Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 31st January 2025, there are 6 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace A Complete Unknown 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.

• Companion
• Hard Truths
• Detective Chinatown 1900
• Saturday Night
• The Colors Within
• White Bird

Companion

• The movie is from director Drew Hancock.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Sophie Thatcher who also starred in MaXXXine (2024).
• The film also stars Harvey Guillén who's last movie was The Garfield Movie (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Hard Truths

• The movie is directed by Mike Leigh, it is the directors 16th movie.
• Mike Leigh also directed Vera Drake in 2005 which grossed £1.4 Mil. in the UK and grossed $13.3 Mil. globally.
• It stars Samantha Spiro who also starred in Beyond Bedlam (1994).
• The film also stars Jo Martin who's last movie was 97 Minutes (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Detective Chinatown 1900

• The movie is directed by Sicheng Chen and Mo Dai, it is the directors 8th movie.
• Sicheng Chen and Mo Dai also directed Decoded in 2024 which grossed £3.3K in the UK.
• It stars Baoqiang Wang who also starred in Little Big Soldier (2010).
• The film also stars Haoran Liu who's last movie was Decoded (2024).
• Baoqiang Wang and Haoran Liu have starred in 7 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in My People, My Homeland in 2020, Buddies In India in 2017, Rising Shaolin: The Protector in 2021, Decoded in 2024, Detective Chinatown 2 in 2018, Detective Chinatown in 2015 and Detective Chinatown 3 in 2021.
• Sicheng Chen directed Baoqiang Wang in Detective Chinatown, Detective Chinatown 2, My People, My Homeland, Decoded, and Detective Chinatown 3
• Sicheng Chen directed Haoran Liu in Detective Chinatown, Detective Chinatown 2, My People, My Homeland, Decoded, Beijing Love Story, and Detective Chinatown 3
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Saturday Night

• The movie is directed by Jason Reitman, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Jason Reitman also directed Thank You For Smoking in 2006 which grossed £1.5 Mil. in the UK and grossed $39.3 Mil. globally.
• It stars Gabriel LaBelle who also starred in The Fabelmans (2022).
• The film also stars Rachel Sennott who's last movie was Bottoms (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Colors Within

• The movie is directed by Naoko Yamada, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Naoko Yamada also directed K-On!: The Movie in 2011.
• It stars Sayu Suzukawa who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Akari Takaishi who's last movie was My Happy Marriage (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

White Bird

• The movie is directed by Marc Forster, it is the directors 14th movie.
• Marc Forster also directed Machine Gun Preacher in 2011 which grossed £331.6K in the UK.
• It stars Bryce Gheisar who also starred in A Dogs Purpose (2017).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

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

Next week there are 7 new movies released

• Into the Deep - Monday, 3rd February
• September 5 - Thursday, 6th February
• Dog Man - Friday, 7th February
• The Seed of the Sacred Fig - Friday, 7th February
• Bring Them Down - Friday, 7th February
• The Fire Inside - Friday, 7th February
• Love Hurts - Friday, 7th February

Check out the first trailer for upcoming movie Heretic which can be viewed in full if you scroll down this page.

Movie breakdown

• The movie is due for release in the UK on 22nd November 2024
• It is due for release in North America on 15th November 2024
• It stars among others Hugh Grant (Four Weddings and a Funeral) and Chloë East (The Fabelmans)
• It is directed by Scott Beck (65)
• The movie also stars Elle McKinnon, River Codack and

Synopsis for Heretic

Two young missionaries become ensnared in a deadly game of cat and mouse when they knock on the door of the diabolical Mr. Reed. Trapped in his home, they must turn to their faith if they want to make it out alive.

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

As Avatar: The Way of Water stays at the top of the UK and Northern Ireland box office for a seventh weekend the Indian movie Pathaan makes an impressive start to its box office run with a debut at 2.

Meanwhile Plane is new at number 3 and The Fabelmans is new at 4 with The Wandering Earth 2 new at 9 with £385,959 and Billie Eilish Live At the O2 is new at 10 with £329,407.

Also new is Unwelcome at 14 with £118,322 and All the Beauty and the Bloodshed at 15 with £88,108.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 27th - 29th January 2023

The James Cameron directed sequel movie remains at the top of the UK box office for a 7th weekend, which makes it equal with Toy Story 2 and Gladiator.

One more week at the top and it equals Tenet as the longest pandemic movie, if it can get to 13 weeks then it will equal Camerons own Titanic, but its unlikely!

This weekend the movie ass £2.1 Million to its total for a total of £70.8 Million.

• The movie remains at number 1 on this weeks UK box office
• It has spent 7 weeks at the top of the UK box office.
• It grosses £2,116,615 over the weekend, a 24% drop from last weeeknd
• It has a total gross of £70,884,535 over 7 weeks of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is the 15th top grossing movie of all time in the UK.
• The movie is a sequel to Avatar which took £65,070,599 at the box office after 7 weeks of release.

