Released in the US this weekend, Friday, 2nd June 2023, there are 6 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace The Little Mermaid from the top of the North American box office.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

Here are this weeks new releases

• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• The Boogeyman
• Simulant
• The Roundup: No Way Out
• Reality
• Shin Kamen Rider

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

• The movie is directed by Joaquim Dos Santos and Kemp Powers, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Joaquim Dos Santos and Kemp Powers also directed Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse in 2024.
• It stars Shameik Moore who also starred in The Watsons Go to Birmingham (2013).
• The film also stars Hailee Steinfeld who was last seen in Charlie's Angels (2019).
• They also appeared together in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse in 2018.
• Joaquim Dos Santos directed Shameik Moore in Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

The Boogeyman

• The movie is directed by Rob Savage, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Rob Savage also directed Host in 2020.
• It stars Chris Messina who also starred in East Fifth Bliss (2011).
• The film also stars Sophie Thatcher who was last seen in Prospect (2018).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Simulant

• The movie is directed by April Mullen, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• April Mullen also directed Wander in 2020.
• It stars Robbie Amell who also starred in Nine Lives (2016).
• The film also stars Jordana Brewster who was last seen in Fast X (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

The Roundup: No Way Out

• The movie is directed by Sang-yong Lee, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Sang-yong Lee also directed The Roundup in 2022.
• It stars Lee Jun-hyuk who also starred in The Roundup: No Way Out (2023).
• The film also stars Ma Dong-seok who was last seen in The Roundup (2022).
• Sang-yong Lee directed Ma Dong-seok in The Roundup
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Reality

• The movie is from director Tina Satter.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Sydney Sweeney who also starred in Night Teeth (2021).
• The film also stars Josh Hamilton who was last seen in Landscape With Invisible Hand (2023).
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• The MPAA age rating is

Shin Kamen Rider

• The movie is directed by Hideaki Anno, it is the directors 18th movie.
• Hideaki Anno also directed Cutie Honey in 2004.
• It stars Sôsuke Ikematsu who also starred in Almost a Miracle (2019).
• The film also stars Minami Hamabe who was last seen in Hello World (2019).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

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

Next week there are 7 new movies released

• Icon the Robert Englund Story - Tuesday, 6th June
• Flamin Hot - Friday, 9th June
• Little Dodo - Friday, 9th June
• Strays - Friday, 9th June
• Transformers: Rise of the Beasts - Friday, 9th June
• Extraction 2 - Friday, 9th June
• Blue Jean - Friday, 9th June

With the Chinese new year over the flood of films is starting to slow down and this weekend Avatar: The Way of Water goes back to the top of the global box office.

The top new movie of the weekend is the re-release of Titanic with the top 'new' movie being Magic Mikes Last Dance at number 5

Global weekend box office top 5 breakdown 10th - 12th February 2023

After falling from the top of the global box office for a couple of weeks James Camerons monster hit movie goes back up the chart this weekend.

The movie did for a while overtake the directors other, former top movie ever, Titanic as the third top grossing movie ever, but it didn't last long!

• The movie goes up the chart to number 1 on this weeks Global box office
• It has spent 7 weeks at the top of the Global box office.
• The movie is release in 53 countries globally this weekend
• It grosses $25,784,000 over the weekend, a 33% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $2,213,519,731 over 9 weeks of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is globally the 4th top grossing movie of all time.
• The movie is a sequel to Avatar which took $1,664,972,905 at the box office after 9 weeks of release.

Falling to number 2 this weekend is the Chinese movie which was released over the big new year celebration and had taken $545.9 Million globally since its release 4 weeks ago.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks Global box office
• It grosses $25,394,000 over the weekend, a 56% drop from last weekend
• The movie is release in 7 countries globally this weekend
• It has a total gross of $545,924,155 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to The Wandering Earth which took $682,153,850 at the box office after 4 weeks of release.

Highest new movie this weekend

Getting a re-release to celebrate its 25th anniversary, this time in a new 4K 3D print, the former highest grossing movie of all time is the top new movie globally this weekend.

The movie momentarily fell to the fourth top grossing movie globally, getting overtaken by Avatar: The Way of Water, but this release means it retakes the third place on the chart!

