Last weekend saw Spider-Man: No Way Home at the top of the UK box office, with 5 new releases can any of them do enough to top the box office chart this weekend?

Here are this weeks new releases

• Sing 2
• Flag Day
• Amulet
• Detective Chinatown 3
• Parallel Mother's

Sing 2

• The movie is directed by Garth Jennings, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Garth Jennings also directed Sing in 2017 which grossed £28.8 Mil. in the UK and grossed $634.1 Mil. globally.
• It stars Matthew McConaughey who also starred in The Paperboy (2013).
• The film also stars Reese Witherspoon who last appeared in A Wrinkle In Time (2018).
• Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon have starred in 2 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Sing (2017) and Mud (2013).
• The BBFC UK age rating is
• Box Office Prediction: No. 1

Flag Day

• The movie is directed by Sean Penn, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Sean Penn also directed Into the Wild in 2007 which grossed £742.2K in the UK.
• It stars Dylan Penn who also starred in Condemned (2015).
• The film also stars Sean Penn who last appeared in Licorice Pizza (2021).
• The BBFC UK age rating is
• Box Office Prediction: No. 8

Amulet

• The movie is from director Romola Garai
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Carla Juri who also starred in Six Minutes to Midnight (2021).
• The film also stars Alec Secareanu who last appeared in Ammonite (2020).
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Detective Chinatown 3

• The movie is directed by Sicheng Chen, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Sicheng Chen also directed Detective Chinatown 2 in 2018 which grossed £57K in the UK and grossed $544.2 Mil. globally.
• It stars Baoqiang Wang who also starred in Assembly (2008).
• The film also stars Haoran Liu who last appeared in Embrace Again (2021).
• Baoqiang Wang and Haoran Liu have starred in 4 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Detective Chinatown (2015), Detective Chinatown 2 (2018), My People, My Homeland (2020) and Buddies In India (2017).
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Parallel Mother's

• The movie is directed by Pedro Almodovar, it is the directors 23rd movie.
• Pedro Almodovar also directed Bad Education in 2004 which grossed £1.2 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Penélope Cruz who also starred in The Greek Labyrinth (1993).
• The film also stars Milena Smit who is making a feature film debut.
• 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 3 new movies released

• Moonfall, Friday, 4th February
• Jackass Forever, Friday, 4th February
• The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Friday, 4th February

A lack of big new releases over the last few weeks has worked well for Spider-Man: No Way Home as its spends an amazing 6th weekend at the top of the global box office.

The top new movie of the weekend enters at number 6 as Nightmare Alley gets released in 18 countries with a $4.6 Million debut.

Global box office QuickView

• Number 1 - Spider-Man: No Way Home (6th weekend)
• Highest debut - Nightmare Alley (@6)
• Longest run - Spider-Man: No Way Home (6 weeks)
• Highest total gross - Spider-Man: No Way Home ($1.6 Billion)

Global box office breakdown weekend 21st - 23rd January 2022.

Spider Man: No Way Home

A 6th incredible weekend at the top of the global box office for the web slinger as the movie takes $41.8 Million from 64 countries, giving the movie a very slim 23% drop over last weekend.

The movie has now taken $1.6 Billion over its 6 week run, it is the top movie globally of 2022 and the 7th top movie of all time, it will over take Jurassic World this week to be the 6th top movie of all time and the highest grossing movie under $2 Billion.

Scream

Staying at number 2 for a second weekend is the reboot of the Scream franchise which takes $22.6 Million from 55 countries, a reasonable 55% drop.

This gives the movie a total gross of $84 Million after 5 weeks of release globally and it is the 3rd top movie of 2022.

Sing 2

Also staying put this week and at number 3 is the smash hit animated movie from director Garth Jennings which takes $18.5 Million from 60 countries, a very nice 10% increase over last weekend.

The movie has now taken an incredible $241.2 Million globally and is the 2nd top movie of 2022.

