This weekend, Friday 27th February 2026, there are 7 new films released in North America and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, GOAT, for the number 1 spot?

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.

• Scream 7
• Pillion
• Pegasus 3
• Dreams
• The President's Cake
• EPiC: Elvis Presley In Concert
• Man On the Run

Scream 7

• The movie is directed by Kevin Williamson, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Kevin Williamson also directed Teaching Mrs. Tingle in 1999.
• It stars Neve Campbell who also starred in The Craft (1996).
• The film also stars Courteney Cox who's last movie was Scream VI (2023).
• Neve Campbell and Courteney Cox have starred in 5 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Scream in 2022, Scream 2 in 1998, Scream in 1996, Scream 3 in 2000 and Scream 4 in 2011.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Pillion

• The movie is from director Harry Lighton.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Alexander Skarsgård who also starred in Beyond the Pole (2009).
• The film also stars Harry Melling who's last movie was Harvest (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Pegasus 3

• The movie is directed by Han Han, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Han Han also directed The Continent in 2014.
• It stars Teng Shen who also starred in Goldbuster (2017).
• The film also stars Steven Dasz who's last movie was IP Man 4: The Finale (2019).
• Han Han directed Teng Shen in Pegasus, Pegasus 2, and Only Fools Rush In
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Dreams

• The movie is from director Elena Rotari.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Jessica Chastain who also starred in The Huntsman: Winters War (2016).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

The President's Cake

• The movie is from director Hasan Hadi.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Baneen Ahmad Nayyef who also starred in The President's Cake (2026).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The MPAA age rating is

EPiC: Elvis Presley In Concert

• The movie is directed by Baz Luhrmann, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Baz Luhrmann also directed The Great Gatsby in 2013 which grossed $144.8 Mil. in the US and grossed $346.1 Mil. globally.
• It stars Elvis Presley who also starred in Clambake (1967).
• The film also stars Sammy Davis Jr. who's last movie was The Kid Who Loved Christmas (1990).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Man On the Run

• The movie is from director Cassius Michael Kim.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• 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 5 new movies released

• The Hermit - Tuesday, 3rd March - streaming
• The Bride - Friday, 6th March
• André Is An Idiot - Friday, 6th March - limited release
• Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man - Friday, 6th March - limited release
• Hoppers - Friday, 6th March

The long running Alien series gets a new entry directed by Fede Alvarez, Alien Romulus is given a 15 age rating in the UK for strong horror, gore, language.

The movie stars Isabela Merced who has been seen in movie like The House That Jack Built and The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature, it also stars Cailee Spaeny who has starred in Pacific Rim Uprising and >The Craft: Legacy.

The movies director Fede Alvarez has also directed Evil Dead~2013 and The Girl In the Spiders Web.

Movie Synopsis

A gang of young space colonisers, scavenging a derelict space station, come face to face with a terrifying life form.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Alien Romulus
• BBFC age rating: 15 Certificate
• Reason: strong horror, gore, language
• Release date: 16th August 2024
• Runtime: 119 minutes (1 hours 59 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • Fede Alvarez
• Starring:
  • Isabela Merced
  • Cailee Spaeny
  • Archie Renaux

BBFC movie page

Check out the new trailer and poster for upcoming movie Alien: Romulus which can be viewed in full if you scroll down this page.

Movie breakdown

• It stars among others Cailee Spaeny (The Craft: Legacy) and Isabela Merced (Sicario 2: Soldado)
• It is a sequel to Alien, Aliens, Alien³, Alien Resurrection, Prometheus and Alien: Covenant
• It is directed by Fede Alvarez (Don't Breathe)
• The movie also stars Archie Renaux, David Jonsson and Aileen Wu
• The UK release date is 16th August 2024
• And the release date in North America is 16th August 2024

Synopsis for Alien: Romulus

Young people on a distant world find themselves confronting the most terrifying life-form in the universe.

Check out the Salty Popcorn movie page for more information on this upcoming film.

