Last weekend Demon Slayer - Kimetsu No Yaiba - : The Movie Infinity Castle was at the top of the North American box office, there are 4 new releases this weekend, will any of them top the US 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.

• One Battle After Another
• The Strangers: Chapter 2
• Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie
• Dead of Winter

One Battle After Another

• The movie is directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Paul Thomas Anderson also directed Punch-Drunk Love in 2002.
• It stars Leonardo DiCaprio who also starred in Les Cent Et Une Nuits De Simon Cinema (1995).
• The film also stars Benicio Del Toro who's last movie was The Phoenician Scheme (2025).
• Paul Thomas Anderson directed Benicio Del Toro in and Inherent Vice
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

The Strangers: Chapter 2

• The movie is directed by Renny Harlin, it is the directors 26th movie.
• Renny Harlin also directed The Covenant in 2006.
• It stars Rachel Shenton who also starred in The Colour Room (2021).
• The film also stars Gabriel Basso who's last movie was Juror #2 (2024).
• They also appeared together in The Strangers: Chapter 1 in 2024.
• Renny Harlin directed Rachel Shenton in and The Strangers: Chapter 1
• Renny Harlin directed Gabriel Basso in and The Strangers: Chapter 1
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie

• The movie is directed by Ryan Crego, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Ryan Crego also directed Arlo the Alligator Boy in 2021.
• It stars Laila Lockhart Kraner who also starred in The Secret of Sinchanee (2021).
• The film also stars Kristen Wiig who's last movie was Despicable Me 4 (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Dead of Winter

• The movie is directed by Brian Kirk, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Brian Kirk also directed Middletown in 2006.
• It stars Emma Thompson who also starred in Alone In Berlin (2017).
• The film also stars Judy Greer who's last movie was The Long Walk (2025).
• They also appeared together in Men, Women & Children in 2014.
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

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

Next week there are 3 new movies released

• Roofman - Friday, 3rd October
• The Smashing Machine - Friday, 3rd October
• Good Boy! - Friday, 3rd October

A new poster has been released for upcoming movie Keeper which can be viewed in full if you scroll down this page.

Movie breakdown

• It stars among others Tatiana Maslany (Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans) and Rossif Sutherland (Red Doors)
• It is directed by Osgood Perkins (I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives In the House)
• The movie also stars Tess Degenstein, Birkett Turton and Erin Boyes
• The UK release date is 14th November 2025

Synopsis for Keeper

Liz and Malcolm travel to a secluded cabin for a romantic anniversary getaway. However, Malcolm unexpectedly returns to the city, leaving Liz alone in the cabin, where she soon confronts a sinister presence and the cabin's chilling past.

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

Directed by celebrated Oscar winning director Ethan Coen, Drive-away Dolls is given a 15 age rating for very strong language, strong sex references, sex, nudity, violence.

The movie stars Matt Damon who has previously starred in Stuck On You and Gerry among many others, it also stars man of the moment Pedro Pascal who starrs in two of the biggest TV shows of the last couple of years as well as starring in movies If Beale Street Could Talk and The Sixth Gun.

The movie is directed by Ethan Coen who has gone alone this time instead of sharing the credit with his brother Joel, Etan has previously directed Intolerable Cruelty and Fargo.

Movie Synopsis

In search of a fresh start, two women embark on an impromptu road trip to Tallahassee, Fla. However, things quickly go awry when they cross paths with a group of inept criminals along the way.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Drive-away Dolls
• BBFC age rating: 15 Certificate
• Reason: very strong language, strong sex references, sex, nudity, violence
• Release date: 29th September 2023
• Runtime: 84 minutes (1 hours 24 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • Ethan Coen
• Starring:
  • Matt Damon
  • Pedro Pascal
  • Geraldine Viswanathan

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Making its debut at the top of the North American box office is the long awaited sequel to James Cameron's 2009 movie Avatar, Avatar: The Way of Water.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 16th - 18th December 2022

Highest new movie this weekend

Its been a long road to the sequel of the highest grossing movie of all time but this weekend director James Cameron finally delivers his 3 hour movie and it, as expected, hits the ground running.

The movie takes $134 Million on its debut weekend, it takes 88% of the total top 15 this weekend and it the 6th highest grossing movie in the month of December in America.

Compared to the original Avatar this movie is considerably higher than the 2009 opening weekend of $77 Million, even when adjusted for inflation.

Avatar was a slow burner at the box office, and this sequel is getting positive word of mouth, so the road ahead into 2023 looks good.

The David Harbour directed movie which is Santa Claud crossed with Home Alone with violent results remains at number 2 this weekend with a gross of $5 Million, a 36% drop over last weekend.

THis gives the movie a total US gross of $34.9 Million over 3 weeks of release, which comparing to Krampus from 2015, that movie had taken $35.1 Million 3 weeks into its run.

Dropping to number 3 this weekend after 5 weeks at the top is the sequel movie to the 2018 film Black Panther which takes $5.4 Million, a 52% over last weekend.

This gives the movie a total US gross of $418.9 Million after 6 weeks of release, lower than the first movie but still a good gross for 2022.

The movie is now the second highest grossing movie of the year behind Top Gun Maverick, how long it will star there with Avatar: The Way of Water coming up the charts fast remains to be seen.

Despite Disney pulling their latest animated feature from cinemas far earlier than expected the movie only drops to number 4 this weekend with $2.2 Million, a 42% drop over last weekend.

THe movie has now taken $33.7 Million after 4 weeks of release, considerably lower than the 2021 Encanto which was at $81.4 Million 4 weeks into its run.

Dropping to 5 on its 5th weekend is the Ralph Finnes fine dining movie which takes $1.7 Million over the weekend, a 39% drop over last week.

The movie has taken a reasonable $32.1 Million in total over its 5 weeks of release.

BROS, a new comedy about two emotionally unavailable men who get romantically involved, is given a 15 age rating in the UK for strong sex, sex references, language, drug misuse

It stars Luke Macfarlane who can be seen in Trapped Ashes and Kinsey and Billy Eichner who has previously starred in Bad Neighbours 2 and lent his voice to Penguins of Madagascar.

The movie is directed by Nicholas Stoller who among his directorial credits includes movie such as Get Him to the Greek and Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

Movie Synopsis

Bobby Leiber is a New Yorker and host of a queer history podcast called 11th Brick, he is also the director of the first national LGBTQ history museum. Bobby has spent most of his life alone and has convinced himself he's better off this way. One night in a club he meets Aaron and everything starts to change.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: BROS
• BBFC age rating: 15 Certificate
• Reason: strong sex, sex references, language, drug misuse
• Release date: 28th October 2022
• Runtime: 116 minutes (1 hour 56 minutes)
• Directed by:
  • Nicholas Stoller
• Starring:
  • Luke Macfarlane
  • Billy Eichner
  • Kristin Chenoweth

BBFC movie page