Last weekend Weapons was 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?

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.

• The Life of Chuck
• Dongji Rescue
• Americana
• Sorry, Baby
• Eenie Meanie
• Eddington

The Life of Chuck

• The movie is directed by Mike Flanagan, it is the directors 11th movie.
• Mike Flanagan also directed Doctor Sleep in 2019 which grossed £3.3 Mil. in the UK and grossed $72.4 Mil. globally.
• It stars Tom Hiddleston who also starred in High Rise (2016).
• The film also stars Jacob Tremblay who's last movie was Sovereign (2025).
• Mike Flanagan directed Jacob Tremblay in Doctor Sleep, and Before I Wake
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Dongji Rescue

• The movie is directed by Hu Guan and Fei Zhenxiang, it is the directors 14th movie.
• Hu Guan and Fei Zhenxiang also directed Design of Death in 2012.
• It stars Yilong Zhu who also starred in The Volunteers: To the War 2 (2024).
• The film also stars Lei Wu who's last movie was Papa (2023).
• Hu Guan directed Yilong Zhu in and My People, My Country
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Americana

• The movie is from director Tony Tost.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Sydney Sweeney who also starred in Dead Ant (2018).
• The film also stars Paul Walter Hauser who's last movie was The Naked Gun (2025).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Sorry, Baby

• The movie is from director Eva Victor.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Eva Victor who also starred in Dating and New York (2021).
• The film also stars Naomi Ackie who's last movie was Mickey 17 (2025).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Eenie Meanie

• The movie is from director Shawn Simmons.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Samara Weaving who also starred in 200% Wolf (2024).
• The film also stars Karl Glusman who's last movie was The Bikeriders (2024).
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Eddington

• The movie is directed by Ari Aster, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Ari Aster also directed Midsommar in 2019 which grossed £2.5 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Joaquin Phoenix who also starred in Walk the Line (2006).
• The film also stars Deirdre O'Connell who's last movie was Lez Bomb (2018).
• Ari Aster directed Joaquin Phoenix in and Beau Is Afraid
• 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 4 new movies released

• The Thursday Murder Club - Thursday, 28th August - streaming
• Caught Stealing - Friday, 29th August
• The Toxic Avenger - Friday, 29th August
• André Rieu's 2025 Maastricht Concert Waltz the Night Away - Saturday, 30th August

Weapons~2026 has a good second weekend at the global box office retaining its position at the top of the global box office with $43.4 Million putting its global total to close to $150 Million.

Highest new movie is the sequel to War from 2019, War 2 which lands at number 3 with $31.5 Million.

Global weekend box office top 5 breakdown 15th - 17th August 2025

• The movie remains at number 1 on this weeks Global box office
• It has spent 2 weeks at the top of the Global box office.
• It grosses $43,400,000 over the weekend, a 38% drop from last weekend
• The movie is release in 74 countries globally this weekend
• It has a total gross of $148,745,000 over 2 weeks in cinemas

• The movie goes up the chart to number 2 on this weeks Global box office
• It grosses $32,000,000 over the weekend, a 9% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $137,250,000 over 3 weeks in cinemas
• The movie is release in 1 countries globally this weekend

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks Global box office chart.
• It grosses $31,529,717 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $31,529,717 over 1 weeks in cinemas
• The movie is release in 26 countries globally this weekend

• The movie goes up the chart to number 4 on this weeks Global box office
• It grosses $31,302,000 over the weekend, a 53% increase from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $192,779,000 over 5 weeks in cinemas
• The movie is release in 9 countries globally this weekend
• The movie is the 19th top grossing film so far in 2025
• The movie is a sequel to Demon Slayer - Kimetsu No Yaiba - to the Hashira Training which took $56,918,455 at the box office after 5 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie is a new entry on this weeks Global box office
• It grosses $30,527,000 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $30,527,000 over 1 weeks in cinemas
• The movie is release in 3 countries globally this weekend

Box office smash Weapons~2026 spends a second weekend at the top of the US box office as the movie drop just 44% from last weekend and takes $24 Million on its second weekend.

