This weekend, Friday 19th May 2023, there are 3 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3, for the number 1 spot?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Fast X
• Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
• Beau Is Afraid

Fast X

• The movie is directed by Louis Leterrier, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Louis Leterrier also directed Transporter 2 in 2005 which grossed £991.9K in the UK.
• It stars Vin Diesel who also starred in Fast & Furious 7 (2015).
• The film also stars Jordana Brewster who was last seen in Fast & Furious 9 (2021).
• Vin Diesel and Jordana Brewster have starred in 6 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Fast & Furious 7 in 2015, Fast & Furious in 2009, Fast & Furious 6 in 2013, Fast & Furious 9 in 2021, The Fast and the Furious in 2001 and Fast Five in 2011.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

• The movie is directed by Kelly Fremon Craig, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Kelly Fremon Craig also directed The Edge of Seventeen in 2016 which grossed £273.1K in the UK.
• It stars Abby Ryder Fortson who also starred in Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018).
• The film also stars Rachel McAdams who was last seen in Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Beau Is Afraid

• The movie is directed by Ari Aster, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Ari Aster also directed Hereditary in 2018 which grossed £5.5 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Joaquin Phoenix who also starred in Inherent VIce (2015).
• The film also stars Patti LuPone who was last seen in The School For Good and Evil (2022).
• 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

• The Little Mermaid - Friday, 26th May
• About My Father - Friday, 26th May
• Hypnotic - Friday, 26th May

The long running The Fast and The Furious series brings on its tenth movie, this time titled Fast X, which has been given a 12A age rating in the UK for moderate violence, threat, brief grisly images, infrequent strong language.

The movie stars Vin Diesel, who has previously starred in The Chronicles of Riddick and xXx - Return of Xander Cage, who once again brings his character Dominic Toretto to the series, it also stars Jordana Brewster who has previously starred in The Integrity of Joseph Chambers and Annapolis.

The movie is directed by Louis Leterrier who has previously directed Now You See Me and Transporter 2.

Movie Synopsis

Dominic Toretto must protect his crew and family from Dante Reyes, the son of drug lord Hernan Reyes, seeking revenge for the loss of his family's fortune at their heist in Rio de Janeiro.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Fast X
• BBFC age rating: 12A Certificate
• Reason: moderate violence, threat, brief grisly images, infrequent strong language
• Release date: 19th May 2023
• Runtime: 141 minutes (2 hour 21 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • Louis Leterrier
• Starring:
  • Vin Diesel
  • Jordana Brewster
  • Tyrese Gibson

BBFC movie page