This weekend, Friday 14th January 2022, there are 3 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Spider-Man: No Way Home, for the number 1 spot?

Here are this weeks new releases

• Scream
• Embrace Again
• Save the Cinema

Scream

• The movie is directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett also directed Devil's Due in 2014 which grossed £1.8 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Neve Campbell who also starred in Drowning Mona (2000).
• The film also stars Courteney Cox who last appeared in Friends 25th: The One With the Anniversary (2019).
• Neve Campbell and Courteney Cox have starred in 4 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Scream 2 (1998), Scream 3 (2000), Scream (1996) and Scream 4 (2011).
• UK box office prediction: Number 1

Embrace Again

• The movie is directed by Xiaolu Xue, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Xiaolu Xue also directed My People, My Country in 2019 which grossed £135.3K in the UK and grossed $450.1 Mil. globally.
• It stars Bo Huang who also starred in Crazy Alien (2019).
• The film also stars Ling Jia who last appeared in Hi, Mom (2021).
• They also appeared together in My People, My Homeland (2020).

Save the Cinema

• The movie is directed by Sara Sugarman, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Sara Sugarman also directed Very Annie Mary in 2001.
• It stars Samantha Morton who also starred in John Carter (2012).
• The film also stars Tom Felton who last appeared in Braking For Whales (2019).
• UK box office prediction: Number 8

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

• Belfast, Friday, 21st January
• Nightmare Alley, Friday, 21st January
• A Journal For Jordan, Friday, 21st January

The Chinese film The Wandering Earth keeps hold of the global box office for a second weekend with Alita: battle Angel showing good strength with its US release.

The Wandering Earth

Topping the global box office for a second weekend the Chinese hit takes $96.9 million from just 3 countries this weekend to boost its total global box office to an amazing $609.3 million.

Alita: Battle Angel

With its release in the US the manga live action movie from director Robert Rodriguez climbs to number 2 with a gross of $83.9 million from 86 countries.

the films total world gross now sits at $130 million.

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

After entering at number 3 last weekend the brick movie remains in the same place this week with $33.3 million from 69 countries.

The films total gross is now $97 million after 2 weeks, it will hit $100 million by next weekend.

Crazy Alien

Still pulling in audiences in China this comedy is at number 4 this week with a gross of $28.1 million from just the single country.

This pushes the films total global gross to $318.4 million.

Pegasus

There is again a Chinese film to finish off the top 5 this week as the hit film takes $25.7 million from 6 countries to boosts its total cume to $238.4 million.

It was the Chinese new year this past week and Chinese films absolutely dominated the global box office with The Wandering Earth heading a trio of film inside the top 5.

The Wandering Earth

Opening in China to $172.2 million from 3 countries, the Chinese Sci-fi dominated the Chinese box office over the luna new year celebrations and hence dominated the global box office.

The Frant Gwo directed movie has a total global gross of $289 million, the closest Hollywood film this week is the second lego movie entering the box office down at 3.

Crazy Alien

Also doing well at the Chinese box office is Crazy Alien which leapt to number 2 this week with $77.6 million from 2 countries which boosts its total global gross to $213.5 million.

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

Highest new film of the week is a Hollywood movie which enters at number 3 with a debut gross of $53.1 million from a quite large 64 countries.

Pegasus

Released in 6 countries the Han Han directed movie takes $52.4 million over the weekend to boosts its total global gross to $150.6 million.

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

Falling quite hard fro, the top this week the third Dragon movie takes $38.2 million from 47 countries on its second weekend to boost its total gross to $138.7 million.

The film is yet to be released in much of the world, including the US, which will give the film a second wind and boost on the box office charts.