This weekend, Friday 15th October 2021, there are 6 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, No Time to Die, for the number 1 spot?

Here are this weeks new releases

• Venom: Let There Be Carnage
• Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
• Ron's Gone Wrong
• Ear For Eye
• Halloween Kills
• The Last Duel

Venom: Let There Be Carnage

• The movie is directed by Andy Serkis, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Andy Serkis also directed Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle in 2018.
• It stars Tom Hardy who also starred in Capone (2020).
• The film also stars Woody Harrelson who last appeared in Kate (2021).
• They also appeared together in Venom (2018).
• Box office prediction: 2

Hotel Transylvania: Transformania

• The movie is from director Derek Drymon and Jennifer Kluska
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Brian Hull who also starred in Marmaduke (2021).
• The film also stars Andy Samberg who last appeared in Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blach� (2020).

Ron's Gone Wrong

• The movie is directed by Sarah Smith and Jean-Philippe Vine, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Sarah Smith and Jean-Philippe Vine also directed Arthur Christmas in 2011 which grossed £21.5 Mil. in the UK and grossed $147.4 Mil. globally.
• It stars Zach Galifianakis who also starred in The Sunlit Night (2019).
• The film also stars Jack Dylan Grazer who last appeared in Luca (2021).
• Box office prediction: 7

Ear For Eye

• The movie is directed by Debbie Tucker Green, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Debbie Tucker Green also directed Second Coming in 2015 which grossed £11.9K in the UK.
• It stars Lashana Lynch who also starred in No Time to Die (2021).
• The film also stars David Gyasi who last appeared in Come Away (2020).

Halloween Kills

• The movie is directed by David Gordon Green, it is the directors 16th movie.
• David Gordon Green also directed Joe in 2014 which grossed £33.7K in the UK.
• It stars Jamie Lee Curtis who also starred in Knives Out (2019).
• The film also stars Judy Greer who last appeared in Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019).
• Jamie Lee Curtis and Judy Greer have starred in 2 movies together.
• They also appeared together in Halloween (2018).
• Box office prediction: 5

The Last Duel

• The movie is directed by Ridley Scott, it is the directors 31st movie.
• Ridley Scott also directed Prometheus in 2012 which grossed £24.7 Mil. in the UK and grossed $404.1 Mil. globally.
• It stars Matt Damon who also starred in Stillwater (2021).
• The film also stars Adam Driver who last appeared in Annette (2021).
• Box office prediction: 6

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

• Dune, Thursday, 21st October
• The Boss Baby 2: Family Business, Friday, 22nd October
• The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun, Friday, 22nd October
• Dear Evan Hansen, Friday, 22nd October
• Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna, Friday, 22nd October

Cinemas are back open in the UK after nearly 5 months of being closed and there are a whole host of new releases this week to mark the occasion.

Most of these new movies came out on Monday, and many of them have been delayed from last year, and some of them are already available on streaming so there is a nice mixed bag.

Here is a rundown of this weeks new movies in the UK.

Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway

• The movie is directed by Will Gluck
• Will Gluck also directed Friends With Benefits in 2011 which grossed £6.2 Million in the UK.
• It stars James Corden who last starred in Superintelligence (2020).
• The film also stars Elizabeth Debicki who last appeared in The Burnt Orange Heresy (2019).
• James Corden and Elizabeth Debicki starred in Peter Rabbit (2018) together.

Spiral: From the Book of Saw

• The movie is directed by Darren Lynn Bousman
• Darren Lynn Bousman also directed Identity Lost in 2001.
• It stars Chris Rock who last starred in The Witches (2020).
• The film also stars Samuel L. Jackson who last appeared in Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019).

The Unholy

• The movie is from director Evan Spiliotopoulos
• It is their directorial debut.
• It stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan who last starred in Walkaway Joe (2020).
• The film also stars Cary Elwes who last appeared in Black Christmas (2019).

