This weekend, Friday 29th March 2024, there are 8 new films released in North America and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, for the number 1 spot?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
• Black Flies
• Miracle In East Texas
• Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2
• The Beautiful Game
• In the Land of Saints and Sinners
• The Oath
• The Listener

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

• The movie is directed by Adam Wingard, it is the directors 15th movie.
• Adam Wingard also directed Blair Witch in 2016.
• It stars Rebecca Hall who also starred in Closed Circuit (2013).
• The film also stars Dan Stevens who's last movie was The Boy and the Heron (2023).
• They also appeared together in Permission in 2019.
• Adam Wingard directed Rebecca Hall in Godzilla Vs. Kong
• Adam Wingard directed Dan Stevens in The Guest
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Black Flies

• The movie is directed by Jean-Stephane Sauvaire, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Jean-Stephane Sauvaire also directed A Prayer Before Dawn in 2018.
• It stars Sean Penn who also starred in Hugo Pool (1997).
• The film also stars Tye Sheridan who's last movie was The Card Counter (2021).
• They also appeared together in The Tree of Life in 2011.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Miracle In East Texas

• The movie is directed by Kevin Sorbo, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Kevin Sorbo also directed Let There Be Light in 2017.
• It stars John Ratzenberger who also starred in Cars 3 (2017).
• The film also stars Kevin Sorbo who's last movie was The Girl Who Believes In Miracles (2021).
• They also appeared together in What If... in 2010.
• Kevin Sorbo directed Kevin Sorbo in Let There Be Light
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2

• The movie is directed by Rhys Frake-Waterfield, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Rhys Frake-Waterfield also directed Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble in 2025.
• It stars Scott Chambers who also starred in Chicken (2016).
• The film also stars Tallulah Evans who's last movie was The Watcher In the Woods (2017).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The MPAA age rating is

The Beautiful Game

• The movie is directed by Thea Sharrock, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Thea Sharrock also directed Wicked Little Letters in 2024.
• It stars Bill Nighy who also starred in Rango (2011).
• The film also stars Micheal Ward who's last movie was Empire of Light (2023).
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• The MPAA age rating is

In the Land of Saints and Sinners

• The movie is directed by Robert Lorenz, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Robert Lorenz also directed Trouble With the Curve in 2012 which grossed $35.8 Mil. in the US.
• It stars Kerry Condon who also starred in In the Land of Saints and Sinners (2023).
• The film also stars Desmond Eastwood who's last movie was Barber (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

The Oath

• The movie is from director Ike Barinholtz.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Ike Barinholtz who also starred in Bad Neighbours 2 (2016).
• The film also stars Tiffany Haddish who's last movie was Haunted Mansion (2023).
• Ike Barinholtz and Tiffany Haddish have starred in 3 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part in 2019, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent in 2022 and Meet the Spartans in 2008.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

The Listener

• The movie is directed by Steve Buscemi, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Steve Buscemi also directed Interview in 2007.
• It stars Derek Cecil who also starred in Recount (2008).
• The film also stars Margaret Cho who's last movie was Over the Moon (2020).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

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

• RSVP - Thursday, 4th April - streaming
• Housekeeping For Beginners - Friday, 5th April
• Monkey Man - Friday, 5th April
• The First Omen - Friday, 5th April
• The Beast - Friday, 5th April
• Wicked Little Letters - Friday, 5th April
• DogMan - Friday, 5th April

A new trailer and poster has been released from Disney studios for their upcoming movie Jungle Cruise which you can see to the right and below.

Like Pirates Of The Caribbean the movie is based on a ride at the Disneyland resort in Anaheim California, there are 4 movies in the Pirates series which went on to gross over a Billion dollars each so hopes might be quite high for this, especially as Johnson and Blunt are two of the biggest stars around at the moment.

The movies release date is 24th July 2020 and it stars among others Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt and is directed by Jaume Collet-Serra

Set during the early 20th century, a riverboat captain named Frank takes a scientist and her brother on a mission into a jungle to find the Tree of Life which is believed to possess healing powers. Based on Disneyland"s theme park ride the jungle is filled with dangerous animals but supernatural element are around every corner.

