This weekend, Friday 15th April 2022, there are 4 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, for the number 1 spot?

Here are this weeks new releases

• The Northman
• Benedetta
• Operation Mincemeat
• The Lost City

The Northman

• The movie is directed by Robert Eggers, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Robert Eggers also directed The Witch in 2016 which grossed £883.1K in the UK.
• It stars Alexander Skarsgård who also starred in D-Day: The Finished Film (2001).
• The film also stars Nicole Kidman who was last seen in Being the Ricardos (2021).
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Benedetta

• The movie is directed by Paul Verhoeven, it is the directors 18th movie.
• Paul Verhoeven also directed Total Recall in 1990 which grossed £7.9 Mil. in the UK and grossed $261.3 Mil. globally.
• It stars Virginie Efira who also starred in Turning Tide (2014).
• The film also stars Charlotte Rampling who was last seen in Dune (2021).
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Operation Mincemeat

• The movie is directed by John Madden, it is the directors 13th movie.
• John Madden also directed The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel in 2012 which grossed £20.3 Mil. in the UK and grossed $136.8 Mil. globally.
• It stars Rufus Wright who also starred in Assassins Creed (2017).
• The film also stars Matthew Macfadyen who was last seen in The Current War (2018).
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Lost City

• The movie is directed by Aaron Nee and Adam Nee, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Aaron Nee and Adam Nee also directed Masters of the Universe in .
• It stars Sandra Bullock who also starred in Crash (2004).
• The film also stars Channing Tatum who was last seen in Dog (2022).
• 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 is 1 new movie

• The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent - Friday, 22nd April

Last weekend saw The Batman at the top of the UK box office, there are 6 new releases this weekend, will any of them top the UK box office this weekend?

Here are this weeks new releases.

• Ambulance
• I Am What I Am
• The Ice Age: Adventures of Buck Wild
• Umma
• Benedetta
• The Worst Person In the World

Ambulance

• The movie is directed by Michael Bay, it is the directors 15th movie.
• Michael Bay also directed Bad Boys II in 2003 which grossed £8.6 Mil. in the UK and grossed $273.3 Mil. globally.
• It stars Jake Gyllenhaal who also starred in Bubble Boy (2001).
• The film also stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II who was last seen in The Matrix Resurrections (2021).
• The BBFC UK age rating is

I Am What I Am

• The movie is directed by Haipeng Sun, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Haipeng Sun also directed Kung Food in 2018.
• It stars who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars who is making a feature film debut.
• and have starred in 2 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in The Shrinking of Treehorn in 2023 and Star Wars Rogue Squadron in .
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Ice Age: Adventures of Buck Wild

• The movie is from director John C. Donkin.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Utkarsh Ambudkar who also starred in Godmothered (2020).
• The film also stars Sean Kenin who was last seen in White Fang (2018).
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Umma

• The movie is from director Iris K. Shim.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Sandra Oh who also starred in Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity (2002).
• The film also stars Dermot Mulroney who was last seen in The Courier (2019).
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Benedetta

• The movie is directed by Paul Verhoeven, it is the directors 9th movie.
• Paul Verhoeven also directed Showgirls in 1996 which grossed £729.5K in the UK.
• It stars Virginie Efira who also starred in Turning Tide (2014).
• The film also stars Charlotte Rampling who was last seen in Dune (2021).
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Worst Person In the World

• The movie is directed by Joachim Trier, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Joachim Trier also directed Reprise in 2007 which grossed £744 in the UK.
• It stars Renate Reinsve who also starred in Ekspedisjon Knerten (2017).
• The film also stars Anders Danielsen Lie who was last seen in 22 July (2018).
• They also appeared together in Oslo, August 31st in 2011.
• 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 5 new movies released

• Morbius - Thursday, 31st March
• The Contractor - Friday, 1st April
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - Friday, 1st April
• The Bad Guys - Friday, 1st April
• Coppelia - Friday, 1st April