Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 25th June 2021, there are 2 new releases looking to challenge The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard at the top of the UK box office.

Fast & Furious 9

• The movie is directed by Justin Lin, it is the directors 12th movie.
• Justin Lin also directed Fast Five in 2011 which grossed £18.5 Million in the UK and grossed $604.5 Million globally.
• It stars Vin Diesel who last starred in Bloodshot (2020).
• The film also stars Michelle Rodriguez who last appeared in Crisis (2021).
• Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez have starred in 6 movies together.
• They also appeared together in Fast & Furious (2009).

Supernova

• The movie is directed by Harry Macqueen, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Harry Macqueen also directed Hinterland in 2015 which grossed £4.6 Thousand in the UK.
• It stars Colin Firth who last starred in The Secret Garden (2020).
• The film also stars Stanley Tucci who last appeared in The Witches (2020).
• They also appeared together in Gambit (2012).

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

Next weeks there are 5 new movies released

• Freaky, Friday, 2nd July
• Another Round, Friday, 2nd July
• Voyagers, Friday, 2nd July
• French Exit, Friday, 2nd July
• The Tomorrow War, Friday, 2nd July

Cinemas are back open in the UK after nearly 5 months of being closed and there are a whole host of new releases this week to mark the occasion.

Most of these new movies came out on Monday, and many of them have been delayed from last year, and some of them are already available on streaming so there is a nice mixed bag.

Here is a rundown of this weeks new movies in the UK.

Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway

• The movie is directed by Will Gluck
• Will Gluck also directed Friends With Benefits in 2011 which grossed £6.2 Million in the UK.
• It stars James Corden who last starred in Superintelligence (2020).
• The film also stars Elizabeth Debicki who last appeared in The Burnt Orange Heresy (2019).
• James Corden and Elizabeth Debicki starred in Peter Rabbit (2018) together.

Spiral: From the Book of Saw

• The movie is directed by Darren Lynn Bousman
• Darren Lynn Bousman also directed Identity Lost in 2001.
• It stars Chris Rock who last starred in The Witches (2020).
• The film also stars Samuel L. Jackson who last appeared in Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019).

The Unholy

• The movie is from director Evan Spiliotopoulos
• It is their directorial debut.
• It stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan who last starred in Walkaway Joe (2020).
• The film also stars Cary Elwes who last appeared in Black Christmas (2019).

Nomadland

• The movie is directed by Chloé Zhao
• Chloé Zhao also directed The Rider in 2018 which grossed £36.3 Thousand in the UK.
• It stars Frances McDormand who last starred in The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2020).
• The film also stars Gay DeForest who is making a feature film debut.

My New York Year

• The movie is directed by Philippe Falardeau
• Philippe Falardeau also directed The Bleeder in 2016.
• It stars Margaret Qualley who last starred in Seberg (2020).
• The film also stars Sigourney Weaver who last appeared in The Meyerowitz Stories New and Selected (2017).

Army of the Dead

• The movie is directed by Zack Snyder
• Zack Snyder also directed Dawn of the Dead in 2004 which grossed £5.4 Million in the UK.
• It stars Hiroyuki Sanada who last starred in Mortal Kombat (2021).
• The film also stars Dave Bautista who last appeared in My Spy (2020).
• Hiroyuki Sanada and Dave Bautista starred in Avengers: Endgame (2019) together.

Sound of Metal

• The movie is from director Darius Marder
• It is their directorial debut.
• It stars Riz Ahmed who last starred in Mogul Mowgli (2020).
• The film also stars Olivia Cooke who last appeared in Naked Singularity (2021).

Those Who Wish Me Dead

• The movie is directed by Taylor Sheridan
• Taylor Sheridan also directed Wind River in 2017 which grossed £1.2 Million in the UK.
• It stars Angelina Jolie who last starred in Come Away (2020).
• The film also stars Jon Bernthal who last appeared in Le Mans '66 (2019).

Rare Beasts

• The movie is from director Billie Piper
• It is their directorial debut.
• It stars Billie Piper who last starred in Eternal Beauty (2019).
• The film also stars Leo Bill who last appeared in In Fabric (2019).

