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The Star

The Star
2017
 86 minutes (1 hrs 26 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Timothy Reckart

Starring

Release dates

US release date US release: 17th November 2017
France release date France release: 15th November 2017
Canada release date Canada release: 17th November 2017

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 24th Nov '17
  • Debut position: 11
  • Highest position: 9
  • Debut gross: £204.5 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 6

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 17th Nov '17
  • Debut position: 6
  • Highest position: 6
  • Debut gross: $9.8 Million
  • Total chart weeks: 13

Chart position history

UK box office

24 Nov, 2017
11
1 Dec, 2017
9
8 Dec, 2017
11
15 Dec, 2017
9
22 Dec, 2017
9
29 Dec, 2017
14

US box office

17 Nov, 2017
6
24 Nov, 2017
7
1 Dec, 2017
9
8 Dec, 2017
8
15 Dec, 2017
11
22 Dec, 2017
13

Global box office

Certificates

US
PG

Livre

TE

0

PG

T

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £1.1 Million
US total gross
United States Flag  $40.9 Million
Global total gross
Global Flag  $0

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Released globaly this week there are 25 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace 731 Biochemical Revelations from the top of the global box office.

As well as many movies released in cinemas around the globe this list also includes a number of the top movies released on streaming platforms.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

Here are the top new release this week in countries across the world!
  • One Battle After Another
  • Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie
  • The Strangers: Chapter 2
  • Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc
  • Hamilton
  • Light of the World
  • Dead of Winter
  • Afterburn
  • Him
  • Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

One Battle After Another

  • The movie is directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, it is the directors 10th movie.
  • Paul Thomas Anderson also directed Inherent Vice in 2015 which grossed $14.7 Mil. globally.
  • It stars Leonardo DiCaprio who also starred in Marvins Room (1996).
  • The film also stars Benicio Del Toro who's last movie was The Phoenician Scheme (2025).
  • Paul Thomas Anderson directed Benicio Del Toro in and Inherent Vice
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • Released this week in:
      Albania / Antigua & Barbuda / Argentina / Aruba / Australia / Austria / Azerbaijan / Bahrain / Belgium / Bolivia / Bosnia and Herzegovina / Brazil / Bulgaria / Cambodia / Canada / Chile / Colombia / Costa Rica / Croatia / Curacao / Denmark / Dominican Republic / Ecuador / Egypt / Estonia / France / Germany / Greece / Guadeloupe / Guatemala / Guyana / Honduras / Hong Kong / Hungary / India / Ireland / Israel / Italy / Italy / Kazakhstan / Kuwait / Mexico / New Zealand / Norway / Oman / Panama / Paraguay / Peru / Philippines / Portugal / Puerto Rico / Romania / Saint Kitts and Nevis / Saint Lucia / Saudi Arabia / Senegal / Serbia / Singapore / Slovakia / Slovenia / South Africa / Spain / Sweden / Taiwan / Thailand / Trinidad & Tobago / Ukraine / United Arab Emirates / United Kingdom / United States / Uruguay / Uzbekistan / Venezuela / Vietnam

Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie

  • The movie is directed by Ryan Crego, it is the directors 2nd movie.
  • Ryan Crego also directed Arlo the Alligator Boy in 2021.
  • It stars Laila Lockhart Kraner who also starred in The Secret of Sinchanee (2021).
  • The film also stars Kristen Wiig who's last movie was Despicable Me 4 (2024).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • Released this week in:
      Antigua & Barbuda / Argentina / Aruba / Bahrain / Bolivia / Bulgaria / Cambodia / Canada / Chile / Costa Rica / Curacao / Czech Republic / Dominican Republic / Ecuador / Greece / Guadeloupe / Guatemala / Guyana / Honduras / Kuwait / Lebanon / Mexico / Norway / Oman / Panama / Paraguay / Peru / Philippines / Portugal / Puerto Rico / Qatar / Saint Kitts and Nevis / Saint Lucia / Saudi Arabia / Singapore / Trinidad & Tobago / United Arab Emirates / United States / Uruguay / Venezuela / Vietnam

