Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 23rd January 2026, there are 5 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple from the top of the UK box office.

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.

• Mercy
• Saipan
• No Other Choice
• Return to Silent Hill
• H Is For Hawk

Mercy

• The movie is directed by Timur Bekmambetov, it is the directors 15th movie.
• Timur Bekmambetov also directed The Arena in 2001.
• It stars Chris Pratt who also starred in The Five Year Engagement (2012).
• The film also stars Rebecca Ferguson who's last movie was Dune: Part Two (2024).
• Timur Bekmambetov directed Chris Pratt in and Wanted
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Saipan

• The movie is directed by Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn also directed Cherrybomb in 2010 which grossed £16.5 K in the UK.
• It stars Steve Coogan who also starred in Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022).
• The film also stars Eanna Hardwicke who's last movie was William Tell (2025).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

No Other Choice

• The movie is directed by Park Chan-wook, it is the directors 16th movie.
• Park Chan-wook also directed Three ... Extremes in 2004.
• It stars Lee Byung-hun who also starred in Memories of the Sword (2015).
• The film also stars Yeom Hye-ran who's last movie was Citizen of a Kind (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Return to Silent Hill

• The movie is directed by Christophe Gans, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Christophe Gans also directed Silent Hill in 2006 which grossed £3.5 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Jeremy Irvine who also starred in Benediction (2021).
• The film also stars Hannah Emily Anderson who's last movie was X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

H Is For Hawk

• The movie is directed by Philippa Lowthorpe, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Philippa Lowthorpe also directed Swallows and Amazons in 2016 which grossed £3.1 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Claire Foy who also starred in The Lady In the Van (2015).
• The film also stars Brendan Gleeson who's last movie was Joker: Folie à Deux (2024).
• 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 6 new movies released

• The Wrecking Crew - Wednesday, 28th January - streaming
• Primate - Friday, 30th January
• Nouvelle Vague - Friday, 30th January
• Rabbit Trap - Friday, 30th January
• Shelter - Friday, 30th January
• Is This Thing On - Friday, 30th January

Last weekend Moana 2 was at the top of the North American box office, there are 7 new releases this weekend, will any of them top the US box office this weekend?

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.

• The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
• Oh Canada
• The Magic Reindeer: Saving Santas Sleigh
• Kraven the Hunter
• September 5
• Carry-On
• Elton John: Never Too Late

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

• The movie is directed by Kenji Kamiyama, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Kenji Kamiyama also directed Manga Entertainment: The Art of Anime in 2005.
• It stars Brian Cox who also starred in The Affair of the Necklace (2001).
• The film also stars Luke Pasqualino who's last movie was Medusa Deluxe (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Oh Canada

• The movie is directed by Paul Schrader, it is the directors 27th movie.
• Paul Schrader also directed Light Sleeper in 1992.
• It stars Richard Gere who also starred in When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun (2013).
• The film also stars Uma Thurman who's last movie was The Kill Room (2023).
• Richard Gere and Uma Thurman have starred in 2 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Movie 43 in 2013 and Final Analysis in 1992.
• Paul Schrader directed Richard Gere in and American Gigolo
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

The Magic Reindeer: Saving Santas Sleigh

• The movie is directed by Kari Juusonen and Jørgen Lerdam, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Kari Juusonen and Jørgen Lerdam also directed The Flight Before Christmas in 2008.
• It stars Matthew Whelan who also starred in The Magic Reindeer: Saving Santas Sleigh (2024).
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.

Kraven the Hunter

• The movie is directed by J.C. Chandor, it is the directors 5th movie.
• J.C. Chandor also directed A Most Violent Year in 2015.
• It stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson who also starred in The Illusionist (2006).
• The film also stars Russell Crowe who's last movie was The Exorcism (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

September 5

• The movie is from director Tim Fehlbaum.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Peter Sarsgaard who also starred in The Lie (2018).
• The film also stars John Magaro who's last movie was Showing Up (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Carry-On

• The movie is directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, it is the directors 11th movie.
• Jaume Collet-Serra also directed Goal II: Living the Dream in 2007.
• It stars Taron Egerton who also starred in Sing (2016).
• The film also stars Jason Bateman who's last movie was Air (2023).
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.

Elton John: Never Too Late

• The movie is directed by R.J. Cutler and David Furnish, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• R.J. Cutler and David Furnish also directed If I Stay in 2014 which grossed $50.5 Mil. in the US.
• It stars Elton John who also starred in Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

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

Next week there are 8 new movies released

• Blink - Friday, 4th October - streaming
• Terrifier 3 - Friday, 11th October
• Sonic the Hedgehog 3 - Friday, 20th December
• Mufasa: The Lion King - Friday, 20th December
• The Six Triple Eight - Friday, 6th December - streaming
• Juror #2 - Friday, 1st November - streaming
• The Room Next Door - Friday, 20th December - limited release
• The Count of Monte-Cristo - Friday, 20th December

No change for the number one film on the UK home video charts this week with Suicide Squad holding film for a second week.

Highest new film of the week is at number 7 with the film version of The Office, David Brent Life On The Road.

The David Brent film was released at UK cinemas on 19th August 2016 where it entered at number 3, kept from the top by Finding Dory and Suicide Squad.

It quickly fell out of the top 10 after only 2 weeks but spent another 6 weeks in cinemas, after 8 weeks it made £ 3.6 million.

Also new this week is Swallows And Amazons a number 8 film from August 2016.

Tonight I attended the UK premiere of the new Star Trek movie at the Empire Leicester Square in the heart of the West End in London, and what a night it was.

Although there was a wait of over an hour once I took my seat in the theatre and got chatting to a very nice couple sitting behind me, the wait was well worth it as JJ. Abrams and the full cast of the movie came in to introduce the film.

Simon Pegg who plays Scotty in the movie came dressed in a kilt, honouring the Scottish heritage of his character Scotty, and took to the mike and gave a speech to his fellow Brits on how honoured he was to be in the movie.

As for the film itself, WOW, what a film, action from start to finish, this is what so many other Star Trek movies have lacked in the past but this film piles on the action right from the word go.

Despite enjoying this film to the full I do still have some reservations, the story, although good and honours the Star Trek 40 year legacy it does take some liberties, the opening is really well done and I think true Trek Fans will love it, but, and I hope this isn't too much of a spoiler, the time travel aspect of the film can be a little difficult to swallow.

I don't think I'm giving too much away by saying that original Spock Leonard Nimoy make an extended cameo in the film, but after the initial appearance I found his presence a little uncomfortable, and the final scene in the film although fascinating I found a little odd.

That said the new cast a just superb and Abrams has stayed true to the legend while giving non hard core fans enough reasons to go, there are some in joke which the true fans will roll around on the floor at, but they are well placed and are additions to the film and don't drive it.

Let's hope this film can reignite the series and in 4 or 5 films time we can explore the origins of The Next Generation crew.