This week there are 26 new films released in countries around the globe looking to hit their box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top global movie, Stray Kids: The DominATE Experience, for the number 1 spot?

As well as many movies released in cinemas around the globe 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 the top new release this week in countries across the world!

• Wuthering Heights
• GOAT
• Crime 101
• Cold Storage
• Whistle
• No Other Choice
• Pillion
• The Secret Agent
• Send Help
• Christy

Wuthering Heights

• The movie is directed by Emerald Fennell, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Emerald Fennell also directed Saltburn in 2023 which grossed $11.5 Mil. globally.
• It stars Margot Robbie who also starred in Focus (2015).
• The film also stars Jacob Elordi who's last movie was Frankenstein (2025).
• Emerald Fennell directed Jacob Elordi in and Saltburn
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Albania / Antigua & Barbuda / Argentina / Aruba / Australia / Austria / Azerbaijan / Bahrain / Belgium / Bolivia / Bosnia and Herzegovina / Brazil / Bulgaria / Cambodia / Canada / Chile / Colombia / Costa Rica / Croatia / Curacao / Czech Republic / Denmark / Dominican Republic / Ecuador / Estonia / Faroe Islands / Finland / France / Georgia / Germany / Greece / Guadeloupe / Guatemala / Guyana / Honduras / Hong Kong / Hungary / Iceland / India / Indonesia / Ireland / Israel / Italy / Kazakhstan / Kosovo / Kuwait / Latvia / Lithuania / Luxembourg / Malaysia / Mexico / Mongolia / Montenegro / Morocco / Netherlands / New Zealand / Norway / Oman / Panama / Paraguay / Peru / Poland / Puerto Rico / Romania / Saint Kitts and Nevis / Saint Lucia / Senegal / Serbia / Singapore / Slovakia / Slovenia / South Korea / Spain / Sweden / Switzerland / Taiwan / Thailand / Trinidad & Tobago / Turkey / Ukraine / United Arab Emirates / United Kingdom / United States / Uruguay / Venezuela / Vietnam

GOAT

• The movie is from director Tyree Dillihay and Adam Rosette.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Caleb McLaughlin who also starred in Stranger Things 5: The Finale (2025).
• The film also stars Gabrielle Union who's last movie was Space Cadet (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Antigua & Barbuda / Argentina / Aruba / Belgium / Bolivia / Bosnia and Herzegovina / Brazil / Bulgaria / Cambodia / Canada / Chile / Colombia / Costa Rica / Czech Republic / Denmark / Ecuador / Estonia / Finland / France / Georgia / Greece / Guadeloupe / Guam / Guatemala / Guyana / Honduras / Hong Kong / Iceland / India / Indonesia / Ireland / Italy / Lithuania / Mexico / Netherlands / Nicaragua / Panama / Paraguay / Peru / Poland / Portugal / Saint Kitts and Nevis / Saint Lucia / Serbia / Slovakia / Slovenia / Spain / Sweden / Switzerland / Taiwan / Trinidad & Tobago / Tunisia / Ukraine / United Kingdom / United States / Uruguay / Venezuela

Crime 101

• The movie is directed by Bart Layton, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Bart Layton also directed American Animals in 2018.
• It stars Chris Hemsworth who also starred in Spiderhead (2022).
• The film also stars Mark Ruffalo who's last movie was Now You See Me: Now You Don't (2025).
• Chris Hemsworth and Mark Ruffalo have starred in 5 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Avengers: Age of Ultron in 2015, Thor: Ragnarok in 2017, Avengers: Endgame in 2019, Avengers Assemble in 2012 and Avengers: Infinity War in 2018.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Argentina / Australia / Brazil / Cambodia / Canada / Denmark / Estonia / Germany / Greece / India / Ireland / Italy / Mexico / Norway / Poland / Portugal / Spain / Sweden / Thailand / United Kingdom / United States

Cold Storage

• The movie is directed by Jonny Campbell, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Jonny Campbell also directed Alien Autopsy in 2006.
• It stars Joe Keery who also starred in Stranger Things 5: The Finale (2025).
• The film also stars Georgina Campbell who's last movie was The Watched (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Albania / Bosnia and Herzegovina / Canada / Croatia / Finland / Kosovo / Lithuania / Montenegro / Norway / Serbia / Slovenia / United States

Whistle

• The movie is directed by Corin Hardy, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Corin Hardy also directed The Nun in 2018 which grossed $365.6 Mil. globally.
• It stars Dafne Keen who also starred in Ana (2020).
• The film also stars Sophie Nelisse who's last movie was The Kid Detective (2020).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Argentina / Australia / Ireland / Lithuania / New Zealand / New Zealand / Poland / Slovenia / South Africa / Thailand

No Other Choice

• The movie is directed by Park Chan-wook, it is the directors 16th movie.
• Park Chan-wook also directed Oldboy in 2003.
• It stars Lee Byung-hun who also starred in Addicted (2002).
• The film also stars Son Ye-jin who's last movie was The Negotiation (2018).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Belgium / France / Portugal / Spain

