Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 4th April 2025, there are 4 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Snow White from the top of the UK box office.

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.

• A Minecraft Movie
• Death of a Unicorn
• Four Mothers
• Screamboat

A Minecraft Movie

• The movie is directed by Jared Hess, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Jared Hess also directed Napoleon Dynamite in 2004 which grossed £206.3K in the UK.
• It stars Jason Momoa who also starred in Debug (2014).
• The film also stars Jack Black who's last movie was Borderlands (2024).
• Jared Hess directed Jack Black in and Nacho Libre
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Death of a Unicorn

• The movie is from director Alex Scharfman.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Jenna Ortega who also starred in Winter Spring Summer Or Fall (2024).
• The film also stars Paul Rudd who's last movie was Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Four Mothers

• The movie is directed by Darren Thornton, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Darren Thornton also directed A Date For Mad Mary in 2016 which grossed £44.9K in the UK.
• It stars James McArdle who also starred in Private Peaceful (2012).
• The film also stars Fionnula Flanagan who's last movie was The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Screamboat

• The movie is directed by Steven LaMorte, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Steven LaMorte also directed The Most Dangerous Game in 2017.
• It stars Tyler Posey who also starred in Yoga Hosers (2016).
• The film also stars David Howard Thornton who's last movie was Terrifier 3 (2024).
• Steven LaMorte directed David Howard Thornton in and The Mean One
• 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 5 new movies released

• The King of Kings - Friday, 11th April
• The Amateur - Friday, 11th April
• Holy Cow - Friday, 11th April
• André Rieu's 75th Birthday Celebration: The Dream Continues - Friday, 11th April
• The Return - Friday, 11th April

Jenna Ortega and Paul Rudd team up together as father and daughter in Death of a Unicorn which has been given a 15 age rating in the UK for strong bloody violence, horror, gore, language

Jenna Ortega is one of the biggest stars of the moment and has appeared in movie like Winter Spring Summer Or Fall and After Words while Paul Rudd has appeared in movie like The Catcher Was a Spy and Forgetting Sarah Marshall to name a couple.

The director of the movie is Alex Scharfman who is making a feature film debut and he also wrote the story for the movie.

Movie Synopsis

A father and daughter’s encounter with a mythical creature sets off a series of violent events.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Death of a Unicorn
• BBFC age rating: 15 Certificate
• Reason: strong bloody violence, horror, gore, language
• Release date: 4th April 2025
• Runtime: 107 minutes (1 hours 47 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • Alex Scharfman
• Starring:
  • Paul Rudd
  • Jenna Ortega
  • Will Poulter

BBFC movie page