This weekend, Friday 15th December 2023, 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, The Boy and the Heron, for the number 1 spot?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Wonka
• American Fiction
• Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire
• Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
• Concrete Utopia

Wonka

• The movie is directed by Paul King, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Paul King also directed Paddington 2 in 2017 which grossed $40.4 Mil. in the US and grossed $228 Mil. globally.
• It stars Timoth�e Chalamet who also starred in Dune (2021).
• The film also stars Hugh Grant who was last seen in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023).
• Paul King directed Hugh Grant in Paddington 2
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

American Fiction

• The movie is from director Cord Jefferson.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Jeffrey Wright who also starred in The Goldfinch (2019).
• The film also stars Tracee Ellis Ross who was last seen in Candy Cane Lane (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The MPAA age rating is

Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire

• The movie is directed by Zack Snyder, it is the directors 12th movie.
• Zack Snyder also directed Rebel Moon Part Two: The Scargiver in 2024.
• It stars Sofia Boutella who also starred in The Mummy (2017).
• The film also stars Ed Skrein who was last seen in Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon (2022).
• Zack Snyder directed Ed Skrein in Rebel Moon Part Two: The Scargiver
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The MPAA age rating is

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

• The movie is directed by Sam Fell, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Sam Fell also directed Flushed Away in 2006 which grossed $64.7 Mil. in the US and grossed $178.3 Mil. globally.
• It stars Thandiwe Newton who also starred in Good Deeds (2012).
• The film also stars Zachary Levi who was last seen in Teddy's Christmas (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The MPAA age rating is

Concrete Utopia

• The movie is directed by Tae-hwa Eom, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Tae-hwa Eom also directed Ing-too-gi in 2013.
• It stars Lee Byung-hun who also starred in Terminator Genisys (2015).
• The film also stars Park Seo-joon who was last seen in The Marvels (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

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

Next week there are 9 new movies released

• Maestro - Wednesday, 22nd November - streaming
• Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom - Friday, 22nd December
• Anyone But You - Friday, 22nd December
• Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire - Friday, 15th December - streaming
• The Iron Claw - Friday, 22nd December
• Migration - Friday, 22nd December

Although the anticipation for the new Disney film Moana is quite high its not enough to knock off the three time champion Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

Fantastic Beast stays put at the top of the Uk box office for its third straight week with an amazing weekend gross of £4.4 million, this brings the films total gross to £37.8 million.

There should be one more weekend at the top for Beast before the Galaxy Far Far Away comes blasting in, but that should be enough to cement the film as one of the years top films.

The film still has a way to go before beating the lowest grossing Potter film which was 2004's Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban which made £45.6 million.

Highest new film of the week then come in at 2, Moana from Disney makes £2.2 million on its UK debut.

Compared to Frozen from Disney which came out at the same time of year in 2013 this is half its debut gross of £4.7 million hence we probably wont see this scaling those heights.

Also new this week is Sully at number 3 with £1.7 million, Pitbull. Niebezpieczne Kobiety at number 5 with £0.4 million, The Edge of Seventeen at 9 with £0.27 million and Bleed For This at number 10 with £0.25 million.

Highest total grossing movie this week is Fantastic beasts and longest run on the box office is Trolls which has been around now for 7 weeks.

Historical Charts

A year ago - The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 stayed at the top for a third weekend while the top new film was Christmas With The Coopers at number 5.

Five years ago - Arthur Christmas went to the top of the box office for the first time on its fourth week of release while Happy Feet Two was the top new film.

Ten years ago - Bond stayed at the top for a third week in Casino Royale while the top new film was Flushed Away at number 2.

Fifteen years ago - Spending a third week at the top was Harry Potter and The Philosophers Stone while top new film was Zoolander at number 2.

Twenty years ago - The Long Kiss Goodnight was at the top on its debut weekend, it knocked The First Wives Club down to number 2.

Twenty five years ago - Point Break made it 2 weeks at the top while top new film was Hot Shots! at number 3.