Highest new movie this weekend

Making its debut at number 2 this weekend is the new movie from Indian director Siddharth Anand which takes £1.9 Million on its opening weekend.

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
• It grosses £1,967,854 over the weekend on its debut
• The movie is the 8th top grossing film so far in 2023

Also making its debut this weekend is the new movie starring Gerard Butler which enters the box office at number 3 with £1.1 Million.

The stars last movie Copshop opened in September 2021 to £198,225 for a 3 week run.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,161,382 over the weekend on its debut
• The movie is the 10th top grossing film so far in 2023

The latest movie from director Steven Spielberg finally gets a UK release and opens to just over a million pound.

The movie is nominated for a number of Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director which could help its box office journey, but it may get the Director Oscar but little else.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,067,384 over the weekend on its debut
• The movie is the 11th top grossing film so far in 2023

Falling to number 5 this weekend the new horror movie franchise takes £749,354 on its 3rd weekend of release.

Compared to Smile from the end of 2022 that movie took £1.4 Million on its 3rd weekend.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £749,354 over the weekend, a 45% drop from last weeeknd
• It has a total gross of £5,980,325 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2023

Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 27th January 2023, there are 4 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Avatar: The Way of Water from the top of the UK box office.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• The Fabelmans
• The Wandering Earth 2
• Plane
• Unwelcome

The Fabelmans

• The movie is directed by Steven Spielberg, it is the directors 36th movie.
• Steven Spielberg also directed A.I.: Artificial Intelligence in 2001 which grossed £8 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Michelle Williams who also starred in Meek's Cutoff (2011).
• The film also stars Paul Dano who was last seen in The Batman (2022).
• They also appeared together in Meek's Cutoff in 2011.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Wandering Earth 2

• The movie is directed by Frant Gwo, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Frant Gwo also directed Lee's Adventure in 2011.
• It stars Andy Lau who also starred in The Warlords (2008).
• The film also stars Jing Wu who was last seen in Ping Pong of China (2023).
• They also appeared together in Shaolin in 2011.
• Frant Gwo directed Jing Wu in The Sacrifice
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Plane

• The movie is from director Jean-François Richet.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Gerard Butler who also starred in Den of Thieves (2018).
• The film also stars Daniella Pineda who was last seen in Jurassic World: Dominion (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Unwelcome

• The movie is directed by Jon Wright, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Jon Wright also directed Grabbers in 2012 which grossed £107.1K in the UK.
• It stars Hannah John-Kamen who also starred in Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018).
• The film also stars Douglas Booth who was last seen in My New York Year (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

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

Next week there are 7 new movies released

• Sword Art Online: Progressive - Scherzo of Deep Night - Wednesday, 1st February
• The Whale - Friday, 3rd February
• Puss In Boots: The Last Wish - Friday, 3rd February
• Knock At the Cabin - Friday, 3rd February
• She Is Love - Friday, 3rd February
• Thankam - Friday, 3rd February
• Saint Omer - Friday, 3rd February

When the movie was first released it was a quirky movie about multiverse jumping, coinciding with the release of Spider-Man: No Way Home, but here we are nearly a year later and the movie is doing well in the awards season and is nominated for 11 Oscars.

The movie is nominated in the following categories

• Best Motion Picture of the Year
• Best Achievement in Directing
• Dan Kwan
• Daniel Scheinert
• Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
• Michelle Yeoh
• Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
• Stephanie Hsu
• Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
  • Jamie Lee Curtis
• Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
  • Ke Huy Quan
• Best Original Screenplay
• Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
• Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)
• Best Achievement in Costume Design
• Best Achievement in Film Editing

Its good to see a movie like this getting recognition for its creative flair and anti-blockbuster independent look and feel.

Michelle Yeoh gets recognitions in a lead actress role although Cate Blanchett is also nominated for Tar and is the current favourite.

Jamie Lee Curtis gets her first ever nomination but Angela Bassett also get a nomination for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever which is the current favourite.

Here is a list of all the movies up for best picture of the year

1. All Quiet on the Western Front
2. Avatar: The Way of Water
3. The Banshees of Inisherin
4. Elvis
5. Everything Everywhere All at Once
6. The Fabelmans
7. Tar
8. Top Gun: Maverick
9. Triangle of Sadness
10. Women Talking

Its interesting seeing both Avatar: The Way of Water and Top Gun: Maverick on the list, 2 of the highest grossing movies of the last 12 months, Oscar does not normally award big budget, high grossing blockbusters, although neither will probably get the award!

In the lead actor category Colin Farrell gets a nod for The Banshees of Inisherin but the hot favourite is Brendan Fraser in The Whale who is the one to beat.

The most wide open category is best director which has no out and out leader, Steven Spielberg is an Oscar darling and must be a favourite for The Fabelmans, but then Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan must also be in with a shout for Everything Everywhere All at Once.

The ceremony takes place on Sunday March 12th and the full list of nomination can be found on the Oscars Website.