Nomadland

• The movie is directed by Chlo� Zhao
• Chlo� Zhao also directed The Rider in 2018 which grossed £36.3 Thousand in the UK.
• It stars Frances McDormand who last starred in The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2020).
• The film also stars Gay DeForest who is making a feature film debut.

My New York Year

• The movie is directed by Philippe Falardeau
• Philippe Falardeau also directed The Bleeder in 2016.
• It stars Margaret Qualley who last starred in Seberg (2020).
• The film also stars Sigourney Weaver who last appeared in The Meyerowitz Stories New and Selected (2017).

Army of the Dead

• The movie is directed by Zack Snyder
• Zack Snyder also directed Dawn of the Dead in 2004 which grossed £5.4 Million in the UK.
• It stars Hiroyuki Sanada who last starred in Mortal Kombat (2021).
• The film also stars Dave Bautista who last appeared in My Spy (2020).
• Hiroyuki Sanada and Dave Bautista starred in Avengers: Endgame (2019) together.

Sound of Metal

• The movie is from director Darius Marder
• It is their directorial debut.
• It stars Riz Ahmed who last starred in Mogul Mowgli (2020).
• The film also stars Olivia Cooke who last appeared in Naked Singularity (2021).

Those Who Wish Me Dead

• The movie is directed by Taylor Sheridan
• Taylor Sheridan also directed Wind River in 2017 which grossed £1.2 Million in the UK.
• It stars Angelina Jolie who last starred in Come Away (2020).
• The film also stars Jon Bernthal who last appeared in Le Mans '66 (2019).

Rare Beasts

• The movie is from director Billie Piper
• It is their directorial debut.
• It stars Billie Piper who last starred in Eternal Beauty (2019).
• The film also stars Leo Bill who last appeared in In Fabric (2019).

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

Next weeks there are 4 new movies

• Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train, Wednesday, 26th May
• Cruella, Friday, 28th May
• The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, Friday, 28th May
• First Cow, Friday, 28th May

The top 15 movies in the UK this week failed to take over £100,000 as much of the UK is experiencing new lockdowns and many cinemas will have been closed on Friday, Christmas Day.

Wonder Woman 1984 retained its position at the top of the box office with ease and is responsible for 77% of this weeks box office total takings and as there were no new releases we have a fairly static top 5.

Worthy of note this week is that the number 15 movie, Michael Ball & Alfie Boe: Back Together, only took £548 and the movie with the lowest weekly from was Peter Duncan Presents Jack And The Beanstalk which dropped 60% from last weekend.

UK box office Quickview.

• Number 1 - Wonder Woman 1984 (2nd week)
• Highest debut - The Greatest Showman (Re-entered at 4)
• Longest run - Honest Thief (9 weeks)
• Highest total gross - Wonder Woman 1984 (£1,377,049)

Uk box office top 5 breakdown weekend 25th - 27th December 2020.

Wonder Woman 1984

After its vaguely successful debut last weekend the Wonder Woman sequel once again directed by Patty Jenkins stays at the top of the UK box office but with a 91% drop from last weekend giving it weekend gross of £72,674.

The movie starring Gal Gadot as the superhero has now taken £1.3 Million at the UK box office.

Home Alone

With Elf taking a tumble down the box office to number 6 the Christmas favourite from 1990 jumps up to number 2 this week with £3,840, a 93% drop from last week.

Since the movie came out in December 1990, 30 years ago, it has grossed £9.7 Million.

Come Away

Entering the chart at 4 on its debut last weekend the Brenda Chapman fantasy drama jumps to number 3 this week with £3,245, 92% down from last week, for a total gross of £77,362.

The Greatest Showman

Three years after Hugh Jackmans song and dance spectacular surprised the box office the 2017 movie gets another release and re-enters the box office at 4 this week with £3,231 giving the film total gross a boost to £49.6 Million.

Superintelligence

Ben Falcone directs his wife Mellisa McCarthy in this comedy which jumps to number 5 this week with £2,254, 88% down from last weekend, giving the films a total gross of £142,455 after 3 weeks.

