A new adaptation of the Garfield comic strip, titled The Garfield Movie, is about to hit the big screen and this version has been given a U age rating for very mild threat, violence, language, rude humour

The animated movie features the voice of Chris Pratt as Garfield who has previously been seen in The Extreme Team and of course Chris Pratt, it also stars the voice of Samuel L. Jackson who has been seen in Fathers and Sons and Strictly Business as well as many, many other movies.

The movie is directed by veteran animated movie director Mark Dindal who has previously been responsible for The Emperors New Groove and Chicken Little, both for Disney.

Movie Synopsis

A self-indulgent cat is drawn into a dairy heist to help his long-lost father in this animated comedy adventure.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: The Garfield Movie
• BBFC age rating: U Certificate
• Reason: very mild threat, violence, language, rude humour
• Release date: 24th May 2024
• Runtime: 101 minutes (1 hours 41 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • Mark Dindal
• Starring:
  • Chris Pratt
  • Samuel L. Jackson
  • Hannah Waddingham

BBFC movie page

A new poster has been released for upcoming movie The Garfield Movie which can seen in full if you scroll down this page.

Movie breakdown

• The movie is due for release in the UK on 24th May 2024
• It is due for release in North America on 24th May 2024
• It stars among others Chris Pratt (Onward) and Samuel L. Jackson (Fireproof)
• It is directed by Mark Dindal (Chicken Little)
• The movie also stars Harvey Guill�n, Hannah Waddingham and Nicholas Hoult
• Chris Pratt and Samuel L. Jackson appeared together in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame

Synopsis for The Garfield Movie

After an unexpected reunion with his long-lost father - scruffy street cat Vic, Garfield and his canine friend Odie are forced from their perfectly pampered life into joining Vic in a hilarious, high-stakes heist.

Check out the Salty Popcorn movie page for more information on this upcoming film.

This weekend, Friday 15th December 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, The Boy and the Heron, for the number 1 spot?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Wonka
• American Fiction
• Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire
• Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
• Concrete Utopia

Wonka

• The movie is directed by Paul King, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Paul King also directed Paddington 2 in 2017 which grossed $40.4 Mil. in the US and grossed $228 Mil. globally.
• It stars Timoth�e Chalamet who also starred in Dune (2021).
• The film also stars Hugh Grant who was last seen in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023).
• Paul King directed Hugh Grant in Paddington 2
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

American Fiction

• The movie is from director Cord Jefferson.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Jeffrey Wright who also starred in The Goldfinch (2019).
• The film also stars Tracee Ellis Ross who was last seen in Candy Cane Lane (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The MPAA age rating is

Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire

• The movie is directed by Zack Snyder, it is the directors 12th movie.
• Zack Snyder also directed Rebel Moon Part Two: The Scargiver in 2024.
• It stars Sofia Boutella who also starred in The Mummy (2017).
• The film also stars Ed Skrein who was last seen in Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon (2022).
• Zack Snyder directed Ed Skrein in Rebel Moon Part Two: The Scargiver
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The MPAA age rating is

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

• The movie is directed by Sam Fell, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Sam Fell also directed Flushed Away in 2006 which grossed $64.7 Mil. in the US and grossed $178.3 Mil. globally.
• It stars Thandiwe Newton who also starred in Good Deeds (2012).
• The film also stars Zachary Levi who was last seen in Teddy's Christmas (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The MPAA age rating is

Concrete Utopia

• The movie is directed by Tae-hwa Eom, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Tae-hwa Eom also directed Ing-too-gi in 2013.
• It stars Lee Byung-hun who also starred in Terminator Genisys (2015).
• The film also stars Park Seo-joon who was last seen in The Marvels (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

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

• Maestro - Wednesday, 22nd November - streaming
• Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom - Friday, 22nd December
• Anyone But You - Friday, 22nd December
• Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire - Friday, 15th December - streaming
• The Iron Claw - Friday, 22nd December
• Migration - Friday, 22nd December

With Renaissance: A Film By Beyonc� currently at the top of the North American box office can this weeks new cinema releases challlenge it for the US box office crown?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Poor Things
• Lord of Misrule
• Leave the World Behind
• Eileen
• Your Christmas Or Mine 2
• The Oath
• The End We Start From
• Fast Charlie
• The Peasants
• The Boy and the Heron

Poor Things

• The movie is directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Yorgos Lanthimos also directed Venice 70: Future Reloaded in 2013.
• It stars Emma Stone who also starred in My Favorite Shapes By Julio Torres (2019).
• The film also stars Willem Dafoe who was last seen in Asteroid City (2023).
• They also appeared together in AND in 2024.
• Yorgos Lanthimos directed Emma Stone in AND
• Yorgos Lanthimos directed Willem Dafoe in AND
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Lord of Misrule

