With Resident Evil currently at the top of the North American box office can this weeks new cinema releases challlenge it for the US box office crown?

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.

Here are this weeks new releases

• Heart of the Beast
• Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!
• Primetime
• The Stunt Driver
• The Incomer
• Pulp: What Do You Do For An Encore?
• Charlie Harper
• Forgotten Island
• You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution, Spread Love & Overalls, and Created a Community That Changed the World (in a Canadian Kind of Way)
• The Vvaan

Heart of the Beast

• The movie is directed by David Ayer, it is the directors 11th movie.
• David Ayer also directed Harsh Times in 2005 which grossed $3.3 Mil. in the US and grossed $6 Mil. globally.
• It stars Brad Pitt who also starred in The Lost City (2022).
• The film also stars J.K. Simmons who's last movie was The Accountant 2 (2025).
• Brad Pitt and J.K. Simmons have starred in 3 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Burn After Reading in 2008, The Mexican in 2001 and Megamind in 2010.
• David Ayer directed Brad Pitt in and Fury
• David Ayer directed J.K. Simmons in and Harsh Times
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!

• The movie is directed by Josef Kubota Wladyka, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Josef Kubota Wladyka also directed Catch the Fair One in 2021.
• It stars Rinko Kikuchi who also starred in Endless Night (2015).
• The film also stars Alberto Guerra who's last movie was The Tenants (2018).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Primetime

• The movie is from director Lance Oppenheim.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Robert Pattinson who also starred in Mickey 17 (2025).
• The film also stars Merritt Wever who's last movie was Christy (2025).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

The Stunt Driver

• The movie is directed by Michael Dowse, it is the directors 8th movie.
• Michael Dowse also directed Trap House in 2025.
• It stars Jay Baruchel who also starred in Million Dollar Baby (2004).
• The film also stars Ed Helms who's last movie was Family Switch (2023).
• They also appeared together in Night At the Museum 2 in 2009.
• Michael Dowse directed Jay Baruchel in and Goon
• Michael Dowse directed Ed Helms in and Coffee and Kareem
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

The Incomer

• The movie is from director Louis Paxton.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Domhnall Gleeson who also starred in Never Let Me Go (2010).
• The film also stars Gayle Rankin who's last movie was The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford (2026).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Pulp: What Do You Do For An Encore?

• The movie is directed by Garth Jennings, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Garth Jennings also directed Sing 2 in 2021 which grossed $162.8 Mil. in the US and grossed $406 Mil. globally.
• It stars Jarvis Cocker who also starred in The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021).
• They also appeared together in Pulp: A Film About Life Death and Supermarkets in 2014.
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

Charlie Harper

• The movie is from director Tom Dean and Mac Eldridge.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Emilia Jones who also starred in What We Did On Our Holiday (2014).
• The film also stars Nick Robinson who's last movie was Snack Shack (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Forgotten Island

• The movie is directed by Januel Mercado and Joel Crawford, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Januel Mercado and Joel Crawford also directed Puss In Boots: The Last Wish in 2022 which grossed $186.1 Mil. in the US and grossed $479.1 Mil. globally.
• It stars H.E.R. who also starred in Yes Day (2021).
• The film also stars Liza Soberano who's last movie was Lisa Frankenstein (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution, Spread Love & Overalls, and Created a Community That Changed the World (in a Canadian Kind of Way)

• The movie is directed by Nick Davis, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Nick Davis also directed 1999 in 1998.
• It stars Martin Short who also starred in Captain Ron (1992).
• The film also stars Eugene Levy who's last movie was Finding Dory (2016).
• Martin Short and Eugene Levy have starred in 4 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood in 1989, Father of the Bride Part II in 1996, Father of the Bride in 1992 and The Canadian Conspiracy in 1986.
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The MPAA age rating is

The Vvaan

• The movie is from director Deepak Kumar Mishra and Arunabh Kumar.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Sidharth Malhotra who also starred in A Gentleman: Sundar Susheel Risky (2017).
• The film also stars Tamannaah Bhatia who's last movie was Oosaravelli (2011).
• 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.

Next week there are 7 new movies released

• Just Play Dead - Monday, 28th September - limited release
• The Watergate Caper: Richard Nixon and the Death of the American Dream - Tuesday, 29th September - streaming
• Wicker - Wednesday, 30th September
• Terrifier 4 - Thursday, 1st October
• Digger - Friday, 2nd October
• Verity - Friday, 2nd October
• Variety - Friday, 2nd October

Continuing from the internet sensation that is The Backroom, the movie adaptation Backrooms tops the North American box office on its debut knocking off Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu after just one week at the top.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 29th - 31st May 2026

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weekends US box office chart.
• It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It has a total gross of $81,402,424 after 1 weekends of release
• The movie is the 13th top grossing film so far in 2026

• The movie remains at number 2 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $27,395,480 over the weekend, a 18% increase from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $105,753,130 after 3 weekends of release
• The movie is the 10th top grossing film so far in 2026

