This weekend, Friday 2nd May 2025, there are 9 new films released in North America and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Sinners, for the number 1 spot?

As well as the movies released in cinemas this weekend this list also includes a number of the top movies released on streaming platforms.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Thunderbolts*
• The Surfer
• Rust
• Words of War
• Salvable
• Black Bag
• Another Simple Favour
• Electra
• The Dumpling Queen

Thunderbolts*

• The movie is directed by Jake Schreier, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Jake Schreier also directed Paper Towns in 2015.
• It stars Sebastian Stan who also starred in Rachel Getting Married (2008).
• The film also stars Florence Pugh who's last movie was We Live In Time (2024).
• They also appeared together in Avengers Doomsday in 2026.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

The Surfer

• The movie is directed by Lorcan Finnegan, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Lorcan Finnegan also directed Nocebo in 2022.
• It stars Nicolas Cage who also starred in Next (2007).
• The film also stars Julian McMahon who's last movie was The Suprêmes At Earl's All-You-Can-Eat (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Rust

• The movie is directed by Joel Souza, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Joel Souza also directed Ghost Squad in 2015.
• It stars Travis Fimmel who also starred in Kandahar (2023).
• The film also stars Alec Baldwin who's last movie was TÁR (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Words of War

• The movie is directed by James Strong, it is the directors 4th movie.
• James Strong also directed United in 2011.
• It stars Jason Isaacs who also starred in A Cure For Wellness (2017).
• The film also stars Ciarán Hinds who's last movie was Cottontail (2024).
• They also appeared together in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 in 2011.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Salvable

• The movie is from director Bjorn Franklin and Johnny Marchetta.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Barry Ward who also starred in Maze (2017).
• The film also stars Shia LaBeouf who's last movie was Henry Johnson (2025).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

Black Bag

• The movie is directed by Steven Soderbergh, it is the directors 37th movie.
• Steven Soderbergh also directed Haywire in 2012 which grossed $18.9 Mil. in the US and grossed $34.5 Mil. globally.
• It stars Michael Fassbender who also starred in Prometheus (2012).
• The film also stars Gustaf Skarsgård who's last movie was What Remains (2024).
• Steven Soderbergh directed Michael Fassbender in and Haywire
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Another Simple Favour

• The movie is directed by Paul Feig, it is the directors 13th movie.
• Paul Feig also directed Grounded: Unaccompanied Minors in 2006 which grossed $16.7 Mil. in the US and grossed $21.9 Mil. globally.
• It stars Blake Lively who also starred in IF (2024).
• The film also stars Anna Kendrick who's last movie was Trolls Band Together (2023).
• They also appeared together in A Simple Favour in 2018.
• Paul Feig directed Blake Lively in and A Simple Favour
• Paul Feig directed Anna Kendrick in and A Simple Favour
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.

Electra

• The movie is from director Hala Matar.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Maria Bakalova who also starred in Fairyland (2023).
• The film also stars Abigail Cowen who's last movie was The Ritual (2025).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

The Dumpling Queen

• The movie is from director Wai Keung Lau.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Li Ma who also starred in Goodbye Mr. Loser (2015).
• The film also stars Kara Ying Hung Wai who's last movie was The Invisible Guest (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

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

• Clown In a Cornfield - Friday, 9th May
• Shadow Force - Friday, 9th May
• Juliet and Romeo - Friday, 9th May
• Nonnas - Friday, 9th May - streaming
• Henry Johnson - Friday, 9th May - streaming
• Fight Or Flight - Friday, 9th May

Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 18th October 2024, there are 5 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Transformers: One from the top of the UK box office.

