Last weekend Avatar: The Way of Water was at the top of the North American box office, there are 5 new releases this weekend, will any of them top the US box office this weekend?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Missing
• The Son
• Detective Knight: Independence
• Everything Under Control
• Alice, Darling

Missing

• The movie is from director Nicholas D. Johnson and Will Merrick.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Nia Long who also starred in In Too Deep (2000).
• The film also stars Storm Reid who was last seen in The Suicide Squad (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

The Son

• The movie is directed by Florian Zeller, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Florian Zeller also directed The Father in 2021.
• It stars Vanessa Kirby who also starred in Julie: NT Live 2018 (2018).
• The film also stars Hugh Jackman who was last seen in Reminiscence (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Detective Knight: Independence

• The movie is directed by Edward Drake, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Edward Drake also directed Detective Knight: Rogue in 2022.
• It stars Bruce Willis who also starred in Marauders (2016).
• The film also stars Lochlyn Munro who was last seen in Detective Knight: Rogue (2022).
• Bruce Willis and Lochlyn Munro have starred in 4 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Cosmic Sin in 2021, Detective Knight: Rogue in 2022, Detective Knight: Redemption in 2022 and Apex in 2021.
• Edward Drake directed Bruce Willis in Gasoline Alley
• Edward Drake directed Lochlyn Munro in Detective Knight: Rogue
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• The MPAA age rating is

Everything Under Control

• The movie is from director Ying Chi-Wen.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Aaryn Cheung who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Hins Cheung who was last seen in Storm Rider Clash of the Evils (2008).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Alice, Darling

• The movie is from director Mary Nighy.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Anna Kendrick who also starred in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2011).
• The film also stars Wunmi Mosaku who was last seen in Call Jane (2022).
• 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 is 1 new movie released

• Maybe I Do - Friday, 27th January

Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 20th January 2023, there are 3 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Avatar: The Way of Water from the top of the UK box office.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Babylon
• Everything Under Control
• The Wandering Earth 2

Babylon

• The movie is directed by Damien Chazelle, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Damien Chazelle also directed First Man in 2018 which grossed £7.4 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Margot Robbie who also starred in Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017).
• The film also stars Brad Pitt who was last seen in Bullet Train (2022).
• Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt have starred in 2 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in The Big Short in 2016 and Once Upon a Time ... In Hollywood in 2019.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Everything Under Control

• The movie is from director Ying Chi-Wen.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Aaryn Cheung who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Hins Cheung who was last seen in Storm Rider Clash of the Evils (2008).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

The Wandering Earth 2

• The movie is directed by Frant Gwo, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Frant Gwo also directed The Wandering Earth in 2019 and grossed $699.8 Mil. globally.
• It stars Andy Lau who also starred in Needing You... (2000).
• The film also stars Jing Wu who was last seen in Ping Pong of China (2023).
• They also appeared together in Shaolin in 2011.
• Frant Gwo directed Jing Wu in The Sacrifice
• 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 3 new movies released

• Unwelcome - Friday, 27th January
• Plane - Friday, 27th January
• The Fabelmans - Friday, 27th January

Last weekend Matilda: The Musical was at the top of the UK box office for a third time, there are 2 new releases this weekend, one in cinemas, one on streaming, can the Avatar sequel top the UK box office?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Avatar: The Way of Water
• The Amazing Maurice

Avatar: The Way of Water

• The movie is directed by James Cameron, it is the directors 10th movie.
• James Cameron also directed True Lies in 1994 which grossed £14.5 Mil. in the UK and grossed $378.9 Mil. globally.
• It stars Sam Worthington who also starred in Clash of the Titans (2010).
• The film also stars Zoe Saldana who was last seen in Amsterdam (2022).
• They also appeared together in Avatar in 2009.
• James Cameron directed Sam Worthington in Avatar
• James Cameron directed Zoe Saldana in Avatar
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Amazing Maurice

• The movie is directed by Toby Genkel and Florian Westermann, it is the directors 11th movie.
• Toby Genkel and Florian Westermann also directed Thor: Legend of the Magical Hammer in 2011.
• It stars Hugh Laurie who also starred in Friends 25th: The One With the Anniversary (2019).
• The film also stars Emilia Clarke who was last seen in Last Christmas (2019).
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

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

Its been a busy time at this years CinemaCon festival and today during the Paramount Pictures presentation they announced the names of Mission:Impossible 7 and the spin off A Quiet Plavce movie.

Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 1 will be released in July of 2023, pushed back from 2022 so as not to clash with the other big Tom Cruise sequel Top Gun Maverick.

A Quiet Place: Day One will be released sometime in 2023 and as the title suggests it will take us back to the origins of the hearing sensitive aliens.

The suggestion for Mission:Impossible it would seem is that the eight movie in the series will be Part 2 but thats not been confirmed, maybe the original movie was so long they split it in two!

The movie is directed by Christopher McQuarrie and stars Tom Cruise returning for his 7th outing as Ethan Hawk.

The world which John Krasinski created in the blockbuster A Quiet Place seems to be expanding more in each film, and director Michael Sarnoski will be in charge of showing how that world started.

Rumour has it John Krasinski will be back in 2025 directing a direct sequel to his 2021 movie A Quiet Place Part II.

Sequel to the movie version of the successful TV show Downton Abbey, Downton Abbey: A New Era, is given a PG age rating in the UK.

The movie stars Maggie Smith who was seen last Christmans is the movie A Boy Called Christmas and was in the original TV series and movie, it also stars Elizabeth McGovern who as well as being in the original Downton movie was in the remake Clash of the Titans~2010 in 2010 - for which her co-star Maggie Smith was in the original 1981 version.

The movie is directed this time by Simon Curtis who directed Goodbye Christopher Robin from 2017.

Movie Synopsis

The Crawley family goes on a grand journey to the South of France to uncover the mystery of the dowager countess's newly inherited villa.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Downton Abbey: A New Era
• BBFC age rating: PG Certificate
• Reason: mild bad language, sex references
• Release date: 29th April 2022
• Runtime: 125m (2 hour 5 minutes)
• Director:
  • Simon Curtis
• Starring:
  • Maggie Smith
  • Michelle Dockery
  • Elizabeth McGovern

BBFC movie page