Last weekend Barbie was at the top of the North American box office, there are 8 new releases this weekend, will any of them top the US box office this weekend?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Meg 2: The Trench
• Passages
• Corner Office
• Dreamin' Wild
• Mob Land
• Til Death Do Us Part
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
• The Hiding Place

Meg 2: The Trench

• The movie is directed by Ben Wheatley, it is the directors 12th movie.
• Ben Wheatley also directed Kill List in 2011.
• It stars Jason Statham who also starred in Hummingbird (2013).
• The film also stars Cliff Curtis who was last seen in True Spirit (2023).
• Jason Statham and Cliff Curtis have starred in 2 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Fast & Furious Presents Hobbs and Shaw in 2019 and The Meg in 2018.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Passages

• The movie is directed by Ira Sachs, it is the directors 11th movie.
• Ira Sachs also directed Vaudeville in 1992.
• It stars Franz Rogowski who also starred in Victoria (2016).
• The film also stars Ben Whishaw who was last seen in Women Talking (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The MPAA age rating is

Corner Office

• The movie is from director Joachim Back.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Jon Hamm who also starred in Keeping Up With the Joneses (2016).
• The film also stars Danny Pudi who was last seen in Somebody I Used to Know (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Dreamin' Wild

• The movie is directed by Bill Pohlad, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Bill Pohlad also directed Love and Mercy in 2015.
• It stars Walton Goggins who also starred in The Hateful Eight (2015).
• The film also stars Casey Affleck who was last seen in Oppenheimer (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Mob Land

• The movie is from director Nicholas Maggio.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars John Travolta who also starred in Hairspray (2007).
• The film also stars Donald Ome who was last seen in Pain Hustlers (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

Til Death Do Us Part

• The movie is directed by Timothy Woodward Jr., it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Timothy Woodward Jr. also directed Traded in 2016.
• It stars Cam Gigandet who also starred in The Experiment (2010).
• The film also stars Jason Patric who was last seen in Shrapnel (2023).
• They also appeared together in Shrapnel in 2023.
• Timothy Woodward Jr. directed Jason Patric in Gangster Land
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

• The movie is directed by Jeff Rowe and Kyler Spears, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Jeff Rowe and Kyler Spears also directed The Mitchells Vs. the Machines in 2021.
• It stars Ayo Edebiri who also starred in Hello, Goodbye and Everything In Between (2022).
• The film also stars Rose Byrne who was last seen in Insidious: The Red Door (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

The Hiding Place

• The movie is from director Laura Matula.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Nan Gurley who also starred in The Hiding Place (2023).
• The film also stars John Schuck who was last seen in Santa Bootcamp (2022).
• 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 7 new movies released

• Dragonkeeper - Thursday, 10th August
• The Last Voyage of Demeter - Friday, 11th August
• Heart of Stone - Friday, 11th August - streaming
• Go West - Wednesday, 19th July
• Jules - Friday, 11th August
• The Pod Generation - Friday, 11th August
• Medusa Deluxe - Friday, 11th August

Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 20th January 2023, there are 3 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Avatar: The Way of Water from the top of the UK box office.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Babylon
• Everything Under Control
• The Wandering Earth 2

Babylon

• The movie is directed by Damien Chazelle, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Damien Chazelle also directed First Man in 2018 which grossed £7.4 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Margot Robbie who also starred in Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017).
• The film also stars Brad Pitt who was last seen in Bullet Train (2022).
• Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt have starred in 2 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in The Big Short in 2016 and Once Upon a Time ... In Hollywood in 2019.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Everything Under Control

• The movie is from director Ying Chi-Wen.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Aaryn Cheung who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Hins Cheung who was last seen in Storm Rider Clash of the Evils (2008).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

The Wandering Earth 2

• The movie is directed by Frant Gwo, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Frant Gwo also directed The Wandering Earth in 2019 and grossed $699.8 Mil. globally.
• It stars Andy Lau who also starred in Needing You... (2000).
• The film also stars Jing Wu who was last seen in Ping Pong of China (2023).
• They also appeared together in Shaolin in 2011.
• Frant Gwo directed Jing Wu in The Sacrifice
• 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 3 new movies released

• Unwelcome - Friday, 27th January
• Plane - Friday, 27th January
• The Fabelmans - Friday, 27th January

Sequel to the movie version of the successful TV show Downton Abbey, Downton Abbey: A New Era, is given a PG age rating in the UK.

