Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 22nd October 2021, there are 6 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace No Time to Die from the top of the UK box office.

Here are this weeks new releases

• Dune
• The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
• The Harder They Fall
• Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna
• Dear Evan Hansen
• The Boss Baby 2: Family Business

Dune

• The movie is directed by Denis Villeneuve, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Denis Villeneuve also directed Incendies in 2011 which grossed £28.2K in the UK.
• It stars Timothee Chalamet who also starred in Little Women (2019).
• The film also stars Rebecca Ferguson who last appeared in Reminiscence (2021).
• Box Office prediction: Number 2

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• The movie is directed by Wes Anderson, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Wes Anderson also directed Fantastic Mr. Fox in 2009 which grossed £9.3 Mil. in the UK and grossed $46.5 Mil. globally.
• It stars Willem Dafoe who also starred in The Last Thing He Wanted (2020).
• The film also stars Adrien Brody who last appeared in The Bombing (2018).
• Willem Dafoe and Adrien Brody have starred in 2 movies together.
• They also appeared together in Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009).
• Box Office Prediction: Number 7

The Harder They Fall

• The movie is from director Jeymes Samuel
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Idris Elba who also starred in The Suicide Squad (2021).
• The film also stars Zazie Beetz who last appeared in Seberg (2020).

Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna

• The movie is directed by Tomohisa Taguchi, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Tomohisa Taguchi also directed Persona 3 the Movie: #2 Midsummer Knight's Dream in 2014.
• It stars Natsuki Hanae who also starred in Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train (2021).
• The film also stars Yoshimasa Hosoya who last appeared in My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising (2020).

Dear Evan Hansen

• The movie is directed by Stephen Chbosky, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Stephen Chbosky also directed Wonder in 2017 which grossed £4.6 Mil. in the UK and grossed $305.9 Mil. globally.
• It stars Ben Platt who also starred in Run This Town (2019).
• The film also stars Julianne Moore who last appeared in Spirit Untamed (2021).
• Box Office Prediction: Number 6

The Boss Baby 2: Family Business

• The movie is directed by Tom McGrath, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Tom McGrath also directed Madagascar Escape 2 Africa in 2008 which grossed £23.3 Mil. in the UK and grossed $581.3 Mil. globally.
• It stars Alec Baldwin who also starred in Pixie (2020).
• The film also stars James Marsden who last appeared in My Little Pony: A New Generation (2021).
• Box Office Prediction: number 5

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

• Last Night In Soho, Friday, 29th October
• Antlers, Friday, 29th October
• My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission, Friday, 29th October

This weekend The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It makes it debit at the top of the UK box office and knocks Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway into second place after a week at the top.

Also new this week as the US public get used to going to the cinema again is Cruella at number 3 and the Japanese animated global smash Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train at number 4.

Outside the top 10 movies there is a new release for First Cow which is directed by Kelly Reichardt and enters the box office at 13 with £21,862.

UK box office QuickView

• Number 1 - The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (1st Weekend)
• Highest debut - The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (@1)
• Longest run - Everything except the new entries! (2 weeks)
• Highest total gross - Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (£7.4 Million)

UK top 5 breakdown weekend 28th - 30th May 2021.

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

Debut weekend for the new movie from the Conjuring Universe and the third film in the original series of movies.

The film takes a fairly impressive £2.7 Million over its debut weekend, altohugh this was boosted by preview showings which accounted for over £800,000 of business.

Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway

Falling to number 2 on its second weekend of release is the sequel movie directed by Will Gluck about the rabbit made famous by Beatrix Potter.

The movie takes £2.04 Million on its second weekend of release, a large 56% drop from last weekend, which gives the movie a £7.48 Million total.

Cruella

Disney release their latest live action movie as a origin tale for Cruella De'Vil which enters the box office at number 3 despite also being available the Disney streaming service, altohugh with extra cash for the pleasure.

The movie which stars Emma Stone and Emma Thompson took £1.4 Million on its debut weekend.

Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train

The animated movie from director Haruo Sotozaki has been a mega smash across the world over the last year and has to date taken nearly $500 Million (£352 Million) since its release last October in Japan.

Its debut on the UK box office has it enter at 4 with a weekend gross of £693,081.

Godzilla Vs. Kong

Falling to number 4 this weekend is the monster smash up movie which has been a mega hit globally but as its been available on streaming in the UK for a while its UK gross has been low.