With what could be the last UK box office chart in the UK for at least the next 4 weeks the animated feature Two By Two: Overboard! hangs on to the top spot for a second weekend.

Making an incredible Halloween leap up the chart is Hocus Pocus and the top new movie of the week is a remake/reboot in the shape of The Craft: Legacy.

Here is the UK box office Quickview.

• Number 1 - Two By Two: Overboard! (2nd week)
• Highest debut - The Craft: Legacy
• Longest run - Tenet (10 weeks) (Not including re-releases)
• Highest total gross - Tenet (£17,361,041)

Here is a breakdown of the UK box office top 5 30th October - 1st November 2020.

Two By Two: Overboard!

The animated feature from directors Toby Genkel and Sean McCormack spends a second weekend at the top of the UK box office with £190,761 down 42% from last weekend.

This leaves the movie with a total gross just shy of 1 million, £955,370, the movie could go over the million mark if can survive cinema closures.

Hocus Pocus

Making an incredible leap up the box office from 8 to 2 and with a 71% increase from last week with £186,063 giving the movie £3.6 Million since release in 1993.

The reason for this box office run seems to be the classic status the movie has gained in the last 25+ years and that their is a hunger for movies on the big screen and with no big blockbusters this is filling the need.

Honest Thief

The Liam Neeson starring revenge thriller falls to number 2 this week with £152,555, 40% down, for a total UK gros of £573,598 after 2 weeks of release.

The Secret Garden

The classic novel adaptation starring Julie Walters and Colin Firth falls to number 4 this week with £142,101, down just 8% from last week.

The movie is actually doing quite well in the COVID-19 era and has taken £615,981 after 2 weeks of release.

The Craft: Legacy

The teen gothic remake makes its debut this week at number 5 with a debut gross of £119,680.

Comparing it to the original movie from 1996 is unfair mainly because of the pandemic, but out of interest it was release in 1996 at the same time of year and took £1.16 Million on its debut for a total UK gross of £2.7 Million.

Despite the favourable reviews this remake will come nowhere near those figures.

Last weekend saw Two By Two: Overboard! at the top of the UK box office removing Tenet after 8 weeks.

There are 7 new releases this week so can any of the new movies released to cinema do enough to top the chart?

Shirley

• The movie is directed by Josephine Decker
• Josephine Decker also directed Madelines Madeline in 2019 which grossed £9 Thousand in the UK.
• It stars Elisabeth Moss who last starred in The Invisible Man (2020).
• The film also stars Odessa Young who last appeared in A Million Little Pieces (2019).

The Burnt Orange Heresy

• This new release stars Elizabeth Debicki who's last film was Tenet (2020)
• It also stars Donald Sutherland who appeared in Alone (2020).
• The film is brought to us by new director Giuseppe Capotondi.

The Courier

• The movie is directed by Dominic Cooke who directed On Chesil Beach in 2018.
• It stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Rachel Brosnahan.

The Witches

• Also this week there is The Witches from director Robert Zemeckis who also directed Beowulf in 2007.
• The film features Anne Hathaway and Octavia Spencer in starring roles.

Relic

• The long list of new releases continues with Relic which is directed by Natalie Erika James which is a directorial debut.
• It stars Emily Mortimer and Robyn Nevin.

The Craft Legacy

• The Craft Legacy from director Zoe Lister-Jones making their directorial debut.
• The film stars Michelle Monaghan and Cailee Spaeny.

The Painter and the Thief

• This new release stars Karl Bertil-Nordland who is making a feature film debut
• It also stars Barbora Kysilkova who is making a feature film debut.
• The film is brought to us by 2 time director Benjamin Ree.

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

Next weeks there are 5 new movies

• The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge On The Run, Thursday, 5th November
• Peninsula, Friday, 6th November
• Luxor, Friday, 6th November
• A Christmas Gift From Bob, Friday, 6th November
• Words On Bathroom Walls, Friday, 6th November