As well as the movies released in cinemas this weekend this list also includes a number of the top movies released on streaming platforms.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• The Wild Robot
• Smile 2
• The Apprentice
• Happyend
• My Hero Academia: You're Next

The Wild Robot

• The movie is directed by Chris Sanders, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Chris Sanders also directed The Call of the Wild in 2020 which grossed £2.8 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Lupita Nyong'o who also starred in Queen of Katwe (2016).
• The film also stars Pedro Pascal who's last movie was Drive-Away Dolls (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Smile 2

• The movie is directed by Parker Finn, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Parker Finn also directed Smile in 2022 which grossed £11.7 Mil. in the UK and grossed $216.1 Mil. globally.
• It stars Naomi Scott who also starred in Distant (2023).
• The film also stars Kyle Gallner who's last movie was Strange Darling (2024).
• Parker Finn directed Kyle Gallner in and Smile
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

The Apprentice

• The movie is directed by Ali Abbasi, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Ali Abbasi also directed Shelley in 2016.
• It stars Sebastian Stan who also starred in Sharper (2023).
• The film also stars Jeremy Strong who's last movie was Armageddon Time (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Happyend

• The movie is directed by Neo Sora, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Neo Sora also directed Ainu Neno An Ainu in 2021.
• It stars Makiko Watanabe who also starred in A Banana? At This Time of Night? (2018).
• The film also stars Shiro Sano who's last movie was Hazardous Wife Warning (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

My Hero Academia: You're Next

• The movie is directed by Tensai Okamura, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Tensai Okamura also directed Cowboy Bebop: The Movie in 2001.
• It stars Kaito Ishikawa who also starred in Haikyuu!! The Movie 2:: The Winner and the Loser (2015).
• The film also stars Yuki Kaji who's last movie was Haikyu!! The Movie: Decisive Battle At the Garbage Dump (2024).
• Kaito Ishikawa and Yuki Kaji have starred in 6 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising in 2019, Haikyuu!! The Movie 1: The End And: The Beginning in 2015, My Hero Academia: Two Heroes in 2018, Genocidal Organ in 2017, Legend of the Galactic Heroes: The New Thesis - Stellar War 2 in 2019 and Haikyu!! The Movie: Decisive Battle At the Garbage Dump in 2024.
• 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 5 new movies released

• Emilia Pérez - Friday, 25th October
• Wolf Man - Friday, 25th October
• Venom: The Last Dance - Friday, 25th October
• The Room Next Door - Friday, 25th October
• The Front Room - Friday, 25th October

Horror movie Smile~2022 is turining into a franchise and gets a sequel this year in the imaginatively titled Smile 2 which has been given an 18 age rating in the UK for strong bloody violence, gore.

The movie stars Naomi Scott who has previously been seen in Charlies Angels and the live action Aladdin~2019, it also stars Kyle Gallner who has been seen in Losers Take All and The Finest Hours.

The movie is once again directed by Parker Finn who directed the first Smile~2022 which was a feature film debut.

Movie Synopsis

A pop singer with a troubled past experiences a series of frightening events as she prepares for her comeback tour in this US.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Smile 2
• BBFC age rating: 18 Certificate
• Reason: strong bloody violence, gore
• Release date: 18th October 2024
• Runtime: 127 minutes (2 hours 7 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • Parker Finn
• Starring:
  • Naomi Scott
  • Kyle Gallner
  • Rosemarie DeWitt

BBFC movie page

Last weekend Furiosa 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.

• Haikyu!! The Movie: Decisive Battle At the Garbage Dump
• The Dead Don't Hurt
• In a Violent Nature
• Ezra
• Robot Dreams
• RSVP
• Summer Camp
• Young Woman and the Sea

Haikyu!! The Movie: Decisive Battle At the Garbage Dump

• The movie is directed by Susumu Mitsunaka, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Susumu Mitsunaka also directed Haikyu!! 4: Battle of Concepts in 2017.
• It stars Ayumu Murase who also starred in Goodbye, Don Glees! (2022).
• The film also stars Kaito Ishikawa who's last movie was Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid (2023).
• Ayumu Murase and Kaito Ishikawa have starred in 4 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Haikyu!! 4: Battle of Concepts in 2017, Haikyu!! 3: Genius and Sense in 2017, Haikyuu!! The Movie 2:: The Winner and the Loser in 2015 and Haikyuu!! The Movie 1: The End And: The Beginning in 2015.
• Susumu Mitsunaka directed Ayumu Murase in Haikyu!! 4: Battle of Concepts
• Susumu Mitsunaka directed Kaito Ishikawa in Haikyu!! 3: Genius and Sense
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