The Kings Man

No movie for the prequel movie from director Matthew Vaughn which takes $7.9 Million on its 5th weekend of release from 46 countries, a very low 23% drop over last weekend.

the movie now has a total global gross of $105.3 Million during its 5 weeks of release and is the 4th top movie of 2022.

Embrace Again

The hit Chinese release is still only released in 4 countries and this week climbs back up 1 place to number 5 with $5.2 Million, a 23% drop, which gives the movie a 4 week total global gross of $137.1 Million.

Spider-Man: No Way Home continues it's run at the top of the global box office this weekend as it spends a fourth weekend at the top, and with audience being unimpressed with the weekends new release, The 355 makes its debut at number 8 with $6.3 Million.

Global box office QuickView

• Number 1 - Spider-Man: No Way Home (4th weekend)
• Highest debut - The 355 (@8)
• Longest run - Encanto (7 weeks)
• Highest total gross - Spider-Man: No Way Home ($1.5 Billion)

Global box office top 5 breakdown weekend 7th - 9th January 2022

Spider Man: No Way Home

Four weeks in the the Marvel/Sony movie is still outstripping everything at the global box office as the movie takes $97.4 Million over the weekend from 63 countries, a slim 26% drop.

The movie has been the biggest thing to hit the global box office in a couple of year and this weekend its total global gross sits at an amazing $1.5 Billion.

It is now the 8th top movie of all time having just overtaken The Avengers from 2012.

Sing 2

THe animated sequel is proving to be a big hit at the global box office as the movie jumps to number 2 on it's third weekend with $29 Million from 55 countries, a very slim 21% drop over last weekend.

The movie has now taken $190.8 Million over its 3 week global release.

The King's Man

Director Matthew Vaughn's prequel movie jumps to number 3 from 6 on its third weekend with a gross of $16.6 Million from 44 countries, a slim 10% drop over last weekend.

This puts the movies total global gross at $74.2 Million.

Embrace Again

Released in just 5 countries the Chinese movie falls to number 4 this weekend with $10.9 Million, a drop of 87%, giving it a total of $112.5 Million after 2 weeks of release.

The Matrix Resurrections

THe latest movie in The Matrix series has had a troubled box office run so far but this week jumps to number 5 from 7 with a gross of $9.5 Million, a reasonable 45% drop over last weekend.

The movie is still on release in a huge 77 countries and has taken $76.2 Million globally to date.

There is no stopping Spider-Man: No Way Home at the moment as it spends a third weekend at the top of the global box office and keeps 3 new big hits from China at bay.

Highest new movie of the week is Embrace Again which comes in at 2 while one place below is G Storm which also enters the box office this week.

Finally on the top 5 is Another Me which comes in at number 5 this week.

Global box office QuickView

• Number 1 - Spider-Man: No Way Home (3rd Weekend)
• Highest debut - Embrace Again (@2)
• Longest run - Ghostbusters: Afterlife (7 weeks)
• Highest total gross - Spider-Man: No Way Home ($1.3 Billion)

Global box office top 5 weekend breakdown 31st December 2021 - 2nd January 2022

Spider Man: No Way Home

Three weeks at the top of the global box office now for the web-slinger as he clinches another weekend at the top with $131 Million from 62 countries, 35% drop.

The movie goes into 2022 with a total gross of $1.3 Billion, it was the top grossing movie of 2021 and is the current top movie of 2022 and is the 12 top movie of all time having just taken Black Panther.

Embrace Again

There a 3 new movie on the global box office this weekend from China, the highest of which is the highest debuting movie.

Director Xiaolu Xue's film lands at number 3 this weekend with a gross of $83.9 Million from 3 countries.

G Storm

The second is the fifth and final movie in director David Lam's series of movies, a $55.5 Million debut from 6 countries gives it a number 3 debut.

Sing 2

The animated sequel falls to number 4 this weekend with a take of $36.8 Million from 49 countries, a very slim 14% drop over last weekend.

The film now has a global gross of $144 Million after 2 weeks of release.

Another Me

Final new movie of the weekend is at number 5, director Gao Ke's movie is only released in China and makes its debut with $27.6 Million.