Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 16th July 2021, there are 7 movies looking to take your viewing attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Black Widow from the top of the UK box office.

The Croods: A New Age

• The movie is from director Joel Crawford
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Nicolas Cage who also starred in Willy's Wonderland (2021).
• The film also stars Emma Stone who last appeared in Cruella (2021).
• They also appeared together in The Croods (2013).

Space Jam: A New Legacy

• The movie is directed by Malcolm D. Lee, it is the directors 11th movie.
• Malcolm D. Lee also directed Girls Trip in 2017 which grossed £8.9 Million in the UK.
• It stars LeBron James who also starred in Smallfoot (2018).
• The film also stars Don Cheadle who last appeared in Avengers: Endgame (2019).

The Birthday Cake

• The movie is from director Jimmy Giannopoulos
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Shiloh Fernandez who also starred in Burn (2019).
• The film also stars Val Kilmer who last appeared in Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019).

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

• The movie is directed by Questlove, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Questlove also directed Black Woodstock in 1969.
• It stars Lin-Manuel Miranda who also starred in In the Heights (2021).
• The film also stars Chris Rock who last appeared in Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021).

Gunpowder Milkshake

• The movie is directed by Navot Papushado, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Navot Papushado also directed Big Bad Wolves in 2013 which grossed £1.6 Thousand in the UK.
• It stars Karen Gillan who also starred in The Call of the Wild (2020).
• The film also stars Carla Gugino who last appeared in With/In: Volume 2 (2021).

Escape Room: Tournament of Champions

• The movie is directed by Adam Robitel, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Adam Robitel also directed Insidious: The Dark Realm in 2021.
• It stars Taylor Russell who also starred in Words On Bathroom Walls (2020).
• The film also stars Logan Miller who last appeared in Shithouse (2020).
• Taylor Russell and Logan Miller have starred in 2 movies together.
• They also appeared together in Escape Room (2019).

The Forever Purge

• The movie is from director Everardo Gout
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Ana de la Reguera who also starred in Army of the Dead (2021).
• The film also stars Tenoch Huerta who last appeared in Bel Canto (2019).

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

Next weeks there are 2 new movies released

• Old, Friday, 23rd July
• Riders of Justice, Friday, 23rd July

Very little has changed on this weeks US box office with little in the way of new releases while studios continue to release movies straight to VOD waiting for more certainty in the cinema marketplace.

With the Croods sequel remaining at the top for a second weekend the top new movie of the weekend was Nomadland at number 7, the movie was also available on VOD.

US box office Quickview

• Number 1 - The Croods: A New Age (2nd consecutive, 5th in total)
• Highest Debut - Nomadland (@7)
• Longest Run - The War With Grandpa (20 Weeks)
• Highest total gross - The Croods: A New Age ($50,854,205)

US box office top 5 breakdown 19th - 21st February 2021

The Croods: A New Age

After going back to the top on last weekends chart the Nicholas Cage starring animated sequel has proved to be one of the biggest hits during the COVID-19 pandemic, and at the current rate will overtake Tenet to be the biggest.

This week the movie stays at the top with $1.7 Million on its 13th weekend of release, 18% down from last weekend, for a total of over $50 Million.

The Little Things

Jumping back up to number 2 this weekend is the Denzel Washington starring thriller which falls 44% for a $1.15 Million weekend.

This gives the movie a total gross in America of $11.85 Million after 4 weeks of release.

Judas and the Black Messiah

Director Shaka King's highly praised movie falls to number 3 on its second weekend of release with a weekend gross of $905.000, a 56% drop from last weekend.

This gives the movie a North American total gross of $3.39 Million from its first 2 weeks of release.

Wonder Woman 1984

The much anticipated DC Universe movie from Warner Bros. has not been the massive hit the studio may have hoped, largely due to a tighter COVID-19 lockdown over Christmas when it was released.

The movie has still taken $805,000 on its 9th weekend of release, only a 29% drop from last weekend, and has a total gross of $42.7 Million, it stays at number 4.

