Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 9th September 2022, there are 7 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Minions: The Rise of Gru from the top of the UK box office.

Here are this weeks new releases

• Bodies Bodies Bodies
• Brahmastra Part 1: Shiva
• See How They Run
• Tad the Lost Explorer and the Curse of the Mummy
• Crimes of the Future
• Pinocchio
• Fire

Bodies Bodies Bodies

• The movie is from director Halina Reijn.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Amandla Stenberg who also starred in Dear Evan Hansen (2021).
• The film also stars Maria Bakalova who was last seen in The Bubble (2022).
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Brahmastra Part 1: Shiva

• The movie is directed by Ayan Mukherjee, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Ayan Mukherjee also directed Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani in 2013 which grossed £958.5K in the UK.
• It stars Ranbir Kapoor who also starred in Raajneeti (2010).
• The film also stars Alia Bhatt who was last seen in RRR (2022).
• They also appeared together in Ae Dil Hai Mushkil in 2016.

See How They Run

• The movie is from director Tom George.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Saoirse Ronan who also starred in Hanna (2011).
• The film also stars Sam Rockwell who was last seen in The Bad Guys (2022).

Tad the Lost Explorer and the Curse of the Mummy

• The movie is directed by Enrique Gato, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Enrique Gato also directed Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas in 2018 which grossed £302.3K in the UK.
• It stars Oscar Barberan who also starred in Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas (2018).
• The film also stars Luis Posada who was last seen in Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas (2018).
• Oscar Barberan and Luis Posada have starred in 2 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Tad the Explorer in 2012 and Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas in 2018.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Crimes of the Future

• The movie is directed by David Cronenberg, it is the directors 24th movie.
• David Cronenberg also directed A History of Violence in 2005 which grossed £3.5 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Viggo Mortensen who also starred in La Pistola De Mi Hermano (1997).
• The film also stars Lihi Kornowski who is making a feature film debut.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Pinocchio

• The movie is directed by Robert Zemeckis, it is the directors 22nd movie.
• Robert Zemeckis also directed Who Framed Roger Rabbit in 1988 which grossed £16.4 Mil. in the UK and grossed $329.8 Mil. globally.
• It stars Tom Hanks who also starred in Forrest Gump (1994).
• The film also stars Benjamin Evan Ainsworth who was last seen in Flora and Ulysses (2021).

Fire

• The movie is directed by Claire Denis, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Claire Denis also directed High Life in 2019 which grossed £282.5K in the UK.
• It stars Juliette Binoche who also starred in Certified Copy (2010).
• The film also stars Vincent Lindon who was last seen in Titane (2021).
• 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 2 new movies released

• Clerks III - Friday, 16th September
• Ticket to Paradise - Friday, 16th September

As the pandemic is starting to get under control in much of the world with the agressive distribution of the vaccine many markets are starting to open their cinema door with China still leading the way, and with Russia and Japan still showing good number and this coming weekend many more American states are staring to open up.

This means the global box office is starting to take shape, and although its still heavily lead by Chinese movies this week the new Tom & Jerry: The Movie has done well globally, and next weekend we have the new Disney movie Raya and the Last Dragon hitting cinemas.

Here is the current global box office Quickview

• Number 1 - Hi, Mom (3rd weekend)
• Highest debut - No new movies
• Longest run - Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train (20 weeks)
• Highest total gross - Hi, Mon ($677,300,000)

Global box office top 5 breakdown 26th - 29th February 2021.

Hi, Mom

The hit Chinese movie got a release 3 weeks ago in its native, the same weekend as Detective Chinatown 3, and both film became top grossing movies in their own right.

The Ling Jia directed movie this week takes $53.3 Million which is a 60% drop from last weekend but the movie has taken an incredible $677.3 Million in China alone, beating the likes of Avengers: Endgame.

Tom and Jerry

The feuding duo in their first live action movie, although the cat and mouse are traditional animation, think Who Framed Roger Rabbit, which climbs from 10 to 2 this week.

Taking a quite amazing $30 Million this movie is 92% up from it debut gross last weekend, the movie has takes $43 Million in total.

Detective Chinatown 3

The second movie to be doing massive number in China is the sequel movie directed by Sicheng Chen which this week drops to 3 with $19.9 Million, 53% down, taking its total gross to $677 Million.

Ren Chao Xiong Yong

This dramatic take of an actor down on his luck remains at 4 this week with $14.5 Million, down just 1% from last week, its total is now $57 Million after 3 weeks of release.

A Writer's Odyssey

Directed by Yang Lu this action movie is turning into a global hit and this week despite dropping to number 3 takes $12 Million, a 12% drop, for a $125 Million total after 3 weeks of release.