Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 22nd October 2021, there are 6 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace No Time to Die from the top of the UK box office.

Here are this weeks new releases

• Dune
• The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
• The Harder They Fall
• Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna
• Dear Evan Hansen
• The Boss Baby 2: Family Business

Dune

• The movie is directed by Denis Villeneuve, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Denis Villeneuve also directed Incendies in 2011 which grossed £28.2K in the UK.
• It stars Timothee Chalamet who also starred in Little Women (2019).
• The film also stars Rebecca Ferguson who last appeared in Reminiscence (2021).
• Box Office prediction: Number 2

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

• The movie is directed by Wes Anderson, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Wes Anderson also directed Fantastic Mr. Fox in 2009 which grossed £9.3 Mil. in the UK and grossed $46.5 Mil. globally.
• It stars Willem Dafoe who also starred in The Last Thing He Wanted (2020).
• The film also stars Adrien Brody who last appeared in The Bombing (2018).
• Willem Dafoe and Adrien Brody have starred in 2 movies together.
• They also appeared together in Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009).
• Box Office Prediction: Number 7

The Harder They Fall

• The movie is from director Jeymes Samuel
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Idris Elba who also starred in The Suicide Squad (2021).
• The film also stars Zazie Beetz who last appeared in Seberg (2020).

Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna

• The movie is directed by Tomohisa Taguchi, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Tomohisa Taguchi also directed Persona 3 the Movie: #2 Midsummer Knight's Dream in 2014.
• It stars Natsuki Hanae who also starred in Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train (2021).
• The film also stars Yoshimasa Hosoya who last appeared in My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising (2020).

Dear Evan Hansen

• The movie is directed by Stephen Chbosky, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Stephen Chbosky also directed Wonder in 2017 which grossed £4.6 Mil. in the UK and grossed $305.9 Mil. globally.
• It stars Ben Platt who also starred in Run This Town (2019).
• The film also stars Julianne Moore who last appeared in Spirit Untamed (2021).
• Box Office Prediction: Number 6

The Boss Baby 2: Family Business

• The movie is directed by Tom McGrath, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Tom McGrath also directed Madagascar Escape 2 Africa in 2008 which grossed £23.3 Mil. in the UK and grossed $581.3 Mil. globally.
• It stars Alec Baldwin who also starred in Pixie (2020).
• The film also stars James Marsden who last appeared in My Little Pony: A New Generation (2021).
• Box Office Prediction: number 5

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

• Last Night In Soho, Friday, 29th October
• Antlers, Friday, 29th October
• My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission, Friday, 29th October

Cinemas are back open in the UK after nearly 5 months of being closed and there are a whole host of new releases this week to mark the occasion.

Most of these new movies came out on Monday, and many of them have been delayed from last year, and some of them are already available on streaming so there is a nice mixed bag.

Here is a rundown of this weeks new movies in the UK.

Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway

• The movie is directed by Will Gluck
• Will Gluck also directed Friends With Benefits in 2011 which grossed £6.2 Million in the UK.
• It stars James Corden who last starred in Superintelligence (2020).
• The film also stars Elizabeth Debicki who last appeared in The Burnt Orange Heresy (2019).
• James Corden and Elizabeth Debicki starred in Peter Rabbit (2018) together.

Spiral: From the Book of Saw

• The movie is directed by Darren Lynn Bousman
• Darren Lynn Bousman also directed Identity Lost in 2001.
• It stars Chris Rock who last starred in The Witches (2020).
• The film also stars Samuel L. Jackson who last appeared in Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019).

The Unholy

• The movie is from director Evan Spiliotopoulos
• It is their directorial debut.
• It stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan who last starred in Walkaway Joe (2020).
• The film also stars Cary Elwes who last appeared in Black Christmas (2019).

Nomadland

• The movie is directed by Chlo� Zhao
• Chlo� Zhao also directed The Rider in 2018 which grossed £36.3 Thousand in the UK.
• It stars Frances McDormand who last starred in The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2020).
• The film also stars Gay DeForest who is making a feature film debut.

My New York Year

• The movie is directed by Philippe Falardeau
• Philippe Falardeau also directed The Bleeder in 2016.
• It stars Margaret Qualley who last starred in Seberg (2020).
• The film also stars Sigourney Weaver who last appeared in The Meyerowitz Stories New and Selected (2017).

Army of the Dead

• The movie is directed by Zack Snyder
• Zack Snyder also directed Dawn of the Dead in 2004 which grossed £5.4 Million in the UK.
• It stars Hiroyuki Sanada who last starred in Mortal Kombat (2021).
• The film also stars Dave Bautista who last appeared in My Spy (2020).
• Hiroyuki Sanada and Dave Bautista starred in Avengers: Endgame (2019) together.

Sound of Metal

• The movie is from director Darius Marder
• It is their directorial debut.
• It stars Riz Ahmed who last starred in Mogul Mowgli (2020).
• The film also stars Olivia Cooke who last appeared in Naked Singularity (2021).

Those Who Wish Me Dead

• The movie is directed by Taylor Sheridan
• Taylor Sheridan also directed Wind River in 2017 which grossed £1.2 Million in the UK.
• It stars Angelina Jolie who last starred in Come Away (2020).
• The film also stars Jon Bernthal who last appeared in Le Mans '66 (2019).

Rare Beasts

• The movie is from director Billie Piper
• It is their directorial debut.
• It stars Billie Piper who last starred in Eternal Beauty (2019).
• The film also stars Leo Bill who last appeared in In Fabric (2019).

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

Next weeks there are 4 new movies

• Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train, Wednesday, 26th May
• Cruella, Friday, 28th May
• The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, Friday, 28th May
• First Cow, Friday, 28th May