The movie stars Maggie Smith who was seen last Christmans is the movie A Boy Called Christmas and was in the original TV series and movie, it also stars Elizabeth McGovern who as well as being in the original Downton movie was in the remake Clash of the Titans~2010 in 2010 - for which her co-star Maggie Smith was in the original 1981 version.

The movie is directed this time by Simon Curtis who directed Goodbye Christopher Robin from 2017.

Movie Synopsis

The Crawley family goes on a grand journey to the South of France to uncover the mystery of the dowager countess's newly inherited villa.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Downton Abbey: A New Era
• BBFC age rating: PG Certificate
• Reason: mild bad language, sex references
• Release date: 29th April 2022
• Runtime: 125m (2 hour 5 minutes)
• Director:
  • Simon Curtis
• Starring:
  • Maggie Smith
  • Michelle Dockery
  • Elizabeth McGovern

BBFC movie page

A little late reporting on this weeks charts with the figures arriving the following weekend due to the Christmas break.

UK audiences were in the mood for the Galaxy Far Far Away over the Christmas week with Rogue One staying at the top, maybe a fitting tribute as we said goodbye to Princess Leah.

With the new coming in over the festive period that actress Carrie Fisher sadly passed away what better tribute to pay than keeping Rogue One: A Star Wars Story at number one with £5.6 million on its second weekend.

This brings the films total gross to £33.9 million, an excellent gross in normal circumstances but this is a star wars film and the film is falling far short of last years Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens.

Highest new entry of the week is Passengers which after bad reviews still manages to land at number 2 with £2.4 million.

Both stars Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt are involved with high grossing franchises so this is by no means a big opening for them and with the no so good reviews the film could sink quite quick.

Longest running film on the chart this week is Trolls which has been around for 10 weeks not and highest total grossing movie is Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them which has now grossed £47,469,530 after 6 weeks.

Historical charts

A year ago - Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens was still the top film on its second weekend while top new film was Snoopy and Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie which entered at 2.

Five years ago - Arthur Christmas went back to the top over the festive weekend while the top new film was Don 2 which entered at number 6.

Ten years ago - Happy Feet stayed at the top for a third week while and with a static top 10 the top new film was Bhagam Bhag at number 11.

Fifteen years ago - Kicking off one of the greatest series of all time The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of The Ring entered the box office at the top knocking off Harry Potter and The Philosophers Stone after 5 weeks at the top.

Twenty years ago - 101 Dalmatians stayed at the top for a second weekend while Matilda was the top new film of the week at number 3.

Twenty five years ago - The Addams Family was the top film of the week for a second weekend while Suburban Commando was the top new film which entered at 3.

Across the globe this week Ridley Scott's sci-fi epic The Martian is still conquering the world box office, not in its fourth week of release.

The film is loosing momentum slowly but still manages a weekly global gross of $58 million bringing its total global gross to $319 million, it is now playing in 75 countries.

Having had its release across most of the world China now gets Ant-Man and gives the film a massive boost.

Now only playing in 3 countries the film takes $43.5 million last week and sits at number 2, it has now grossed $454.6 million globally.

Ant-Man is also the highest total grossing movie across the globe this week.

Here is the full global top 10 film:

1. The Martian - $58,500,000
2. Ant-Man - $43,573,000
3. Hotel Transylvania 2 - $42,850,000
4. Crimson Peak - $26,246,120
5. Goosebumps - $23,500,000
6. Goodbye Mr. Loser - $22,353,992
7. Pan - $20,260,000
8. The Intern - $16,705,000
9. Bridge Of Spies - $15,380,000
10. Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials - $11,450,000