This weekend the movie take £254,172, a 68% drop from last weekend, for a total of £1.7 Million on its second weekend of release.

Director John Krasinski brings us his sequel to 2018s A Quiet Place and despite the long wait for the movie it dominates this weeks global box office.

The movie stars Krasinski real life wife Emily Blunt and has been hit by positive reviews and good global box office figures for a pandemic Hollywood movie.

Also making a big impact is Disney's Cruella which makes its debut at 2 while The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It makes a new appearance at 10 with a release in a few countries.

Global box office QuickView

• Number 1 - A Quiet Place Part II (1st Weekend)
• Highest debut - A Quiet Place Part II (@1)
• Longest run - Stand By Me Doraemon 2 (17 weeks)
• Highest total gross - Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train ($491.4 Million)

Global box office top 5 analisys 28th - 20th May 2021.

A Quiet Place Part II

Taking over at the top of the global box office on its debut is the John Krasinski directed sequel movie which is released on 6 countries this weekend.

The movies takes a debut gross of $70.3 Million which is very good for a Hollywood movie during this pandemic era, and a sign that the box office is starting to return to normal.

Cruella

Disney release their long awaited Cruella De'vil origins movie to the world and despite it being released on Disney+ Premium as well it enters the global box office at number 2 from 30 countries.

The debut gross of the movie is 37.4 Million which is reasonable but could have been higher had it not been for A Quiet Place Part II at number 1.

Fast and Furious 9

The lastest Fast movie falls from the top to number 3 this week altohugh it is only playing in 8 countries with North America, Europe and Australia still to come.

This weekend the movie took $30.8 Million, an 81% drop from last weekend, which takes it to $229 Million global gross, it is now the fourth top global movie of 2021.

Stand By Me Doraemon 2

Jumping back into the top 5 is the Japanese animated movie which is at number 4 this weekend with $16.4 Million, a 99% increase from last weekend.

The movie has been on the box office for 17 weeks now and has taken $47.8 Million.

Love Will Tear Us Apart

The Chinese love story falls to number 5 this weekend with $5.1 Million, a 65% drop, giving the movie a total gross of $41.8 Million after 2 weeks.

Last weekend saw Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway at the top of the UK box office, with 4 new releases can any of them do enough to top the box office this weekend?

Here is a rundown of this weeks top new movies released at the cinema and on streaming.

Cruella

• The movie is directed by Craig Gillespie
• Craig Gillespie also directed Million Dollar Arm in 2014 which grossed £150.1 Thousand in the UK.
• It stars Emma Stone who last starred in My Favorite Shapes By Julio Torres (2019).
• The film also stars Emma Thompson who last appeared in How to Build a Girl (2019).

First Cow

• The movie is directed by Kelly Reichardt
• Kelly Reichardt also directed Meek's Cutoff in 2011 which grossed £27.6 Thousand in the UK.
• It stars Alia Shawkat who last starred in Love Spreads (2020).
• The film also stars John Magaro who last appeared in Sylvies Love (2020).

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

• The movie is directed by Michael Chaves
• Michael Chaves also directed The Curse of La Llorona in 2019 which grossed £1.5 Million in the UK.
• It stars Patrick Wilson who last starred in Insidious: The Dark Realm (2021).
• The film also stars Vera Farmiga who last appeared in Skin (2019).
• Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga starred in The Conjuring (2013) together.

Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train

• The movie is from director Haruo Sotozaki
• It is their directorial debut.
• It stars Natsuki Hanae who last starred in Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna (2020).
• The film also stars Akari Kito who is making a feature film debut.

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

Next weeks there are 3 new movies

• A Quiet Place Part II, Thursday, 3rd June
• Dream Horse, Friday, 4th June
• Land, Friday, 4th June

Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train has already been a massive global box office hit having taken over $472 Million globally.

It is based on the Japanese animated series and is directed be famed director Haruo Sotozaki.

Movie Synopsis

A boy raised by boars who wears a boar's head and another boy who reveals his true power when he sleeps, board the Infinity Train on a new mission with the Flame Pillar.

Their mission is to hunt and defeat a demon that has killed many demon slayers, along the way Tanjiro wants to learn the secrets of his Fire Breathing technique derived from his father's Hinokami Kagura.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train
• BBFC age rating: 15 Certificate
• Reason: strong violence, bloody images.
• Release date: May 26th 2021
• Runtime: 117m (1 hour 57 minutes)
• Director: Haruo Sotozaki