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks Global box office chart.
• It grosses $22,300,000 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• The movie is release in 52 countries globally this weekend
• The movie is globally the 3rd top grossing movie of all time.

The Chinese hit movie falls to number 4 this weekend with a gross of $19 Million boosting its total gross to $623.4 Million, it is the 2nd top grossing movie of 2023.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weeks Global box office
• It grosses $19,149,000 over the weekend, a 62% drop from last weekend
• The movie is release in 2 countries globally this weekend
• It has a total gross of $623,489,000 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2023

Making its debut on the global box office at number 5 this weekend is the threequel movie from the Magic Mike series of movie starring Channing Tatum and directed by Steven Soderbergh.

• The movie is a new entry on this weeks Global box office
• It grosses $18,600,000 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• The movie is release in 42 countries globally this weekend
• The movie is a sequel to Magic Mike XXL which took $33,344,011 at the box office after 1 weeks of release.

Taking over at the top of the global box offie this weekend is the Chinese movie The Wandering Earth 2 which moves up on its 3rd weekend of release.

The highest new release of the weekend is Knock At the Cabin which makes its debut at 5 while BTS: Yet to Come In Cinemas is new at 7 with $21 Million.

Also new is 80 For Brady at 10 with $12 Million and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba - To the Swordsmith Village new at 12 with $8.6 Million.

Global weekend box office top 5 breakdown 3rd - 5th February 2023

Continuing its successful run at the Cinese box office the sequel movie to The Wandering Earth takes over at the top of the global box office.

• The movie goes up the chart to number 1 on this weeks Global box office
• It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the Global box office.
• It grosses $57,200,000 over the weekend, a 46% drop from last weekend
• The movie is released in 6 territories
• It has a total gross of $501,500,901 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to The Wandering Earth which took $673,100,073 at the box office after 3 weeks of release.

It captured the top of the global box office last weekend but gives it up for The Wandering Earth 2 this week, but still the movie is raking in the box office in China.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks Global box office
• It grosses $50,246,000 over the weekend, a 65% drop from last weekend
• The movie is released in 2 territories
• It has a total gross of $586,634,000 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2023

Remaining at 3 this weekend on the global box office is the top grossing movie of 2023 so far as the sequel movie climbs to the fourth top grossing movie of all time.

• The movie remains at number 3 on this weeks Global box office
• It grosses $38,700,000 over the weekend, a 33% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $2,174,420,442 over 8 weeks of release
• The movie is released in 61 territories
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is the 4th top grossing movie of all time.

Puss In Boots: The Last Wish

The sequel animated feature from the Shrek universe goes back up to number 4 as it gets released in more countries, including the UK where is is the top movie.

• The movie goes up the chart to number 4 on this weeks Global box office
• It grosses $25,094,000 over the weekend, a 1% increase from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $368,592,670 over 9 weeks of release
• The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2023

Knock At the Cabin

Highest new movie this weekend

The new movie from director M. Night Shyamalan lands on this weekends global box office at number 5.

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks Global box office chart
• It grosses $21,222,000 on its debut weekend

As Avatar: The Way of Water stays at the top of the UK and Northern Ireland box office for a seventh weekend the Indian movie Pathaan makes an impressive start to its box office run with a debut at 2.

Meanwhile Plane is new at number 3 and The Fabelmans is new at 4 with The Wandering Earth 2 new at 9 with £385,959 and Billie Eilish Live At the O2 is new at 10 with £329,407.

Also new is Unwelcome at 14 with £118,322 and All the Beauty and the Bloodshed at 15 with £88,108.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 27th - 29th January 2023

The James Cameron directed sequel movie remains at the top of the UK box office for a 7th weekend, which makes it equal with Toy Story 2 and Gladiator.

One more week at the top and it equals Tenet as the longest pandemic movie, if it can get to 13 weeks then it will equal Camerons own Titanic, but its unlikely!

This weekend the movie ass £2.1 Million to its total for a total of £70.8 Million.

• The movie remains at number 1 on this weeks UK box office
• It has spent 7 weeks at the top of the UK box office.
• It grosses £2,116,615 over the weekend, a 24% drop from last weeeknd
• It has a total gross of £70,884,535 over 7 weeks of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is the 15th top grossing movie of all time in the UK.
• The movie is a sequel to Avatar which took £65,070,599 at the box office after 7 weeks of release.

