Released in the US this weekend, Friday, 15th March 2024, there are 8 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Kung Fu Panda 4 from the top of the North American box office.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Arthur the King
• American Dreamer
• Barbie and Stacey to the Rescue
• One Life
• The American Society of Magical Negroes
• Knox Goes Away
• Kage and Celeste
• American Dreamer

Arthur the King

• The movie is directed by Simon Cellan Jones, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Simon Cellan Jones also directed The Family Plan in 2023.
• It stars Mark Wahlberg who also starred in Broken City (2013).
• The film also stars Nathalie Emmanuel who's last movie was Fast X (2023).
• Simon Cellan Jones directed Mark Wahlberg in The Family Plan
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

American Dreamer

• The movie is directed by Derrick Borte, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Derrick Borte also directed The Joneses in 2009 and grossed $7 Mil. globally.
• It stars Jim Gaffigan who also starred in Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018).
• The film also stars Tammy Blanchard who's last movie was A Beautiful Day In the Neighborhood (2019).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The MPAA age rating is

Barbie and Stacey to the Rescue

• The movie is directed by , it is the directors 165th movie.
• also directed Tomorrow X Together Again in 2023.
• It stars America Young who also starred in Barbie: Mermaid Power (2022).
• The film also stars Cassandra Morris who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.

One Life

• The movie is directed by James Hawes, it is the directors 5th movie.
• James Hawes also directed A Line In the Sand in 2004.
• It stars Anthony Hopkins who also starred in Freejack (1992).
• The film also stars Helena Bonham Carter who's last movie was The Gruffalo and the Smeds and the Smoos (2023).
• They also appeared together in Howards End in 1992.
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The MPAA age rating is

The American Society of Magical Negroes

• The movie is from director Kobi Libii.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Justice Smith who also starred in Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019).
• The film also stars Zachary Barton who's last movie was Kajillionaire (2020).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Knox Goes Away

• The movie is directed by Michael Keaton, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Michael Keaton also directed The Merry Gentleman in 2008.
• It stars Al Pacino who also starred in You Don't Know Jack (2010).
• The film also stars Michael Keaton who's last movie was The Flash (2023).
• Michael Keaton directed Michael Keaton in The Merry Gentleman
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Kage and Celeste

• The movie is directed by , it is the directors 166th movie.
• also directed Boy George & Culture Club: One World, One Love in 2023.
• It stars who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars who is making a feature film debut.
• and have starred in 11 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Stand By Me Doraemon 3 in , Moana 2 in 2024, Vacation Guide to the Solar System in , The Shrinking of Treehorn in 2024, The Lego Batman Movie 2 in , Star Wars Rogue Squadron in , Death Stranding in , The Exorcist Deceiver in , Saw XI in 2024, Avengers: Secret Wars in 2027 and Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi in .
• directed in Avengers: Secret Wars
• directed in Avengers: Secret Wars
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

American Dreamer

• The movie is from director Paul Dektor.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Peter Dinklage who also starred in Lassie (2005).
• The film also stars Shirley MacLaine who's last movie was My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2023).
• 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 9 new movies released

• Road House - Thursday, 21st March - streaming
• Sleeping Dogs - Friday, 22nd March
• Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire - Friday, 22nd March
• Problemista - Friday, 22nd March
• Femme - Friday, 22nd March
• DogMan - Friday, 22nd March
• Immaculate - Friday, 22nd March
• Anatomy of a Fall - Friday, 22nd March - streaming
• Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World - Friday, 22nd March - limited release

The Nun II has another tight race this week for the top spot at the US box office this time with new movie Expend4bles, but the sequel movie from The Conjuring universe spends a third weekend at number 1.

Expend4bles is the top new movie of the weekend but is the weakest debut of The Expendables series of movie with just $8 Million.

Barbie this weekend expanded into IMAX theatres up and down the country and so remains in the top 5 for a 10th weekend, the movie has taken an incredible $630 Million.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 22nd - 24th September 2023

• The movie remains at number 1 on this weekends US box office
• It has spent 3 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It grosses $8,550,110 over the weekend, a 41% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $69,372,130 after 3 weekends of release
• The movie is a sequel to The Nun which took $100,610,942 at the box office after 3 weekends of release.

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weekends US box office chart.
• It grosses $8,039,021 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $8,039,021 after 1 weekends of release
• The movie is a sequel to The Expendables 3 which took $15,879,645 at the box office after 1 weekends of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $6,302,782 over the weekend, a 56% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $25,355,511 after 2 weekends of release
• The movie is a sequel to Death On the Nile~2020 which took $25,290,673 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 $4,752,441 over the weekend, a 34% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $81,288,684 after 4 weekends of release
• The movie is a sequel to The Equalizer 2 which took $89,554,165 at the box office after 4 weekends of release.

• The movie remains at number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $3,201,442 over the weekend, a 16% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $630,451,529 after 10 weekends of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is the 12th top grossing movie of all time in the US.

Kenneth Branagh stars in a directs the third in his Hercule Poirot detective movie which makes its debut at the top of the UK box office on its debut weekend.

The movie takes £2 Million to take over at the top which is a shade better the the previous movie Death On the Nile which took £1.9 Million.

The Nun II falls from the top afte a single weekend which has taken £3.8 Million after 2 weeks of release.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 15th - 17th September 2023

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,133,830 over the weekend, a 35% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £3,870,260 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is a sequel to The Nun which took £7,663,574 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie remains at number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £874,709 over the weekend, a 14% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £6,287,458 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is a sequel to The Equalizer 2 which took £6,090,669 at the box office after 3 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £456,329 over the weekend, a 19% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £94,534,532 over 9 weeks of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is the 7th top grossing movie of all time in the UK.

The margins were tight at the North American box office this weekend as The Nun II hangs on to a second weekend at the top by less than $300,000.

With The Nun II staying at the top A Haunting In Venice has to contend with making its debut at number 2 with a debut of $14.2 Million.

The movie manages a better debut than the previous movie in the Branagh, Hercule Poirot series, Death On the Nile took $12.8 Million on its debut.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 15th - 17th September 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 $14,534,579 over the weekend, a 55% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $56,327,738 after 2 weekends of release
• The movie is a sequel to The Nun which took $85,114,588 at the box office after 2 weekends of release.

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weekends US box office chart.
• It grosses $14,279,529 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $14,279,529 after 1 weekends of release
• The movie is a sequel to Death On the Nile which took $12,891,123 at the box office after 1 weekends of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $7,228,918 over the weekend, a 40% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $73,673,848 after 3 weekends of release
• The movie is a sequel to The Equalizer 2 which took $79,812,172 at the box office after 3 weekends of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $4,760,630 over the weekend, a 53% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $18,632,245 after 2 weekends of release
• The movie is a sequel to My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 which took $36,581,785 at the box office after 2 weekends of release.

• The movie remains at number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $3,821,767 over the weekend, a 33% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $625,978,910 after 9 weekends of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is the 12th top grossing movie of all time in the US.

The Nun II from The Conjuring universe of movies is the top new movie of the weekend, taking £1.7 Million it is way lower than the £4.1 Million of The Nun.

The movie is in fact the second lowest grossing movie of the universe of movies with only The Curse of La Llorona coming in lower which has a debut of less than £1 Million.

Indian smash hit movie Jawanb> makes its debut at number 2 with a gross of £1.3 Million and it gave the top movie a good run for its money.