This weekend, Friday 5th April 2024, there are 8 new films released in North America and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, for the number 1 spot?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Monkey Man
• Housekeeping For Beginners
• Wicked Little Letters
• Coup De Chance
• Femme
• The First Omen
• The Beast
• DogMan

Monkey Man

• The movie is from director Dev Patel.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Dev Patel who also starred in Hotel Mumbai (2019).
• The film also stars Sharlto Copley who's last movie was Beast (2022).
• They also appeared together in Chappie in 2015.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Housekeeping For Beginners

• The movie is directed by , it is the directors 165th movie.
• also directed Kings of the Court in 1997.
• It stars who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars who is making a feature film debut.
• and have starred in 11 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Death Stranding in , Saw XI in 2024, Stand By Me Doraemon 3 in , Moana 2 in 2024, Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi in , The Lego Batman Movie 2 in , The Exorcist Deceiver in , Star Wars Rogue Squadron in , The Shrinking of Treehorn in 2024, Vacation Guide to the Solar System in and Avengers: Secret Wars in 2027.
• directed in Avengers: Secret Wars
• directed in The Exorcist Deceiver
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The MPAA age rating is

Wicked Little Letters

• The movie is directed by Thea Sharrock and Michael Mohan, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Thea Sharrock and Michael Mohan also directed The One and Only Ivan in 2020.
• It stars Olivia Colman who also starred in Locke (2014).
• The film also stars Jessie Buckley who's last movie was Fingernails (2023).
• They also appeared together in The Lost Daughter in 2021.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Coup De Chance

• The movie is directed by Woody Allen, it is the directors 52nd movie.
• Woody Allen also directed Whatever Works in 2010.
• It stars Lou de Laage who also starred in Jappeloup (2013).
• The film also stars Niels Schneider who's last movie was Icarus (2022).
• They also appeared together in The Black Book in 2018.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Femme

• The movie is from director Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars George MacKay who also starred in Peter Pan (2003).
• The film also stars Nathan Stewart-Jarrett who's last movie was Candyman (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

The First Omen

• The movie is from director Arkasha Stevenson.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Bill Nighy who also starred in Hot Fuzz (2007).
• The film also stars Charles Dance who's last movie was Savage Waters (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

The Beast

• The movie is directed by Bertrand Bonello, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Bertrand Bonello also directed House of Tolerance in 2012.
• It stars L�a Seydoux who also starred in Mission:Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011).
• The film also stars George MacKay who's last movie was Femme (2023).
• Bertrand Bonello directed L�a Seydoux in Saint Laurent
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

DogMan

• The movie is directed by Luc Besson, it is the directors 18th movie.
• Luc Besson also directed The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc in 2000 which grossed $14.3 Mil. in the US and grossed $67.1 Mil. globally.
• It stars Caleb Landry Jones who also starred in Heaven Knows What (2016).
• The film also stars Jojo T. Gibbs who's last movie was Past Lives (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA 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

• Arcadian - Friday, 12th April
• Civil War - Friday, 12th April
• The Long Game - Friday, 12th April
• Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead - Friday, 12th April
• The Absence of Eden - Friday, 12th April
• Coup De Chance - Friday, 5th April - streaming
• Sting - Friday, 12th April

Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 15th December 2023, there are 6 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Wonka from the top of the UK box office.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Godzilla Minus One
• The Shift
• Showing Up
• Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire
• What Happens Later
• The Three Musketeers: Milady

Godzilla Minus One

• The movie is directed by Takashi Yamazaki, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Takashi Yamazaki also directed Ghost Book Obakezukan in 2022.
• It stars Ryunosuke Kamiki who also starred in Gekijouban SPEC: Kur�zu - Zen no hen (2013).
• The film also stars Minami Hamabe who was last seen in Shin Kamen Rider (2023).
• They also appeared together in Murder At Shijinso in 2019.
• Takashi Yamazaki directed Ryunosuke Kamiki in Ghost Book Obakezukan
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Shift

• The movie is from director Brock Heasley.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Neal McDonough who also starred in Flags of Our Fathers (2006).
• The film also stars Kristoffer Polaha who was last seen in Jurassic World: Dominion (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Showing Up

• The movie is directed by Kelly Reichardt, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Kelly Reichardt also directed Night Moves in 2014 which grossed £25.6K in the UK.
• It stars Michelle Williams who also starred in Me Without You (2001).
• The film also stars Hong Chau who was last seen in Asteroid City (2023).
• Kelly Reichardt directed Michelle Williams in Certain Women
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK 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 Man of Steel in 2013 which grossed £29.8 Mil. in the UK and grossed $661 Mil. globally.
• It stars Sofia Boutella who also starred in Hotel Artemis (2018).
• 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.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

What Happens Later

• The movie is directed by Meg Ryan, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Meg Ryan also directed Ithaca in 2015.
• It stars Meg Ryan who also starred in In the Cut (2003).
• The film also stars David Duchovny who was last seen in The Bubble (2022).
• Meg Ryan directed Meg Ryan in Ithaca
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Three Musketeers: Milady