The Dead Don't Hurt

• The movie is directed by Viggo Mortensen, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Viggo Mortensen also directed Falling in 2020.
• It stars Vicky Krieps who also starred in The Last Vermeer (2019).
• The film also stars Viggo Mortensen who's last movie was Eureka (2024).
• Viggo Mortensen directed Viggo Mortensen in Falling
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

In a Violent Nature

• The movie is from director Chris Nash.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Ry Barrett who also starred in Anti-Social (2015).
• The film also stars Andrea Pavlovic who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Ezra

• The movie is directed by Tony Goldwyn, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Tony Goldwyn also directed Someone Like You in 2001.
• It stars Robert De Niro who also starred in The Last Tycoon (1976).
• The film also stars Rose Byrne who's last movie was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Robot Dreams

• The movie is directed by Pablo Berger, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Pablo Berger also directed Torremolinos 73 in 2003.
• It stars Ivan Labanda who also starred in Robot Dreams (2023).
• The film also stars Albert Trifol Segarra who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

RSVP

• The movie is directed by Thomas Walton, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Thomas Walton also directed Camp Pleasant Lake in 2024.
• It stars Robert Richard who also starred in Emotional Arithmetic (2007).
• The film also stars Natasha Marc who's last movie was Dutch (2021).
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.

Summer Camp

• The movie is directed by Castille Landon, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Castille Landon also directed After We Fell in 2021 which grossed $2.2 Mil. in the US and grossed $21.6 Mil. globally.
• It stars Diane Keaton who also starred in Love and Death (1975).
• The film also stars Kathy Bates who's last movie was The Miracle Club (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Young Woman and the Sea

• The movie is directed by Joachim Rønning, it is the directors 8th movie.
• Joachim Rønning also directed Bandidas in 2006 and grossed $18.4 Mil. globally.
• It stars Daisy Ridley who also starred in The Eagle Huntress (2016).
• The film also stars Tilda Cobham-Hervey who's last movie was I Am Woman (2019).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• 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

• Am I OK? - Thursday, 6th June - streaming
• Bad Boys: Ride Or Die - Friday, 7th June
• Late Bloomers - Friday, 7th June - streaming
• The Watched - Friday, 7th June
• Hit Man - Friday, 24th May - streaming
• Save Me - Saturday, 8th June

A new poster has been released for upcoming movie Trolls Band Together which can seen in full if you scroll down this page.

Movie breakdown

• The movie is due for release in the UK on 20th October 2023
• It is due for release in North America on 17th November 2023
• It stars among others Anna Kendrick (Noelle) and Justin Timberlake ()
• It is directed by Tim Heitz (Trolls Band Together)
• The movie also stars Rolando Davila-Beltran, and
• It is a sequel to Trolls (2016) and Trolls World Tour (2020)
• Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake appeared together in Trolls and Trolls World Tour

Synopsis for Trolls Band Together

Poppy and Branch are now officially, finally, a couple. As they grow closer, Poppy discovers that Branch has a secret past. He was once part of her favorite boyband phenomenon, BroZone, with his four brothers: Floyd, John Dory, Spruce and Clay. BroZone disbanded when Branch was still a baby, as did the family, and Branch hasn't seen his brothers since. But when Branch's bro Floyd is kidnapped for his musical talents by a pair of nefarious pop-star villains - Velvet and Veneer - Branch and Poppy embark on a harrowing and emotional journey to reunite the other brothers and rescue Floyd from a fate even worse than pop-culture obscurity.

Check out the Salty Popcorn movie page for more information on this upcoming film.