I Play Rocky is the new movie from Peter Farrelly based on the making if Rocky.

The movie stars Anthony Ippolito who has been seen previously in Purple Hearts and The English Teacher. It also stars Anna Sophia Robb, who has previously been seen in Soul Surfer and Down A Dark Hall.

Directing duties go to Peter Farrelly, who has previously brought us Green Book and Dumb And Dumber.

Movie Synopsis

The electrifying true story about an unknown actor with an unshakable belief that he wasn't just meant to write Rocky, he was meant to be Rocky Balboa.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: I Play Rocky
• BBFC age rating: 12A Certificate
• Reason: moderate sex references, violence, injury detail, strong language
• Classification Date: 20th November 2026
• Runtime: 128 minutes (2 hours 8 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • Peter Farrelly
• Starring:
  • Anthony Ippolito
  • Anna Sophia Robb
  • Stephan James
  • Matt Dillon

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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 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice 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.

• Transformers: One
• The Substance
• Hellboy: The Crooked Man
• Never Let Go
• 200% Wolf
• The Wild Robot
• Wolfs
• Green Border
• Lee
• Look Back

Transformers: One

• The movie is directed by Josh Cooley, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Josh Cooley also directed Toy Story 4 in 2019 which grossed $434 Mil. in the US and grossed $1.1 Bil. globally.
• It stars Chris Hemsworth who also starred in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015).
• The film also stars Brian Tyree Henry who's last movie was Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Argentina / Australia / Canada / Estonia / Finland / Hong Kong / Iceland / India / Japan / Kazakhstan / Latvia / Philippines / Poland / Portugal / Romania / Spain / Sweden / Turkey / Ukraine / United States

The Substance

• The movie is directed by Coralie Fargeat, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Coralie Fargeat also directed Revenge in 2017.
• It stars Margaret Qualley who also starred in Sidney Hall (2017).
• The film also stars Demi Moore who's last movie was The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Argentina / Australia / Brazil / Germany / Ireland / Mexico / Netherlands / Norway / Poland / Russia / Sweden / United Kingdom / United States

Hellboy: The Crooked Man

• The movie is directed by Brian Taylor, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Brian Taylor also directed Mom and Dad in 2018.
• It stars Jack Kesy who also starred in Hot Summer Nights (2017).
• The film also stars Jefferson White who's last movie was Civil War (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Argentina / France / Kazakhstan / Mexico / Russia / Ukraine

Never Let Go

• The movie is directed by Alexandre Aja, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Alexandre Aja also directed High Tension in 2003.
• It stars Halle Berry who also starred in New Years Eve (2011).
• The film also stars Anthony B. Jenkins who's last movie was The Deliverance (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Mongolia / Portugal / Romania / Singapore / United States

200% Wolf

• The movie is directed by Alexs Stadermann, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Alexs Stadermann also directed 100% Wolf in 2020 which grossed $658.8K in the US and grossed $8.5 Mil. globally.
• It stars Ilai Swindells who also starred in 100% Wolf (2020).
• The film also stars Elizabeth Nabben who's last movie was 100% Wolf (2020).
• They also appeared together in 100% Wolf in 2020.
• Alexs Stadermann directed Ilai Swindells in and 100% Wolf
• Alexs Stadermann directed Elizabeth Nabben in and 100% Wolf
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Ireland / Mongolia / Taiwan / United Kingdom

The Wild Robot

• The movie is directed by Chris Sanders, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Chris Sanders also directed The Croods in 2013 which grossed $187.2 Mil. in the US and grossed $587.2 Mil. globally.
• It stars Lupita Nyong'o who also starred in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019).
• The film also stars Pedro Pascal who's last movie was Drive-Away Dolls (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Brazil / China / Malaysia / Norway

Wolfs

• The movie is directed by Jon Watts, it is the directors 9th movie.
• Jon Watts also directed Spider-Man: Far From Home in 2019 which grossed $390.5 Mil. in the US and grossed $1.1 Bil. globally.
• It stars Brad Pitt who also starred in Once Upon a Time ... In Hollywood (2019).
• The film also stars George Clooney who's last movie was IF (2024).
• Brad Pitt and George Clooney have starred in 6 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Burn After Reading in 2008, Ocean's Eleven in 2002, Ocean's Thirteen in 2007, Ocean's Twelve in 2004, IF in 2024 and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind in 2003.
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• Released this week in:
  France / United Kingdom / United States

