Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 3rd September 2021, there are 6 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Free Guy from the top of the UK box office.

Here are this weeks new releases

• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
• Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins
• Annette
• Time Rewind
• Cinderella
• Here Today

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

• The movie is directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Destin Daniel Cretton also directed The Glass Castle in 2017 which grossed £49.4 Thousand in the UK.
• It stars Simu Liu who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Awkwafina who last appeared in Raya and the Last Dragon (2021).

Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins

• The movie is directed by Nick Nevern, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Nick Nevern also directed The Hooligan Factory in 2014 which grossed £6.8 Thousand in the UK and grossed $11.1 Thousand globally.
• It stars Vinnie Jones who also starred in The Big Ugly (2020).
• The film also stars Craig Fairbrass who last appeared in Villain (2020).

Annette

• The movie is directed by Leos Carax, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Leos Carax also directed Holy Motors in 2012 which grossed £66.1 Thousand in the UK.
• It stars Adam Driver who also starred in The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2020).
• The film also stars Marion Cotillard who last appeared in Dolittle (2020).

Time Rewind

• The movie is from director Lincoln Fenner
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Tim Cullingworth-Hudson who also starred in Time Rewind (2021).
• The film also stars Oliver Mason who also last appeared in Time Rewind (2021).

Cinderella

• The movie is directed by Kay Cannon, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Kay Cannon also directed Blockers in 2018 which grossed £3.8 Million in the UK.
• It stars Camila Cabello who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Billy Porter who also last appeared in Like a Boss (2020).

Here Today

• The movie is directed by Billy Crystal, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Billy Crystal also directed Forget Paris in 1995 which grossed £642.5 Thousand in the UK.
• It stars Billy Crystal who also starred in Standing Up, Falling Down (2019).
• The film also stars Tiffany Haddish who also last appeared in The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2021).

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

Next weeks there are 4 new movies released

• Malignant, Wednesday, 8th September
• Malibu Road, Thursday, 9th September
• Respect, Friday, 10th September
• Copshop, Friday, 10th September

Having been in American cinemas on limited release for a couple of weeks (allowing it to be considered on the awards season) 1917 goes on wide release and takes over at the top of the US box office from Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker while comedy Like A Boss is the top new film.

1917

Sam Mendes was epic makes its way to the top of the US box office after 3 weeks on limited release to a weekend gross of $36.5 Million.

The movies total gross after 3 weeks of release of $39.2 Million, the film has been nominated for various awards like Best Feature at the Oscars and has already won Best Drama at the golden globes which can only increase its total gross.

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

After 3 weeks at the top the final movie in the Skywalker saga falls from the top to number 2 with a weekend take of $15 Million.

This puts the J.J. Abrams directed movies total US gross after 4 weeks at $478.1 Million, behind both the other entries in the sequel trilogy.

The movie is the highest total grossing movie on this weeks box office.

Jumanji: The Next Level

The sequel movie starring Dwayne Johnson and Jack Black falls to number 3 this week with $14 Million giving the movie a 5 weeks total gross of $257.1 Million.

Like a Boss

Highest new film of the week enters the US box office at number 4 with this corporate comedy staring Rose Byrne and Tiffany Haddish which takes $10 Million on its debut weekend.

Just Mercy

Director Destin Daniel Cretton's movie climbs to number 5 this week as the movie is put on wide release and takes $10 Million on its 3rd weekend of release, the film has taken $10.5 Million in total.

Frozen II

Disney's smash hit animated film is at 8 this week having taken $459.3 Million over 8 weeks, the longerst on this week chart.