Released in the US this weekend, Friday, 11th November 2022, there are 4 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Black Adam from the top of the North American box office.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
• Paradise City
• The Friendship Game
• Spirited

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

• The movie is directed by Ryan Coogler, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Ryan Coogler also directed Black Panther in 2018 which grossed $700.4 Mil. in the US and grossed $1.3 Bil. globally.
• It stars Letitia Wright who also starred in Guava Island (2019).
• The film also stars Lupita Nyong'o who was last seen in The 355 (2022).
• They also appeared together in Black Panther in 2018.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Paradise City

• The movie is directed by Chuck Russell, it is the directors 8th movie.
• Chuck Russell also directed Junglee in 2019.
• It stars Bruce Willis who also starred in Precious Cargo (2016).
• The film also stars John Travolta who was last seen in Trading Paint (2019).
• Bruce Willis and John Travolta have starred in 3 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Look Who's Talking in 1990, Pulp Fiction in 1994 and Look Who's Talking Too in 1991.
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• The MPAA age rating is

The Friendship Game

• The movie is from director Scooter Corkle.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Peyton List who also starred in The Thinning New World Order (2018).
• The film also stars Brendan Meyer who was last seen in Color Out of Space (2020).
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.

Spirited

• The movie is directed by Sean Anders and John Morris, it is the directors 8th movie.
• Sean Anders and John Morris also directed Never Been Thawed in 2005.
• It stars Ryan Reynolds who also starred in R.I.P.D. (2013).
• The film also stars Will Ferrell who was last seen in Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020).
• They also appeared together in Dick in 1999.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

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

Here are 6 of the new movies for next weekend

• A Christmas Story Christmas - Thursday, 17th November - streaming
• The Menu - Friday, 18th November
• Disenchanted - Friday, 18th November - streaming
• She Said - Friday, 18th November
• Slumberland - Friday, 18th November - streaming
• Spirited - Friday, 11th November - streaming

There was little doubt over what would be the top film this weekend at the UK box office, and with ease the David Fincher directed Gone Girl starring Ben Affleck debuts at the top.

It's weekend take of £4.1 million Gone Girl makes a very impressive October debut. It has a long way to go for it to be Ben Affleck's top grossing film which is currently Shakespeare in Love from 1999.

Director David Fincher also has an impressive box office record, his best film to date being 1995's Seven, his second film, and considered a classic.

Coming in quite respectably in second is Dracula Untold which debuts at number 2 with £1.7 million.

Falling a single place to number 3 this week is The Equalizer which add's £1.2 million to make a 10 day total of £4.3.

Last weeks top film was an event movie for one day only but it had some 'encore' screenings which means it has gone on and made £114,000 this week but, as expected, tumbles down the chart.

Historical charts

1 year ago - Prisoners stayed at the top of the box office for a second week while the top new film was Filth at two.

5 years ago - The Fame remake stayed at the top for a second week leaving the highest new film to enter at two, The Invention of Lying.

10 years ago - Tennis film Wimbledon kept hold of the top spot leaving Layer Cake to debut in the runner up spot.

15 years ago - Adam Sandler starred in the highest new film of the week, debuting at one with Big Daddy, The Haunting fell to number two after a week at the top.

20 years ago - October 1994 saw the dominance of The Lion King keep it at the top film of the month while Pulp Fiction and Frankenstein debuted strong in the top 5.

25 years ago - The big film of October 1989 was Back to the Future Part II which was the top grossing movie, Septembers top film Shirley Valentine was still doing well.

The days of local video shops where you would rent out a video/DVD after browsing the shelves for hours, and had a good chance of socialising is well and truly over, today if you want to rent a film it is usually via Netflix, Love films or your XBox 360/PS3.

Films for rental are usually cinema blockbusters or films which don't get a cinematic release do they go straight to DVD. This is now changing, in a move not dissimilar to the recent House of Cards series being available on Netflix first an independent British film called Pulp is going to debut on the XBox 360.

In recent years there has been a decline in smaller independent films getting decent distribution, and with these films not having shelf space and relying on digital content distribution this seems like a good idea. The music industry has been working on a similar model now for a while.

This could mean a surge in people making movies themselves with the possibility of people seeing their movies, which could in turn lead to a healthier film industry, win win all round really.