Released in the US this weekend, Friday, 12th December 2025, there are 9 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Five Nights At Freddy's 2 from the top of the North American 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.

• Silent Night, Deadly Night
• Bat Out of Hell: The Musical
• Resurrection
• Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
• Predators
• Not Without Hope
• Ella Mccay
• Dust Bunny
• Goodbye June

Silent Night, Deadly Night

• The movie is directed by Mike P. Nelson, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Mike P. Nelson also directed Wrong Turn in 2021 which grossed $1.3 Mil. in the US and grossed $4.8 Mil. globally.
• It stars David Tomlinson who also starred in The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980).
• The film also stars Rohan Campbell who's last movie was The Monkey (2025).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The MPAA age rating is

Bat Out of Hell: The Musical

• The movie is directed by Chris Hunt and Jay Scheib, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Chris Hunt and Jay Scheib also directed Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show in 2020.
• It stars Glenn Adamson who also starred in Bat Out of Hell: The Musical (2025).
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.

Resurrection

• The movie is directed by Bi Gan, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Bi Gan also directed Kaili Blues in 2015.
• It stars Jackson Yee who also starred in Big World (2024).
• The film also stars Shu Qi who's last movie was Good Autumn, Mommy (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

• The movie is directed by Rian Johnson, it is the directors 8th movie.
• Rian Johnson also directed The Brother's Bloom in 2010.
• It stars Daniel Craig who also starred in Knives Out (2019).
• The film also stars Josh O'Connor who's last movie was The Mastermind (2025).
• Rian Johnson directed Daniel Craig in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, and Knives Out
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Predators

• The movie is from director David Osit.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Bryce who also starred in Guilty By Association (2003).
• The film also stars Chris Hansen who's last movie was All Those Small Things (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

Not Without Hope

• The movie is directed by Joe Carnahan, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Joe Carnahan also directed Shadow Force in 2025.
• It stars Zachary Levi who also starred in Not Without Hope (2025).
• The film also stars Josh Duhamel who's last movie was Buddy Games: Spring Awakening (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Ella Mccay

• The movie is directed by James L. Brooks, it is the directors 7th movie.
• James L. Brooks also directed Broadcast News in 1987 which grossed $51.2 Mil. in the US.
• It stars Emma Mackey who also starred in Eiffel (2021).
• The film also stars Woody Harrelson who's last movie was Now You See Me: Now You Don't (2025).
• James L. Brooks directed Woody Harrelson in and I'll Do Anything
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Dust Bunny

• The movie is from director Bryan Fuller.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Mads Mikkelsen who also starred in Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2003).
• The film also stars Sigourney Weaver who's last movie was The Gorge (2025).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Goodbye June

• The movie is from director Kate Winslet.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Kate Winslet who also starred in Romance and Cigarettes (2005).
• The film also stars Andrea Riseborough who's last movie was Dragonfly (2025).
• They also appeared together in Lee in 2024.
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• 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 4 new movies released

• The Housemaid - Friday, 19th December
• The SpongeBob Movie: Search For Squarepants - Friday, 19th December
• Avatar: Fire and Ash - Friday, 19th December
• Is This Thing On - Friday, 19th December

Lucasfilms and Disney have today firmed up some more details on their forth coming Star Wars films.

The first spin off film, directed by Gareth Edwards is called Rogue One and will be released worldwide on December 16th 2016.

Star Wars Episode VIII will be released May 26th 2017, not long after the previous Star Wars film.

Here is the full press release courtesy of starwars.com

ROGUE ONE IS THE FIRST STAR WARS STAND-ALONE FILM, RIAN JOHNSON TO WRITE AND DIRECT STAR WARS: EPISODE VIII THE TITLE FOR DIRECTOR GARETH EDWARDS' STAND-ALONE MOVIE, FEATURING ACTRESS FELICITY JONES, IS REVEALED, AND RIAN JOHNSON IS CONFIRMED FOR STAR WARS: EPISODE VIII -- COMING TO theatres MAY 26, 2017.

"Always in motion is the future," Yoda said. The future of the Star Wars cinematic galaxy, however, is taking shape.

This morning at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, across the street from Lucasfilm, Disney chairman and CEO Bob Iger hosted a shareholder meeting where he announced news regarding the first Star Wars stand-alone movie as well as Star Wars: Episode VIII.

Rogue One is the title for the first film in a unique series of big-screen adventures that explores the characters and events beyond the core Star Wars saga. Rogue One will be directed by Gareth Edwards (Monsters, Godzilla) and written by Oscar nominee Chris Weitz (Cinderella, About a Boy, Antz). The first actress cast is Felicity Jones, who garnered an Academy Award nomination and critical acclaim for her performance in The Theory of Everything. The idea for the story of Rogue One came from John Knoll, an Academy Award-winning visual effects supervisor and chief creative officer at Industrial Light & Magic. He will executive produce along with Simon Emanuel (The Dark Knight Rises, Fast & Furious 6) and Jason McGatlin (Tintin, War of the Worlds). Kathleen Kennedy and Tony To (Band of Brothers, The Pacific) are on board to produce and John Swartz (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) will co-produce. The film starts shooting this summer in London and is due for release on December 16, 2016.

In addition, Iger confirmed that Rian Johnson will write and direct Star Wars: Episode VIII. The film, which continues the saga after the events of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, is set for release on May 26, 2017 - forty years and a day after the release of Star Wars: A New Hope in 1977. Johnson is widely considered one of cinema's most gifted young filmmakers, having directed the modern sci-fi classic, Looper, as well as Brick and The Brothers Bloom. He was also behind the camera for three episodes of the critically-acclaimed TV series Breaking Bad, including "Ozymandias," which series creator Vince Gilligan named as the best instalment of the show. Kathleen Kennedy and Ram Bergman, producer of Looper, Don Jon, Brick, and The Brothers Bloom, are on board to produce.