Last weekend Mufasa: The Lion King was at the top of the global box office, there are 32 new releases this weekend in countries across the globe, will any of them top the global box office this weekend?

As well as many movies released in cinemas around the globe this list also includes a number of the top movies released on streaming platforms.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Wolf Man
• Back In Action
• Paddington In Peru
• Unstoppable
• Babygirl
• Here
• The Prosecutor
• Den of Thieves 2
• A Real Pain
• A Complete Unknown

Wolf Man

• The movie is directed by Leigh Whannell, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Leigh Whannell also directed The Invisible Man in 2020 which grossed $144.5 Mil. globally.
• It stars Julia Garner who also starred in The Royal Hotel (2023).
• The film also stars Christopher Abbott who's last movie was Kraven the Hunter (2024).
• They also appeared together in Martha Marcy May Marlene in 2011.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Argentina / Australia / Brazil / Canada / Denmark / Finland / France / Germany / Hong Kong / Hungary / Iceland / Indonesia / Ireland / Israel / Malaysia / Mexico / Mexico / Netherlands / Norway / Poland / Portugal / Singapore / Spain / Sweden / Ukraine / United Kingdom / United States

Back In Action

• The movie is directed by Seth Gordon, it is the directors 8th movie.
• Seth Gordon also directed Di Di Hollywood in 2010.
• It stars Jamie Foxx who also starred in White House Down (2013).
• The film also stars Cameron Diaz who's last movie was Annie (2014).
• Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz have starred in 2 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Any Given Sunday in 2000 and Annie in 2014.
• Seth Gordon directed Jamie Foxx in and Horrible Bosses
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• Released this week in:
  Australia / Brazil / Canada / France / Germany / Hungary / India / Italy / Japan / Mexico / Poland / Romania / Singapore / Spain / Sweden / Taiwan / Turkey / United Kingdom / United States / Vietnam

Paddington In Peru

• The movie is from director Dougal Wilson.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Hugh Bonneville who also starred in Love Again (2003).
• The film also stars Emily Mortimer who's last movie was With/In: Volume 2 (2021).
• They also appeared together in Notting Hill in 1999.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Argentina / Brazil / Canada / Denmark / Estonia / Iceland / Italy / Malaysia / Mexico / Norway / Romania / Singapore / Sweden / Ukraine

Unstoppable

• The movie is from director William Goldenberg.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Jharrel Jerome who also starred in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023).
• The film also stars Anthony Robles who's last movie was Liza, Liza Skies Are Grey (2017).
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• Released this week in:
  Australia / Japan / Mexico / Poland / Singapore / Sweden / United States

Babygirl

• The movie is directed by Halina Reijn, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Halina Reijn also directed Bodies Bodies Bodies in 2022 which grossed $3.6 Mil. globally.
• It stars Nicole Kidman who also starred in The Golden Compass (2007).
• The film also stars Harris Dickinson who's last movie was Blitz (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Belgium / France / Montenegro / Russia / Spain / Taiwan

Here

• The movie is directed by Robert Zemeckis, it is the directors 24th movie.
• Robert Zemeckis also directed Back to the Future Part III in 1990 which grossed $249.1 Mil. globally.
• It stars Tom Hanks who also starred in A Hologram For the King (2016).
• The film also stars Robin Wright who's last movie was Damsel (2024).
• They also appeared together in Forrest Gump in 1994.
• Robert Zemeckis directed Tom Hanks in Pinocchio, Cast Away, The Polar Express, and Forrest Gump
• Robert Zemeckis directed Robin Wright in Forrest Gump, Beowulf, and A Christmas Carol
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Brazil / Denmark / Ireland / Sweden / United Kingdom

The Prosecutor

• The movie is directed by Ho-Pong Mak and Donnie Yen, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Ho-Pong Mak and Donnie Yen also directed Breakout Brother's in 2020 which grossed $85K globally.
• It stars Donnie Yen who also starred in Hero (2002).
• The film also stars Francis Ng who's last movie was Customs Frontline (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Australia / Cambodia / New Zealand

Den of Thieves 2

• The movie is directed by Christian Gudegast, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Christian Gudegast also directed Den of Thieves in 2018.
• It stars Gerard Butler who also starred in Tomorrow Never Dies (1997).
• The film also stars O'Shea Jackson Jr. who's last movie was Cocaine Bear (2023).
• They also appeared together in Den of Thieves in 2018.
• Christian Gudegast directed Gerard Butler in and Den of Thieves
• Christian Gudegast directed O'Shea Jackson Jr. in and Den of Thieves
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Argentina / Germany / Mexico

A Real Pain

• The movie is from director Jesse Eisenberg.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Kieran Culkin who also starred in Only the Lonely (1991).
• The film also stars Jesse Eisenberg who's last movie was Sasquatch Sunset (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Germany / Portugal / South Korea

A Complete Unknown

• The movie is directed by James Mangold, it is the directors 14th movie.
• James Mangold also directed Logan in 2017 which grossed $616.8 Mil. globally.
• It stars Timothée Chalamet who also starred in Dune: Messiah ().
• The film also stars Monica Barbaro who's last movie was Top Gun: Maverick (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Ireland / Poland / United Kingdom