Green Border

• The movie is directed by Agnieszka Holland, it is the directors 25th movie.
• Agnieszka Holland also directed Copying Beethoven in 2007.
• It stars Jalal Altawil who also starred in Green Border (2023).
• The film also stars Maja Ostaszewska who's last movie was Tesciowie 2 (2023).
• Agnieszka Holland directed Maja Ostaszewska in and Janosik: A True Story
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Norway / Sweden

Lee

• The movie is from director Ellen Kuras.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Alexander Skarsgård who also starred in Kill Your Darlings (2006).
• The film also stars Kate Winslet who's last movie was Avatar: The Way of Water (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Finland / Germany

Look Back

• The movie is directed by Kiyotaka Oshiyama, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Kiyotaka Oshiyama also directed Doraemon The Movie: Nobita's New Dinosaur in 2020.
• It stars Yumi Kawai who also starred in April, Come She Will (2024).
• The film also stars Mizuki Yoshida who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  France / Vietnam

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

Next week there are 35 new movies released gloabally

• Megalopolis - From Wednesday, 25th September
• Never Let Go - From Wednesday, 25th September
• Wolfs - From Friday, 27th September
• The Wild Robot - From Thursday, 26th September
• Transformers: One - From Wednesday, 25th September
• Weekend In Taipei - From Wednesday, 25th September
• Lee - From Thursday, 26th September
• Apartment 7A - From Friday, 27th September
• Look Back - From Thursday, 26th September
• Veteran 2: I, the Executioner - From Wednesday, 25th September
• Dragonkeeper - From Friday, 27th September
• Firebrand - From Wednesday, 25th September
• Hellboy: The Crooked Man - From Friday, 27th September
• Love Lies Bleeding - From Friday, 27th September
• Slingshot - From Thursday, 26th September
• Chantal In Fairyland - From Thursday, 26th September
• The Apprentice - From Thursday, 26th September
• The Substance - From Thursday, 26th September
• The Outrun - From Friday, 27th September
• Don't Turn Out the Lights - From Thursday, 26th September
• The Bagman - From Friday, 27th September
• Sting - From Thursday, 26th September
• It Ends With Us - From Friday, 27th September
• Before Dawn - From Thursday, 26th September
• Beetlejuice Beetlejuice - From Friday, 27th September
• The Count of Monte-Cristo - From Thursday, 26th September
• My Old Ass - From Friday, 27th September
• Ozi: Voice of the Forest - From Thursday, 26th September
• The Thicket - From Friday, 6th September
• The Roundup: Punishment - From Friday, 27th September
• Treasure - From Thursday, 26th September
• Kneecap - From Friday, 27th September
• In the Lost Lands - From Thursday, 26th September
• Kinds of Kindness - From Friday, 27th September
• 200% Wolf - From Thursday, 26th September

This weekend, Friday 21st June 2024, there are 9 new films released in North America and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Inside Out 2, for the number 1 spot?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• The Bikeriders
• Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death - The Two Episode Finale
• Federer Twelve Final Days
• Kinds of Kindness
• The Exorcism
• Thelma
• Rite Here Rite Now
• Trigger Warning
• Green Border

The Bikeriders

• The movie is directed by Jeff Nichols, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Jeff Nichols also directed Midnight Special in 2016.
• It stars Jodie Comer who also starred in Prima Facie: NT Live 2022 (2022).
• The film also stars Austin Butler who's last movie was Dune: Part Two (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death - The Two Episode Finale

• The movie is from director Jamie Donoughue.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Ncuti Gatwa who also starred in Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans (2019).
• The film also stars Millie Gibson who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.

Federer Twelve Final Days

• The movie is directed by Asif Kapadia and Joe Sabia, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Asif Kapadia and Joe Sabia also directed Ali and Nino in 2016.
• It stars Roger Federer who also starred in Federer Twelve Final Days (2024).
• The film also stars Rafael Nadal who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• The MPAA age rating is

Kinds of Kindness

• The movie is directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Yorgos Lanthimos also directed Alps in 2011.
• It stars Emma Stone who also starred in The Rocker (2008).
• The film also stars Jesse Plemons who's last movie was Civil War (2024).
• Yorgos Lanthimos directed Emma Stone in The Favourite
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The MPAA age rating is

The Exorcism

• The movie is directed by Joshua John Miller, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Joshua John Miller also directed The Mao Game in 1999.
• It stars Russell Crowe who also starred in Romper Stomper (1993).
• The film also stars Ryan Simpkins who's last movie was Fear Street Part Three 1666 (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Thelma

• The movie is from director Josh Margolin.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars June Squibb who also starred in The Big Year (2011).
• The film also stars Fred Hechinger who's last movie was Butchers Crossing (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Rite Here Rite Now

