This weekend, Friday 12th May 2023, 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, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3, for the number 1 spot?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Book Club 2: The Next Chapter
• Knights of the Zodiac
• Fool's Paradise
• Still: A Michael J Fox Movie
• BlackBerry

Book Club 2: The Next Chapter

• The movie is directed by Bill Holderman, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Bill Holderman also directed Book Club in 2018 which grossed $68.6 Mil. in the US.
• It stars Jane Fonda who also starred in This Is Where I Leave You (2014).
• The film also stars Candice Bergen who was last seen in Let Them All Talk (2020).
• They also appeared together in Book Club in 2018.
• Bill Holderman directed Jane Fonda in Book Club
• Bill Holderman directed Candice Bergen in Book Club
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Knights of the Zodiac

• The movie is from director Tomasz Baginski.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Famke Janssen who also starred in Lord of Illusions (1995).
• The film also stars Sean Bean who was last seen in Mummies (2023).
• Famke Janssen and Sean Bean have starred in 2 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Don't Say a Word in 2002 and Goldeneye in 1995.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Fool's Paradise

• The movie is from director Charlie Day.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Charlie Day who also starred in Love Thy Neighbor (2005).
• The film also stars Jason Bateman who was last seen in Air (2023).
• Charlie Day and Jason Bateman have starred in 2 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Horrible Bosses 2 in 2014 and Horrible Bosses in 2011.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Still: A Michael J Fox Movie

• The movie is directed by Davis Guggenheim, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Davis Guggenheim also directed He Named Me Malala in 2015.
• It stars Michael J. Fox who also starred in Where the Rivers Flow North (1993).
• The film also stars Tracy Pollan who was last seen in A Stranger Among Us (1992).
• They also appeared together in Bright Lights, Big City in 1989.
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• The MPAA age rating is

BlackBerry

• The movie is directed by Matt Johnson, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Matt Johnson also directed Operation Avalanche in 2016.
• It stars Jay Baruchel who also starred in Nick and Norahs Infinite Playlist (2009).
• The film also stars Glenn Howerton who was last seen in Fool's Paradise (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

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

Next week there are 8 new movies released

• The Evil of Dracula - Monday, 15th May
• Land of Gold - Monday, 15th May
• Eric Clapton: Across 24 Nights - Wednesday, 17th May
• Fast X - Friday, 19th May
• Master Gardener - Friday, 19th May
• Its Quieter In the Twilight - Friday, 19th May
• On Our Way - Friday, 19th May
• Love to Love You Donna Summer - Saturday, 20th May

With André Rieu's 2022 Maastricht Concert: Happy Days Are Here Again currently at the top of the UK box office can this weeks new cinema releases challlenge it for the UK box office crown?

Here are this weeks new releases

• Three Thousand Years of Longing
• Fall
• The Forgiven

Three Thousand Years of Longing

• The movie is directed by George Miller, it is the directors 20th movie.
• George Miller also directed Happy Feet Two in 2011 which grossed £5.3 Mil. in the UK and grossed $159.2 Mil. globally.
• It stars Tilda Swinton who also starred in Trainwreck (2015).
• The film also stars Idris Elba who was last seen in Beast (2022).
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Fall

• The movie is directed by Scott Mann, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Scott Mann also directed The Tournament in 2009 and grossed $493.5K globally.
• It stars Grace Caroline Currey who also starred in Painted Horses (2017).
• The film also stars Virginia Gardner who was last seen in All the Bright Places (2020).
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Forgiven

• The movie is directed by John Michael McDonagh, it is the directors 4th movie.
• John Michael McDonagh also directed The Guard in 2011 which grossed £4.6 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Jessica Chastain who also starred in Unity (2015).
• The film also stars Ralph Fiennes who was last seen in Straight Line Crazy: NT Live 2022 (2022).
• They also appeared together in Coriolanus in 2012.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

With a very narrow margin the Dwayne Johnson starring Rampage knocks A Quiet Place off the top spot after just one week.

Rampage, loosely based on the video game, takes over at the top with a weekend gross of $34.5 million.

With the release of the latest Bond movie on home video there was never really any doubt as to what would be at the top this week, and Spectre reaches number one on its debut.

