Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 29th April 2022, there are 3 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Sonic the Hedgehog 2 from the top of the UK box office.

Here are this weeks new releases

• Downton Abbey: A New Era
• We're All Going to the Worlds Fair
• The Feast

Downton Abbey: A New Era

• The movie is directed by Simon Curtis, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Simon Curtis also directed Born In the USA in 2007.
• It stars Tuppence Middleton who also starred in First Light (2010).
• The film also stars Maggie Smith who was last seen in A Boy Called Christmas (2021).
• They also appeared together in Downton Abbey in 2019.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

We're All Going to the Worlds Fair

• The movie is from director Jane Schoenbrun.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Anna Cobb who also starred in The Head of John the Baptist (2022).
• The film also stars Holly Anne Frink who is making a feature film debut.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Feast

• The movie is from director Lee Haven Jones.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Annes Elwy who also starred in The Toll (2021).
• The film also stars Nia Roberts who was last seen in To Provide All People (2018).

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

Next week there is 1 new movie

• Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness - Thursday, 5th May

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

Last weekend saw Ghostbusters: Afterlife at the top of the UK box office, with 4 new releases can any of them do enough to top the box office chart this weekend?

Here are this weeks new releases

• House of Gucci
• Encanto
• A Boy Called Christmas
• Pirates

House of Gucci

• The movie is directed by Ridley Scott, it is the directors 31st movie.
• Ridley Scott also directed All the Money In the World in 2018 which grossed £3.3 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Lady Gaga who also starred in A Star Is Born (2018).
• The film also stars Adam Driver who last appeared in The Last Duel (2021).
• UK Box Office Prediction: Number 2

Encanto

• The movie is directed by Jared Bush and Byron Howard, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Jared Bush and Byron Howard also directed Zootopia in 2016 which grossed £23.8 Mil. in the UK and grossed $1 Bil. globally.
• It stars Stephanie Beatriz who also starred in Short Term 12 (2013).
• The film also stars Maria Cecilia Botero who is making a feature film debut.
• UK Box Office Prediction: Number 5

A Boy Called Christmas

• The movie is directed by Gil Kenan, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Gil Kenan also directed Monster House in 2006 which grossed £6.4 Mil. in the UK and grossed $141.9 Mil. globally.
• It stars Maggie Smith who also starred in Downton Abbey (2019).
• The film also stars Isabella O'Sullivan who is making a feature film debut.

Pirates

• The movie is from director Reggie Yates
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Elliot Edusah who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Jordan Peters who last appeared in Blue Story (2019).

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

• The Power of the Dog, Monday, 11th October
• Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, Friday, 3rd December
• Silent Night, Friday, 3rd December
• Blue Bayou, Friday, 3rd December
• Christmas With Andre, Saturday, 4th December

The anticipation is starting to grow for the Downton Abbey sequel movie, but your going to have to wait a few months longer as the release has been moved from December 2021 to March 18th 2022.

A new era begins. The entire Downton cast is back for #DowntonAbbey: A New Era, with Hugh Dancy, Laura Haddock, Nathalie Baye and Dominic West joining. See the film only in cinemas 18 March 2022. pic.twitter.com/BaUhJD3ib8

— Universal Pictures UK (@universaluk) August 26, 2021

The new movie has also been given a new title, no longer will be be simply a a sequel as the new title is Downton Abbey: A New Era.

This clearly conjures up connotation of the passing of the flame to the next residence of the famous old house, but lets see when we get more information.

The movie is directed Simon Curtis and stars among others Dominic West, Michelle Dockery and Maggie Smith.

With the English box office still MIA and the UK box office relying on Scotland and Wales for a life line what movies were hitting the box office over the last 30 years?

Each week we present a rundown of the UK box office chart headlines on this same week from last year to 1990.

A year ago (2019) -

No. 1 and highest debut: - Last Christmas starring Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding and directed by Paul Feig

Top total grossing and longest run: - Joker which had taken £56.1 Million over 7 weeks of release.

Five years ago (2015) -

No. 1 movie: - Spectre which had been at the top for 3 weeks and with a total gross of £77.6 Million it was also the top total grossing film.

Highest Debut: - The Lady In The Van directed by Nicholas Hytner and starring Maggie Smith and Alex Jennings which entered the box office at number 2.

Longest run: - The Martian which had been on the box office for 7 weeks.

Ten years ago (2010) -

No. 1 and Highest debut: - Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1 starring Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson and directed by David Yates

Longest run: - The Social Network which had been on the box office for 6 weeks.

Top total grossing: - Despicable Me which had taken £19.1 Million after 6 weeks of release.

Fifteen years ago (2005) -

No. 1 and highest debut: - Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire starring Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint and directed by Mike Newell

Longest run: - Kinky Boots which had been on the box office for 6 weeks.

Top total grossing: - Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit which had taken £31.2 Million after 6 weeks of release.

Twenty years ago (2000) -

No.1 movie: - What Lies Beneath which had been at the top for 3 weeks.

Highest debut: - Little Nicky directed by Steven Brill and starring Adam Sandler and Patricia Arquette which entered the box office at number 3.

Top total grossing and longest run: - Billy Elliot which had taken £14.9 Million over 8 weeks of release.

Twenty five years ago (1995) -

No.1 movie: - To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar which had been at the top for 2 weeks.

Highest debut: - A Walk In The Clouds directed by Alfonso Arau and starring Keanu Reeves and Aitana Sanchez-Gijon which entered the box office at number 2.

Top total grossing and longest run: - Batman Forever which had taken £21.4 Million over 18 weeks of release.

Thirty years ago (1990) -

No. 1 and highest debut: - Darkman starring Liam Neeson and Frances McDormand and directed by Sam Raimi

Longest run: - Die Hard 2: Die Harder which had been on the box office for 12 weeks.

Top total grossing: - Ghost which had taken £22.9 Million after 7 weeks of release.