Pillion

• The movie is from director Harry Lighton.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Alexander Skarsgård who also starred in The Giver (2014).
• The film also stars Harry Melling who's last movie was Harvest (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Brazil / Italy / Romania

The Secret Agent

• The movie is directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Kleber Mendonça Filho also directed Bacurau in 2020.
• It stars Robson Andrade who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Rubens Santos who's last movie was Bacurau (2020).
• Kleber Mendonça Filho directed Rubens Santos in Aquarius, and Bacurau
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• Released this week in:
  Greece / Netherlands / Singapore

Send Help

• The movie is directed by Sam Raimi, it is the directors 16th movie.
• Sam Raimi also directed Army of Darkness in 1993.
• It stars Rachel McAdams who also starred in Aloha (2015).
• The film also stars Dylan O'Brien who's last movie was Saturday Night (2024).
• Sam Raimi directed Rachel McAdams in and Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Brazil / France

Christy

• The movie is directed by David Michôd, it is the directors 5th movie.
• David Michôd also directed The Rover in 2014.
• It stars Sydney Sweeney who also starred in The Ward (2010).
• The film also stars Ben Foster who's last movie was Sharp Corner (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Czech Republic / Slovakia

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

Next week there are 42 new movies released gloabally

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• Is This Thing On? - From Wednesday, 18th February
• Cold Storage - From Wednesday, 18th February
• Whistle - From Wednesday, 18th February
• Marty Supreme - From Wednesday, 18th February
• Psycho Killer - From Thursday, 19th February
• GOAT - From Tuesday, 17th February
• Ella McCay - From Thursday, 19th February
• The Secret Agent - From Thursday, 19th February
• Hamnet - From Thursday, 19th February
• Pillion - From Thursday, 19th February
• Shelter - From Tuesday, 17th February
• Scarlet - From Thursday, 19th February
• If I Had Legs I'd Kick You - From Thursday, 19th February
• Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die - From Thursday, 19th February
• The Strangers: Chapter 3 - From Thursday, 19th February
• No Other Choice - From Thursday, 19th February
• Crime 101 - From Wednesday, 18th February
• Keeper - From Thursday, 19th February
• Rabbit Trap - From Thursday, 19th February
• Nuremberg - From Thursday, 19th February
• Return to Silent Hill - From Thursday, 19th February
• Dead of Winter - From Thursday, 19th February
• How to Make a Killing - From Friday, 20th February
• Blades of the Guardians - From Tuesday, 17th February
• Sukkwan Island - From Wednesday, 18th February
• A Private Life - From Friday, 20th February
• Primate - From Friday, 20th February
• It Was Just An Accident - From Friday, 20th February
• Eternal Return - From Thursday, 19th February
• Couture - From Wednesday, 18th February
• The Strangers Case - From Friday, 20th February
• Fackham Hall - From Thursday, 19th February
• The Testament of Ann Lee - From Friday, 20th February
• Dust Bunny - From Thursday, 8th January
• Stitch Head - From Thursday, 19th February
• Back to the Past - From Thursday, 19th February
• Solo Mio - From Thursday, 19th February
• Pegasus 3 - From Tuesday, 17th February
• Rental Family - From Thursday, 19th February
• Sentimental Value - From Thursday, 19th February
• Boonie Bears: The Hidden Protector - From Tuesday, 17th February
• The Super Elfkins - From Friday, 20th February

This weekend, Friday 30th January 2026, there are 5 new films released in North America and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Mercy, for the number 1 spot?

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

• Send Help
• Busted Water Pipes
• Back to the Past
• Shelter
• The Wrecking Crew

Send Help

• The movie is directed by Sam Raimi, it is the directors 16th movie.
• Sam Raimi also directed Army of Darkness in 1993.
• It stars Rachel McAdams who also starred in To the Wonder (2013).
• The film also stars Dylan O'Brien who's last movie was Saturday Night (2024).
• Sam Raimi directed Rachel McAdams in and Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Busted Water Pipes

• The movie is from director Difei Zhou.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Eddie Peng who also starred in The Last Women Standing (2015).
• The film also stars Lun Ai who's last movie was Advancing of ZQ (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

Back to the Past

• The movie is from director Jack Lai and Ng Yuen-Fai.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Louis Koo who also starred in Once Upon a Time In Hong Kong (2021).
• The film also stars Raymond Lam who's last movie was Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (2024).
• Louis Koo and Raymond Lam have starred in 2 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In in 2024 and P Storm in 2019.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Shelter

• The movie is directed by Ric Roman Waugh, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Ric Roman Waugh also directed In the Shadows in 2001.
• It stars Jason Statham who also starred in Fast X Part 2 (2026).
• The film also stars Bill Nighy who's last movie was The Marbles (2025).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

The Wrecking Crew

• The movie is directed by Angel Manuel Soto, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Angel Manuel Soto also directed Charm City Kings in 2020.
• It stars Dave Bautista who also starred in Trap House (2025).
• The film also stars Jason Momoa who's last movie was A Minecraft Movie (2025).
• They also appeared together in Dune in 2021.
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.