The Marksman

Liam Neeson is one of the few actors to have had 2 movies released during the lockdown and this week his second movie stays put at number 5 with $775,000 on its 6th weekend, 30% drop from last weekend, and has taken $11.45 Million in total.

With cinema closures under the global pandemic continuing across the US which is for the 10th month disrupting the box office animated feature The Croods 2 stays at the top for a second weekend.

Top new movie of the weekend enters the box office at 2 in the shape of Mexican movie Half Brothers and All My Life also makes a new entry at 4.

Also making a new entry on the box office this weekend is the re-edited version of The Godfather Part II, called The Godfather, Coda: The Death Of Michael Corleone, which debuts at 15 with $52,000.

US box office Quickview.

• Number 1 - The Croods: A New Age (2nd weekend)
• Highest Debut - Half Brothers (@2)
• Longest run - Tenet (14 weeks)^*
• Highest total gross - Tenet ($57,600,000)^*
^*Not including catalogue re-releases

Here is the US box office top 5 rundown for 4th - 6th December 2020.

The Croods: A New Age

Second weekend at the top for the animated movie from director Joel Crawford starring Nicolas Cage and Ryan Reynolds which takes $4.4 Million, 55% down from last weekend.

This gives the movie a total gross of $20.3 Million after 2 weeks of release.

Half Brothers

A Mexican movie from director Luke Greenfield is the highest new movie of the weekend making its debut at number 2 on the US box office.

The film took a very respectable $720,000 on its debut weekend of release.

Freaky

The horror comedy former number 1 movie falls to number 3 this weekend with $460,000, a 42% drop from last weekend.

The Christopher Landon directed movie has now taked $7.74 Million during its 4 weeks of release.

All My Life

New at number 4 this weekend is this romance from director Marc Meyers which takes $350,000 on its debut weekend.

The War With Grandpa

Surprise hit of the year starring Rober De Niro falls to number 5 this weekend with $329,359, a 44% drop, giving the movie a total gross of $17.63 Million after 9 weeks of release, all in the top 5!

For the first time on the US box office since Tenet made its debut back in August The Croods: A New Age makes a decent weekend debut.

The release schedule outside the new animated movie is next to nothing and the only other new releases this week are a couple of catalogue movies, the excellent National Lampoons Christmas Vacation at 9 and Disney's Frozen at 12.

Here is this weeks US Quickview.

• Number 1 - The Croods: A New Age (1st week)
• Highest debut - The Croods: A New Age (@1)
• Longest run - Tenet (13 Weeks)
• Highest total gross - Tenet ($57,400,000)^*
^*Not including catalogue re-releases

This weeks US box office top 5 breakdown 27th - 29th November 2020.

The Croods: A New Age

Dreamworks follow up their 2013 movie The Croods which took $187.1 Million at the US box office with this sequel which Universal has released while the pandemic is still causing cinemas to shut their doors.

The movie still manages to take a very good $9.7 Million on its debut weekend which is second only to Tenet in the months since the pandemic effected the box office.

Freaky

Falling from the top after 2 weeks is the Vince Vaughn starring horror/comedy which takes $770,000, a 40% drop from last weekend.

The movie has now grossed $7.01 Million in the US over 3 weeks of release.

The War With Grandpa

Surprise hit on the last few months is the Robert De Niro starring movie which takes $643,937 over the weekend, only 14% down from last week.

The movie is showing incredible staying power and has grosses $17.25 Million over its 8 weeks of release.

Let Him Go

4 weeks on the the Dianne Lane starring movie falls to 4 with $453,000, 37% down, for a total of $8.73 Million after 4 weeks.

Come Play

Falling to 5 this week is Jacob Chase's horror movie which takes $387,000, 31% down from last weekend, for a $8.83 Million 5 week total.

Universal have released the first trailer for sequel movie The Croods: A New Age.

The animated movie is a follow up to 2013's surprise hit movie The Croods which took £26 Million in the UK and $587 million worldwide.

The new movie has the familiar voices of Nicholas Cage, Ryan Reynolds and Emma Stone all reprising their roles from the original.

The movie is set for release in the UK on January 29th and in the US on Thanksgiving.