The tough year for cinemas across the UK continues but once again Warner Bros. release a major blockbuster in this market, this time the DC Universe movie Wonder Woman 1984, which after may delays in 2020 makes its debut at the top.

Also new inside the top 5 is Come Away which makes its debut at number 4 and then dropping outside the top 10 there is the cinematic showing of The Nutcracker: Bolshoi Ballet 2020 at 13 and perhaps a little disappointing the Diane Lane and Kevin Costner US hit Let Him Go at 15.

The top 15 movies is totally dominated once again by Christmas catalogue films which makes up 51% of this week chart.

UK box office Quickview

• Number 1 - Wonder Woman 1984 (1st Weekend)
• Highest debut - Wonder Woman 1984 (@1)
• Longest run - Two By Two: Overboard! (9 weeks)^*
• Highest total gross - Two By Two: Overboard! (£1,071,693)^*
^*Not including re-release catalogue movies

Here is the top 5 box office movie breakdown 18th - 20th December 2020.

Wonder Woman 1984

Warner Bros. have released 2 potential blockbusters during the pandemic, Tenet back in August which was supposed to re-invigorate the box office and now this DC Universe movie, no other studio has done this, and looking at the box office tickets you can perhaps see why!

The Wonder Woman sequel opens in the UK during a very difficult time for cinemas as a majority of the country is in a forces lockdown, and cinemas that are open can only fill to about 25% because of the pandemic which is just getting worse.

The movie opens to a weekend box office of £846,435 (since its Wednesday openeing) although this is 70% of the total weekend marketplace.

The movie gets a VOD release in the UK mid January.

Elf

Last weeks number 1 movie falls to number 2 this week with £83,623, a 15% drop from last weekend giving the movie a total gross since release of £17 Million.

Home Alone

Another Christmas classic and for number 1 falls to 3 this weekend with £56,261, a 36% drop over last weekend, which gives the film a nearly £10 Million total since its 1990 release.

Come Away

Second highest debut of the weekend is at 4, this Brenda Chapman directed drama about some siblings falling into a world of fantasy and imagination after a family tragedy takes £42,834 on its first weekend.

Love Actually

Finishing off the top 5 is the british Christmas classic from write director Richard Curtis which takes £20,430 over the weekend, 52% down from last weekend, its total is now £36.9 Million since its 2003 release.

Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 18th December 2020, there are 5 new releases looking to take your attention and where available get you into your local cinema to try and knock Elf from the top of the UK box office.

Wonder Woman 1984

• The movie is directed by Patty Jenkins
• Patty Jenkins also directed Wonder Woman in 2017 which grossed £22.2 Million in the UK and grossed $821.8 Million globally.
• It stars Gal Gadot who last starred in Between Two Ferns: The Movie (2019).
• The film also stars Chris Pine who last appeared in Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse (2018).
• Gal Gadot and Chris Pine appeared in Wonder Woman (2017) together.

Arkansas

• This new release stars Liam Hemsworth who's last film was Isn't It Romantic (2019)
• It also stars Jacob Zachar who appeared in Transformers: The Last Knight (2017).
• The film is brought to us by new director Clark Duke.

The Racer

• The movie is directed by Kieron J. Walsh who directed When Brendan Met Trudy in 2001.
• It stars Louis Talpe and Matteo Simoni.

Let Him Go

• Also this week there is Let Him Go from director Thomas Bezucha who also directed Monte Carlo in 2011.
• The film features Diane Lane and Kevin Costner in starring roles.

Come Away

• The long list of new releases continues with Come Away which is directed by Brenda Chapman which is a directorial debut.
• It stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Carter Thomas.

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

Next weeks there are 4 new movies

• The Midnight Sky, Wednesday, 23rd December
• Soul, Friday, 25th December
• One Night In Miami, Saturday, 26th December
• Blithe Spirit, Saturday, 26th December