Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace gets rated by the BBFC once again ahead of its 25th anniversary release and its been given a PG age rating for moderate violence, mild threat

The movie which was first released in 1999 stars Liam Neeson who has since been seen in many movies including Taken and Men In Black: International, it also stars Ewan McGregor who has been seen in Son of a Gun and other Star Wars movies including Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.

The movie was directed by George Lucas who has directed the likes of American Graffiti and THX 1138.

Movie Synopsis

A pair of Jedi warriors escape a planet amid failed trade negotiations and encounter a highly gifted enslaved boy in this 1999 sci-fi adventure prequel.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace
• BBFC age rating: PG Certificate
• Reason: moderate violence, mild threat
• Release date: 3rd May 2024
• Runtime: 136 minutes (2 hours 16 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • George Lucas
• Starring:
  • Liam Neeson
  • Ewan McGregor
  • Natalie Portman

BBFC movie page

Directed by Ridley Scott and starring Joaquin Phoenix the historical drama Napoleon~2023 hits the top on its debut with a weekend gross of £5.2 Million.

Ridley Scott's last movie House of Gucci took £2.5 Million on its debut but that was during he COVID19 pandemic!.

Joaquin Phoenix last movie, Beau Is Afraid, took £231,370 earlier this year.

Last weeks top movie The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes falls a single place to number 2 this weekend with a 50% drop from last week.

Also new this weekend is the latest Disney movie that has DNA closely attached to the companies smash hit Frozen~2023, Wish this weekend lands at number 3 with £2.4 Million.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 24th - 26th November 2023

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £2,689,642 over the weekend, a 50% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £10,124,336 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is a sequel to The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 which took £19,323,711 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie is a new entry at number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £2,432,228 over its debut weekend

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £485,099 over the weekend, a 61% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £6,564,314 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is a sequel to Captain Marvel which took £29,494,637 at the box office after 3 weeks in cinemas.

Global weekend box office top 5 breakdown 20th - 22nd October 2023

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks Global box office chart.
• It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the Global box office.
• It grosses $44,000,000 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• The movie is release in 64 countries globally this weekend
• It has a total gross of $44,000,000 over 1 weeks in cinemas

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks Global box office
• It grosses $41,500,000 over the weekend, a 68% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $164,788,501 over 2 weeks in cinemas
• The movie is release in 36 countries globally this weekend

• The movie goes up the chart to number 3 on this weeks Global box office
• It grosses $31,249,000 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $48,542,000 over 1 weeks in cinemas
• The movie is release in 29 countries globally this weekend

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weeks Global box office
• It grosses $16,150,000 over the weekend, a 49% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $148,364,127 over 5 weeks in cinemas
• The movie is release in 67 countries globally this weekend

• The movie goes up the chart to number 5 on this weeks Global box office
• It grosses $14,323,000 over the weekend, a 91% increase from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $16,047,000 over 2 weeks in cinemas
• The movie is release in 26 countries globally this weekend
• The movie is a sequel to Trolls World Tour which took $1,579,115 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.

A new poster has been released for upcoming movie The Boys In the Boat which can seen in full if you scroll down this page.

Movie breakdown

• It stars among others Joel Edgerton (Wish You Were Here~2013) and Courtney Henggeler (Beach Pillows)
• It is directed by George Clooney (The Boys In the Boat)
• The movie also stars Hadley Robinson, Chris Diamantopoulos and Callum Turner
• The UK release date is 12th January 2024
• And the release date in North America is 25th December 2023

Synopsis for The Boys In the Boat

The story of the University of Washington's eight-oared rowing crew represented the United States in rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics Men's eight in Berlin, and narrowly beat out Italy and Germany to win the gold medal.

Check out the Salty Popcorn movie page for more information on this upcoming film.

Sequel movie The Exorcist: Believer is set to keep the 50 year old The Exorcist franchise alive as the new movie makes its debut a the top of the US box office with a gross of over $26 Million.

Dropping from the top where it made its debut last weekend is PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie which has now taken $38 Million at the US box office.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 6th - 8th October 2023

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weekends US box office chart.
• It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It has a total gross of $26,497,600 after 1 weekends of release
• The movie is a sequel to Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist which failed to gross anything at the box office.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $11,330,072 over the weekend, a 50% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $38,447,060 after 2 weekends of release

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $7,837,343 over the weekend, a 57% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $32,242,136 after 2 weekends of release
• The movie is a sequel to Spiral: From the Book of Saw which took $15,873,020 at the box office after 2 weekends of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $6,245,290 over the weekend, a 56% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $25,075,327 after 2 weekends of release

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $3,205,406 over the weekend, a 38% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $10,565,867 after 2 weekends of release