This weekend, Friday 27th February 2026, there are 7 new films released in North America and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, GOAT, 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.

• Scream 7
• Pillion
• Pegasus 3
• Dreams
• The President's Cake
• EPiC: Elvis Presley In Concert
• Man On the Run

Scream 7

• The movie is directed by Kevin Williamson, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Kevin Williamson also directed Teaching Mrs. Tingle in 1999.
• It stars Neve Campbell who also starred in The Craft (1996).
• The film also stars Courteney Cox who's last movie was Scream VI (2023).
• Neve Campbell and Courteney Cox have starred in 5 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Scream in 2022, Scream 2 in 1998, Scream in 1996, Scream 3 in 2000 and Scream 4 in 2011.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Pillion

• The movie is from director Harry Lighton.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Alexander Skarsgård who also starred in Beyond the Pole (2009).
• The film also stars Harry Melling who's last movie was Harvest (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Pegasus 3

• The movie is directed by Han Han, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Han Han also directed The Continent in 2014.
• It stars Teng Shen who also starred in Goldbuster (2017).
• The film also stars Steven Dasz who's last movie was IP Man 4: The Finale (2019).
• Han Han directed Teng Shen in Pegasus, Pegasus 2, and Only Fools Rush In
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Dreams

• The movie is from director Elena Rotari.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Jessica Chastain who also starred in The Huntsman: Winters War (2016).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

The President's Cake

• The movie is from director Hasan Hadi.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Baneen Ahmad Nayyef who also starred in The President's Cake (2026).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The MPAA age rating is

EPiC: Elvis Presley In Concert

• The movie is directed by Baz Luhrmann, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Baz Luhrmann also directed The Great Gatsby in 2013 which grossed $144.8 Mil. in the US and grossed $346.1 Mil. globally.
• It stars Elvis Presley who also starred in Clambake (1967).
• The film also stars Sammy Davis Jr. who's last movie was The Kid Who Loved Christmas (1990).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Man On the Run

• The movie is from director Cassius Michael Kim.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• 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 5 new movies released

• The Hermit - Tuesday, 3rd March - streaming
• The Bride - Friday, 6th March
• André Is An Idiot - Friday, 6th March - limited release
• Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man - Friday, 6th March - limited release
• Hoppers - Friday, 6th March

Director Emerald Fennell brings her vision of the classic British novel Wuthering Heights~2025 to the big screen and scores a blockbuster movie in the process.

The movie makes its debut at the top of the North American box office this week with a debut gross of nearly $36 Million.

Last weeks top movie, Send Help falls to number 4 this weekend making just shy of $9 Million, a slim 1% drop from last weekend and is proving to be a massive hit movie.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 13th - 15th February 2026

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 $34,800,000 after 1 weekends of release
• The movie is the 7th top grossing film so far in 2026

• The movie is a new entry at number 2 on this weekends US box office
• It has a total gross of $26,000,000 after 1 weekends of release
• The movie is the 12th top grossing film so far in 2026

• The movie is a new entry at number 3 on this weekends US box office
• It has a total gross of $15,136,000 after 1 weekends of release
• The movie is the 19th top grossing film so far in 2026

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $8,968,000 over the weekend, a 1% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $47,898,525 after 3 weekends of release
• The movie is the 5th top grossing film so far in 2026

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $6,800,000 over the weekend, a 3% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $17,332,356 after 2 weekends of release
• The movie is the 17th top grossing film so far in 2026

Coming from veteran horror director Sam Raimi this weeks new number 1 movie is Send help which tops the United Kingdom box office with a little over £1.5 Million.

Cinema is going through a period where there is no major blockbuster released at getting into released so when a movie likes this which got very little hype makes it to the top of the box office its worth celebrating.

Sam Raimi of course is no stranger to big buget blockbusters having direct the Toby Maguire Spider-Man trilogy and the MCU movie Doctor Strage and the Multiverse of Madness.

Falling from the top this weekend is Hamnet which has been on the box office for 5 weeks and has taken over £16.5 Million to date.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 6th - 8th February 2026

• The movie is a new entry at number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,083,888 over its debut weekend
• The movie is the 17th top grossing film so far in 2026

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £929,423 over the weekend, a 34% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £30,085,266 over 7 weeks of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2026

• The movie remains at number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £603,912 over the weekend, a 29% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £33,327,807 over 11 weeks of release
• The movie is the 5th top grossing film so far in 2026
• The movie is a sequel to Zootopia which took £23,560,056 at the box office after 11 weeks in cinemas.

Despite the less than favourable critical reviews Chris Pratt's new movie mercy~2025 makes its debut at the top of the North American box office on its debut weekend.

The movie takes a mediocre gross this weekend just over $10 Million.

After 5 weeks at the top Avatar: Fire and Ash drop to number 2 with a weekend gross of nearly $6.5 Million with a total gross closing in on $400 Million

With a blockbusterless weekend ahead the James Cameron directed movie could yet see another weekend at the top.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 23rd - 25th January 2026

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 $10,809,178 after 1 weekends of release
• The movie is the 13th top grossing film so far in 2026

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $6,407,504 over the weekend, a 56% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $377,900,089 after 6 weekends of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2026
• The movie is a sequel to Avatar: The Way of Water which took $598,409,459 at the box office after 6 weekends of release.

• The movie remains at number 3 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $5,300,108 over the weekend, a 42% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $401,027,954 after 9 weekends of release
• The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2026
• The movie is a sequel to Zootopia which took $323,841,347 at the box office after 9 weekends of release.

• The movie remains at number 4 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $3,942,459 over the weekend, a 54% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $115,194,302 after 6 weekends of release
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2026

• The movie remains at number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $3,546,857 over the weekend, a 35% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $86,299,295 after 6 weekends of release
• The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2026

The Paul Feig directed movie The Housemaid~2025 is proving to be a massive UK box office hit as the movie moves back into the top spot for a second weekend.

It is a week with very little in the way of blockbuster new movies while the comedy starring Sydney Sweeney takes over £2 Million on its 5th weekend.

The movie is the top film of 2026 so far and has a total gross of just over £26 Million.

Top new movie of the weekend is at number 7 as Saipan makes its debut with £772,281.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 23rd - 25th January 2026

• The movie goes up the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,964,266 over the weekend, a 25% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £12,063,897 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2026

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,228,023 over the weekend, a 64% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £5,748,976 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is the 6th top grossing film so far in 2026
• The movie is a sequel to 28 Years Later which took £9,704,462 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes up the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,035,905 over the weekend, a 5% increase from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £31,655,747 over 9 weeks of release
• The movie is the 5th top grossing film so far in 2026
• The movie is a sequel to Zootopia which took £23,144,354 at the box office after 9 weeks in cinemas.