Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 9th January 2026, there are 4 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Avatar: Fire and Ash 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.

• Hamnet
• Soulm8te
• Greenland 2: Migration
• Giant

Hamnet

• The movie is directed by Chloé Zhao, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Chloé Zhao also directed The Rider in 2018 which grossed £36.3 K in the UK.
• It stars Jessie Buckley who also starred in Misbehaviour (2020).
• The film also stars Paul Mescal who's last movie was Gladiator II (2024).
• They also appeared together in The Lost Daughter in 2021.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Soulm8te

• The movie is directed by Kate Dolan, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Kate Dolan also directed You Are Not My Mother in 2022 which grossed £10.4 K in the UK.
• It stars Valerie Hanna who also starred in A Grim Becoming (2014).
• The film also stars Claudia Doumit who's last movie was Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019).
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.

Greenland 2: Migration

• The movie is directed by Ric Roman Waugh, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Ric Roman Waugh also directed In the Shadows in 2001.
• It stars Gerard Butler who also starred in Fast Food (1999).
• The film also stars Morena Baccarin who's last movie was Deadpool & Wolverine (2024).
• They also appeared together in Greenland in 2020.
• Ric Roman Waugh directed Gerard Butler in Angel Has Fallen, Greenland, and Kandahar
• Ric Roman Waugh directed Morena Baccarin in and Greenland
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

Giant

• The movie is directed by Rowan Athale, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Rowan Athale also directed The Rise in 2013 which grossed £1.5 K in the UK.
• It stars Pierce Brosnan who also starred in The Foreigner (2017).
• The film also stars Amir El-Masry who's last movie was Club Zero (2023).
• 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 3 new movies released

• 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple - Wednesday, 14th January
• The Rip - Friday, 16th January
• Rental Family - Friday, 16th January

Check out the new trailer for upcoming movie Nosferatu which can be viewed in full if you scroll down this page.

Movie breakdown

• It stars among others Emma Corrin (Misbehaviour) and Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Savages)
• It is directed by Robert Eggers (The Witch)
• The movie also stars Nicholas Hoult, Willem Dafoe and Bill Skarsgård
• The UK release date is 1st January 2025
• And the release date in North America is 25th December 2024

Synopsis for Nosferatu

A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.

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

This weekend, Friday 4th November 2022, there are 7 new films released in North America and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Black Adam, for the number 1 spot?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Armageddon Time
• My Policeman
• The Monkey King: The Legend Begins
• Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
• Enola Holmes 2
• Causeway
• Missing

Armageddon Time

• The movie is directed by James Gray, it is the directors 8th movie.
• James Gray also directed We Own the Night in 2007.
• It stars Anne Hathaway who also starred in Nicholas Nickleby (2003).
• The film also stars Jeremy Strong who was last seen in The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020).
• They also appeared together in Serenity in 2019.
• The MPAA age rating is

My Policeman

• The movie is directed by Michael Grandage, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Michael Grandage also directed MGC Presents Red in 2018.
• It stars Harry Styles who also starred in One Direction: This Is Us (2013).
• The film also stars Emma Corrin who was last seen in Misbehaviour (2020).
• The MPAA age rating is

The Monkey King: The Legend Begins

• The movie is directed by Soi Cheang, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Soi Cheang also directed Kill Zone 2 in 2015.
• It stars Donnie Yen who also starred in Dragon (2011).
• The film also stars Chow Yun-Fat who was last seen in Shanghai (2010).

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

• The movie is directed by Eric Appel, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Eric Appel also directed Our Robocop Remake in 2014.
• It stars Daniel Radcliffe who also starred in What If (2013).
• The film also stars Evan Rachel Wood who was last seen in Kajillionaire (2020).

Enola Holmes 2

• The movie is directed by Harry Bradbeer, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Harry Bradbeer also directed Perfect Day: The Millennium in 2006.
• It stars Millie Bobby Brown who also starred in Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019).
• The film also stars Henry Cavill who was last seen in Black Adam (2022).
• They also appeared together in Enola Holmes in 2020.
• The MPAA age rating is

Causeway

• The movie is from director Lila Neugebauer.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Jennifer Lawrence who also starred in A Beautiful Planet (2016).
• The film also stars Brian Tyree Henry who was last seen in Bullet Train (2022).
• The MPAA age rating is

Missing

• The movie is directed by Shinzo Katayama, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Shinzo Katayama also directed Siblings of the Cape in 2019.
• It stars Jiro Sato who also starred in Gokusen: The Movie (2009).
• The film also stars Aoi Ito who was last seen in Gangoose (2018).