• The movie is from director Tobias Forge and Alex Ross Perry.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Maralyn Facey who also starred in Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014).
• The film also stars Alan Ursillo who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Trigger Warning

• The movie is directed by Mouly Surya, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Mouly Surya also directed Marlina the Murderer In Four Acts in 2018.
• It stars Jessica Alba who also starred in The Sleeping Dictionary (2003).
• The film also stars Mark Webber who's last movie was Clover (2020).
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• The MPAA age rating is

Green Border

• The movie is directed by Agnieszka Holland, it is the directors 25th movie.
• Agnieszka Holland also directed Julie Walking Home in 2002.
• It stars Jalal Altawil who also starred in Green Border (2023).
• The film also stars Maja Ostaszewska who's last movie was Tesciowie 2 (2023).
• Agnieszka Holland directed Maja Ostaszewska in Janosik: A True Story
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

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

• Bye Sweet Carol - Wednesday, 26th June
• Horrorscope - Friday, 28th June
• Fancy Dance - Friday, 28th June
• Gekijô-ban Blue Lock -Episode Nagi- - Friday, 28th June - streaming
• Daddio - Friday, 28th June - limited release
• A Quiet Place: Day One - Friday, 28th June
• A Family Affair - Friday, 28th June - streaming
• Horizon: An American Saga - Friday, 28th June
• A Family Affair - Friday, 28th June
• Kinds of Kindness - Friday, 21st June
• In a Violent Nature - Friday, 31st May - streaming

Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 7th June 2024, there are 5 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace IF from the top of the UK box office.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Bad Boys: Ride Or Die
• The Dead Don't Hurt
• Deep Sea
• The Watched
• Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2

Bad Boys: Ride Or Die

• The movie is directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah also directed Image in 2014.
• It stars Will Smith who also starred in Hitch (2005).
• The film also stars Martin Lawrence who's last movie was Bad Boys For Life (2020).
• Will Smith and Martin Lawrence have starred in 3 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Bad Boys II in 2003, Bad Boys in 1995 and Bad Boys For Life in 2020.
• Adil El Arbi directed Will Smith in Bad Boys For Life
• Adil El Arbi directed Martin Lawrence in Bad Boys For Life
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Dead Don't Hurt

• The movie is directed by Viggo Mortensen, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Viggo Mortensen also directed Falling in 2020 which grossed £8.8K in the UK.
• It stars Vicky Krieps who also starred in More Than Ever (2022).
• The film also stars Viggo Mortensen who's last movie was Eureka (2024).
• Viggo Mortensen directed Viggo Mortensen in Falling
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Deep Sea

• The movie is from director Xiaopeng Tian and Fabiola Stevenson.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Tingwen Wang who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Su Xin who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Watched

• The movie is from director Ishana Shyamalan.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Dakota Fanning who also starred in Dreamer: Inspirede By a True Story (2005).
• The film also stars Georgina Campbell who's last movie was T I M (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2

• The movie is directed by Rhys Frake-Waterfield, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Rhys Frake-Waterfield also directed Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey in 2023 which grossed £24.6K in the UK.
• It stars Scott Chambers who also starred in Patrick (2018).
• The film also stars Tallulah Evans who's last movie was The Watcher In the Woods (2017).
• 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 4 new movies released

• Bermondsey Tales: Fall of the Roman Empire - Friday, 17th May
• Sasquatch Sunset - Friday, 14th June
• Freud's Last Session - Friday, 14th June
• Inside Out 2 - Friday, 14th June

Based on a true story from a couple of years back Dumb Money has been given a 15 age rating for strong language, sex references, drug misuse.

The movie stars Paul Dano who recently has been in the hit movie The Batman and has also starred in The Extra Man and The Guilty, it also stars Pete Davidson who has previously appeared in The Guilty and Bodies Bodies Bodies.

The movie is directed by Craig Gillespie who is most famous for directing Cruella but has also directed The Finest Hours and the remake of Fright Night~2011 from 2011.

Movie Synopsis

Everyday people flip the script on Wall Street and get rich by turning GameStop into one of the world's hottest companies. In the middle of everything is Keith Gill, a regular guy who starts it all by sinking his life savings into the stock. When his social media posts start blowing up, so does his life and the lives of everyone following him. As a stock tip becomes a movement, everyone gets wealthy -- until the billionaires fight back and both sides find their worlds turned upside down.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Dumb Money
• BBFC age rating: 15 Certificate
• Reason: strong language, sex references, drug misuse
• Release date: 22nd September 2023
• Runtime: 104 minutes (1 hours 44 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • Craig Gillespie
• Starring:
  • Paul Dano
  • Pete Davidson
  • America Ferrera

BBFC movie page