Released in the US this weekend, Friday, 9th June 2023, there are 5 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse from the top of the North American box office.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
• Extraction 2
• Blue Jean
• 97 Minutes
• Little Dodo

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

• The movie is directed by Steven Caple Jr., it is the directors 4th movie.
• Steven Caple Jr. also directed The Land in 2016.
• It stars Michelle Yeoh who also starred in The Stunt Woman (1996).
• The film also stars Pete Davidson who was last seen in Fast X (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Extraction 2

• The movie is directed by Sam Hargrave, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Sam Hargrave also directed Extraction in 2020.
• It stars Chris Hemsworth who also starred in 12 Strong (2018).
• The film also stars Olga Kurylenko who was last seen in The Princess (2022).
• Sam Hargrave directed Chris Hemsworth in Extraction
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Blue Jean

• The movie is from director Georgia Oakley.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Rosy McEwen who also starred in Vesper (2022).
• The film also stars Kerrie Hayes who was last seen in Kicks (2010).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

97 Minutes

• The movie is directed by Timo Vuorensola, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Timo Vuorensola also directed Jeepers Creepers: Reborn in 2022.
• It stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers who also starred in I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2003).
• The film also stars Alec Baldwin who was last seen in TAR (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Little Dodo

• The movie is directed by Rob Minkoff, it is the directors 9th movie.
• Rob Minkoff also directed Flypaper in 2011.
• It stars Liza Koshy who also starred in My Little Pony: A New Generation (2021).
• The film also stars Stella Hudgens who was last seen in Single With Parents (2008).
• 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

• Asteroid City - Tuesday, 13th June
• Jagged Mind - Thursday, 15th June
• Moonlight Soul - Friday, 16th June
• Stan Lee - Friday, 16th June
• The Flash - Friday, 16th June
• The Blackening - Friday, 16th June
• Elemental - Friday, 16th June
• Extraction 2 - Friday, 9th June - streaming

Elizabeth Banks is the director of the new movie Cocaine Bear about a bear who consumes a very large amount of cocaine, the movie has been given a 15 age rating in the UK for strong gore, violence, drug references, language.

The movie stars the legendary Ray Liotta from classics such as Goodfellas and Field of Dream who sadly passed away last year and this will be his last movie, it also stars Alden Ehrenreich who is best known for starring in Solo A Star Wars Story.

The movie is directed by Elizabeth Banks who directed and starred in Pitch Perfect 2 and the 2019 re-boot of Charlies Angels~2019.

Movie Synopsis

After a 500-pound black bear consumes a significant amount of cocaine and embarks on a drug-fueled rampage, an eccentric gathering of cops, criminals, tourists, and teenagers assemble in a Georgia forest.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Cocaine Bear
• BBFC age rating: 15 Certificate
• Reason: strong gore, violence, drug references, language
• Release date: 24th February 2023
• Runtime: 95 minutes (1 hour 35 minutes)
• Directed by:
  • Elizabeth Banks
• Starring:
  • Ray Liotta
  • Alden Ehrenreich
  • Keri Russel

BBFC movie page