The Strangers: Chapter 2

  • The movie is directed by Renny Harlin, it is the directors 26th movie.
  • Renny Harlin also directed Legend of the Ancient Sword in 2018.
  • It stars Rachel Shenton who also starred in Ozi: Voice of the Forest (2024).
  • The film also stars Gabriel Basso who's last movie was Juror #2 (2024).
  • They also appeared together in The Strangers: Chapter 1 in 2024.
  • Renny Harlin directed Rachel Shenton in and The Strangers: Chapter 1
  • Renny Harlin directed Gabriel Basso in and The Strangers: Chapter 1
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • Released this week in:
      Aruba / Australia / Bahrain / Bosnia and Herzegovina / Brazil / Bulgaria / Cambodia / Canada / Croatia / Curacao / Czech Republic / Dominican Republic / Estonia / Greece / Hungary / India / Ireland / Italy / Kosovo / Kuwait / Latvia / Lithuania / Malta / Netherlands / Oman / Peru / Puerto Rico / Romania / Saudi Arabia / Spain / Thailand / Turkey / Ukraine / United Arab Emirates / United Kingdom / United States / Uruguay

Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc

  • The movie is from director Tatsuya Yoshihara.
  • This movie is a directorial debut.
  • It stars Kikunosuke Toya who is making a feature film debut.
  • The film also stars Tomori Kusunoki who's last movie was Colorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't Sing (2025).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • Released this week in:
      Cambodia / Hong Kong / India / Indonesia / Malaysia / Philippines / Singapore / South Korea / Taiwan / Thailand / Vietnam

Hamilton

  • The movie is directed by Thomas Kail, it is the directors 3rd movie.
  • Thomas Kail also directed Moana in 2026.
  • It stars Daveed Diggs who also starred in The Starling (2021).
  • The film also stars Renée Elise Goldsberry who's last movie was tick, tick...BOOM! (2021).
  • This movie is released on streaming platforms.
  • Released this week in:
      Argentina / Brazil / Chile / Dominican Republic / Ireland / Mexico / Peru / United Kingdom

Light of the World

  • The movie is directed by Tom Bancroft and John J. Schafer, it is the directors 2nd movie.
  • Tom Bancroft and John J. Schafer also directed Saleem in 2023.
  • It stars Ian Hanlin who also starred in Light of the World (2025).
  • The film also stars Benjamin Jacobson who's last movie was Babylon (2022).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • Released this week in:
      Costa Rica / El Salvador / Guatemala / Honduras / Nicaragua / Panama

Dead of Winter

  • The movie is directed by Brian Kirk, it is the directors 5th movie.
  • Brian Kirk also directed My Boy Jack in 2007.
  • It stars Emma Thompson who also starred in Look Back In Anger (1989).
  • The film also stars Judy Greer who's last movie was The Long Walk (2025).
  • They also appeared together in Men, Women & Children in 2014.
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • Released this week in:
      Ireland / Israel / South Africa / United Kingdom / United States

Afterburn

  • The movie is directed by J.J. Perry, it is the directors 3rd movie.
  • J.J. Perry also directed Day Shift in 2022.
  • It stars Dave Bautista who also starred in Thor: Love and Thunder (2022).
  • The film also stars Samuel L. Jackson who's last movie was The Piano Lesson (2024).
  • Dave Bautista and Samuel L. Jackson have starred in 2 other movies together.
  • They also appeared together in Avengers: Infinity War in 2018 and Avengers: Endgame in 2019.
  • J.J. Perry directed Dave Bautista in and The Killer's Game
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • Released this week in:
      Bolivia / Dominican Republic / Guatemala / Philippines

Him

  • The movie is directed by Justin Tipping, it is the directors 2nd movie.
  • Justin Tipping also directed Kicks in 2016.
  • It stars Tyriq Withers who also starred in I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025).
  • The film also stars Marlon Wayans who's last movie was Air (2023).
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • Released this week in:
      Australia / Belarus / Colombia / France

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

  • The movie is directed by Simon Curtis, it is the directors 11th movie.
  • Simon Curtis also directed My Summer With Des in 1998.
  • It stars Michelle Dockery who also starred in Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1974 (2009).
  • The film also stars Joanne Froggatt who's last movie was Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022).
  • Michelle Dockery and Joanne Froggatt have starred in 2 other movies together.
  • They also appeared together in Downton Abbey: A New Era in 2022 and Downton Abbey in 2019.
  • Simon Curtis directed Michelle Dockery in and Downton Abbey: A New Era
  • Simon Curtis directed Joanne Froggatt in and Downton Abbey: A New Era
  • This movie is released in movie theatres.
  • Released this week in:
      Bosnia and Herzegovina / Montenegro / Serbia

Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next week there are 37 new movies released gloabally

