Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 18th October 2024, there are 5 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Transformers: One 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.

Here are this weeks new releases

• The Wild Robot
• Smile 2
• The Apprentice
• Happyend
• My Hero Academia: You're Next

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 £2.8 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Lupita Nyong'o who also starred in Queen of Katwe (2016).
• The film also stars Pedro Pascal who's last movie was Drive Away Dolls (2024).
• This movie is released in Movie Theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Smile 2

• The movie is directed by Parker Finn, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Parker Finn also directed Smile in 2022 which grossed £11.7 Mil. in the UK and grossed $216.1 Mil. globally.
• It stars Naomi Scott who also starred in Distant (2023).
• 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.

The Apprentice

• The movie is directed by Ali Abbasi, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Ali Abbasi also directed Shelley in 2016.
• It stars Sebastian Stan who also starred in Sharper (2023).
• The film also stars Jeremy Strong who's last movie was Armageddon Time (2022).
• This movie is released in Movie Theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Happyend

• The movie is directed by Neo Sora, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Neo Sora also directed Ainu Neno An Ainu in 2021.
• It stars Makiko Watanabe who also starred in A Banana? At This Time of Night? (2018).
• The film also stars Shiro Sano who's last movie was Hazardous Wife Warning (2021).
• This movie is released in Movie Theatres.

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 Haikyuu!! The Movie 2:: The Winner and the Loser (2015).
• 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 My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising in 2019, Haikyuu!! The Movie 1: The End And: The Beginning in 2015, My Hero Academia: Two Heroes in 2018, Genocidal Organ in 2017, Legend of the Galactic Heroes: The New Thesis Stellar War 2 in 2019 and Haikyu!! The Movie: Decisive Battle At the Garbage Dump in 2024.
• 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

• Emilia Pérez - Friday, 25th October
• Wolf Man - Friday, 25th October
• Venom: The Last Dance - Friday, 25th October
• The Room Next Door - Friday, 25th October
• The Front Room - Friday, 25th October