Spectre was released at UK cinemas as 26th October 2015, an unusual day for a film release as it was a Monday, but it gave it a full week release.

This full week gave the film a £41.2 million pound opening which is the highest ever in the UK, but with most film opening on a Friday this is a bit misleading, although arguably the built up speculation from Skyfall meant it may well have done the feat anyway.

Of course the film entered at the top of the box office where it stayed for 3 weeks, its second and third weeks grosses being more than most film make in either a week or a full run.

Unlike Skyfall though the film did burn quick and bright then fade, for a film of this size an 11 week run is good but not great although it has spent 5 weeks in cinemas outside the top of the box office.

The total gross to date in the UK is £95.1 million and it was the highest grossing film in the UK in 2015, although Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the highest grossing film released in 2015.

It is the 3rd highest grossing film in the UK ever. In comparison to Skyfall is fell short, the previous Bond film was the first film in Britain to make over £100 million and is the 2nd highest grossing film.

Worldwide the film has taken $879.9 million and is the 40th top grossing film ever, compared to Skyfall it again falls short, that film took over $1 billion across the world and is the 14th highest grossing.

Hotel Transylvania 2 falls to number 2 this week after a couple of weeks at the top.

It's the time of year again when the Oscar hype machine will go into overdrive in the period between the nominations being announced and the ceremony itself.

This year there are two films which are ahead of the rest, and two films which are total contrasts in style. James Cameron has continued to astound everyone by getting a nomination for best picture and best director, and his film Avatar has managed nine nomination in total with the others being in the technical department.

Kathryn Bigelow's (who happens to be Camerons ex-wife) The Hurt Locker has also managed nine nominations, best picture and best director being two of then, the picture has also got a nomination for it's star Jeremy Renner as a leading actor.

The best picture category this year include 10 films (is that too many) so we have the likes of The Blind Side and Inglourious Basterds along side British hopeful An Education as well as South African sci-fi film District 9, and a first in that Up is nominated for best film and best animated film.

Best film and director is going to be a battle between Cameron and Bigelow, but the rest of the awards are an open field, so lets wait and see what heppens on March 7th at the 82nd Academy Awards Ceremony.

Heres a list of the nominations, or check out the website.

BEST DIRECTOR

James Cameron, Avatar
Katherine Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarentino, Inglourious Basterds
Lee Daniels, Precious
Jason Reitman, Up In The Air

BEST ACTOR

Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
George Clooney, Up In The Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker

BEST PICTURE

Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up In the Air

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Neil Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell, District 9
Neil Hornby, An Education
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche, In The Loop
Geofrey Fletcher, Precious
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner, Up In The Air

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Mark Boall, The Hurt locker
Quentin Tarentino, Inglourious Basterds
Joel And Ethan Coen, A Serious Man
Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman, The Messenger
Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Up

Art Direction
Avatar
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victoria

Cinematography
Avatar
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The White Ribbon

Costume Design
Bright Star
Coco Before Chanel
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
The Young Victoria

Documentary Feature
Burma VJ
The Cove
Food Inc.
The Most Dangerous Man In America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Which Way Home

Documentary Short
China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
The Last Truck: Closing of A GM Plant
Music By Prudence
Rabbit A La Berlin

Film Editing
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
INglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire

Foreign Language Film
Ajami
El Secreto
Desus Ojos
The Milk of Sorrow
A Prophet
The White Ribbon

Make-Up
Il Divo
Star Trek
The Young Victoria

Music: Original Score
Avatar
Fantastic Mr Fox
The Hurt Locker
Sherlock Holmes
Up

Music: Original Song
The Princess and The Frog – Almost There
The Princess and the Frog – Down In New Orleans
Paris 36 – Loin de Panane
Nine – Take It All
Crazy Heart – The Weary Kind

Short Film: Animated
French Roast
Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty
The Lady And The Reaper
Logorama
A Matter of Loaf and Death

Short Film: Live Action
The Door
Instead of Abracadabra
Kavi
Miracle Fish
The New Tenants

Sound Editing
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Up

Achievement In Sound Mixing
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Best Visual Effects
Avatar
District 9
Star Trek