The movie has now taken a total of $88 Million at the US box office after 2 weekends of release and it heads towards the $100 Million milestone.

Highest new movie of the weekend is Nobody 2 which comes in at number 3 with a total of $9.2 Million.

The first movie in the series Nobody took nearly $7 Million at the North American box office on its debut in 2021.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 15th - 17th August 2025

• The movie remains at number 1 on this weekends US box office
• It has spent 2 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It grosses $24,457,003 over the weekend, a 44% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $88,501,726 after 2 weekends of release
• The movie is the 16th top grossing film so far in 2025

• The movie remains at number 2 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $14,288,364 over the weekend, a 50% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $54,564,701 after 2 weekends of release
• The movie is a sequel to Freaky Friday which took $58,416,557 at the box office after 2 weekends of release.

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weekends US box office chart.
• It grosses $9,251,190 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $9,251,190 after 1 weekends of release

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $9,030,672 over the weekend, a 43% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $247,268,221 after 4 weekends of release
• The movie is the 7th top grossing film so far in 2025

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $7,523,925 over the weekend, a 29% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $57,242,580 after 3 weekends of release

Keeping hold of the number 1 spot at the UK box office is Weapons~2026 which only drops from its debut last week by 45% and takes £1.5 Million this weekend.

THe movie which has become a major smash worldwide now has taken £6.2 Million in the UK in total grosses.

Highest new movie of the weekend is Materialists from director Celine Song and starring Dakota Johnson.

The movie takes £1.2 Million in its debut weekend which is more that twice that if the directors previous movie Past Lives which went on to gross £2.8 Million.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 15th - 17th August 2025

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
• It grosses £1,287,220 over its debut weekend

• The movie is a new entry at number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £939,507 over its debut weekend

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £688,025 over the weekend, a 50% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £20,888,025 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 9th top grossing film so far in 2025

With The Wild Robot currently at the top of the global box office can this weeks new cinema releases challlenge it for the global box office crown?

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.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Smile 2
• The Apprentice
• The Wild Robot
• Flight Risk
• We Live In Time
• The Sisters
• My Hero Academia: You're Next
• Megalopolis
• Panda Plan
• The Substance

Smile 2

• The movie is directed by Parker Finn, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Parker Finn also directed Smile in 2022 which grossed $105.9 Mil. in the US and grossed $216.1 Mil. globally.
• It stars Naomi Scott who also starred in Power Rangers (2017).
• The film also stars Kyle Gallner who's last movie was Strange Darling (2024).
• Parker Finn directed Kyle Gallner in and Smile
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Australia / Belgium / Brazil / Cambodia / Canada / Denmark / Estonia / Finland / France / Germany / Greece / Hungary / Iceland / India / Ireland / Kazakhstan / Lebanon / Mexico / Mongolia / Netherlands / Norway / Philippines / Portugal / Romania / Singapore / Spain / Sweden / Taiwan / Turkey / Ukraine / United Kingdom / United States / Vietnam

The Apprentice

• The movie is directed by Ali Abbasi, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Ali Abbasi also directed Border in 2018.
• It stars Sebastian Stan who also starred in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014).
• The film also stars Jeremy Strong who's last movie was Armageddon Time (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Belgium / Brazil / Denmark / Germany / Ireland / Italy / Poland / Portugal / Romania / Spain / Turkey / Ukraine / United Kingdom

The Wild Robot

• The movie is directed by Chris Sanders, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Chris Sanders also directed The Call of the Wild in 2020 which grossed $62.3 Mil. in the US.
• It stars Lupita Nyong'o who also starred in 12 Years a Slave (2013).
• The film also stars Pedro Pascal who's last movie was Drive-Away Dolls (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Belgium / India / Ireland / Latvia / Romania / Ukraine / United Kingdom

Flight Risk

• The movie is directed by Mel Gibson, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Mel Gibson also directed Hacksaw Ridge in 2017 which grossed $67.2 Mil. in the US and grossed $180.6 Mil. globally.
• It stars Mark Wahlberg who also starred in The Truth About Charlie (2003).
• The film also stars Michelle Dockery who's last movie was Boy Kills World (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Cambodia / Ecuador / Estonia / Iceland / Singapore

