Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 2nd July 2021, there are 6 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Fast & Furious 9 from the top of the UK box office.

Freaky

• The movie is directed by Christopher Landon, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Christopher Landon also directed Happy Death Day 2U in 2019 which grossed £1.3 Million in the UK.
• It stars Vince Vaughn who last starred in Arkansas (2020).
• The film also stars Kathryn Newton who last appeared in The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (2021).

Violet Evergarden: The Movie

• The movie is directed by Taichi Ishidate, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Taichi Ishidate also directed Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memories Doll in 2019.
• It stars Yui Ishikawa who last starred in Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway (2021).
• The film also stars Daisuke Namikawa who last appeared in Robot Carnival (1987).

Voyagers

• The movie is directed by Neil Burger, it is the directors 8th movie.
• Neil Burger also directed Interview With the Assassin in 2002.
• It stars Tye Sheridan who last starred in The Night Clerk (2020).
• The film also stars Lily-Rose Depp who last appeared in Crisis (2021).

French Exit

• The movie is directed by Azazel Jacobs, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Azazel Jacobs also directed Mommas Man in 2008 which grossed £2.1 Thousand in the UK.
• It stars Michelle Pfeiffer who last starred in Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019).
• The film also stars Lucas Hedges who last appeared in Waves (2020).

The Tomorrow War

• The movie is directed by Chris McKay, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Chris McKay also directed The Lego Batman Movie 2 in 2022.
• It stars Chris Pratt who last starred in Onward (2020).
• The film also stars Yvonne Strahovski who last appeared in Angel of Mine (2019).

Another Round

• The movie is directed by Thomas Vinterberg, it is the directors 9th movie.
• Thomas Vinterberg also directed The Commune in 2016 which grossed £25.1 Thousand in the UK.
• It stars Mads Mikkelsen who last starred in Chaos Walking (2021).
• The film also stars Thomas Bo Larsen who last appeared in The Wave (2016).
• Mads Mikkelsen and Thomas Bo Larsen have starred in 6 movies together.
• They also appeared together in Torremolinos 73 (2003).

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

Next week there is 1 new movie released

• Black Widow, Wednesday, 7th July

This weekend, Friday 4th June 2021, there are 4 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, for the number 1 spot?

A Quiet Place Part II

• The movie is directed by John Krasinski, it is the directors 4th movie.
• John Krasinski also directed Brief Interviews With Hideous Men in 2009.
• It stars Emily Blunt who last starred in Mary Poppins Returns (2018).
• The film also stars John Krasinski who also last appeared in A Quiet Place (2018).
• Emily Blunt and John Krasinski have starred in 4 movies together.
• They also appeared together in The Muppets (2012).

Dream Horse

• The movie is directed by Euros Lyn, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Euros Lyn also directed Damilola Our Loved Boy in 2016.
• It stars Toni Collette who last starred in Stowaway (2021).
• The film also stars Damian Lewis who also last appeared in Once Upon a Time ... In Hollywood (2019).

Land

• The movie is from director Robin Wright
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Robin Wright who last starred in Wonder Woman 1984 (2020).
• The film also stars Demian Bichir who also last appeared in Chaos Walking (2021).

The Killing of Two Lovers

• The movie is directed by Robert Machoian, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Robert Machoian also directed The Integrity of Joseph Chambers in 2021.
• It stars Chris Coy who last starred in Cowboys (2020).
• The film also stars Clayne Crawford who also last appeared in The Integrity of Joseph Chambers (2021).

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

Next weeks there are 3 new movies

• Nobody, Wednesday, 9th June
• The Father, Friday, 11th June
• Wish Dragon, Friday, 11th June

This weekend has a couple of big hitters making their way to streaming services that have been delayed for months due to the lockdown in the UK.

Godzilla Vs. Kong and Chaos Walking are both potential blockbusters that have missed out on a place in movie theatres due to the over crowding that is happening later in the year due to delayed films.

Chaos Walking

• The movie is directed by Doug Liman
• Doug Liman also directed Locked Down in 2021.
• It stars Tom Holland who last starred in Cherry (2021).
• The film also stars Daisy Ridley who last appeared in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019).

The Mauritanian

• This new release stars Tahar Rahim who's last film was The Kindness of Strangers (2019)
• It also stars Nouhe Hamady Bari who is making a feature film debut.
• The film is brought to us by veteran director Kevin Macdonald.