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

Here are 4 of the new movies for next weekend

• Paradise City - Friday, 4th November
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Friday, 11th November
• Spirited - Friday, 11th November
• The Friendship Game - Friday, 4th November

This weekend, Friday 27th August 2021, there are 5 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Free Guy, for the number 1 spot?

Here are this weeks new releases

• Candyman
• Our Ladies
• Demonic
• The Nest
• The Last Bus

Candyman

• The movie is directed by Nia DaCosta, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Nia DaCosta also directed The Marvels in 2022.
• It stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II who also starred in The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020).
• The film also stars Teyonah Parris who last appeared in The Photograph (2020).

Our Ladies

• The movie is directed by Michael Caton-Jones, it is the directors 12th movie.
• Michael Caton-Jones also directed This Boys Life in 1993 which grossed £81.5 Thousand in the UK.
• It stars Ross Anderson who also starred in Wolf (2019).
• The film also stars Tony Atherton who is making a feature film debut.

Demonic

• The movie is directed by Neill Blomkamp, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Neill Blomkamp also directed Chappie in 2015 which grossed £2.4 Million in the UK.
• It stars Carly Pope who also starred in Poor Richards Almanack (2016).
• The film also stars Chris William Martin who last appeared in The Age of Adaline (2015).

The Nest

• The movie is directed by Sean Durkin, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Sean Durkin also directed Martha Marcy May Marlene in 2012 which grossed £110.2 Thousand in the UK.
• It stars Jude Law who also starred in The Third Day: Autumn (2020).
• The film also stars Carrie Coon who last appeared in Avengers: Endgame (2019).

The Last Bus

• The movie is directed by Gillies MacKinnon, it is the directors 19th movie.
• Gillies MacKinnon also directed The Playboys in 1992.
• It stars Phyllis Logan who also starred in Misbehaviour (2020).
• The film also stars Timothy Spall who last appeared in Mrs. Lowry and Son (2019).
• They also appeared together in Secrets & Lies (1996).

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

Next weeks there are 7 new movies released

• Time Rewind, Tuesday, 31st August
• Infinite, Wednesday, 1st September
• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Friday, 3rd September
• Cinderella, Friday, 3rd September
• Annette, Friday, 3rd September
• Here Today, Friday, 3rd September
• Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins, Friday, 3rd September

At the UK box office this weekend, Friday, 13th March 2020, there are 5 new releases looking to take your attention at the local multiplex and knock Onward from the top of the UK box office chart next week.

Bloodshot

First up at cinemas this week is Bloodshot, directed by Dave Wilson who also directed Energy Crisis in 1974.

It stars Vin Diesel who last starred in Avengers: Endgame (2019).

The film also stars Eiza Gonzalez who last appeared in Fast & Furious Presents Hobbs And Shaw (2019).

Misbehaviour

Next on this weeks new release schedule is Misbehaviour.

This new movie stars Keira Knightley who's last film was Official Secrets (2019)

It also stars Jessie Buckley who appeared in Dolittle (2020).

The film is brought to us by 2 time director Philippa Lowthorpe.

My Spy

Next up this week is My Spy which is directed by Peter Segal who directed Naked Gun 33 ⅓: The Final Insult in 1994.

It stars Dave Bautista and Chloë Coleman.

And Then We Danced

Also this week there is And Then We Danced from director Levan Akin marking a directorial debut.

The film features Levan Gelbakhiani and Bachi Valishvili in starring roles.

The Hunt

The long list of new releases continues with The Hunt which is directed by Craig Zobel who directed Compliance in 2013.

It stars Hilary Swank and Ike Barinholtz.

Check back on Monday to see if these new releases enter the UK Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next week there is 1 new release in the shape of The Jesus Rolls which is in cinemas on Friday, 20th March.