Last weekend Fast X was at the top of the North American box office, there are 5 new releases this weekend, will any of them top the US box office this weekend?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• The Little Mermaid
• Kandahar
• The Machine
• About My Father
• Exhibition On Screen: Tokyo Stories 2023

The Little Mermaid

• The movie is directed by Rob Marshall, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Rob Marshall also directed Mary Poppins Returns in 2018 which grossed $171.8 Mil. in the US and grossed $349.5 Mil. globally.
• It stars Halle Bailey who also starred in The Line (2023).
• The film also stars Jonah Hauer-King who was last seen in Once Upon a Time In Staten Island (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Kandahar

• The movie is directed by Ric Roman Waugh, it is the directors 8th movie.
• Ric Roman Waugh also directed In the Shadows in 2001.
• It stars Gerard Butler who also starred in Hunter Killer (2018).
• The film also stars Ali Fazal who was last seen in Death On the Nile (2022).
• Ric Roman Waugh directed Gerard Butler in Greenland
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

The Machine

• The movie is directed by Peter Atencio, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Peter Atencio also directed Night of the Dog in 2005.
• It stars Mark Hamill who also starred in The Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia (1981).
• The film also stars Martyn Ford who was last seen in Fast & Furious 9 (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

About My Father

• The movie is from director Laura Terruso.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Robert De Niro who also starred in The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000).
• The film also stars Leslie Bibb who was last seen in The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Exhibition On Screen: Tokyo Stories 2023

• The movie is directed by David Bickerstaff, it is the directors 14th movie.
• David Bickerstaff also directed Exhibition On Screen: Lucian Freud a Self Portrait 2020 in 2020.
• It stars who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars who is making a feature film debut.
• and have starred in 5 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Vacation Guide to the Solar System in , Fantastic Four in 2025, Superman: Legacy in 2025, The Lego Batman Movie 2 in and Paddington In Peru in .
• 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 7 new movies released

• Reality - Monday, 29th May - streaming
• Shin Kamen Rider - Wednesday, 31st May
• Hunted - Thursday, 1st June
• Lachrymose Primrose - Thursday, 1st June
• Montreal Girls - Friday, 2nd June
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Friday, 2nd June
• The Boogeyman - Friday, 2nd June

After a long delay hitting North American cinemas Steven Spielberg's remake of the classic West Side Story its the top of the box office on its debut weekend.

With such a strong new release there was little other new movies hitting the top 10 this weekend, National Champions from director Ric Roman Waugh made its debut at 13 with a weekend gross of $300,000.

US box office QuickView

• Number 1 - West Side Story (1st weekend)
• Highest debut - West Side Story (@1)
• Longest run - Venom: Let There Be Carnage (11 weeks)
• Highest total gross - Venom: Let There Be Carnage ($212 Million)

North American box office top 5 breakdown 10th - 12th December 2021

West Side Story

Maverick director Steven Spielberg brings his remake of the 1957 stage classic to the big screen, his first movie since Ready Player One in 2018.

The movie was originally turned into a big screen extravaganza in 1961 when director Robert Wise brought to the screen what is probably the most famous version of the classic Romeo & Juliette inspired story.

Spielberg's version makes its debut with a weekend gross of $10.5 Million.

Encanto

The Disney animated movie falls to number 2 this weekend after a 2 weekend spell at the top with a gross of $9.4 Million, a very small 25% drop over last weekend.

This gives the movie a total gross after 3 weeks of $71.3 Million.

Ghostbuster: Afterlife

The Ghostbusters sequel sits on the top 5 for a 4th weekend, this week slipping to number 3 with a gross of $7.1 Million, a slim 31% drop over last weekend.

The movie has taken a fairly respectable $112 Million over its 4 weeks on release and is the 10th top grossing movie of 2021.

House of Gucci

Director Ridley Scott's true life family drama falls to number 4 this weekend with $4.06 Million, a 40% drop over last weekened, giving the movie a total US gross of $41 Million after 3 weeks of release.

