Last weekend saw Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings at the top of the UK box office, with 6 new releases can any of them do enough to top the box office chart this weekend?

Here are this weeks new releases

• The Starling
• Everybody's Talking About Jamie
• Prisoners of the Ghostland
• The Obscure Life of the Grand Duke of Corsica
• Gunpowder Milkshake
• 12 Mighty Orphans

The Starling

• The movie is directed by Theodore Melfi, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Theodore Melfi also directed St Vincent in 2014 which grossed £780K in the UK.
• It stars Melissa McCarthy who also starred in Thunder Force (2021).
• The film also stars Timothy Olyphant who last appeared in Once Upon a Time ... In Hollywood (2019).
• They also appeared together in Go (1999).

Everybody's Talking About Jamie

• The movie is directed by Jonathan Butterell, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Jonathan Butterell also directed Everybody's Talking About Jamie in 2018 which grossed £1.2 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Max Harwood who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Lauren Patel who is making a feature film debut.

Prisoners of the Ghostland

• The movie is directed by Sion Sono, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Sion Sono also directed Venice 70: Future Reloaded in 2013.
• It stars Nicolas Cage who also starred in Pig (2021).
• The film also stars Sofia Boutella who also last appeared in Settlers (2021).

The Obscure Life of the Grand Duke of Corsica

• The movie is directed by Daniel Graham, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Daniel Graham also directed Opus Zero in 2019 which grossed £1.6K in the UK.
• It stars Timothy Spall who also starred in The Last Bus (2021).
• The film also stars Peter Stormare who also last appeared in The Poison Rose (2019).

Gunpowder Milkshake

• The movie is directed by Navot Papushado, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Navot Papushado also directed Big Bad Wolves in 2013 which grossed £1.6K in the UK.
• It stars Karen Gillan who also starred in The Call of the Wild (2020).
• The film also stars Joanna Bobin who also last appeared in Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016).

12 Mighty Orphans

• The movie is directed by Ty Roberts, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Ty Roberts also directed The Iron Orchard in 2018.
• It stars Luke Wilson who also starred in Cosmic Sin (2021).
• The film also stars Vinessa Shaw who also last appeared in After the Fall (2014).
• They also appeared together in 3:10 to Yuma (2007).

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

Next weeks there are 2 new movies released

• The Many Saints of Newark, Wednesday, 22nd September
• The Green Knight, Friday, 24th September

Last Friday saw the release of the fifth in the long running Pirates of The Caribbean series, and after some high grossing debuts number 5 comes in with a lower gross and less fan fare.

The film still managed a number one debut with its £5 million weekend gross but its the lowest opening weekend sing the original film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of The Black Pearl.

The series is clearly loosing steam and after 5 films of questionable quality the tiring series needs to retire, going from an over £10 million debut of On Stranger Tides to £5 million for the latest is a warning sign to Disney.

Falling hard from number 1 this week, and fast becoming the flop of the summer is King Arthur Legend of The Sword which this week sits at number 5.

A second weekend take of just under £600 thousand is a massive 75% drop from last week, the total after 2 weeks is nearly £4 million.

Also new this week is Diary of A Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul at number 2, the series of films is a favourite with children and takes nearly £1.5 million on its debut.

The Red Turtle also makes its debut at number 9 with £91,000 on its opening weekend of release, although it is on a limited run.

Highest total grossing film and longest run on the box office is Beauty and The Beast, and incredible 11 week run has the film grossing just over £71 million pound.

Historical charts

A year ago - Xmen Apocalypse stayed at the top for a second weekend while Alice Through The Looking Glass was the top new film at number 2.

Five years ago - Men In Black 3 took over at the top on its debut weekend knocking The Dictator to number 2 after a week at the top.

Ten years ago - Pirates of The Caribbean: At Worlds End was the new film at the top of the box office, it knocked Spider-Man 3 to number 2.

Fifteen years ago - Star Wars Episode II: Attack of The Clones remained at the top for a second weekend while the top new film was Not Another Teen Movie at number 3.

Twenty years ago - Liar Liar spent its 4th weekend at the top while the top new film was Beavis and Butthead do America at number 2.

Twenty five years ago - Waynes World moved up to number one after its number 2 debut, in a switch around Basic Instinct fell from the top to number 2.

This weeks home video charts has a new number one film enter in the shape of the Duncan Jones directed video game adaptation Warcraft.

Warcraft was released into cinemas in the UK on 3rd June 2016 to tepid reviews, but despite this it still managed a debut at the top with a £3.6 million opening.

The audience was very front loaded and in its second weekend the film fell to number 4 and over the next couple of weeks fell from the box office altogether.

In the Uk the films total gross was £5.9 million, looking at the global box office the film did quite well and, largely led by China, it grossed £413 million and is the 210th top grossing movie.

Alice Through The Looking Glass made its debut at the top last week and this week falls down to number 4.

Also making its debut on the home video chart is Me Before You which comes in strong at number 2 and DTV film The Guv'nor which is new at number 10.

After 4 weeks at the top of the UK home video chart Captain America is toppled by Alice Through The Looking Glass which makes its debut.

Alice Through The Looking Glass is the sequel to Tim Burtons Alice in Wonderland and was released on 5th August 2016. The film entered the UK box office at number 2 with a debut gross of £2.2 million, it failed to remove X Men Apocalypse which remained at the top.

The film did reasonably well on the box office hand hung around for 7 weeks on the top 15 before spending another 15 weeks hanging around the lower reaches of the box office.

The film made an excellent £9.9 million is total UK grosses, although compared to Alice in Wonderland which made £42 million its relatively small.

This is the first week os Disney having a big video sale and as always they have a bog impact on the video chart with 5 re-entries inside the top 10, and if you count Marvel and live action remakes they have 8 of the top 10 films.

Also new this week is Money Monster at number 9, When Marnie Was There at number 13 and Mothers Day at number 14.

This weekend the video game adaptation Warcraft is the top film for the weekend, but Alice Through The Looking Glass is the top film over the week.

Opening on Friday Warcraft took £3.6 million from the 3 days making it the top film over that period.

The Duncan Jones directed film in fact only just made it to the top as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Out of The Shadows was a very close debut at number 2 with £3.4 million.

Alice Through The Looking Glass which debuted at number 2 last week falls to number 4 this week with £1.3 million but over the week Monday - Sunday it grossed £4.7 million, higher than any other film.

Last weeks top film X-Men Apocalypse falls to number 5 this week with £1.2 million for the weekend and £15.8 million in total after 3 weeks.

Longest stay on this weeks chart is Zootopia which has been around for 10 week while the highest total grossing film on the chart is The Jungle Book which has taken £44.5 million over 8 weeks.

Historical charts

A year ago - Spy was the top new film of the week entering at number 1 knocking San Andreas down to number 2.

Five years ago - X-Men First Class was the top new film of the week at number 1 while The Hangover Part II fell to number 2.

Ten years ago - X-Men The Last Stand was still at the top for a second week while the top new film was Poseidon at number 3.

Fifteen years ago - Pearl Harbour entered the box office at the top knocking The mummy Returns into the runner up spot.

Twenty years ago - Toy Story went back to the top of the box office leaving From Dusk Till Dawn to enter the chart in the runner up spot.

Twenty five years ago - Problem Child remained at the top of the box office with Sibling Rivalry to enter highest at number 2.