This weekend, Friday 4th August 2023, there are 4 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Barbie, for the number 1 spot?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
• Just Super
• Meg 2: The Trench
• Joy Ride

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

• The movie is directed by Jeff Rowe and Kyler Spears, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Jeff Rowe and Kyler Spears also directed The Mitchells Vs. the Machines in 2021.
• It stars Ayo Edebiri who also starred in How It Ends (2021).
• The film also stars Rose Byrne who was last seen in Insidious: The Red Door (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Just Super

• The movie is directed by Rasmus A. Sivertsen and Jean-Luc Julien, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Rasmus A. Sivertsen and Jean-Luc Julien also directed Solan Og Ludvig - Jul I Fl�klypa in 2013.
• It stars Hennika Huuse who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Todd Bishop Monrad Vistven who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Meg 2: The Trench

• The movie is directed by Ben Wheatley, it is the directors 12th movie.
• Ben Wheatley also directed In the Earth in 2021 which grossed £156.9K in the UK.
• It stars Jason Statham who also starred in Homefront (2013).
• The film also stars Cliff Curtis who was last seen in True Spirit (2023).
• Jason Statham and Cliff Curtis have starred in 2 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Fast & Furious Presents Hobbs and Shaw in 2019 and The Meg in 2018.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Joy Ride

• The movie is from director Adele Lim.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Stephanie Hsu who also starred in The Monkey King (2023).
• The film also stars Ashley Park who was last seen in Mr. Malcolms List (2022).
• 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

• Gran Turismo - Wednesday, 9th August
• Haunted Mansion - Friday, 11th August
• Heart of Stone - Friday, 11th August - streaming

As the James Cameron directed Avatar: The Way of Water spends its 6th weekend at the top of the UK box office, new movie Babylon makes its debut in 3rd place.

Also new this weekend is That Time I Got Reincarnated As a Slime The Movie: Scarlet Bond whi makes its debut at 13 with £62,612, Holy Spider is new at 14 with £60,731 and Na Twoim Miejscu makes its debut at 15 with £57,883.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 20th - 22nd January 2023

AS the sequel movie from James Cameron goes over $2 Billion worldwide it remains at the top of the UK box office for a 6th weekend with a gross of £2.7 Million which pushes its total to £67.8 Million.

• The movie remains at number 1 on this weeks UK box office
• It has spent 6 weeks at the top of the UK box office.
• It grosses £2,789,760 over the weekend, a 33% drop from last weeeknd
• It has a total gross of £67,845,973 over 6 weeks of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is the 17th top grossing movie of all time in the UK.
• The movie is a sequel to Avatar which took £57,441,123 at the box office after 6 weeks of release.

The new horror IP from director Gerard Johnstone remains at 2 this weekend with £1.3 Million taking its total gross of £4.6 million after 2 weeks.

The success of the movie has called for a sequel, M3gan 2 to be made making this a new horror franchise.

• The movie remains at number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,354,537 over the weekend, a 43% drop from last weeeknd
• It has a total gross of £4,667,263 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is the 4th top grossing film so far in 2023

Highest new movie this weekend

Making its debut at 3 this week is the star studded movie from director Damien Chazelle starring Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie

The movie takes £1.3 Million on its debut weekend in the UK.

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
• It grosses £1,323,683 over the weekend on its debut.
• The movie is the 7th top grossing film so far in 2023

The Whitney Houston bio-pic remains at number 4 this weekend with a gross of £766,245 on its 4th weekend giving it a £9.6 Million total.

• The movie remains at number 4 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £766,245 over the weekend, a 31% drop from last weeeknd
• It has a total gross of £9,600,212 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2023

The musical version of Roal Dahl's classic book remains at number 5 this weekend with a gross of £661,449 which gives the former number 1 movie a total UK gross of £25.8 Million after 9 weeks.

