With Hamnet currently at the top of the UK box office can this weeks new cinema releases challlenge it for the UK box office crown?

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.

• Send Help
• We Bury the Dead
• The Strangers: Chapter 3
• Cold Storage
• The Chronology of Water
• 100 Nights of Hero

Send Help

• The movie is directed by Sam Raimi, it is the directors 16th movie.
• Sam Raimi also directed The Gift in 2000 which grossed £4.2 Mil. in the UK and grossed $44.6 Mil. globally.
• It stars Rachel McAdams who also starred in Red Eye (2005).
• The film also stars Dylan O'Brien who's last movie was Saturday Night (2024).
• Sam Raimi directed Rachel McAdams in and Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

We Bury the Dead

• The movie is directed by Zak Hilditch, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Zak Hilditch also directed These Final Hours in 2013.
• It stars Daisy Ridley who also starred in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019).
• The film also stars Brenton Thwaites who's last movie was Ghosts of War (2020).
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.

The Strangers: Chapter 3

• The movie is directed by Renny Harlin, it is the directors 27th movie.
• Renny Harlin also directed The Strangers: Chapter 2 in 2025 which grossed £822.7 K in the UK.
• It stars Madelaine Petsch who also starred in The Hive (2014).
• The film also stars Richard Brake who's last movie was Sisu: Road to Revenge (2025).
• Madelaine Petsch and Richard Brake have starred in 2 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in The Strangers: Chapter 2 in 2025 and The Strangers: Chapter 1 in 2024.
• Renny Harlin directed Madelaine Petsch in The Strangers: Chapter 1, and The Strangers: Chapter 2
• Renny Harlin directed Richard Brake in The Strangers: Chapter 1, and The Strangers: Chapter 2
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Cold Storage

• The movie is directed by Jonny Campbell, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Jonny Campbell also directed Alien Autopsy in 2006 which grossed £2.1 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Joe Keery who also starred in Free Guy (2021).
• The film also stars Georgina Campbell who's last movie was The Watched (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Chronology of Water

• The movie is from director Kristen Stewart.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Imogen Poots who also starred in Mobile Homes (2017).
• The film also stars Thora Birch who's last movie was The Last Black Man In San Francisco (2019).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

100 Nights of Hero

• The movie is directed by Julia Jackman, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Julia Jackman also directed Bonus Track in 2023.
• It stars Emma Corrin who also starred in My Policeman (2022).
• The film also stars Nicholas Galitzine who's last movie was The Idea of You (2024).
• 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 5 new movies released

• Crime 101 - Friday, 13th February
• Wuthering Heights - Friday, 13th February
• GOAT - Friday, 13th February
• Stitch Head - Friday, 13th February
• The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie - Friday, 13th February

Released globaly this week there are 17 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Avatar: Fire and Ash from the top of the global box office.

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.

• The Housemaid
• Song Sung Blue
• Marty Supreme
• The SpongeBob Movie: Search For Squarepants
• Anaconda
• We Bury the Dead
• Dust Bunny
• Buratino
• The Choral
• Rental Family

The Housemaid

• The movie is directed by Paul Feig, it is the directors 13th movie.
• Paul Feig also directed The Heat in 2013 which grossed $229.9 Mil. globally.
• It stars Sydney Sweeney who also starred in Eden (2024).
• The film also stars Amanda Seyfried who's last movie was I Don't Understand You (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Argentina / Bolivia / Brazil / Cambodia / Chile / Colombia / Costa Rica / Dominican Republic / Ecuador / Finland / Guatemala / Honduras / India / Indonesia / Israel / Latvia / Mexico / Paraguay / Peru / Poland / Portugal / Romania / Singapore / Spain / Taiwan / Thailand / Ukraine / Uruguay / Venezuela

Song Sung Blue

• The movie is directed by Craig Brewer, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Craig Brewer also directed Coming 2 America in 2021.
• It stars Hugh Jackman who also starred in Reminiscence (2021).
• The film also stars Kate Hudson who's last movie was A Little White Lie (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Australia / Bolivia / Chile / Costa Rica / Czech Republic / Ecuador / Estonia / France / Georgia / Ireland / Kazakhstan / Mexico / Morocco / New Zealand / Paraguay / Senegal / Singapore / Slovakia / Tunisia / United Kingdom

Marty Supreme

• The movie is directed by Josh Safdie, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Josh Safdie also directed Good Time in 2017.
• It stars Timothée Chalamet who also starred in Hostiles (2018).
• The film also stars Larry Ratso Sloman who's last movie was Uncut Gems (2019).
• Josh Safdie directed Larry Ratso Sloman in and Uncut Gems
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Bosnia and Herzegovina / Croatia / Czech Republic / Dominican Republic / Ireland / Mexico / Montenegro / Slovenia / South Africa / Turkey

The SpongeBob Movie: Search For Squarepants

• The movie is directed by Derek Drymon, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Derek Drymon also directed Hotel Transylvania: Transformania in 2021 which grossed $8.9 Mil. globally.
• It stars Tom Kenny who also starred in Battle of the Sexes (2017).
• The film also stars Clancy Brown who's last movie was Regretting You (2025).
• Tom Kenny and Clancy Brown have starred in 5 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge On the Run in 2020, Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie in 2024, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water in 2015, Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade in 2003 and The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie in 2004.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Argentina / Bosnia and Herzegovina / Chile / China / Paraguay / Poland / Serbia / South Korea

