This weekend, Friday 26th January 2024, 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, Mean Girls, for the number 1 spot?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• The Colour Purple
• National Theatre Live: Dear England
• All of Us Strangers
• The Outrun
• Baghead
• Jackdaw

The Colour Purple

• The movie is directed by Blitz Bazawule, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Blitz Bazawule also directed Black Is King in 2020.
• It stars Fantasia Barrino who also starred in Life Is Not a Fairytale the Fantasia Barrino Story (2006).
• The film also stars Taraji P. Henson who was last seen in PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

National Theatre Live: Dear England

• The movie is directed by Rupert Goold, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Rupert Goold also directed Almeida Live: Richard III 2016 in 2016 which grossed £421.6K in the UK and grossed $577.5K globally.
• It stars Joseph Fiennes who also starred in Shakespeare Live: From the RSC (2016).
• The film also stars Tashinga Bepete who was last seen in The Railway Children Return (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

All of Us Strangers

• The movie is directed by Andrew Haigh, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Andrew Haigh also directed Looking in 2016.
• It stars Andrew Scott who also starred in Steel Country (2019).
• The film also stars Paul Mescal who was last seen in Foe (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Outrun

• The movie is from director Nora Fingscheidt.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Saoirse Ronan who also starred in Byzantium (2013).
• The film also stars Saskia Reeves who was last seen in Creation Stories (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Baghead

• The movie is from director Alberto Corredor.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Freya Allan who also starred in Gunpowder Milkshake (2021).
• The film also stars Jeremy Irvine who was last seen in Benediction (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Jackdaw

• The movie is from director Jamie Childs.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Jenna Coleman who also starred in All My Sons: NT Live 2019 (2019).
• The film also stars Oliver Jackson-Cohen who was last seen in Emily (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• 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 8 new movies released

• Wise Guys - Friday, 2nd February
• The Persian Version - Friday, 2nd February
• Orion and the Dark - Friday, 2nd February - streaming
• American Fiction - Friday, 2nd February
• Migration - Friday, 2nd February
• Argylle - Friday, 2nd February
• The Zone of Interest - Friday, 2nd February
• The Tigers Apprentice - Saturday, 3rd February - streaming

The Nun II has another tight race this week for the top spot at the US box office this time with new movie Expend4bles, but the sequel movie from The Conjuring universe spends a third weekend at number 1.

Expend4bles is the top new movie of the weekend but is the weakest debut of The Expendables series of movie with just $8 Million.

Barbie this weekend expanded into IMAX theatres up and down the country and so remains in the top 5 for a 10th weekend, the movie has taken an incredible $630 Million.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 22nd - 24th September 2023

• The movie remains at number 1 on this weekends US box office
• It has spent 3 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It grosses $8,550,110 over the weekend, a 41% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $69,372,130 after 3 weekends of release
• The movie is a sequel to The Nun which took $100,610,942 at the box office after 3 weekends of release.

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weekends US box office chart.
• It grosses $8,039,021 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $8,039,021 after 1 weekends of release
• The movie is a sequel to The Expendables 3 which took $15,879,645 at the box office after 1 weekends of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $6,302,782 over the weekend, a 56% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $25,355,511 after 2 weekends of release
• The movie is a sequel to Death On the Nile~2020 which took $25,290,673 at the box office after 2 weekends of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $4,752,441 over the weekend, a 34% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $81,288,684 after 4 weekends of release
• The movie is a sequel to The Equalizer 2 which took $89,554,165 at the box office after 4 weekends of release.

• The movie remains at number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $3,201,442 over the weekend, a 16% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $630,451,529 after 10 weekends of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is the 12th top grossing movie of all time in the US.

Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 22nd September 2023, there are 6 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace A Haunting In Venice from the top of the UK box office.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Expend4bles
• Creation of the Gods Part 1
• The Canterville Ghost
• The Lesson
• Dumb Money
• It Lives Inside

Expend4bles

• The movie is directed by Scott Waugh, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Scott Waugh also directed Need For Speed in 2014 which grossed £4.7 Mil. in the UK and grossed $203.3 Mil. globally.
• It stars Jason Statham who also starred in The Mechanic (2011).
• The film also stars 50 Cent who was last seen in Escape Plan: The Extractors (2019).
• Jason Statham and 50 Cent have starred in 2 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in 13 in 2010 and Spy in 2015.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Creation of the Gods Part 1