• The movie remains at number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £661,449 over the weekend, a 23% drop from last weeeknd
• It has a total gross of £25,804,997 over 9 weeks of release
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2023

Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 20th January 2023, there are 3 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Avatar: The Way of Water from the top of the UK box office.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Babylon
• Everything Under Control
• The Wandering Earth 2

Babylon

• The movie is directed by Damien Chazelle, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Damien Chazelle also directed First Man in 2018 which grossed £7.4 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Margot Robbie who also starred in Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017).
• The film also stars Brad Pitt who was last seen in Bullet Train (2022).
• Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt have starred in 2 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in The Big Short in 2016 and Once Upon a Time ... In Hollywood in 2019.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Everything Under Control

• The movie is from director Ying Chi-Wen.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Aaryn Cheung who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Hins Cheung who was last seen in Storm Rider Clash of the Evils (2008).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

The Wandering Earth 2

• The movie is directed by Frant Gwo, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Frant Gwo also directed The Wandering Earth in 2019 and grossed $699.8 Mil. globally.
• It stars Andy Lau who also starred in Needing You... (2000).
• The film also stars Jing Wu who was last seen in Ping Pong of China (2023).
• They also appeared together in Shaolin in 2011.
• Frant Gwo directed Jing Wu in The Sacrifice
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

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

• Unwelcome - Friday, 27th January
• Plane - Friday, 27th January
• The Fabelmans - Friday, 27th January

The star studded movie Babylon about Hollywood in the 1920's has been given an 18 age rating in the UK for strong sex, nudity, drug misuse

The movie stars Brad Pitt who also starred in last years Bullet Train and an Oscar winning role in Once Upon a Time ... In Hollywood, it also stars Margot Robbie who starred as Harley Quinn in The Suicide Squad and will appear as Barbie later in 2023.

The movie is directed by Damien Chazelle who brought us First Man in 2018 and La La Land in 2017 which won an Oscar for Best Actress in 2018 for Emma Stone.

Movie Synopsis

Decadence, depravity, and outrageous excess lead to the rise and fall of several ambitious dreamers in 1920s Hollywood.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Babylon
• BBFC age rating: 18 Certificate
• Reason: strong sex, nudity, drug misuse
• Release date: 20th January 2023
• Runtime: 189 minutes (3 hour 09 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • Damien Chazelle
• Starring:
  • Brad Pitt
  • Margot Robbie
  • Jean Smart

BBFC movie page

With no big new released again this weekend Avatar: The Way of Water easily remains at the top of the North American box office while the new Tom Hanks movie A Man Called Otto is the highest new movie at 16 with $58,000.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 30th - 1st January 2023

Three weeks on top now for the sequel to the 2009 movie Avatar which takes $66.8 Million this weekend which is the same as from the Christmas weekend last week.

This gives the movie an amazing total of $425 Million over its 3 weeks of release, and it is tracking about $12 Million ahead of Avatar which is the 4th highest grossing movie of all time in America.

The movie is the third highest grossing movie of 2022 in North America and with 2022 over now Top Gun: Maverick takes the honor of the top movie of the year, but the Avatar sequel could in a few weeks become the top grossing movie released in 2022.

The sequel movie from the Shrek universe remains at number 2 this weekend with a gross of $16.3 Million, a 12% drop over last weekend.

This gives the movie a total gross of $60 Million over 2 weeks of release.

The original Puss in Boots from 2011 had taken $75.5 Million on its second weekend of release after a $33 Million weekend.

The latest marvel movie which is a sequel to Black Panther goes back up to number 3 this weekend with from number 6 with $4.8 Million, a decent 28% increase on its 8th weekend of release.

The movie has taken an incredible $427.9 Million since release and is the second top grossing movie of 2022.

It is however far lower than the $665.6 Million the first movie had taken by its 8th weekend of release.

The Witney Houston bio-pic drops to number 4 this weekend with $4.2 Million, an 11% decrease on its 2nd weekend.

Considering last weekend was the weekend Christmas fell on which probably kept a lot of people out of cinemas and many were closed for a day this is not a good sign for the movie.

The total gross if a very disappointing $14.8 Million after 2 weekends of release.

Another movie which seems to having a disappointing run is the Damien Chazelle directed movie starring Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt which takes just $2.7 Million on its second weekend of release, a 24% drop.

This gives the movie a total gross of just $10 Million after 2 weeks of release.