This week there are 27 new films released in countries around the globe looking to hit their box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top global movie, Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc, for the number 1 spot?

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.

• Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc
• Bugonia
• Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
• Good Boy!
• Regretting You
• Ballad of a Small Player
• Him
• Anniversary
• Shelby Oaks
• Hedda

Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc

• The movie is from director Tatsuya Yoshihara.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Kikunosuke Toya who also starred in The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes (2022).
• 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:
  Albania / Australia / Austria / Belarus / Belgium / Bolivia / Bosnia and Herzegovina / Brazil / Bulgaria / Chile / Colombia / Croatia / Czech Republic / Ecuador / Estonia / Finland / Georgia / Germany / Iceland / Ireland / Israel / Italy / Latvia / Lithuania / Malta / Netherlands / New Zealand / Nigeria / Peru / Poland / Portugal / Romania / Serbia / Slovakia / Slovenia / South Africa / Sweden / Switzerland / Turkey / Ukraine / Uruguay / Venezuela

Bugonia

• The movie is directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, it is the directors 11th movie.
• Yorgos Lanthimos also directed The Killing of a Sacred Deer in 2017.
• It stars Emma Stone who also starred in Superbad (2007).
• The film also stars Jesse Plemons who's last movie was Kinds of Kindness (2024).
• They also appeared together in Kinds of Kindness in 2024.
• Yorgos Lanthimos directed Emma Stone in Kinds of Kindness, Poor Things, and The Favourite
• Yorgos Lanthimos directed Jesse Plemons in and Kinds of Kindness
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Australia / Austria / Belgium / Bosnia and Herzegovina / Brazil / Canada / Chile / Croatia / Czech Republic / Estonia / Finland / Germany / Hong Kong / India / Ireland / Israel / Kazakhstan / Lithuania / Netherlands / New Zealand / Norway / Slovakia / Sweden / Switzerland / Turkey / Ukraine / United Kingdom / Uruguay

Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere

• The movie is directed by Scott Cooper, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Scott Cooper also directed Antlers in 2021 which grossed $18.9 Mil. globally.
• It stars Jeremy Allen White who also starred in The Iron Claw (2023).
• The film also stars Jeremy Strong who's last movie was The Apprentice (2024).
• Scott Cooper directed Jeremy Strong in and Black Mass
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Aruba / Bolivia / Brazil / Chile / Colombia / Curacao / Dominican Republic / Finland / Guatemala / Malta / Norway / Panama / Paraguay / Trinidad & Tobago

Good Boy!

• The movie is from director Ben Leonberg.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Indy who also starred in 9 Bullets (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Austria / Bahrain / Brazil / Ecuador / Germany / Israel / Kuwait / Oman / Peru / Poland / Saudi Arabia / Singapore / United Arab Emirates

Regretting You

• The movie is directed by Josh Boone, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Josh Boone also directed The New Mutants in 2020 which grossed $47.5 Mil. globally.
• It stars Allison Williams who also starred in Peter Pan Live (2014).
• The film also stars Mckenna Grace who's last movie was Anniversary (2025).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Bosnia and Herzegovina / France / Greece / Hungary / Montenegro / Romania / Serbia / Singapore / South Africa / Sweden / Taiwan

Ballad of a Small Player

• The movie is directed by Edward Berger, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Edward Berger also directed A Good Summer in 2011.
• It stars Colin Farrell who also starred in Ask the Dust (2006).
• The film also stars Fala Chen who's last movie was Peg O' My Heart (2025).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• Released this week in:
  Australia / Belgium / Canada / Germany / Italy / Poland / Singapore / Sweden / Taiwan / Turkey

Him

• The movie is directed by Justin Tipping and 9334, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Justin Tipping and 9334 also directed Kicks in 2016.
• It stars Marlon Wayans who also starred in The Ladykillers (2004).
• The film also stars Tyriq Withers who's last movie was I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Argentina / Aruba / Costa Rica / Dominican Republic / Guatemala / Honduras / Panama / Paraguay / Uruguay

Anniversary

• The movie is directed by Jan Komasa, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Jan Komasa also directed Corpus Christi in 2019 which grossed $9.9 Mil. globally.
• It stars Diane Lane who also starred in Grace and Glorie (1998).
• The film also stars Kyle Chandler who's last movie was Back In Action (2025).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Australia / Bosnia and Herzegovina / Croatia / Greece / Slovenia / United States / Vietnam

Shelby Oaks

• The movie is from director Chris Stuckmann.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Sarah Durn who also starred in Renfield (2023).
• The film also stars Mason Heidger who's last movie was Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Hungary / Poland / Russia / Sweden / Taiwan / Thailand / United Kingdom