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

Next weeks there are 4 new movies

• Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train, Wednesday, 26th May
• Cruella, Friday, 28th May
• The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, Friday, 28th May
• First Cow, Friday, 28th May

The big screen adaptation of Wicked has been on the cards for a while now, but hit a block when director Stephen Daldry stepped down, now Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M. Chu has stepped in.

https://t.co/lkFaJSwTpK

— Jon M. Chu (@jonmchu) February 2, 2021

The American director has just completed the movie In The Heights, a musical which will hit cinemas, hopefully, later in 2021 after release delays.

The sequel to Crazy Rich Asians, China Rich Girlfriend might also be on his schedule which will be film back to back with the third film Rich People Problems although rumours suggest Chu won't direct.

The film version of the hit musical about the witches of Oz has been in the works for a while, it should have hit cinemas in December of 2019, the same time as another musical adaptation hit, Cats!

No release date or cast has been given yet, and with COVID still a global issue it could be a couple of years before we see it, IMDB are showing a 22nd December 2021 which seems a but tight, maybe 2022 seems more likely?

With the box office chart on hold for the second time due to the lockdown in the UK we take a look at the video charts.

Fox Video's (Disney) film much delayed film from 2020 The New Mutants makes its debut at the top of the box office removing Tenet from a 3 week run at the top.

Also new is the Nicholas Cage action movie Jiu Jitsu which is new this week at number 5.

Here is a breakdown of the video charts week of 10th - 16th January 2021.

The New Mutants

Set in the X-Men universe this Marvel/20th Century Fox/Disney production has a troubled time getting a release date being moved around quite a bit before finally landing a UK release date of 4th September 2020.

It was a relatively big hit in the UK, especially considering cinemas has just re-opened and not to full capacity, but the movie made its debut at number 2 with £686,407 and went on to gross £1.5 Million.

Tenet

The 'saviour of cinema' has spent the last 3 weeks at the top of the video chart but this week gives way to the Mutant movie.

Christopher Nolans mind bending movie took £17 Million in the UK August - September 2020 and is the highest grossing movie of the COVID-19 pandemic era.

The Witches~2020

Robert Zemeckis's adaptation of the classic Roald Dahl book skipped a theatrical release in favour of a direct to VOD release and after 4 weeks falls to number 3 on the video chart.

The Blackout

This sci-fi action movie from Russia jumps from 10 to number 4 this week as the British viewing public look for something new and exciting to watch during a period of time when there are little new releases.

Jiu Jitsu

Starring Nicholas Cage this action movie skipped cinemas in the UK and makes its debut on the video chart at number 5 this week.

Last weekend saw Two By Two: Overboard! at the top of the UK box office removing Tenet after 8 weeks.

There are 7 new releases this week so can any of the new movies released to cinema do enough to top the chart?

Shirley

• The movie is directed by Josephine Decker
• Josephine Decker also directed Madelines Madeline in 2019 which grossed £9 Thousand in the UK.
• It stars Elisabeth Moss who last starred in The Invisible Man (2020).
• The film also stars Odessa Young who last appeared in A Million Little Pieces (2019).

The Burnt Orange Heresy

• This new release stars Elizabeth Debicki who's last film was Tenet (2020)
• It also stars Donald Sutherland who appeared in Alone (2020).
• The film is brought to us by new director Giuseppe Capotondi.

The Courier

• The movie is directed by Dominic Cooke who directed On Chesil Beach in 2018.
• It stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Rachel Brosnahan.

The Witches

• Also this week there is The Witches from director Robert Zemeckis who also directed Beowulf in 2007.
• The film features Anne Hathaway and Octavia Spencer in starring roles.

Relic

• The long list of new releases continues with Relic which is directed by Natalie Erika James which is a directorial debut.
• It stars Emily Mortimer and Robyn Nevin.

The Craft Legacy

• The Craft Legacy from director Zoe Lister-Jones making their directorial debut.
• The film stars Michelle Monaghan and Cailee Spaeny.

The Painter and the Thief

• This new release stars Karl Bertil-Nordland who is making a feature film debut
• It also stars Barbora Kysilkova who is making a feature film debut.
• The film is brought to us by 2 time director Benjamin Ree.

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

Next weeks there are 5 new movies

• The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge On The Run, Thursday, 5th November
• Peninsula, Friday, 6th November
• Luxor, Friday, 6th November
• A Christmas Gift From Bob, Friday, 6th November
• Words On Bathroom Walls, Friday, 6th November