Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 9th December 2022, there are 4 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Matilda: The Musical from the top of the UK box office.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Emancipation
• Nocebo
• The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie
• The Silent Twins

Emancipation

• The movie is directed by Antoine Fuqua, it is the directors 17th movie.
• Antoine Fuqua also directed King Arthur in 2004 which grossed £6.8 Mil. in the UK and grossed $203.6 Mil. globally.
• It stars Will Smith who also starred in The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000).
• The film also stars Ben Foster who was last seen in Medieval (2022).
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Nocebo

• The movie is directed by Lorcan Finnegan, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Lorcan Finnegan also directed Vivarium in 2019.
• It stars Eva Green who also starred in Based On a True Story (2017).
• The film also stars Mark Strong who was last seen in Cruella (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie

• The movie is from director Masato Jinbo.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Felecia Angelle who also starred in My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising (2020).
• The film also stars Bryn Apprill who was last seen in Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2019).
• Felecia Angelle and Bryn Apprill have starred in 3 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in The Boy and the Beast in 2015, Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo in 2012 and Genocidal Organ in 2017.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Silent Twins

• The movie is from director Agnieszka Smoczynska.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Letitia Wright who also starred in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022).
• The film also stars Tamara Lawrance who was last seen in Boxing Day (2021).
• 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 2 new movies released

• The Amazing Maurice - Friday, 16th December - streaming
• Avatar: The Way of Water - Friday, 16th December

This weekend, Friday 2nd December 2022, there are 5 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Matilda: The Musical, for the number 1 spot?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Violent Night
• Cbeebies Panto: Dick Whittington and His Cat
• India Sweets and Spices
• The Infernal Machine
• White Noise

Violent Night

• The movie is directed by Tommy Wirkola, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Tommy Wirkola also directed Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters in 2013 which grossed £3.4 Mil. in the UK and grossed $226.3 Mil. globally.
• It stars David Harbour who also starred in Snitch (2013).
• The film also stars Beverly D'Angelo who was last seen in The Good House (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Cbeebies Panto: Dick Whittington and His Cat

• The movie is from director Debbie Flitcroft.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Ben Cajee who also starred in Cbeebies Christmas Show 2021: The Night Before Christmas (2021).
• The film also stars Justin Fletcher who was last seen in Cbeebies Christmas Show 2021: The Night Before Christmas (2021).
• They also appeared together in Cbeebies Christmas Show 2021: The Night Before Christmas in 2021.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

India Sweets and Spices

• The movie is directed by Geeta Malik, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Geeta Malik also directed Troublemaker in 2011.
• It stars Sophia Ali who also starred in Walking With the Dead (2015).
• The film also stars Rish Shah who was last seen in To All the Boys: Always and Forever (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Infernal Machine

• The movie is directed by Andrew Hunt, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Andrew Hunt also directed Miles Between Us in 2016.
• It stars Guy Pearce who also starred in Rules of Engagement (2000).
• The film also stars Alice Eve who was last seen in Warning (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

White Noise

• The movie is directed by Noah Baumbach, it is the directors 13th movie.
• Noah Baumbach also directed De Palma in 2016 which grossed £2.2K in the UK.
• It stars Adam Driver who also starred in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019).
• The film also stars Raffey Cassidy who was last seen in The Other Lamb (2019).
• Noah Baumbach directed Adam Driver in While We're Young
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• 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 2 new movies released

• The Silent Twins - Friday, 9th December
• Emancipation - Friday, 9th December - streaming

The Biopic of the Kray twins, Legend, takes over at the top of the UK video charts on its first week of release.

The British film topped the UK box office on its release on 11h September 2015 where it spent a single week, on its debut it took £5 million.

The film did however stay at number 2 for a further 3 weeks before starting its decent down the box office.

It spent 8 weeks on the official chart and another 6 weeks bubbling under the radar still showing at a number of cinemas.

The film grossed £18.3 million in the UK and is the 219th top grossing film and it was the 17th top grossing film in the UK in 2015.

Last weeks top film, Everest, falls down to number 2 on its second week of release.

This week British film Legend starring Tom Hardy crashes in at the top of the UK box office in its debut weekend of release replacing Compton after a couple of weeks.

Legend is based on the story of the Kray twins and details their rise to infamy, the film takes £5.1 million on it's debut.

Falling from the top spot to number 4 this week is Straight Outta Compton, now on its 3rd week of release it has grossed a very respectable £7.1 million.

Also new on the chart this week is Maze Runner The Scorch Trials which enters at number 2 and M. Night Shyamalan The Visit which is new at 3, this makes a whole new top 3 at the UK.

Woody Allen's Irrational Man also enters the chart this week at number 9, low for a new Woody Allen film.

Highest grossing film on the box office this week is Inside Out which now sits at £36.8 million after 8 weeks of release.

Historical charts

A year ago - Boxtrolls made its debut at the top of the box office replacing Lucy which fell to number 2.

Five years ago - Resident Evil: Afterlife was the new film at the top, it replace The Last Exorcism which tumbled to number 4 after one week.

Ten years ago - The Longest Yard starring Adam Sandler took over at the top, it replaced The 40 Year Old Virgin which fell to number 2.<> Fifteen years ago - Scary Movie debuted at the top of the box office with Snatch falling into the runner up spot.

Twenty years ago - Mel Gibsons multi Oscar winning Braveheart made its debut at the top leaving Batman Forever to fall into second.

Twenty five years ago - Memphis Belle debuted at the top leaving Die Hard 2 Die Harder to tumble to second place.

There is no move at the top of the UK video chart this week as Disney's Cinderella keeps a tight hold of the number 1 spot for a second week. Highest new film is at number 2, a DTV (direct to video) film about the Kray brothers called Rise of the Krays.

Released to coincide with the cinematic release of Legend starring Tom Hardy as the twin brothers. Rise of the Krays stars Simon Cotton and Kevin Leslie as the twins and documents their early life before their infamy as gangsters.

The film was released in 16th May 2015 but made no impact on the box office.

Also new this week are: Far From The Madding Crowd and number 3, Monsters Dark Continent at 4.