Highest new movie this weekend

Making its debut at number 2 this weekend is the new movie from Indian director Siddharth Anand which takes £1.9 Million on its opening weekend.

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
• It grosses £1,967,854 over the weekend on its debut
• The movie is the 8th top grossing film so far in 2023

Also making its debut this weekend is the new movie starring Gerard Butler which enters the box office at number 3 with £1.1 Million.

The stars last movie Copshop opened in September 2021 to £198,225 for a 3 week run.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,161,382 over the weekend on its debut
• The movie is the 10th top grossing film so far in 2023

The latest movie from director Steven Spielberg finally gets a UK release and opens to just over a million pound.

The movie is nominated for a number of Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director which could help its box office journey, but it may get the Director Oscar but little else.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,067,384 over the weekend on its debut
• The movie is the 11th top grossing film so far in 2023

Falling to number 5 this weekend the new horror movie franchise takes £749,354 on its 3rd weekend of release.

Compared to Smile from the end of 2022 that movie took £1.4 Million on its 3rd weekend.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £749,354 over the weekend, a 45% drop from last weeeknd
• It has a total gross of £5,980,325 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2023

Avatar: The Way of Water spends its 7th weekend at the top of the North American box office which equals that of the first Avatar movie.

The highest new movie of the weekend is the Indian movie Pathaan which makes its debut at 5 while Infinity Pool from director Brandon Cronenberg is new at 8 with $2.7 Million.

Also new this weekend is Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist at number 9 with $2.3 Million, The Wandering Earth 2 at 10 with $1.3 Million, Billie Eilish Live At the O2 at 11 with $1.29 Million and Fear~2023 at number 12 with $1.28 Million.

Finally there is a re-entry for the 11 times Oscar nominated movie Everything Everywhere All At Once at 13 with $1 Million taking its total gross to $71 Million over 29 weeks.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 27th - 29th January 2023

James Camerons sequel movie makes it 7 weeks at the top of the North American box office, the first movie to do this since the original Avatar in 2009/10.

The movie is still tracking ahead of Avatar and will likely finish above the original movie which sets up part 3 of the movie series to probably land in the $700 Million mark easily.

• The movie remains at number 1 on this weeks US box office
• It has spent 7 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It grosses $15,700,000 over the weekend, a 22% drop from last weeeknd
• It has a total gross of $620,580,771 over 7 weeks of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is the 13th top grossing movie of all time in the US.
• The movie is a sequel to Avatar which took $595,752,416 at the box office after 7 weeks of release.

The sequel movie from the Shrek franchise remains at number 2 this weekend with $10.6 Million as it proves that the franchise is still alive and well.

The movie is tracking just ahead of the original 2011 Puss in Boots

Rumors of a fifth Shrek movie and a solo Donkey movie are starting to circulate.

• The movie remains at number 2 on this weeks US box office
• It grosses $10,621,000 over the weekend, a 10% drop from last weeeknd
• It has a total gross of $140,835,910 over 6 weeks of release
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Puss In Boots which took $139,514,442 at the box office after 6 weeks of release.

Tom Hanks proves he is still a box office pull as his latest movie goes back up the North American box office a $6.7 Million on its 5 week of release.

• The movie goes up the chart to number 3 on this weeks US box office
• It grosses $6,751,000 over the weekend, a 23% drop from last weeeknd
• It has a total gross of $46,053,864 over 5 weeks of release
• The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2023

The new horror franchise from director Gerard Johnstone drops to number 4 this weekend with $6.3 Million after on its 4th weekend.

Comparing this to horror movie Smile from late in 2022 this movie is tracking just behind but is still in the same ball park.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weeks US box office
• It grosses $6,371,000 over the weekend, a 34% drop from last weeeknd
• It has a total gross of $82,274,725 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2023

Highest new movie this weekend

Landing at number 5 is the latest hit Indian movie to hit North America as director Siddharth Anand brings this action Drama to the big screen.

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks US box office chart.
• It grosses $5,947,369 on its debut weekend
• The movie is the 11th top grossing film so far in 2023