• The movie is directed by Wuershan, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Wuershan also directed Mojin: The Lost Legend in 2015 and grossed $259.4 Mil. globally.
• It stars Bo Huang who also starred in The Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen (2010).
• The film also stars Hsiang Fei who was last seen in The Monkey King 2 (2016).
• Wuershan directed Bo Huang in Mojin: The Lost Legend
• Wuershan directed Hsiang Fei in Painted Skin the Resurrection
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

The Canterville Ghost

• The movie is from director Kim Burdon and Robert Chandler.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Toby Jones who also starred in Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005).
• The film also stars Freddie Highmore who was last seen in The Journey (2017).
• They also appeared together in Finding Neverland in 2004.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Lesson

• The movie is from director Alice Troughton.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Richard E. Grant who also starred in Cuckoo (2009).
• The film also stars Julie Delpy who was last seen in Three Colours White (1994).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Dumb Money

• The movie is directed by Craig Gillespie, it is the directors 9th movie.
• Craig Gillespie also directed Million Dollar Arm in 2014 which grossed £150.1K in the UK.
• It stars Paul Dano who also starred in There Will Be Blood (2008).
• The film also stars Pete Davidson who was last seen in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

It Lives Inside

• The movie is from director Bishal Dutta.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Megan Suri who also starred in Missing (2023).
• The film also stars Neeru Bajwa who was last seen in Es Jahano Door Kitte Chal Jindiye (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• 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 4 new movies released

• Surprised By Oxford - Wednesday, 27th September
• The Creator - Thursday, 28th September
• Saw X - Friday, 29th September
• The Old Oak - Friday, 29th September

Barbie this weekend becomes the first movie directed solely by a female director to reach the $1 Billion club.

Honory mention has to go to Frozen~2013 and Frozen II director Jennifer Lee who was the co-director on both movies which made $1.2 Billion and she is now the Chief Creative Officer at Walt Disney Animation Studios.

Despite this Barbie got knocked off the top spot on the global box office this weekend by Meg 2: The Trench which took over $140 Million on its debut.

Global weekend box office top 5 breakdown 4th - 6th August 2023

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks Global box office chart.
• It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the Global box office.
• The movie is release in 76 countries globally this weekend
• It has a total gross of $142,000,000 over 1 weeks in cinemas
• The movie is a sequel to The Meg which took $146,960,543 at the box office after 1 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks Global box office
• It grosses $127,000,000 over the weekend, a 41% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $1,031,481,413 over 3 weeks in cinemas
• The movie is release in 70 countries globally this weekend
• The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2023

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks Global box office
• It grosses $81,516,000 over the weekend, a 31% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $552,943,620 over 3 weeks in cinemas
• The movie is release in 79 countries globally this weekend
• The movie is the 9th top grossing film so far in 2023

• The movie is a new entry on this weeks Global box office
• It grosses $51,573,468 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $51,573,468 over 1 weeks in cinemas
• The movie is release in 25 countries globally this weekend

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks Global box office
• It grosses $38,098,000 over the weekend, a 34% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $229,921,000 over 3 weeks in cinemas
• The movie is release in 1 country globally this weekend

Global weekend box office top 5 breakdown 28th - 30th July 2023

• The movie remains at number 1 on this weeks Global box office
• It has spent 2 weeks at the top of the Global box office.
• It grosses $215,200,000 over the weekend, a 40% drop from last weekend
• The movie is release in 70 countries globally this weekend
• It has a total gross of $774,502,851 over 2 weeks in cinemas
• The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2023

• The movie remains at number 2 on this weeks Global box office
• It grosses $118,618,000 over the weekend, a 34% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $400,388,430 over 2 weeks in cinemas
• The movie is release in 79 countries globally this weekend
• The movie is the 15th top grossing film so far in 2023

• The movie goes up the chart to number 3 on this weeks Global box office
• It grosses $57,509,000 over the weekend, a 7% increase from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $153,435,000 over 2 weeks in cinemas
• The movie is release in 1 countries globally this weekend

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks Global box office chart.
• It has a total gross of $53,264,000 over 1 weeks in cinemas
• The movie is release in 1 countries globally this weekend

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks Global box office
• It grosses $42,425,000 over the weekend, a 43% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $448,533,033 over 3 weeks in cinemas
• The movie is release in 72 countries globally this weekend
• The movie is the 12th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Mission:Impossible - Fallout which took $412,547,240 at the box office after 3 weeks in cinemas.