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

Next week there are 32 new movies released gloabally

• Flight Risk - From Thursday, 23rd January
• The Brutalist - From Thursday, 23rd January
• A Real Pain - From Thursday, 23rd January
• Paddington In Peru - From Friday, 24th January
• Presence - From Friday, 24th January
• A Complete Unknown - From Thursday, 23rd January
• Better Man - From Friday, 24th January
• Wolf Man - From Friday, 24th January
• Den of Thieves 2 - From Thursday, 23rd January
• Flow - From Friday, 24th January
• How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies - From Friday, 24th January
• Piece By Piece - From Thursday, 23rd January
• Babygirl - From Friday, 24th January
• The Count of Monte-Cristo - From Thursday, 23rd January
• Anora - From Thursday, 23rd January
• Emilia Pérez - From Thursday, 23rd January
• Night of the Zoopocalypse - From Thursday, 23rd January
• September 5 - From Friday, 24th January
• Conclave - From Thursday, 23rd January
• Indian 3 - From Friday, 24th January
• The Girl With the Needle - From Thursday, 23rd January
• The End - From Thursday, 23rd January
• Parthenope - From Friday, 24th January
• The Bagman - From Thursday, 23rd January
• Maria - From Friday, 24th January
• Sing Sing - From Thursday, 23rd January
• Late Night With the Devil - From Monday, 20th January
• Werewolves - From Thursday, 23rd January
• Death Whisperer 2 - From Thursday, 23rd January
• Inheritance - From Friday, 24th January
• Queer - From Thursday, 23rd January
• The Marching Band - From Thursday, 23rd January

This weekend, Friday 25th November 2022, there are 7 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, for the number 1 spot?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• She Said
• Disenchanted
• Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
• Three Day Millionaire
• Strange World
• Matilda: The Musical
• Bones and All

She Said

• The movie is directed by Maria Schrader, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Maria Schrader also directed The Giraffe in 1998.
• It stars Carey Mulligan who also starred in The Greatest (2009).
• The film also stars Zoe Kazan who was last seen in The Kindness of Strangers (2019).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Disenchanted

• The movie is directed by Adam Shankman, it is the directors 12th movie.
• Adam Shankman also directed What Men Want in 2019 which grossed £2.8 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Amy Adams who also starred in The Last Run (2004).
• The film also stars Alan Tudyk who was last seen in Encanto (2021).
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

• The movie is directed by Rian Johnson, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Rian Johnson also directed Looper in 2012 which grossed £10.1 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Daniel Craig who also starred in The Golden Compass (2007).
• The film also stars Edward Norton who was last seen in The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Three Day Millionaire

• The movie is from director Jack Spring.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Colm Meaney who also starred in Come See the Paradise (1990).
• The film also stars Jonas Armstrong who was last seen in Edge of Tomorrow (2014).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Strange World

• The movie is directed by Don Hall and Qui Nguyen, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Don Hall and Qui Nguyen also directed Raya and the Last Dragon in 2021 which grossed £755.6K in the UK and grossed $130.3 Mil. globally.
• It stars Jake Gyllenhaal who also starred in Southpaw (2015).
• The film also stars Alan Tudyk who was last seen in Encanto (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Matilda: The Musical

• The movie is directed by Matthew Warchus, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Matthew Warchus also directed Simpatico in 1999 and grossed $1.3 Mil. globally.
• It stars Andrea Riseborough who also starred in The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021).
• The film also stars Stephen Graham who was last seen in Boiling Point (2021).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Bones and All

• The movie is directed by Luca Guadagnino, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Luca Guadagnino also directed Challengers in 2023.
• It stars Taylor Russell who also starred in Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021).
• The film also stars Timothée Chalamet who was last seen in Don't Look Up (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 2 new movies released

• Violent Night - Friday, 2nd December
• Cbeebies Panto: Dick Whittington and His Cat - Friday, 2nd December

After an almost never ending saga of setbacks and 9 years after The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, director Peter Jackson takes his vision of J. R. R. Tolkien The Hobbit to the top of the box office.

Maybe because of the slightly less than favorable reviews are the reason but The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey debuts this week with a less than expected £11,601,538, still excellent but for best opening weekends that gross places it only at 33, between Pirates of the Caribbean 4 and 2, still an excellent gross but I don't think it will have a dominance over the box office like Skyfall has.

The Hobbit was nearly the only film released this week, but Disney did release Tinker Bell and the Secret of the Wings which landed at 5 with £528,82

Falling to number 2 this week is Rise of the Guardians which grossed £1,250,469 over the weekend.

A year ago Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows took the top spot with £3,827,697 on it's debut weekend knocking Arthur Christmas into third.

Five years ago The Golden Compass was still at the top with £3,002,951 while Enchanted entered at number 2 with £2,547,975.

Ten years ago Bond was still the top film with a weekend gross of £2,220,351 taking it's total to £27,078,158 while the top film was Like Mike at 4 with £246,169.

After a few weeks of dominance from Skyfall and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 we have a new number 1, rising to the top is the animated film Rise of the Guardians.

Maybe this is a little bit of a shock, and it will of course be for 1 week only due to the onslaught of The Hobbit next week, we see Rise of the Guardians take the top spot after it was highest new entry last week.

Taking £1,602,689 from the weekend it easily knocked the Bond top earner to second place, in total now Guardians has taken £4,062,292.

Skyfalls total is now £96,333,036 and it may struggle to make the £100 million mark.

Highest new film of the week is Seven Psychopaths at 3 with a weekend take of £1,121,679.

A year ago the Shrek franchise went off in another direction and hit big as Puss in Boots took the top spot in it's opening weekend with just shy of £2 million.

Five years ago we all hoped it would be the start of a Lord of the Rings style franchise, but alas no, as The Golden Compass took the top spot on it's debut weekend with an incredible £7,243,984.

Ten years ago it was still all Bond at the top with Die Another Day and the top new film was Jamie Bell in Deathwatch at 4 with £334,657.

Fifteen years ago it was also Bond with Tomorrow Never Dies although Spice World The Movie was doing well in the midst of Girl Power.