Godzilla Vs. Kong

• The movie is directed by Adam Wingard who directed Death Note in 2017.
• It stars Alexander Skarsgård and Millie Bobby Brown.

Minari

• Also this week there is Minari from director Lee Isaac Chung who also directed Abigail Harm in 2012.
• The film features Alan S. Kim and Yeri Han in starring roles.

Next weeks there are 0 new movies

Action movie Nobody tops this weeks North American box office which is written by Derek Kolstad who also wrote the original John Wick movie.

Nobody is the only new entry on the top 15 this weekend as the rest of the charts more or less remain the same with little to no movement although worthy of mention is Minari which jumps up 11 to 9, Promising Young Woman that jumps up 15 to 12 and News of the World which re-enters the top 15 at 15.

US box office QuickView

• Number 1 - Nobody (1st weekend)
• Highest debut - Nobody (@1)
• Longest run - The Croods: A New Age (18 weeks)
• Highest total gross - The Croods: A New Age ($56 Million)

US box office top 5 breakdown 26th - 28th March 2021

Nobody

Making its debut a the top this weekend is the latest movie from director Ilya Naishuller which stars Bob Odenkirk as an ordinary clean living American who has a deadly secret.

THe movie takes a very good $6.8 Million over the weekend which is by means the top movie of the pandemic era but is very good all the same.

Raya and the Last Dragon

Disneys his animated feature falls to number 2 this weekend after 3 weeks at the top with a gross of $3.76 Million, down only 27% from last weekend.

The movie has been on the box office for 4 weeks now and has taken $28.56 Million.

Tom and Jerry

The animated cat and mouse duo fall to number 3 this weekend with $2.5 Million, a 34% drop over last weekend.

The movie has done far better than expected during the pandemic, as have many kids movies, and has taken $37.1 Million after 5 weeks.

Chaos Walking

Another movie which has done better than you'd have thought falls to number 4 this weekend with $1.2 Million, 37% down from last weekend, this gives the movie a total of $11.49 Million after 4 weeks.

The Courier

Finally on the top 5 is the Benedict Cumberbatch starring movie which on its second weekend of release takes $1.05 Million, down 44%, giving the movie a $3.48 Million total.

Raya and the Last Dragon continues to show its dominence on the box office as its stays at the top for another weekend while Benedict Cumberbatch is the star of The Courier which enters the chart at number 3.

With cinemas in North America starting to re-open, including two of the biggest markets New York and Los Angeles, the box office is starting to show signs of the recovery with most movies showing very little drop or significant increases with their week on week gross.

US box office Quickview

• Number 1 - Raya and the Last Dragon (3rd weekend)
• Highest debut - The Courier (@3)
• Longest run - The Croods: A New Age (17 weeks)
• Highest total gross - The Croods: A New Age ($55.24 Million)

Here is the top 5 North American box office breakdown 19th - 21st March 2021

Raya and the Last Dragon

Disney rule the box office for a third weekend with their latest animated feature which takes $5.15 Million this weekend, only a 10% drop from last weekend.

North America is stating to see an increase in the number of cinemas open and the hold is no real surprise.

The movie, which is also available on Disney+ Premium Access, has now taken $23.43 Million in total at the box office.

Tom & Jerry: The Movie

The surprise hit the season remains at number 2 this weekend with $3.8 Million, a 7% drop from last weekend.

Kids movies on the hole have done very well during the global pandemic and this week the cat and mouse live action movie has taken $33.7 Million in total grosses over 4 weeks.

The Courier

Benedict Cumberbatch stars in the highest new movie of the weekend at number 3 taking a debut gross of $2.12 Million.

Chaos Walking

The Doug Liman directed movie starring Tom Holland falls to number 4 this weekend with a gross of $1.92 Million, a 14% drop from last weekend.

Considering the bad reviews the movie got it has done surprisingly well and after 3 weeks of release it has grossed $9.69 Million.

The Croods: A New Age

Finally on the top 5 is the longest running movie of the chart which takes $620,000 over the weekend, which is incredibly a 13% increase on last weeks gross!

The movie has done amazingly well and after 17 weeks of release, all inside the top 5, it has taken $55.24 Million.