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

Next week there are 6 new movies released

• Ella McCay - Friday, 12th December - streaming
• Whistle - Friday, 6th February
• The Strangers: Chapter 3 - Friday, 6th February
• Dracula: A Love Tale - Friday, 6th February
• Scarlet - Friday, 6th February
• Pillion - Friday, 6th February

The tenth movie in The Fast and the Furious franchise makes its debut at the top of the US box office this weekend with a gross of $67.5 Million.

This is a slither lower than the $70 Million of the previous movie, which came out during the pandemic, and its way lower than the series high, Fast & Furious 7 which was released in April 2015.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 drops to number 2 this weekend and has taken $266.5 Million in total after 3 weeks of release in the US.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie is still hanging on to a top 3 place after 7 weeks of release and has taken nearly $550 Million at the US box office.

The only other new entry on this weeks top 15 was Master Gardener which makes its debut at 12 with $269,200.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 19th - 21st May 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 $67,500,000 after 1 weekends of release
• The movie is the 11th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Fast & Furious 9 which took $70,043,165 at the box office after 1 weekends of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $31,980,000 over the weekend, a 48% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $266,522,579 after 3 weekends of release
• The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 which took $301,391,228 at the box office after 3 weekends of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $9,800,000 over the weekend, a 22% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $549,290,720 after 7 weekends of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is the 15th top grossing movie of all time in the US.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $3,000,000 over the weekend, a 55% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $13,125,220 after 2 weekends of release
• The movie is a sequel to Book Club which took $32,279,691 at the box office after 2 weekends of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $2,375,000 over the weekend, a 36% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $64,105,752 after 5 weekends of release
• The movie is the 14th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Army of Darkness which took $32,279,691 at the box office after 5 weekends of release.

A strong second weekend for the MCU movie Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 keeps it at the top of the US box office for a second weekend.

The movie takes $60 Million over the weekend which is a 49% drop, the lowest second weekend drop for an MCU movie in a while, the movies total gross is now over $213 Million.

Remaining at number 2 after 6 weeks of release is the smash hit animated movie The Super Mario Bros. Movie which has now passed the $500 Million milestone at the US box office.

Highest new movie of the weekend is the sequel to Book Club, Book Club 2: The Next Chapter, which has a debut gross of $6.5 Million, half that of the first movie.

Also new this weekend is the Ben Affleck movie Hypnotic at 6 with $2.3 Million, Knights of the Zodiac at 11 with $535,000, BlackBerry at 13 with $473,000 and finally Fool's Paradise at 14 with $443,140.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 12th - 14th May 2023

• The movie remains at number 1 on this weekends US box office
• It has spent 2 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It grosses $60,500,000 over the weekend, a 49% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $213,201,178 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 which took $248,420,911 at the box office after 2 weeks of release.

• The movie remains at number 2 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $13,000,000 over the weekend, a 30% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $535,959,015 over 6 weeks of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is the 17th top grossing movie of all time in the US.

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weekends US box office chart.
• It grosses $6,500,000 over its debut weekend of release
• The movie is a sequel to Book Club which took $13,582,231 at the box office after 1 weeks of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $3,728,000 over the weekend, a 37% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $60,188,357 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 13th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Army of Darkness which took $13,582,231 at the box office after 4 weeks of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $2,500,000 over the weekend, a 23% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $16,476,954 over 3 weeks of release

With the studios clearing their new release schedule for the second weekend of the MCU title Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 the movie stays at the top of the UK box office with a gross of just over £5 Million.

This pushes the movies total gross to nearly £25 Million which is just below the gross of the previous movie Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2.

With The Super Mario Bros. Movie remaining in second place the top new movie of the weekend is Love Again~2023 at number 3 with £340,785.

Also new this weekend is Book Club 2: The Next Chapter which makes its debut at 4 with £299,370, which is less than half the £720,858 debut of Book Club.

Outside the top 5 there is a new entry for the cinema even Eurovision Grand Final Live, the popular music content which got broadcast in cinemas for the first ever time and took £237,787 on its single day showing.

Finally The Eight Mountains was new at 12 with £72,025 and Machine Gun Kelly: Mainstream Sellout Live From Cleveland was a debut at 13 with £57,624.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 12th - 14th May 2023

• The movie remains at number 1 on this weeks UK box office
• It has spent 2 weeks at the top of the UK box office.
• It grosses £5,349,346 over the weekend, a 56% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £23,988,608 over 2 weeks of release
• It is the 8th top debuting movie in the month of May
• The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 which took £27,419,501 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie remains at number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £858,444 over the weekend, a 34% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £51,077,190 over 6 weeks of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
• It grosses £340,785 over its debut weekend

• The movie is a new entry at number 4 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £299,370 over its debut weekend
• The movie is a sequel to Book Club which took £720,858 at the box office after 1 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £258,417 over the weekend, a 48% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £5,024,234 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 17th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Army of Darkness which took £381,902 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.