This weekend, Friday 16th August 2024, there are 2 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, It Ends With Us, for the number 1 spot?

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• Alien: Romulus
• The Union

Alien: Romulus

• The movie is directed by Fede Alvarez, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Fede Alvarez also directed The Girl In the Spider's Web in 2018 which grossed £557.4K in the UK.
• It stars Isabela Merced who also starred in Spirit Untamed (2021).
• The film also stars Cailee Spaeny who's last movie was Civil War (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Union

• The movie is directed by Julian Farino, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Julian Farino also directed Marvellous in 2014.
• It stars Mark Wahlberg who also starred in The Italian Job (2003).
• The film also stars Halle Berry who's last movie was Moonfall (2022).
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.

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

Next week there are 6 new movies released

• The Crow - Friday, 23rd August
• Blink Twice - Friday, 23rd August
• The Killer - Friday, 23rd August
• Widow Clicquot - Friday, 23rd August
• Between the Temples - Friday, 23rd August
• Cuckoo - Friday, 23rd August

Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 22nd October 2021, there are 6 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace No Time to Die from the top of the UK box office.

Here are this weeks new releases

• Dune
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• The Harder They Fall
• Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna
• Dear Evan Hansen
• The Boss Baby 2: Family Business

Dune

• The movie is directed by Denis Villeneuve, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Denis Villeneuve also directed Incendies in 2011 which grossed £28.2K in the UK.
• It stars Timothee Chalamet who also starred in Little Women (2019).
• The film also stars Rebecca Ferguson who last appeared in Reminiscence (2021).
• Box Office prediction: Number 2

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• The movie is directed by Wes Anderson, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Wes Anderson also directed Fantastic Mr. Fox in 2009 which grossed £9.3 Mil. in the UK and grossed $46.5 Mil. globally.
• It stars Willem Dafoe who also starred in The Last Thing He Wanted (2020).
• The film also stars Adrien Brody who last appeared in The Bombing (2018).
• Willem Dafoe and Adrien Brody have starred in 2 movies together.
• They also appeared together in Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009).
• Box Office Prediction: Number 7

The Harder They Fall

• The movie is from director Jeymes Samuel
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Idris Elba who also starred in The Suicide Squad (2021).
• The film also stars Zazie Beetz who last appeared in Seberg (2020).

Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna

• The movie is directed by Tomohisa Taguchi, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Tomohisa Taguchi also directed Persona 3 the Movie: #2 Midsummer Knight's Dream in 2014.
• It stars Natsuki Hanae who also starred in Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train (2021).
• The film also stars Yoshimasa Hosoya who last appeared in My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising (2020).

Dear Evan Hansen

• The movie is directed by Stephen Chbosky, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Stephen Chbosky also directed Wonder in 2017 which grossed £4.6 Mil. in the UK and grossed $305.9 Mil. globally.
• It stars Ben Platt who also starred in Run This Town (2019).
• The film also stars Julianne Moore who last appeared in Spirit Untamed (2021).
• Box Office Prediction: Number 6

The Boss Baby 2: Family Business

• The movie is directed by Tom McGrath, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Tom McGrath also directed Madagascar Escape 2 Africa in 2008 which grossed £23.3 Mil. in the UK and grossed $581.3 Mil. globally.
• It stars Alec Baldwin who also starred in Pixie (2020).
• The film also stars James Marsden who last appeared in My Little Pony: A New Generation (2021).
• Box Office Prediction: number 5

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

• Last Night In Soho, Friday, 29th October
• Antlers, Friday, 29th October
• My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission, Friday, 29th October

Two big movies fought it out this weekend to win the UK box office with The Suicide Squad and Jungle Cruise both new this week, it was the DC universe villans who won in the end quite easily.

Jungle Cruise ended up coming in second by nearly a million pound while outside the top 5 Spirit Untamed entered at number 6 with £592,154, The Sparks Brothers came in at 11 with £123,005 and Limbo was new at 13 with £50,600.

Good news on this weeks box office, it is the highest total gross since the pandemic began with a total top 15 taking ove £10.5 Million.

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This weekend, Friday 30th July 2021, there are 6 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Black Widow, for the number 1 spot?

Here are this weeks new releases

• Jungle Cruise
• Spirit Untamed
• The Suicide Squad
• Limbo
• Phil Liggett: The Voice of Cycling
• The Sparks Brothers

Last weekend saw Black Widow at the top of the UK box office for a second weekend, there are 4 new releases this weekend so can any of those in cinemas do enough to top the box office chart this weekend?

Old

• The movie is directed by M. Night Shyamalan, it is the directors 15th movie.
• M. Night Shyamalan also directed Glass in 2019 which grossed £10.7 Million in the UK and grossed $246.9 Million globally.
• It stars Gael Garcia Bernal who also starred in Wasp Network (2019).
• The film also stars Vicky Krieps who last appeared in The Last Vermeer (2019).

Settlers

• The movie is from director Wyatt Rockefeller
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Sofia Boutella who also starred in Climax (2018).
• The film also stars Ismael Cruz Cordova who last appeared in Miss Bala (2019).