This weekend, Friday 1st September 2023, there are 6 new films released in North America and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Gran Turismo, for the number 1 spot?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• The Equalizer 3
• All Fun and Games
• The Good Mother
• Slotherhouse
• No More Bets
• Don't Look Away

The Equalizer 3

• The movie is directed by Antoine Fuqua, it is the directors 17th movie.
• Antoine Fuqua also directed Olympus Has Fallen in 2013 which grossed $98.9 Mil. in the US and grossed $170.3 Mil. globally.
• It stars Denzel Washington who also starred in The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009).
• The film also stars Dakota Fanning who was last seen in Viena and the Fantomes (2020).
• They also appeared together in Man On Fire in 2004.
• Antoine Fuqua directed Denzel Washington in The Magnificent Seven
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

All Fun and Games

• The movie is from director Eren Celeboglu and Ari Costa.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Asa Butterfield who also starred in Your Christmas Or Mine? (2022).
• The film also stars Laurel Marsden who was last seen in The Pope's Exorcist (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

The Good Mother

• The movie is directed by Miles Joris-Peyrafitte, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Miles Joris-Peyrafitte also directed As You Are in 2016.
• It stars Olivia Cooke who also starred in The Signal (2014).
• The film also stars Hilary Swank who was last seen in Ordinary Angels (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Slotherhouse

• The movie is directed by Matthew Goodhue, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Matthew Goodhue also directed Woe in 2021.
• It stars Stefan Kapicic who also starred in Slotherhouse (2023).
• The film also stars Lisa Ambalavanar who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

No More Bets

• The movie is directed by Ao Shen, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Ao Shen also directed My People, My Homeland in 2020 and grossed $422.4 Mil. globally.
• It stars Yixing Zhang who also starred in Kung Fu Yoga (2017).
• The film also stars Gina Chen Jin who was last seen in Te Jing Dui (2019).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

Don't Look Away

• The movie is directed by Micheal Bafaro, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Micheal Bafaro also directed Sleeping Dogs in 1997.
• It stars Kelly Bastard who also starred in Don't Look Away (2023).
• The film also stars Michael Mitton who was last seen in Okja (2017).
• 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 5 new movies released

• Jawan - Thursday, 7th September
• Poor Things - Friday, 8th September
• The Nun II - Friday, 8th September
• Raid On the Lethal Zone - Friday, 8th September - limited release
• My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 - Friday, 8th September

As the box office is in a holding patern before the release of this weeks potential mega hit Matilda the Musical remains at the top for a third weekend in a row.

The highest new entry this weeke dis at 7 with The Nutcracker: ROH London 2022 taking £133,397, also along with The Polar Express making a seasonal re-entry and Top Gun: Maverick getting back in to the chart there is a new entry for The Hours: Met Opera 2022 at number 15 with £54,274.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 9th - 11th December 2022

Remaining at the for a third straight weekend is the musical version of the Roal Dahl book Matilda which takes £2.1 over the weekend, a tiny 17% drop.

This gives the movie a total UK gross of £10.7 after 3 weeks of release.

In comparison to the 1996 movie this is way below, adjusted for inflation Matilda would have taken £6.2 Million on its 3rd weekend for a total of £34 Million.

Remaining at number 2 this weeks is the sequel movie from marvel which takes £803,799 on its 5th weekend, a 47% drop.

This gives the Black Panther sequel a total gross of £30.8 to date and it is now the 8th top grossing movie of 2022.

Compared to the first film this movie is far lower, Black Panther took £1.8 Million on its 5th weekend for a total of £42 Million.

Second weekend on the box office for the Home Alone meets Santa Claus movie which this weekend takes £567,350, a 31% drop.

The movies remains at 3 this weekend with total gross now at £1.9 Million on the UK box office.

Disney's latest animated tale stays at number 4 this weekend with £305,802, a 31% drop from last weekend.

This pushes the total gross of £1,7 Million, very low for a Disney film, comparing it to Encanto its less than half thats movie total at this point which was £4,2 Million.

Remaining at 5 this weekend is the fine dining tale of woe which takes £192,827 on its 4th weeeknd, a 42% drop.

The movies total gross is not up to £3 Million.

Due for release this Summer Jurassic Woeld: Fallen Kingdom gets a second trailer revealing more of the story.

Looks like they have created (another) new Dinosaur which is on the rampage.

This trailer is all teeth and saliva but it looks exciting and Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard look like they are in good form.

The island was just the beginning. Watch the new @JurassicWorld #FallenKingdom trailer now! Try the #JurassicWorld effect on your Facebook camera. https://t.co/uK2ztnadny pic.twitter.com/6jjf0bImdZ

— Jurassic World (@JurassicWorld) February 4, 2018

As reported in many many places to name of the next Bond film, the 23rd in the series, will indeed be called Skyfall.

Daniel Craig will star in his 3rd outing as 007 and Dame Judi Dench returns again as M while the film is to be directed by Oscar winner Sam Mendes.

Making their mark as Bond girls will be Naomie Harris and French actress Berenice Marlohe. Location for the film include China and Turkey as well as places a little closer to home in Scotland and of course London.

Despite recent reports that the film would forfeit action for drama in a hope to be an Oscar contender were laid to rest with both Mandes and producer Barbara Broccoli maintaining that the story involved lots of action.

A release date of October 26 2012 has been set for the UK and will follow close in the rest of the world.

The filming of this episode has been delayed due to financial woes at owner MGM, but the delay does mean that it will get a release in the year of the first Bond movie, Dr. No's first appearance in cinemas, what better way to celebrate.