Eternals

Hanging on to a top 5 placing for another weekend, the Chle Zhao directed movie from the Marvel Universe takes $3.1 Million on its 6th weekend of release, a 21% drop, for a total US gross of $161.2 Million, it is the 5th top movie of 2021.

Each week we present a rundown of the UK box office chart headlines on this same week from last year to 1990.

A year ago (2019) -

Making its debut at the top was Angel Has Fallen starring Gerard Butler and Morgan Freeman and directed by Ric Roman Waugh

The film with the longest run was Casino Royale which had been on the box office for 25 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was The Lion King which had taken £69.1 Million after 6 weeks of release.

Five years ago (2015) -

Also making its debut at the top was Paper Towns starring Nat Wolff and Cara Delevingne and directed by Jake Schreier

The film with the longest run was Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back which had been on the box office for 34 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Minions which had taken £44.2 Million after 9 weeks of release.

Ten years ago (2010) -

Another film making its debut at the top was The Expendables starring Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham and directed by Sylvester Stallone

The film with the longest run was Inception which had been on the box office for 6 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Toy Story 3 which had taken £61.7 Million after 5 weeks of release.

Fifteen years ago (2005) -

The number one film was Charlie And The Chocolate Factory which had been at the top for 4 weeks.

The top new film of the week was Bewitched directed by Nora Ephron and starring Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell which entered the box office at number 2.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was War Of The Worlds which had taken £30.1 Million over 8 weeks of release.

Twenty years ago (2000) -

Making its debut at the top was X-Men starring Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart and directed by Bryan Singer

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Gladiator which had taken £30.1 Million over 15 weeks of release.

Twenty five years ago (1995) -

Making its debut at the top was Die Hard With A Vengeance starring Bruce Willis and Jeremy Irons and directed by John McTiernan

The film with the longest run was The Brady Bunch Movie which had been on the box office for 11 weeks.

The top total grossing film of the week was Batman Forever which had taken £16.6 Million after 6 weeks of release.

Thirty years ago (1990) -

The number one film was Die Hard 2: Die Harder which had been at the top for 2 weeks.

The top new film of the week was Wild At Heart directed by David Lynch and starring Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern which entered the box office at number 3.

The longerst run on the box office and the top total grossing film was Pretty Woman which had taken £12.2 Million over 13 weeks of release.

This weekend, Friday 23rd August 2019, there are 3 new films released in the UK looking to hit the box office, but can it challenge Once Upon A Time ... In Hollywood for the top spot?

Angel Has Fallen

First up at cinemas this week is Angel Has Fallen, an Action movie directed by Ric Roman Waugh who also directed Shot Caller in 2017 which grossed £1.1 Thousand.

It stars Gerard Butler who last starred in The Vanishing (2019) and Morgan Freeman who last appeared in The Poison Rose (2019).

Crawl

Next on the new release schedule is Crawl, this new Dramatic movie stars Kaya Scodelario and Barry Pepper who starred in Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) together.

The film is brought to us by Alexandre Aja.

Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark

Next up this week is Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark which is directed by Andre Ovredal who directed Tunnel in 2016.

It stars Zoe Margaret Colletti and Michael Garza.

Check back on Monday to see where these cinema releases end up on the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Come back next week when there are 3 new releases. -

• Killers Anonymous, Wednesday, 28th August
• Mrs. Lowry And Son, Friday, 30th August
• A Million Little Pieces, Friday, 30th August

The last film director Taika Waititi gave us wat Thor: Ragnarok but in January 2020 he brings us Jojo Rabbit and today we get the first trailer.

Billed as a satire about anti-hate the film is about a young boy who go off to Hitlers Army camp, then finds his mother is hiding a Jewish girl!

The film stars Roman Griffin Davis, Sam Rockwell and Scarlett as well as Taika Waititi in what promises to be a fascinating movie.

You can check out the trailer below.

An anti-hate satire by director @TaikaWaititi. #JojoRabbit, in theatres October 18. pic.twitter.com/4PFBQKTNKe

— Jojo Rabbit (@jojorabbitmovie) July 23, 2019