Hedda

• The movie is directed by Nia DaCosta, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Nia DaCosta also directed The Marvels in 2023 which grossed $206.1 Mil. globally.
• It stars Tessa Thompson who also starred in Dear White People (2014).
• The film also stars Nina Hoss who's last movie was Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World (2023).
• Nia DaCosta directed Tessa Thompson in Little Woods, and The Marvels
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Australia / Germany / India / Singapore / Sweden / United Kingdom / United States

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

Next week there are 29 new movies released gloabally

• Predetor: Badlands - From Wednesday, 5th November
• Frankenstein - From Friday, 7th November
• The Running Man - From Wednesday, 5th November
• Bugonia - From Wednesday, 5th November
• Grand Prix of Europe - From Thursday, 6th November
• Die My Love - From Thursday, 6th November
• Train Dreams - From Thursday, 6th November
• Roofman - From Thursday, 6th November
• Nuremberg - From Thursday, 6th November
• The Smashing Machine - From Thursday, 6th November
• Light of the World - From Wednesday, 5th November
• Anniversary - From Thursday, 6th November
• Good Boy! - From Thursday, 6th November
• Love War - From Friday, 7th November
• The Choral - From Friday, 7th November
• Anemone - From Thursday, 6th November
• Young Mothers - From Friday, 7th November
• Sarah's Oil - From Friday, 7th November
• Night of the Zoopocalypse - From Friday, 7th November
• Karen Kingsbury's the Christmas Ring - From Thursday, 6th November
• Stitch Head - From Friday, 7th November
• Put Your Soul On Your Hand and Walk - From Wednesday, 5th November
• Good Fortune - From Thursday, 6th November
• The Exit 8 - From Friday, 7th November
• Christy - From Friday, 7th November
• Regretting You - From Wednesday, 5th November
• Love (Dreams Sex) - From Friday, 7th November
• Kokuhô - From Wednesday, 5th November
• Christy - From Friday, 7th November

During Prime Minister Boris Johnsons outline to re-opening that was announced on 22nd February cinemas will be allowed to open their doors, maybe, in stage 4 from May 17th.

Sourced from BBC

This will be good news for the industry, and cinema goers who have not been able to see movies on the big screen since the end of last 2020 when Wonder Woman 1984 was the big new movie.

It is also good news for the cinema industry which is suffering during the latest lock down and many small independent theatres may have no choice but to close for good.

The bad news of course is that after 6 weeks of having to close their doors to the public it looks like there will still be another 3 months at least of shutdown to ensure the country keeps moving in the right direction.

Also with studios having to re-shuffle their schedules and many blockbusters having gone to streaming already there needs to be some confidence that people will return to cinemas.

There are films like Tom And Jerry, The Croods: A New Age, Mortal Kombat and the much delayed MCU movie Black Widow which is due on 7th May, a move for that is almost certain now.

What is more positive is that film like No Time To Die and Top Gun: Maverick can possibly stick to their release dates of October 8th and July 9th respectively.

This date is conditional of COVID-19 cases and deaths not spiking, but the UK has done a great job under the current lockdown and the vaccination programme is going really well so fingers crossed to light can be seen at the end of the tunnel.

Breaking: English cinemas set to reopen from May 17 in lockdown easing plan https://t.co/M5wALXoYN1 pic.twitter.com/ljK5SjhHpu

— Screen International (@Screendaily) February 22, 2021

This weekend, Friday 23rd August 2019, there are 3 new films released in the UK looking to hit the box office, but can it challenge Once Upon A Time ... In Hollywood for the top spot?

Angel Has Fallen

First up at cinemas this week is Angel Has Fallen, an Action movie directed by Ric Roman Waugh who also directed Shot Caller in 2017 which grossed £1.1 Thousand.

It stars Gerard Butler who last starred in The Vanishing (2019) and Morgan Freeman who last appeared in The Poison Rose (2019).

Crawl

Next on the new release schedule is Crawl, this new Dramatic movie stars Kaya Scodelario and Barry Pepper who starred in Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) together.

The film is brought to us by Alexandre Aja.

Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark

Next up this week is Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark which is directed by Andre Ovredal who directed Tunnel in 2016.

It stars Zoe Margaret Colletti and Michael Garza.

Check back on Monday to see where these cinema releases end up on the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Come back next week when there are 3 new releases. -

• Killers Anonymous, Wednesday, 28th August
• Mrs. Lowry And Son, Friday, 30th August
• A Million Little Pieces, Friday, 30th August