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

Watch the new trailer for Disney's #JungleCruise starring Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) and Emily Blunt. In theatres July 24! pic.twitter.com/Kd4afUvRdv

— Walt Disney Studios (@DisneyStudios) March 10, 2020

At the US box office this week Disney score a second week at the top of the tree with their latest animated feature Zootopia.

Taking a very good $50 million on its second weekend of release the well received film has now taken $142.6 million after 2 weeks of release.

Coming in new at number 2 this week is the JJ Abrams produced film 10 Cloverfield Lane, a sequel of sorts to 2008's Cloverfield.

The films debut did not come anywhere near Cloverfield's $40 million opening with $25 million this weekend but the film has done well and for a low budget movie has done well.

Highest total grossing movie on the US box office this week is Deadpool at 3 which has now grossed $328 million after 5 weeks.

Deadpool makes it 2 weeks at the top of the UK box office this week with yet another decent weekend gross.

£5.6 million is enough to keep it at the top of the tree which brings its total UK gross to £25 million after 10 days in cinemas.

Repeating last weeks top 2 Alving and the Chipmunks The Road Chip hangs on in the runner up spot for a second week.

Highest new film of the week is the female let comedy How To Be Single staring Dakota Johnson and Rebel Wilson.

The valentines day/date movie has an appeal for men but has a strong female appeal in direct competition to Deadpool, although that film does have a strong female appeal.

How To Be Single makes 3rd place on its debut with a fairly solid £1.8 million, although no-where near either leads last film of Fifty Shades of Grey and Pitch Perfect 2.

The only other new film on the top 10 is Triple 9 at number 6.

Highest total grossing film on the box office is still Star Wars: The Force Awakens which is at number 9 this week and has now taken £122 million.

Historical charts

A Year Ago - Fifty Shades of Grey held onto the top of the box office for a second week and with little strong competition The Wedding Ringer was the highest new film at 5.

Five years ago - Simon Pegg and Nick Frost starred in their self penned Paul which entered at number 1 knocking Gnomeo and Juliet down to 2.

Ten years ago - Chicken Little held on for another week at the top of the chart with Heath Ledger starring in Casanova the highest new film at number 5.

Fifteen years ago - Ridley Scott directed Hannibal which entered the box office at the top knocking Mel Gibson in What Women Want into second place.

Twenty years ago - Smash hot Jumanji entered the box office at the top of the chart knocking Heat down to second place.

Twenty Five Years ago - Dances With Wolves was still riding at the top of the box office after major Oscar success and Men At Work entered the chart at number 5.

After a trio of weeks at the top of the box office The Hobbits have made way for the Oscar tipped Stephen Hawking bio-pic The Theory Of Everything.

The film had previews in the last week which pushed it to the top of the tree, had it not had those previews it would have stalled at number 2 and not debuted at the top, instead it makes it way to number 1 with £3.7 million.

Falling just the one place this week is The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies which only narrowly missed out on a fourth week at the top with a £3.2 million start to the year.

Sitting comfortably at number 2 the third and final Hobbit movie has so far racked up £36.7 million in the UK, and looks likely to beat Smaugs UK total.

Also new this week are - The Woman In Black Angel of Death at 4 - Birdman at 7

Historical charts

A year ago - After entering lower down the chart with preview screenings American Husle moves to the top of the box office knocking The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug down to number 2, Last Vegas was the highest new film at 4.

Five years ago - After giving up the top spot for a couple of weeks Avatar makes its way back to the top knocking Alvin and The Chipmunks The Squeakquel down to 3, Did You Hear About The Morgans? was the highest new film at 4.

Ten years ago - The Incredibles regained the number 1 spot after a couple of weeks away knocking The Polar Express down to number 5, highest new film of the week was Without A Paddle at number 4.

Fifteen years ago - There was no stopping The World Is Not Enough as it spent another week at the top of the box office, very little in the way of new releases meant that Fantasia 2000 was the highest new film right down at 13, and on limited release!

Twenty years of in the Month of January Interview With The Vampire was the big film with again with Star Trek Generations making an impress debut run at number 2.

Twenty five years ago Parenthood was the top film for January while When Harry Met Sally was the big new film for the month at number 2.