This weekend, Friday 3rd January 2025, there are 3 new films released in North America and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, for the number 1 spot?

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.

• Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
• I Dannati
• The Damned

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

• The movie is from director Merlin Crossingham and Nick Park.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Ben Whitehead who also starred in Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024).
• The film also stars Peter Kay who's last movie was Britains Got the Pop Factor (2008).
• They also appeared together in Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit in 2005.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

I Dannati

• The movie is directed by Roberto Minervini, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Roberto Minervini also directed What You Gonna Do When the Worlds On Fire in 2019.
• It stars Duncan Vezain who also starred in Tokyo Cowboy (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

The Damned

• The movie is from director Thordur Palsson.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Odessa Young who also starred in The Daughter (2016).
• The film also stars Joe Cole who's last movie was One of These Days (2021).
• 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 2 new movies released

• Den of Thieves 2 - Friday, 10th January
• The Last Showgirl - Friday, 10th January

Released in the US this weekend, Friday, 30th August 2024, there are 8 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Deadpool & Wolverine from the top of the North American box office.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• AfrAId
• The Deliverance
• April 29, 1992
• Tokyo Cowboy
• Slingshot
• City of Dreams
• Reagan
• You Gotta Believe

AfrAId

• The movie is directed by Chris Weitz, it is the directors 8th movie.
• Chris Weitz also directed A Better Life in 2011 which grossed $1.8 Mil. in the US and grossed $1.9 Mil. globally.
• It stars David Dastmalchian who also starred in The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023).
• The film also stars Keith Carradine who's last movie was The Power of the Dog (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

The Deliverance

• The movie is directed by Lee Daniels, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Lee Daniels also directed The Paperboy in 2013.
• It stars Andra Day who also starred in Cars 3 (2017).
• The film also stars Glenn Close who's last movie was Heart of Stone (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The MPAA age rating is

April 29, 1992

• The movie is directed by Ariel Vromen, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Ariel Vromen also directed The Angel in 2018.
• It stars Tyrese Gibson who also starred in Waist Deep (2006).
• The film also stars Ray Liotta who's last movie was Cocaine Bear (2023).
• Ariel Vromen directed Ray Liotta in The Iceman
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Tokyo Cowboy

• The movie is from director Marc Marriott.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Arata Iura who also starred in Dogwood Tree (2010).
• The film also stars Robin Weigert who's last movie was Smile (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Slingshot

• The movie is directed by Mikael Håfström, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Mikael Håfström also directed Drowning Ghost in 2004 and grossed $65.7K globally.
• It stars Casey Affleck who also starred in The Killer Inside Me (2010).
• The film also stars Laurence Fishburne who's last movie was John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

City of Dreams

• The movie is from director Mohit Ramchandani.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Jason Patric who also starred in Black Nightshade (2022).
• The film also stars Paulina Gaitan who's last movie was Days of Grace (2013).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Reagan

• The movie is directed by Sean McNamara, it is the directors 24th movie.
• Sean McNamara also directed The Legend of Galgameth in 1996.
• It stars Dennis Quaid who also starred in Breaking Away (1979).
• The film also stars C. Thomas Howell who's last movie was The Outsiders (1983).
• Sean McNamara directed Dennis Quaid in On a Wing and a Prayer
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

You Gotta Believe

• The movie is directed by Ty Roberts, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Ty Roberts also directed This Side of the Dirt in 2017.
• It stars Sarah Gadon who also starred in The Moth Diaries (2012).
• The film also stars Molly Parker who's last movie was Peter Pan & Wendy (2023).
• They also appeared together in The 9th Life of Louis Drax in 2016.
• 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 3 new movies released

• Jessica Frost - Wednesday, 4th September
• The Thicket - Friday, 6th September
• Beetlejuice Beetlejuice - Friday, 6th September