This weekend, Friday 2nd February 2024, 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, Mean Girls, for the number 1 spot?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Argylle
• The Epidemic
• How to Have Sex
• Fitting In
• The Promised Land
• The Tigers Apprentice
• Orion and the Dark

Argylle

• The movie is directed by Matthew Vaughn, it is the directors 8th movie.
• Matthew Vaughn also directed X-Men: First Class in 2011 which grossed $146.4 Mil. in the US and grossed $352.9 Mil. globally.
• It stars Henry Cavill who also starred in Enola Holmes (2020).
• The film also stars Bryce Dallas Howard who was last seen in Jurassic World: Dominion (2022).
• Matthew Vaughn directed Henry Cavill in Stardust
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

The Epidemic

• The movie is directed by , it is the directors 165th movie.
• also directed The Line in 1987.
• It stars who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars who is making a feature film debut.
• and have starred in 7 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Saw XI in 2024, Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi in , The Lego Batman Movie 2 in , Fantastic Four in 2025, The Exorcist Deceiver in , Vacation Guide to the Solar System in and The Shrinking of Treehorn in .
• directed in Saw XI
• directed in Saw XI
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

How to Have Sex

• The movie is from director Molly Manning Walker.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Mia McKenna-Bruce who also starred in Kindling (2023).
• The film also stars Shaun Thomas who was last seen in Ali & Ava (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Fitting In

• The movie is directed by Molly McGlynn, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Molly McGlynn also directed Mary Goes Round in 2018.
• It stars Maddie Ziegler who also starred in The Book of Henry (2017).
• The film also stars Emily Hampshire who was last seen in The Death and Life of John F. Donovan (2019).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

The Promised Land

• The movie is directed by Nikolaj Arcel, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Nikolaj Arcel also directed A Royal Affair in 2012 which grossed $1.5 Mil. in the US and grossed $14.8 Mil. globally.
• It stars Mads Mikkelsen who also starred in Casino Royale (2006).
• The film also stars Amanda Collin who is making a feature film debut.
• Nikolaj Arcel directed Mads Mikkelsen in A Royal Affair
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

The Tigers Apprentice

• The movie is directed by Raman Hui and Yong Duk Jhun, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Raman Hui and Yong Duk Jhun also directed Monster Hunt 2 in 2018 and grossed $361.7 Mil. globally.
• It stars Michelle Yeoh who also starred in Mechanic: Resurrection (2016).
• The film also stars Henry Golding who was last seen in Assassin Club (2023).
• Michelle Yeoh and Henry Golding have starred in 2 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Crazy Rich Asians in 2018 and Last Christmas in 2019.
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• The MPAA age rating is

Orion and the Dark

• The movie is from director Sean Charmatz.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Paul Walter Hauser who also starred in Richard Jewell (2020).
• The film also stars Jacob Tremblay who was last seen in The Little Mermaid (2023).
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• 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 5 new movies released

• Perfect Days - Wednesday, 7th February
• It Ends With Us - Friday, 9th February
• The Taste of Things - Friday, 9th February
• Lisa Frankenstein - Friday, 9th February
• Peppa's Cinema Party - Friday, 9th February

At the world box office this week Fantastic Four tried its best to be the top film of the week but very poor reviews meant it made its debut at 2 keeping Mission:Impossible Rogue Nation at the top.

Rogue Nation took $94 million across the globe last week from 59 countries and to date has made $265.3 million in global takings.

Criticised from almost all critics the re-imaged Fantastic Four film could inly muster up $60.3 million from 44 countries, one of the lowest ever openings from a superhero movie.

Top grossing film on the list this week is Jurassic World which has taken an incredible $1.5 billion during its cinema run and the demand for the film still has it released in 64 countries.

Most impressive feat of the week is South Korean movie Veteran at number 7 with $15.2 million in global taking from just 1 country.

Here is the full global top 10.

1. Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation - $94,900,000
2. Fantastic Four - $60,300,000
3. Minions - $25,570,280
4. Jurassic World - $17,030,000
5. Ant-Man - $17,026,000
6. Monster Hunt - $16,400,000
7. Veteran - $15,200,000
8. Pixels - $14,630,000
9. Inside Out - $13,489,000
10. The Gift - $12,909,000

Mission:Impossible has done impressive numbers across the world this week, and as the summer season starts to draw to a close Tom Cruise is number 1.

One of the lowest opening grosses of the summer, but still $121 million world gross from 41 countries safely sees Mission:Impossible Rogue Nation become the top film of the week.

Minions starts to slow down a little after 5 weeks of release and falls down to number 2 this week with $51 million in world grosses from 63 countries.

Vacation makes a slow start but still manages to appear at number 7 this week from it's single country opening, it took $14.8 million just from the US..

Here is the full world box office this week.

1. Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation - $121,000,000
2. Minions - $51,255,000
3. Ant-Man - $32,619,000
4. Pixels - $30,200,000
5. Monster Hunt - $27,000,000
6. Inside Out - $22,317,000
7. Vacation - $14,850,000
8. The Assassination - $12,700,000
9. Paper Towns - $10,600,000
10. Southpaw - $10,519,000

The Minions are proving to be a massive worldwide hit and hold onto the top for another week leaving Ant-Man to sit in the wings again.

To be fair the Minions is released in more territories, 61, as opposed to Ant-Man's 49, but still the Minions have now grossed $759.3 million after a $66 Million weekend, it has now grossed more that Despicable Me and on course for Despicable Me 2.

Chinese film Monster Hunt is at 3 from just 5 territories having grossed $46 million so far, it has this week become the highest grossing Chinese film with $212 million dollars.

Highest new film of the week is Pixels the new Adam Sandler film with takes $45.4 million for the week from 57 countries.

Other new film doing well across the world are Paper Towns with $20.5 million from 38 countries and Southpaw with $20 million from 5 countries.

Here is the full worldwide top 10

1. Minions - $66,058,050
2. Ant-Man - $60,165,000
3. Monster Hunt - $46,000,000
4. Pixels - $45,400,000
5. Inside Out - $35,656,000
6. Jian Bing Man (Pancake Man) - $25,000,000
7. Paper Towns - $20,500,000
8. Southpaw - $20,000,000
9. The Assassination - $19,500,000
10. Trainwreck - $17,501,950

There is no moving the little yellow Minions from the top of the world box office this week despite strong competition from Marvels Ant-Man.

The Minions held their own with a weekly gross of $116.4 million from 57 countries, it's world gross now sits at a very healthy $625.5 million.

Ant-Man flies into second poisons on its first week of release and takes an excellent $114.4 million from just 38 countries.

From just 2 countries Monster Hunt takes an incredible $72 million and sits at number 3 while Jian Bing Man takes $61 million from just a single country.

The full world top 10 looks like this:

1. Minions - $116,444,705
2. Ant-Man - $114,440,000
3. Monster Hunt - $72,000,000
4. Jian Bing Man - $61,000,000
5. Inside Out - $32,960,000
6. Trainwreck - $30,237,850
7. Terminator Genisys - $27,600,000
8. Jurassic World - $23,661,465
9. Monkey King: Hero Is Back - $22,500,000
10. Magic Mike XXL - $10,300,000