Anaconda

• The movie is directed by Tom Gormican, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Tom Gormican also directed That Awkward Moment in 2014 which grossed $45.6 Mil. globally.
• It stars Jack Black who also starred in Enemy of the State (1998).
• The film also stars Paul Rudd who's last movie was Friendship (2025).
• Jack Black and Paul Rudd have starred in 3 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Walk Hard the Dewey Cox Story in 2008, Year One in 2009 and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy in 2004.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Belarus / France / Greece / Guadeloupe / Morocco / Senegal / Tunisia

We Bury the Dead

• The movie is directed by Zak Hilditch, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Zak Hilditch also directed These Final Hours in 2013.
• It stars Daisy Ridley who also starred in The Marsh King's Daughter (2023).
• The film also stars Brenton Thwaites who's last movie was Ghosts of War (2020).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Canada / Greece / Israel / United States

Dust Bunny

• The movie is from director Bryan Fuller.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Mads Mikkelsen who also starred in Torremolinos 73 (2003).
• The film also stars Sigourney Weaver who's last movie was Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Estonia / Hungary

Buratino

• The movie is directed by Igor Voloshin, it is the directors 11th movie.
• Igor Voloshin also directed The Cellar in 2018.
• It stars Mark Eydelshteyn who also starred in Guest From the Future (2024).
• The film also stars Alexander Petrov who's last movie was The Most Precious of Cargoes (2024).
• They also appeared together in Guest From the Future in 2024.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Kazakhstan / Russia

The Choral

• The movie is directed by Nicholas Hytner, it is the directors 19th movie.
• Nicholas Hytner also directed The Habit of Art: NT Live in 2010.
• It stars Ralph Fiennes who also starred in The Duchess (2008).
• The film also stars Roger Allam who's last movie was Tetris (2023).
• They also appeared together in National Theatre Live: 50 Years On Stage in 2013.
• Nicholas Hytner directed Ralph Fiennes in Straight Line Crazy: NT Live 2022, and National Theatre Live: 50 Years On Stage
• Nicholas Hytner directed Roger Allam in The Lady In the Van, and National Theatre Live: 50 Years On Stage
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Australia

Rental Family

• The movie is from director Hikari.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Brendan Fraser who also starred in Dickie Roberts Former Child Star (2003).
• The film also stars Paolo Andrea Di Pietro who's last movie was Sensuikan Cappellini Go No Boken (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Turkey

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

Next week there are 26 new movies released gloabally

• Rental Family - From Thursday, 8th January
• Primate - From Thursday, 8th January
• Song Sung Blue - From Thursday, 8th January
• The Housemaid - From Thursday, 8th January
• Sentimental Value - From Thursday, 8th January
• Soulm8te - From Friday, 9th January
• It Was Just An Accident - From Thursday, 8th January
• Marty Supreme - From Wednesday, 7th January
• Anaconda - From Thursday, 8th January
• Mutiny - From Friday, 9th January
• Christy - From Thursday, 8th January
• Hamnet - From Friday, 9th January
• Good Fortune - From Wednesday, 7th January
• The Tale of Silyan - From Friday, 9th January
• 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple - From Tuesday, 6th January
• Die My Love - From Thursday, 8th January
• Sorry, Baby - From Friday, 9th January
• Pets On a Train - From Thursday, 8th January
• Silent Night, Deadly Night - From Thursday, 8th January
• The Chronology of Water - From Friday, 9th January
• Ella McCay - From Thursday, 8th January
• Dog 51 - From Thursday, 8th January
• The Thing With Feathers - From Friday, 9th January
• Kontinental 25 - From Thursday, 8th January
• Dust Bunny - From Thursday, 8th January
• Deaf - From Friday, 9th January

Released in the US this weekend, Friday, 2nd January 2026, there are 1 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Avatar: Fire and Ash 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.

• We Bury the Dead

We Bury the Dead

• The movie is directed by Zak Hilditch, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Zak Hilditch also directed These Final Hours in 2013.
• It stars Daisy Ridley who also starred in Only Yesterday (1991).
• The film also stars Brenton Thwaites who's last movie was Ghosts of War (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 4 new movies released

• Soulm8te - Friday, 9th January
• The Chronology of Water - Friday, 9th January
• Mutiny - Friday, 9th January
• Primate - Friday, 9th January

Last weekend Wonka was at the top of the North American box office, there are 4 new releases this weekend, will any of them top the US box office this weekend?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Mean Girls
• Her Seye Ragmen
• The Beekeeper
• The Book of Clarence

Mean Girls

• The movie is from director Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr..
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Angourie Rice who also starred in These Final Hours (2013).
• The film also stars Jon Hamm who was last seen in Maggie Moore(s) (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Her Seye Ragmen

• The movie is from director Erdal Murat Aktas.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Robert Maaser who also starred in The Machine (2023).
• The film also stars Aslihan Malbora who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

The Beekeeper

• The movie is directed by David Ayer, it is the directors 9th movie.
• David Ayer also directed Bright in 2017.
• It stars Jason Statham who also starred in Expend4bles (2023).
• The film also stars Emmy Raver-Lampman who was last seen in Dog (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

The Book of Clarence

• The movie is directed by Jeymes Samuel, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Jeymes Samuel also directed The Harder They Fall in 2021 and grossed $8.3K globally.
• It stars Benedict Cumberbatch who also starred in Amazing Grace (2007).
• The film also stars James McAvoy who was last seen in The Bubble (2022).
• Benedict Cumberbatch and James McAvoy have starred in 2 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Atonement in 2007 and Starter For 10 in 2006.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

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

Next week there are 3 new movies released

• I.S.S. - Friday, 19th January
• The Last Girl - Friday, 19th January
• Sunrise - Friday, 19th January