
£9.6 Million
$134.5 Million
$338.8 Million Released globaly this week there are 26 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Gladiator II from the top of the global box office.
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.
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Here are the top new release this week in countries across the world!Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.
With Beetlejuice Beetlejuice currently at the top of the UK box office can this weeks new cinema releases challlenge it for the UK box office crown?
As well as the movies released in cinemas this weekend this list also includes a number of the top movies released on streaming platforms.
Check out other new releases from around the world.
Here are this weeks new releasesCheck back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.
Star Wars fans around the world have their opinion of what is the best lightsaber battle in the Star Wars Universe.
Here is a list of what is considered the best battles in the Star Wars Universe.
These battles are all unique and offer different elements, such as emotional stakes, intense action, and memorable choreography. Ultimately, the "best" lightsaber battle is subjective and varies depending on individual tastes and preferences, but on this Star Wars Day we present, for your pleasure, the Salty Popcorn best lightsaber battles (in reverse order).
There had been a Star Wars drought for a number of years (10) and with the buyout of Lucasfilms by Disney still fresh in everyones minds as well as the (at the time) a badly received prequel trilogy the fan base wanted a good Star Wars movie.
JJ Abrahams was put in charge of directing the film, a life long fan of the series, and he delivered in spades, bringing arguably the best Star Wars film to date.
We instantly took to the new characters of the Rebel Alliance with Rey and Finn and the First Order with Kylo Ren and the new Storm Troopers. Reys force powers were hinted at throughout the movie and a dual between the two was inevitable, and at the end of the film Abrahams delivered, set within a forest of the Star Killer Base while the planet explodes around them.
We knew Yoda was a Jedi Master and that he had fought in the Clone Wars that started during the second part of prequel trilogy, and George Lucas knew he had to deliver.
As Yoda walks into the hanger where Count Dooku was trying to board his ship you simply knew what was about to happen, and as he pulls across his robes to reveal a small lightsaber this was the moment, he force pulls his weapon to his hand and turns it on.
The battle doesn't last long, but seeing the small green Jedi Master who usually finds it hard to walk bouncing around the walls during the fight is a joy.
The original movie introduces us to the legendary weapon, something not really seen on the big screen before but through the stories Ben Kenobi tells Luke during the movie we know that the weapon is elegant and the Jedi are lethal with it.
We also believe at this time that Darth Vader is the arch enemy of Ben Kenobi, and by the end of the movie there has to be a meeting of the two, and while trying to escape the Death Star the two come face to face.
Despite the lack of technological abilities in special effects at the time this thrilled fans of a generation and when the inevitable happens at the end we are shocked at the loss of our new hero.
This battle comes as no surprise, we have seen Luke go through the training, and go off to rescue his friends, and we get the foreshadowing of things to come on Dagobah.
When Luke goes into the carbon freeze chamber and the two enemies ignite their Sabers in silhouette we get the almighty battle between the two enemies.
The style and technology used in this film is so much greater than that of the original Star Wars that it feels fresh and thrilling, and at the end of the battle we get one of cinemas greatest reveals, so good to this day it is celebrated as THE movie twist of all times.
The movie gets a lot of criticism, but over the last 20 years time has been kind and in the grander scheme of the saga the fan base is looking at this film more favourably, and it has the best lightsaber battle of all time.
It had been 16 years since we'd had any proper live action Star Wars to enjoy and despite the film not getting the critical reaction Lucas wanted the Dual Of Fates was spectacular.
The highlight is at the start of the battle as Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan face the Sith Lord Darth Maul, as the John Williams music 'Duel Of Fates' starts to get more intense Maul ignites a single blade on his lightsaber, then the money shot happens and another blade appears from the other side, every Star Wars Fan looked on in amazement as the incredible battle unfolds between the 3 warriors.
The only real shame is that, inevitably, Darth Maul dies at the end of the movie, although in quiet spectacular style, but with little screen time fans wanted more, although as seen in Solo: A Star Wars Story they have brought him back and who knows if he'll appear in another movie or not?
British comedy Mrs Harris Goes To Paris has been given a PG age rating in the UK for mild bad language
The movie stars Lesley Manville who was previously seen in the TV show The Crown and was seen in the 2021 movie Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men and it stars Isabelle Huppert who recently starred in EO.
The movie is directed by Anthony Fabian who has previously directed Louder Than Words in 2013.
Movie Synopsis
In 1950s London, a widowed cleaning lady falls madly in love with a couture Dior dress, deciding she must have one of her own. After working to raise the funds to pursue her dream, she embarks on an adventure to Paris that will change not only her own outlook -- but the very future of the House of Dior.
BBFC certificate breakdown.
With no surprise Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness is at the top for a second weekend as we wait for the next high flying blockbuster hot his cinemas.
Highest new movie of the weekend is the remake movie Firestarter~2022 which is new at number 4.
US box office top 5 weekend breakdown 13th - 15th May 2022
The Marvel sequel movie stays put at the top of the US for a second weekend, but as nearly always happens with massive opening movies the drop is large, and Doctor Strange 2 suffers a 67% drop over last weekend.
The movie does take $61.8 Million over the weekend which is still a massive 68% of the total box office this weekend.
A total US gross of $291.8 Million makes it the second highest grossing movie of 2022 with a chance to beat The Batman by next weekend.
Former number 1 animated movie stays put at number 2 this weekend with $6.8 Million, a small 28% drop over last weekend.>
The movie has now taken a $66 Million total after 4 weeks of release.
The video game adaptation remains at number 3 this week taking $4.5 Million in its 6th weekend of release, a tiny 25% drop over last week.
The movie has been an unprecedented success for the franchise and shows when done right a video game adaptation can do well.
The movie has taken $175.7 Milion at the US box office and is the 4th highest of 2022.
Categories under 'remakes no one wanted' as this retelling of the 1984 Firestarter starring Drew Barrymore makes its debut at number 4 with a debut gross of $3.8 Million.
The movie is also available in the US on streaming meaning that the box office run for this movie will be short.
It may not be able to compete with the behemoth that is the MCU and Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness but this independent multiverse bending movie has, by figures, done better.
With a budget a fraction of the Doctor Strange sequel this has taken a total of $47.1 Million and turned into a but sleeper hit for the studio.
After 8 weeks of relese the movie still manages a weekend take of $3.3 Million, a tiny 6% drop over last weekend, and it is only showing in 1,726 location as opposed to the number 1 movies 4,534 locations.