• The movie is directed by Martin Bourboulon, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Martin Bourboulon also directed The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan in 2023 which grossed £393.4K in the UK.
• It stars Jacob Fortune-Lloyd who also starred in Globe On Screen: The Merchant of Venice Shakespeares Globe 2015 (2016).
• The film also stars Eva Green who was last seen in The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan (2023).
• They also appeared together in The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan in 2023.
• Martin Bourboulon directed Jacob Fortune-Lloyd in The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan
• Martin Bourboulon directed Eva Green in The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan
• 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 3 new movies released

• Maestro - Wednesday, 20th December - streaming
• Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom - Thursday, 21st December
• Silent Night - Saturday, 23rd December - streaming

Japanese smash hit movie Godzilla Minus One has been given a 12A age rating in the UK for moderate threat, violence, brief bloody images

The movie stars Ryunosuke Kamiki who has previously appeared in movie such as Your Name and Summer Wars, it also stars Minami Hamabe who has stared in Murder At Shijinso and Shin Kamen Rider.

The director is Takashi Yamazaki who has heled such classics as Ghost Book Obakezukan and Dragon Quest Your Story.

Movie Synopsis

Japan is already devastated by the war when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Godzilla Minus One
• BBFC age rating: 12A Certificate
• Reason: moderate threat, violence, brief bloody images
• Release date: 15th December 2023
• Runtime: 124 minutes (2 hours 4 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • Takashi Yamazaki
• Starring:
  • Ryunosuke Kamiki
  • Minami Hamabe
  • Yuki Yamada

BBFC movie page

With The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes currently at the top of the North American box office can this weeks new cinema releases challlenge it for the US box office crown?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Renaissance: A Film By Beyonce
• Eileen
• Animal
• Silent Night
• Candy Cane Lane
• Godzilla Minus One

Renaissance: A Film By Beyonce

• The movie is directed by Beyoncé Knowles, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Beyoncé Knowles also directed Homecoming: A Film By Beyonce in 2019.
• It stars Beyoncé Knowles who also starred in Epic (2013).
• The film also stars Kelly Rowland who was last seen in The Curse of Bridge Hollow (2022).
• Beyonce Knowles and Kelly Rowland have starred in 4 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Homecoming: A Film By Beyonce in 2019, Beyonce: Life Is But a Dream in 2013, Black Is King in 2020 and Beverly Hood in 2007.
• Beyoncé Knowles directed Beyoncé Knowles in Black Is King
• Beyoncé Knowles directed Kelly Rowland in Black Is King
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Eileen

• The movie is directed by William Oldroyd, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• William Oldroyd also directed Lady Macbeth in 2017.
• It stars Thomasin McKenzie who also starred in The Changeover (2017).
• The film also stars Shea Whigham who was last seen in Mission:Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1 (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The MPAA age rating is

Animal

• The movie is directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Sandeep Reddy Vanga also directed Arjun Reddy in 2017.
• It stars Ranbir Kapoor who also starred in Wake Up Sid (2009).
• The film also stars Rashmika Mandanna who was last seen in Varisu (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

Silent Night

• The movie is directed by John Woo, it is the directors 37th movie.
• John Woo also directed Money Crazy in 1977.
• It stars Joel Kinnaman who also starred in Run All Night (2015).
• The film also stars Catalina Sandino Moreno who was last seen in Barbarians (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Candy Cane Lane

• The movie is directed by Reginald Hudlin, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Reginald Hudlin also directed Marshall in 2017.
• It stars Eddie Murphy who also starred in The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002).
• The film also stars Tracee Ellis Ross who was last seen in American Fiction (2023).
• Reginald Hudlin directed Eddie Murphy in Boomerang
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• The MPAA age rating is

Godzilla Minus One

• The movie is directed by Takashi Yamazaki, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Takashi Yamazaki also directed Dragon Quest: Your Story in 2019.
• It stars Ryunosuke Kamiki who also starred in March Comes In Like a Lion 2 (2017).
• The film also stars Minami Hamabe who was last seen in Shin Kamen Rider (2023).
• They also appeared together in Murder At Shijinso in 2019.
• Takashi Yamazaki directed Ryunosuke Kamiki in Ghost Book Obakezukan
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

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

Next week there are 6 new movies released

• Poor Things - Friday, 8th December
• Magazine Dreams - Friday, 8th December
• The Oath - Friday, 8th December
• The End We Start From - Friday, 8th December
• Leave the World Behind - Friday, 8th December - streaming
• Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget - Friday, 8th December

Celebrated director Web Anderson brings his next movie to the big screen in the shape of the intriguingly titled Asteroid City which has been given a 12A age rating in the UK for suicide references, brief nudity, moderate bad language.

As always with Wes Anderson movies there is a whole host of big names, which this time is headed up by Jason Schwartzman who has previously appeared in The Marc Pease Experience and I Heart Huckabees, it also stars Scarlett Johansson who has previously starred in Ghost In the Shell~2017 and The Horse Whisperer.

Wes Anderson has previously directed The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr. Fox and Moonrise Kingdom.

Movie Synopsis

World-changing events spectacularly disrupt the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention in an American desert town circa 1955.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Asteroid City
• BBFC age rating: 12A Certificate
• Reason: suicide references, brief nudity, moderate bad language
• Release date: 26th June 2023
• Runtime: 105 minutes (1 hour 45 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • Wes Anderson
• Starring:
  • Jason Schwartzman
  • Scarlett Johansson
  • Tom Hanks

BBFC movie page