Check here for more details
  • Him - From Thursday, 2nd October
  • The Smashing Machine - From Thursday, 2nd October
  • A Big Bold Beautiful Journey - From Wednesday, 1st October
  • The Long Walk - From Wednesday, 1st October
  • Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie - From Wednesday, 1st October
  • Afterburn - From Thursday, 2nd October
  • The Strangers: Chapter 2 - From Wednesday, 1st October
  • Grand Prix of Europe - From Thursday, 2nd October
  • Splitsville - From Thursday, 2nd October
  • Roofman - From Thursday, 2nd October
  • Panda Plan 2 - From Wednesday, 1st October
  • One Battle After Another - From Wednesday, 1st October
  • Good Boy! - From Friday, 3rd October
  • Face Off 8 Embrace of Light - From Friday, 3rd October
  • Sons of the Neon Night - From Wednesday, 1st October
  • Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale - From Wednesday, 1st October
  • Detective Conan: One Eyed Flashback - From Friday, 3rd October
  • Dracula: A Love Tale - From Thursday, 2nd October
  • Four Mothers - From Friday, 3rd October
  • The Home - From Tuesday, 30th September
  • Dangerous Animals - From Friday, 3rd October
  • Screamboat - From Friday, 3rd October
  • Volunteer Army 3 - From Tuesday, 30th September
  • The Exit 8 - From Friday, 3rd October
  • The Life of Chuck - From Thursday, 2nd October
  • Together - From Thursday, 2nd October
  • Julie Keeps Quiet - From Friday, 3rd October
  • Dreams (Sex Love) - From Thursday, 2nd October
  • Honey Don't! - From Friday, 3rd October
  • Vicious - From Friday, 3rd October
  • Three Kingdoms Starlit Heroes - From Wednesday, 1st October
  • The Toxic Avenger - From Thursday, 2nd October
  • A Writer's Odyssey 2 - From Wednesday, 1st October
  • Skazochnye Vykhodnye - From Thursday, 2nd October
  • The Shadows Edge - From Friday, 3rd October
  • Light of the World - From Thursday, 2nd October
  • Late Shift - From Friday, 3rd October

Marvel studios brings its latest movie The Fantastic Four: First Steps to the big screen and as expected the anticipated introduction of Marvels first family tops the UK box office on its debut.

The movie takes an excellent £8.1 Million on its debut which is better than Iron Man 2 but not as good as Thor: The Dark World

The movie is the third of the big July 2025 movies and although it did better than Superman~2025 from a couple of weeks ago its not come close to Jurassic World: Rebirth from the start of July.

Superman~2025 drops to number 2 after a couple of weeks at the top and has taken £21.5 Million to date.

UK box office QuickView

  • Number 1 - The Fantastic Four: First Steps (1st Weekend)
  • Highest debut - The Fantastic Four: First Steps (@1)
  • Longest run - How to Train Your Dragon (7 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Jurassic World: Rebirth (£28,800,000)
  • Best Percentage change week on week - Saiyaara (62%)
  • Total UK top 15 this weekend - £16,215,851
  • Also new this weekend
    • The Goonies
    • Roger Waters: This Is Not a Drill - Live From Prague
    • JUJUTSU KAISEN: Hidden Inventory/Premature Death: The Movie
  • Check out the full UK box office.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 25th - 27th July 2025

The Fantastic Four: First Steps

Highest new movie this weekend

  • The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
  • It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the UK box office.
  • It grosses £8,154,126 over its debut weekend
  • It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of July

Superman~2025

  • The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £1,934,660 over the weekend, a 60% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £21,578,900 over 3 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 6th top grossing film so far in 2025

The Bad Guys 2

  • The movie is a new entry at number 3 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £1,613,209 over its debut weekend

Jurassic World: Rebirth

  • The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £1,600,000 over the weekend, a 51% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £28,800,000 over 4 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2025
  • The movie is a sequel to Jurassic World: Dominion which took £30,414,812 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.

F1

  • The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £649,942 over the weekend, a 48% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £19,700,000 over 5 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 9th top grossing film so far in 2025

A new era of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is about the start with the release of The Fantastic Four: First Steps which has been given a 12A age rating in the UK for moderate threat, violence.

The movie stars the man who is in most things at the moment Pedro Pascal who has also been in movies like The Adjustment Bureau and Wonder Woman~2011, the movie also stars Vanessa Kirby who has appeared in Mission:Impossible - Fallout and The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman.

The movie is directed by Matt Shakman who is a TV director veteran and was responsible for much of the acclaimed series Wandavision, he has previously directed Cut Bank in 2014.