• The movie is directed by William Brent Bell, it is the directors 10th movie.
• William Brent Bell also directed Wer in 2013.
• It stars Tuppence Middleton who also starred in Mank (2020).
• The film also stars Ralph Ineson who was last seen in The Creator (2023).
• William Brent Bell directed Ralph Ineson in Brahms: The Boy II
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Leave the World Behind

• The movie is from director Christian Larson.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Steve Angello who also starred in Leave the World Behind (2023).
• The film also stars Nikhil Chinappa who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The MPAA age rating is

Eileen

• The movie is directed by William Oldroyd, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• William Oldroyd also directed Lady Macbeth in 2017.
• It stars Thomasin McKenzie who also starred in Jean (2016).
• The film also stars Shea Whigham who was last seen in Mission:Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1 (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The MPAA age rating is

Your Christmas Or Mine 2

• The movie is directed by Jim O'Hanlon, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Jim O'Hanlon also directed All In the Game in 2006.
• It stars Asa Butterfield who also starred in Miss Peregrines Home For Peculiar Children (2016).
• The film also stars Jane Krakowski who was last seen in My Little Pony: A New Generation (2021).
• Jim O'Hanlon directed Asa Butterfield in Your Christmas Or Mine?
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.

The Oath

• The movie is from director Ike Barinholtz.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Ike Barinholtz who also starred in Storks (2016).
• The film also stars Tiffany Haddish who was last seen in Haunted Mansion (2023).
• Ike Barinholtz and Tiffany Haddish have starred in 3 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent in 2022, The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part in 2019 and Meet the Spartans in 2008.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

The End We Start From

• The movie is from director Mahalia Belo.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Jodie Comer who also starred in The Last Duel (2021).
• The film also stars Benedict Cumberbatch who was last seen in Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Fast Charlie

• The movie is directed by Phillip Noyce, it is the directors 14th movie.
• Phillip Noyce also directed Lakewood in 2022.
• It stars Pierce Brosnan who also starred in After the Sunset (2004).
• The film also stars Morena Baccarin who was last seen in The Good House (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

The Peasants

• The movie is from director DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Kamila Urzedowska who also starred in Zolza (2022).
• The film also stars Robert Gulaczyk who was last seen in Loving VIncent (2017).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The MPAA age rating is

The Boy and the Heron

• The movie is directed by Hayao Miyazaki, it is the directors 13th movie.
• Hayao Miyazaki also directed Nausica� of the Valley of the Wind in 1984 which grossed $495.8K in the US and grossed $8.7 Mil. globally.
• It stars Christian Bale who also starred in Vice (2018).
• The film also stars Dave Bautista who was last seen in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023).
• They also appeared together in Thor: Love and Thunder in 2022.
• Hayao Miyazaki directed Christian Bale in Howl's Moving Castle
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• 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

• A Small Town Christmas - Monday, 11th December
• Happy Suicide - Friday, 15th December
• Ij Inspector Jamshed - Friday, 15th December
• Raindows - Friday, 15th December
• Control - Friday, 15th December
• Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire - Friday, 15th December - limited release
• Wonka - Friday, 15th December
• Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget - Friday, 15th December - streaming

This weekend, Friday 8th December 2023, there are 5 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Napoleon, for the number 1 spot?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Wonka
• The Peasants
• Please Dont Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain
• Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
• Tarrac

Wonka

• The movie is directed by Paul King, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Paul King also directed Paddington 2 in 2017 which grossed £42.6 Mil. in the UK and grossed $228 Mil. globally.
• It stars Timoth�e Chalamet who also starred in The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021).
• The film also stars Olivia Colman who was last seen in Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Peasants

• The movie is from director DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Kamila Urzedowska who also starred in Zolza (2022).
• The film also stars Robert Gulaczyk who was last seen in Loving VIncent (2017).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain

• The movie is from director Paul Briganti.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Martin Herlihy who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars John Higgins who was last seen in A Man Called Otto (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

• The movie is directed by Sam Fell, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Sam Fell also directed ParaNormaN in 2012 which grossed £6 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Thandiwe Newton who also starred in The Chronicles of Riddick (2004).
• The film also stars Zachary Levi who was last seen in Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Tarrac

• The movie is directed by Declan Recks, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Declan Recks also directed The Truth Commissioner in 2016 which grossed £1.8K in the UK.
• It stars Kelly Gough who also starred in Out of Innocence (2019).
• The film also stars Lorcan Cranitch who was last seen in Lakelands (2023).
• Declan Recks directed Lorcan Cranitch in Dad
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

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

Next week there are 3 new movies released

• The Three Musketeers: Milady - Friday, 15th December
• Godzilla Minus One - Friday, 15th December
• What Happens Later - Friday, 15th December