December
• Silent Night - Friday, 1st December
• The Shift - Friday, 1st December
• Renaissance: A Film By Beyonce - Friday, 1st December
• Candy Cane Lane - Friday, 1st December - streaming
• Godzilla Minus One - Friday, 1st December
• May December - Friday, 17th November - streaming

The first trailer and poster has finally been released for upcoming movie sequel Thor: Love and Thunder which can seen in full if you scroll down this page.

This is the closest to an MCU movie release the studio has got before releasing a tailer and teaser poster, it is probably down to the shifting schedules of the last couple of year, especially that of Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness which is due in a months time.

• The movie stars among others Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman
• It is a sequel to Thor, Thor: The Dark World and Thor: Ragnarok
• It is directed by Taika Waititi
• And has a release date of 8th July 2022
• Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman appeared together in Thor
• Taika Waititi directed Chris Hemsworth in Thor: Ragnarok

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