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $24,451,576 over the weekend, a 70% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $136,820,180 after 2 weekends of release
• The movie is the 7th top grossing film so far in 2026
• The movie is a sequel to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker which took $362,186,406 at the box office after 2 weekends of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $11,865,524 over the weekend, a 41% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $340,068,767 after 6 weekends of release
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2026

• The movie is a new entry at number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It has a total gross of $7,353,073 after 1 weekends of release

With Despicable Me 4 currently at the top of the UK box office can this weeks new cinema releases challlenge it for the UK box office crown?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

Here are this weeks new releases

• Twisters
• Crossing
• Thelma
• Janet Planet

Twisters

• The movie is directed by Lee Isaac Chung, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Lee Isaac Chung also directed Abigail Harm in 2012.
• It stars Daisy Edgar-Jones who also starred in Albion (2020).
• The film also stars Glen Powell who's last movie was Anyone But You (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Crossing

• The movie is directed by Levan Akin, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Levan Akin also directed Certain People in 2012.
• It stars Mzia Arabuli who also starred in The Legend of the Surami Fortress (1986).
• The film also stars Lucas Kankava who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Thelma

• The movie is from director Josh Margolin.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars June Squibb who also starred in Palmer (2021).
• The film also stars Fred Hechinger who's last movie was Butchers Crossing (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Janet Planet

• The movie is from director Annie Baker.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Zoe Ziegler who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Luke Philip Bosco who is making a feature film debut.
• 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

• Deadpool and Wolverine - Friday, 26th July
• Dance Revolutionaries - Friday, 26th July
• I Saw the TV Glow - Friday, 26th July

The Flash only spends a single weekend at the top of the UK box office as Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse goes back to the top on its 4th weekend of release.

The top new movie of the weekend is No Hard Feelings which makes its debut at 3 while Asteroid City makes its debut one place lower at 4.

This is the first weekend since 22nd July 2022 where the full top 5 has taken over £1 Million, that weekend we had Minions the rise of Gru at the top, Thor Love and Thunder in second, Where the Crawdads Sing at 3, Elvis at 4 and the summer hit Top Gun Maverick at 5.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 23rd - 25th June 2023

• The movie goes back up the chart to number 1 on this weeks UK box office
• It has spent 3 weeks in total at the top of the UK box office.
• It grosses £1,995,517 over the weekend, a 24% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £23,437,344 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 6th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse which took £7,730,537 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,336,897 over the weekend, a 69% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £6,771,495 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is the 16th top grossing film so far in 2023

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
• It grosses £1,181,383 over its debut weekend

• The movie is a new entry at number 4 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,176,972 over its debut weekend

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,088,803 over the weekend, a 18% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £23,701,009 over 5 weeks of release
• The movie is the 5th top grossing film so far in 2023

A change at the top of the US box office chart as the third in the Creed series of movies, Creed III tops the US box office on its debut weekend.

Also new on the top 5 this weekend is Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba - To the Swordsmith Village at number 4 while the new Guy Ritchie movie Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre makes its debut at 7 with £3.1 Million while Indina movie RRR is new at 15 with an RRR Fan CelebRRRation which makes its debut with $197,003.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 3rd - 5th March 2023

Highest new movie this weekend

The Creed franchise is now starting to get as many movies as the Rocky franchise which gave birth to it, but here we are with the third movie which makes an incredible debut with $58 Million.

The movie is directed by its star Micheal B. Jordan and with the film being well received by audiences a Creed IV may not be far behind, interestingly Rocky IV was one of that series most popular movies.

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks US box office chart.
• It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It grosses $58,658,008 on its debut weekend
• The movie is the 6th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Creed II which took $35,574,710 at the box office after 1 week in cinemas.

After a couple of weeks at the top the third in the Ant-Man series of movies falls to number 3 with a gross of $12.4 Million for the weekend.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks US box office
• It grosses $12,471,000 over the weekend, a 61% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $186,799,000 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Ant-Man and the Wasp which took $165,005,448 at the box office after 3 weeks of release.

The 'based on a true story' movie falls to number 3 this weekend after making its debut at number 2 with a weekend take of $11 Million, a large 52% drop.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks US box office
• It grosses $11,020,000 over the weekend, a 52% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $41,288,320 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is the 7th top grossing film so far in 2023

Following on from the 2020 movie Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train the latest movie in the series makes its US debut at 4 with $10 Million, half that of its predecessor.

• The movie is a new entry on this weeks US box office
• It grosses $10,117,806 on its debut weekend
• The movie is the 18th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train which took $21,234,994 at the box office after 1 week in cinemas.

The faith based movie has a decent second weekend on the US box office falling to number 5 with a 44% drop in weeeknd grosses for a total of $30 Million.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks US box office
• It grosses $8,650,000 over the weekend, a 44% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $30,541,391 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is the 12th top grossing film so far in 2023