This weekend, Friday 25th October 2024, there are 5 new films released in North America and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Smile 2, for the number 1 spot?

As well as the movies released in cinemas this weekend this list also includes a number of the top movies released on streaming platforms.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Memoir of a Snail
• Venom: The Last Dance
• La Cocina
• Conclave
• Your Monster

Memoir of a Snail

• The movie is directed by Adam Elliot, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Adam Elliot also directed Mary and Max in 2010.
• It stars Sarah Snook who also starred in Jessabelle (2014).
• The film also stars Eric Bana who's last movie was Force of Nature: The Dry 2 (2024).
• Adam Elliot directed Eric Bana in and Mary and Max
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The MPAA age rating is

Venom: The Last Dance

• The movie is from director Kelly Marcel.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Tom Hardy who also starred in Black Hawk Down (2002).
• The film also stars Juno Temple who's last movie was Palmer (2021).
• They also appeared together in The Dark Knight Rises in 2012.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

La Cocina

• The movie is directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Alonso Ruizpalacios also directed Gueros in 2015.
• It stars Raul Briones who also starred in Gueros (2015).
• The film also stars Rooney Mara who's last movie was Women Talking (2022).
• Alonso Ruizpalacios directed Raul Briones in and Gueros
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The MPAA age rating is

Conclave

• The movie is directed by Edward Berger, it is the directors 9th movie.
• Edward Berger also directed Windland in 2007.
• It stars Ralph Fiennes who also starred in No Time To Die (2021).
• The film also stars Jacek Koman who's last movie was Talk to Me (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Your Monster

• The movie is from director Caroline Lindy.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Meghann Fahy who also starred in Our Time (2016).
• The film also stars Melissa Barrera who's last movie was Abigail (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

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

• Juror #2 - Friday, 1st November - limited release
• A Real Pain - Friday, 1st November
• Hitpig - Friday, 1st November
• 21st Century Cleo - Friday, 1st November
• Here - Friday, 1st November
• Emilia Pérez - Friday, 1st November - limited release
• Blitz - Friday, 1st November
• Absolution - Friday, 1st November

With Beetlejuice Beetlejuice currently at the top of the UK box office can this weeks new cinema releases challlenge it for the UK box office crown?

As well as the movies released in cinemas this weekend this list also includes a number of the top movies released on streaming platforms.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Joker: Folie a Deux
• Othello Shakespeares Globe 2024
• Memoir of a Snail
• A Different Man

Joker: Folie a Deux

• The movie is directed by Todd Phillips, it is the directors 11th movie.
• Todd Phillips also directed The Hangover in 2009 which grossed £21.6 Mil. in the UK and grossed $461.6 Mil. globally.
• It stars Joaquin Phoenix who also starred in Secret Witness (1988).
• The film also stars Lady Gaga who's last movie was House of Gucci (2021).
• Todd Phillips directed Joaquin Phoenix in and Joker
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Othello Shakespeares Globe 2024

• The movie is from director Ola Ince.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Ken Nwosu who also starred in Othello Shakespeares Globe 2024 (2024).
• The film also stars Ralph Davis who's last movie was Timon of Athens: RSC Live 2019 (2019).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Memoir of a Snail

• The movie is directed by Adam Elliot, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Adam Elliot also directed Mary and Max in 2010 which grossed £12.1K in the UK.
• It stars Sarah Snook who also starred in Steve Jobs (2015).
• The film also stars Eric Bana who's last movie was Force of Nature: The Dry 2 (2024).
• Adam Elliot directed Eric Bana in and Mary and Max
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

A Different Man

• The movie is from director Aaron Schimberg.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Sebastian Stan who also starred in Tony 'n' Tinas Wedding (2004).
• The film also stars Miles G. Jackson who's last movie was Problemista (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 7 new movies released

• Portraits of Dangerous Women - Friday, 11th October
• Salem's Lot - Friday, 11th October
• Transformers: One - Friday, 11th October
• The End - Friday, 11th October
• Timestalker - Friday, 11th October
• Buffalo Kids - Friday, 11th October
• Terrifier 3 - Friday, 11th October

Delayed until May of next year the new Star Trek "reboot" from director JJ Abrams is going to be a highly anticipated event. Apart from the teaser and hype surrounding the cast not much has been revealed about the film.

Comic-Con has been used to launch the first poster, and this design gives us a first glimpse of the principle actors in character. Uhuru, Spock and Kirk along with what is presumably chief bad guy played by Eric Bana feature on the poster.

Set in a period before the events of the original series the film features all the characters, and even features the original captain from the pilot episode before Captain Kirk came on board, it'll be interesting to see how Abrams handles that relationship. This will be enough to get the trekkies in a rather excited mood for the new movie, let’s hope it lives up to expectations.

Check out the Star Trek page to see the new poster.

What do you think of the new poster?