We Live In Time

• The movie is directed by John Crowley, it is the directors 8th movie.
• John Crowley also directed interMission in 2003.
• It stars Andrew Garfield who also starred in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021).
• The film also stars Florence Pugh who's last movie was Dune: Part Two (2024).
• John Crowley directed Andrew Garfield in and Boy A
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Greece / Italy / Romania / Turkey / United States

The Sisters

• The movie is directed by Tran Huu Tan, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Tran Huu Tan also directed Survive in 2020.
• It stars Cuong Quoc who also starred in The Sisters (2024).
• The film also stars Thuy Diem who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Australia / Canada / New Zealand / Singapore

My Hero Academia: You're Next

• The movie is directed by Tensai Okamura, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Tensai Okamura also directed Cowboy Bebop: The Movie in 2001.
• It stars Kaito Ishikawa who also starred in Haikyu!! The Movie: Decisive Battle At the Garbage Dump (2024).
• The film also stars Yuki Kaji who's last movie was Haikyu!! The Movie: Decisive Battle At the Garbage Dump (2024).
• Kaito Ishikawa and Yuki Kaji have starred in 6 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Haikyuu!! The Movie 1: The End And: The Beginning in 2015, Legend of the Galactic Heroes: The New Thesis - Stellar War 2 in 2019, Genocidal Organ in 2017, Haikyu!! The Movie: Decisive Battle At the Garbage Dump in 2024, My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising in 2019 and My Hero Academia: Two Heroes in 2018.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Ireland / Romania / Singapore / United Kingdom

Megalopolis

• The movie is directed by Francis Ford Coppola, it is the directors 28th movie.
• Francis Ford Coppola also directed Rumble Fish in 1983.
• It stars Adam Driver who also starred in Ferrari (2023).
• The film also stars Giancarlo Esposito who's last movie was MaXXXine (2024).
• Francis Ford Coppola directed Giancarlo Esposito in and The Cotton Club
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Italy / Lithuania / Portugal

Panda Plan

• The movie is directed by Luan Zhang, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Luan Zhang also directed Give Me Five in 2022.
• It stars Jackie Chan who also starred in Ride On (2023).
• The film also stars Xiang Wei who's last movie was Successor (2024).
• Luan Zhang directed Xiang Wei in and Give Me Five
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Canada / Singapore / United States

The Substance

• The movie is directed by Coralie Fargeat, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Coralie Fargeat also directed Revenge in 2017.
• It stars Margaret Qualley who also starred in Novitiate (2017).
• The film also stars Demi Moore who's last movie was The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Indonesia / Taiwan

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

Next week there are 30 new movies released gloabally

• Venom: The Last Dance - From Thursday, 24th October
• The Room Next Door - From Thursday, 24th October
• The Apprentice - From Thursday, 24th October
• The Wild Robot - From Thursday, 24th October
• We Live In Time - From Thursday, 24th October
• The Front Room - From Friday, 25th October
• Lee - From Thursday, 24th October
• 200% Wolf - From Thursday, 24th October
• Dragonkeeper - From Thursday, 24th October
• The Killer - From Wednesday, 23rd October
• Megalopolis - From Thursday, 24th October
• Trap - From Friday, 25th October
• Detour 95 - From Thursday, 24th October
• Transformers: One - From Wednesday, 23rd October
• All About Suomi - From Thursday, 24th October
• La Cocina - From Friday, 25th October
• Terrifier 3 - From Friday, 25th October
• Timestalker - From Thursday, 24th October
• Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person - From Thursday, 24th October
• Spring Garden - From Monday, 21st October
• Thelma - From Thursday, 24th October
• Flight Risk - From Wednesday, 23rd October
• Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot - From Thursday, 24th October
• Firebrand - From Thursday, 24th October
• Project Silence - From Friday, 25th October
• The Substance - From Thursday, 24th October
• Wolf Man - From Friday, 25th October
• Emilia Pérez - From Friday, 25th October
• Monsieur Aznavour - From Wednesday, 23rd October
• Memoir of a Snail - From Friday, 25th October