Released in the US this weekend, Friday, 7th March 2025, there are 6 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Captain America: Brave New World 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.
Here are this weeks new releasesCheck back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.
With Venom: The Last Dance currently at the top of the global box office can this weeks new cinema releases challlenge it for the global box office crown?
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.
Here are the top new release this week in countries across the world!Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.
After all the controversy surrounding the new movie starring Florence Pugh and directed by and starring Olivia Wilde, Don't Worry Darling makes its debut at the op of the US box office.
Looking ahead to the release of the much awaited sequel Avatar gets another re-release in cinemas this time in a new 4K print the apparently enhances the 3D and the experience!
Highest new movie this weekend
Despite the reports that have emerged over the months regarding the production of this much anticipated movie it manages to land at the top of the US box office on its debut.
The audience in North America was primarily female it it has got mixed reviews across the board but in the current theatrical climate a $19.3 Million debut is not too bad.
For the director Olivia Wilde this is a career high, but star Florence Pugh has been in some very high profile movie including Black Widow from 2021, but Midsommar from 2019 is a good comparison and that debuted to $6.5 Millon in early July.
Falling from the top spot this weekend is the Viola Davis movie which takes $11 Million on its second weekend, a 41% drop over its debut.
The movie has taken a total of $36.2 Million over its 2 weeks of release in North America.
Getting another cinema release in preperation for the sequel this December is the former highest grossing movie of all time in North America, which in a new 4K version lands at number 3 with $10 Million.
This is the movie 32 weekend on the North American box office and it is the 5th time it has has a re-release.
The movie has to date taken $771 Million at the US box office and is 4th top grossing movie in the US behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Avengers: Endgame and Spider-Man: No Way Home.
Low budget horror movies are the order of the day as Halloween approaches and the Zach Cregger directed movie drop to number 4 this week on its 3rd weekend of release with $4.8 Million, a small 28% drop over last weekend.
This gives the movie a total US gross of $28.4 Million over its 3 weeks of release.
Falling to 5 this weekend is another relatively low budget horror movie as the second film in the Ti West director X horror trilogy takes $2 Million on its second weekend, a 39% drop.
The movie has taken $6 Million after 2 weeks of release.
Super-Heroes were the order of the weekend again, this time in an animated for as the DC movie DC League of Super-Pets takes over at the top of the US box office.
Also new this weekend is Vengeance from The Office star B.J. Novak which takes $1.7 Million on its debut and enters at number 10.
Highest new movie of the weekend
Highest new movie of the weekend and the new number 1 movie is the DC animated feature which takes the top of the North American box office with $23 Million.
Director Jordan Peele's third movie entered the box office at number 1 last weekend but slips to second place on its second week of release.
The movie takes $18.5 Million this weekend which is a steep 58% drop over last weekend and this brings the movies total gross to $80 Million.
The latest in the MCU series of movies spends its 4th weekend on the top 5 as it slips to number 3 with $13 Million, a 42% drop over last weekend.
The movie has now taken £301.6 Million on its North America run which makes it the 6th top movie of 2022.
Comparing the movie to Thor: Ragnarok which had taken $277 Million 4 weeks into its run this movie is ahead.
The animated sequel takes $10 Million over the weekend, its 5th on the box office, which is a 39% drop from the previous weekend.
This gives the movie a total gross of $320 Million, it is the 5th top movie of 2022 so far.
Compared to Minions from 2015 this movie is ahead of its $302 Million it had grossed 5 weeks into its run.
The biggest hit of the year so far as the Tom Cruise starring movie falls to number 5 this weekend with $8.4 Million over the weekend, a very low 18% drop for a movie which is 10 weeks old.
This gives the movie $650 Million in total and it is the top movie of 2022 by a large margin.
Compared to 1986's Top Gun, and adjusted for inflation, this movie is well behind its $235 Million ($95 Million actual).
In a time when remakes are the order of the day the 'classic' horror film Childs play is given a 15 age rating by the BBFC.
Based on the 1989 film Child's Play is about a possessed doll which is a mischievous killer.
The remake is brought to us by director Lars Klevberg and the BBFC have given it a 15 rating for strong gory violence, threat, language - it has an official runtime of 90 minutes (1 hour 30 minutes).
CHILD'S PLAY (15) strong gory violence, threat, language https://t.co/2gyUi0CvQj
— BBFC (@BBFC) June 6, 2019