Movie Synopsis

A group of famous superheroes are the planet’s only hope when an intergalactic being threatens to consume the world.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

  • Title: the-fantastic-four-first-steps
  • BBFC age rating: 12A Certificate
  • Reason: moderate threat, violence
  • Release date: 24th July 2025
  • Runtime: 114 minutes (1 hour 54 minutes)
  • The movie is being released into movie theatres
  • Directed by:
    • Matt Shakman
  • Starring:
    • Pedro Pascal
    • Vanessa Kirby
    • Ebon Moss-Bachrach
    • Joseph Quinn

BBFC movie page

The new Cinematic DC Universe kicks off this weekend with DC head James Gunn's Superman~2025 movie, the start of a series of movies which replaces the Synderverse series that died with Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom in 2023.

The new version of Superman makes its US box office debut this weekend takes over $122 Million, the fourth highest of 2025.

Falling from the top after only a week is Jurassic World: Rebirth which is at number 2 this weekend with a total gross of over $232 Million after 2 weeks.

US Box Office QuickView

  • Number 1 - Superman (1st Weekend)
  • Highest debut - Superman (@1)
  • Longest run - Lilo & Stitch (8 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Lilo & Stitch ($414,564,677)
  • Best Percentage change week on week - Sorry, Baby (41%)
  • Total US top 15 this weekend - $196,607,481
  • Also new this weekend
    • Abrahams Boys
  • Check out the full US box office.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 11th - 13th July 2025

Superman~2025

Highest new movie this weekend

  • The movie is the Highest debut on this weekends US box office chart.
  • It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the US box office.
  • It has a total gross of $122,000,000 after 1 weekends of release
  • The movie is the 12th top grossing film so far in 2025

Jurassic World: Rebirth

  • The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weekends US box office
  • It grosses $40,000,000 over the weekend, a 73% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $232,113,710 after 2 weekends of release
  • The movie is the 5th top grossing film so far in 2025
  • The movie is a sequel to Jurassic World: Dominion which took $250,286,865 at the box office after 2 weekends of release.

F1

  • The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weekends US box office
  • It grosses $13,000,000 over the weekend, a 50% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $136,194,846 after 3 weekends of release
  • The movie is the 11th top grossing film so far in 2025

How to Train Your Dragon~2025

  • The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weekends US box office
  • It grosses $7,800,000 over the weekend, a 31% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $239,808,200 after 5 weekends of release
  • The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2025

Elio

  • The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weekends US box office
  • It grosses $3,900,000 over the weekend, a 33% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of $63,666,191 after 4 weekends of release

Seven movies in and the Jurassic Universe is showing no sign of stopping as superstar Scarlet Johansson heads up the start of a new trilogy with Jurassic World: Rebirth.

The movie which joins a now long line of movies which started with the ground braking Jurassic Park directed by Steven Spielberg back in 1993 makes its debut with nearly £12.5 Million.

This is almost the exact same as the previous movie in the series Jurassic World: Dominion.

After just a single weekend at the top of the UK box office F1 falls to number 2 and has taken a total of £12.9 Million.

UK box office QuickView

  • Number 1 - Jurassic World: Rebirth (1st Weekend)
  • Highest debut - Jurassic World: Rebirth (@1)
  • Longest run - Mission:Impossible - The Final Reckoning (7 weeks)
  • Highest total gross - Lilo & Stitch (£35,742,082)
  • Best Percentage change week on week - The Ballad of Wallis Island (4%)
  • Total UK top 15 this weekend - £20,535,799
  • Also new this weekend
    • Hot Milk
    • Metro In Dino
  • Check out the full UK box office.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 4th - 6th July 2025

Jurassic World: Rebirth

Highest new movie this weekend

  • The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
  • It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the UK box office.
  • It grosses £12,493,782 over its debut weekend
  • It is the 11th top debuting movie in the month of July
  • The movie is the 14th top grossing film so far in 2025
  • The movie is a sequel to Jurassic World: Dominion which took £12,121,728 at the box office after 1 weeks in cinemas.

F1

  • The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £3,074,421 over the weekend, a 57% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £12,901,088 over 2 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 12th top grossing film so far in 2025

How to Train Your Dragon~2025

  • The movie remains at number 3 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £1,489,573 over the weekend, a 25% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £18,197,343 over 4 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 6th top grossing film so far in 2025

28 Years Later

  • The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £1,409,291 over the weekend, a 41% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £12,450,170 over 3 weeks of release
  • The movie is the 15th top grossing film so far in 2025
  • The movie is a sequel to 28 Weeks Later which took £4,298,552 at the box office after 3 weeks in cinemas.

Elio

  • The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
  • It grosses £691,062 over the weekend, a 10% drop from last weekend
  • It has a total gross of £3,042,685 over 3 weeks of release