As we move into the blockbuster summer season at the UK box office lets take a look at what movies SaltyPopcorn users are the most excited for.

Here is the top 10 most anticipated summer 2024 blockbusters.

A Quiet Place: Day One
28th June
As New York City is invaded by alien creatures who hunt by sound, a woman named Sammy fights to survive.

Borderlands
9th August
Returning to her home planet, an infamous outlaw forms an unexpected alliance with a team of unlikely heroes. Together, they battle alien monsters and dangerous bandits to find a missing girl who holds the key to unimaginable power.

IF~2024
17th May
A girl who goes through a difficult experience begins to see everyone's imaginary friends who have been left behind as their real-life friends have grown up.

Despicable Me 4
5th July
Now married to Lucy Wilde and the father of a baby boy, in addition to his three adopted daughters, Gru finds his family under attack from new villains Maxime Le Mal and his femme fatale partner Valentina.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
6th September
Three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River after an unexpected family tragedy. Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia's life soon gets turned upside down when her rebellious teenage daughter discovers a mysterious portal to the afterlife.

The Garfield Movie
24th May
After an unexpected reunion with his long-lost father - scruffy street cat Vic, Garfield and his canine friend Odie are forced from their perfectly pampered life into joining Vic in a hilarious, high-stakes heist.

Inside Out 2
14th June
Disney and Pixar's Inside Out 2 returns to the mind of newly minted teenager Riley just as headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions! Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust, who've long been running a successful operation by all accounts, aren't sure how to feel when Anxiety shows up. And it looks like she's not alone.

Alien: Romulus
16th August
Young people on a distant world find themselves confronting the most terrifying life-form in the universe.

Harold and the Purple Crayon
2nd August
4-year-old Harold uses a purple crayon to create a world of his own by just drawing.

Deadpool and Wolverine
26th July Wolverine is recovering from his injuries when he crosses paths with the loudmouth, Deadpool. They team up to defeat a common enemy.

Also released over the summer period but missing out on the 10 most anticipated movies.

2nd May
The Fall Guy

9th May
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

24th May
Furiosa

21st June
The Bikeriders

19th July
Twisters

The new movie, Challengers, from director Luca Guadagnino starring superstar Zendaya tops the UK box office on its debut weekend of release.

Challengers makes its debut with a gross of £1.4 Million which is the 11th top grossing movie in an April window.

The movie knocks off 2 week number 1 movie Back to Black which falls to number 2 this weekend and has grossed £9 Million to date.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 26th - 28th April 2024

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £1,400,000 over the weekend, a 26% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £9,000,000 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is the 12th top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie remains at number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £904,199 over its debut weekend
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2024
• The movie is a sequel to Kung-Fu Panda 3 which took £12,835,111 at the box office after 5 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £755,426 over the weekend, a 28% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £5,200,000 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is the 16th top grossing film so far in 2024

With Civil War currently at the top of the North American box office can this weeks new cinema releases challlenge it for the US box office crown?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Challengers
• The Feeling That the Time For Doing Something Has Passed
• Nowhere Special
• Unsung Heroes
• Unsung Hero
• Humane
• Beyond the Raging Sea
• Boy Kills World
• Breathe

Challengers

• The movie is directed by Luca Guadagnino, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Luca Guadagnino also directed Suspiria in 2018 which grossed $2.5 Mil. in the US and grossed $7.9 Mil. globally.
• It stars Zendaya who also starred in Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019).
• The film also stars Mike Faist who's last movie was The Grief of Others (2015).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

The Feeling That the Time For Doing Something Has Passed

• The movie is from director Joanna Arnow.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Joanna Arnow who also starred in The Feeling That the Time For Doing Something Has Passed (2024).
• The film also stars Scott Cohen who's last movie was Write When You Get Work (2018).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Nowhere Special

• The movie is directed by Uberto Pasolini, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Uberto Pasolini also directed Still Life in 2013.
• It stars James Norton who also starred in Cheerful Weather For the Wedding (2012).
• The film also stars Daniel Lamont who's last movie was Rustin (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Unsung Heroes

• The movie is directed by , it is the directors 168th movie.
• also directed Harley in 2023.
• It stars who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars who is making a feature film debut.
• and have starred in 8 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in The Lego Batman Movie 2 in , Star Wars Rogue Squadron in , Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi in , Vacation Guide to the Solar System in , The Exorcist Deceiver in , Saw XI in 2025, Moana 2 in 2024 and Stand By Me Doraemon 3 in .
• directed in The Exorcist Deceiver
• directed in The Exorcist Deceiver
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Unsung Hero

• The movie is from director Richard L. Ramsey and Joel Smallbone.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Daisy Betts who also starred in Unsung Hero (2024).
• The film also stars Joel Smallbone who's last movie was Journey to Bethlehem (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Humane

• The movie is from director Caitlin Cronenberg.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Jay Baruchel who also starred in How to Train Your Dragon (2010).
• The film also stars Emily Hampshire who's last movie was Fitting In (2024).
• They also appeared together in Cosmopolis in 2012.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Beyond the Raging Sea

• The movie is from director Marco Orsini.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Omar Nour who also starred in Beyond the Raging Sea (2019).
• The film also stars Omar Samra who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

Boy Kills World

• The movie is from director Moritz Mohr.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Bill Skarsgård who also starred in The Devil All the Time (2020).
• The film also stars Famke Janssen who's last movie was Locked In (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Breathe

• The movie is directed by Stefon Bristol, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Stefon Bristol also directed See You Yesterday in 2019.
• It stars Milla Jovovich who also starred in A Perfect Getaway (2009).
• The film also stars Sam Worthington who's last movie was Simulant (2023).
• 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 8 new movies released

• Jeanne Du Barry - Thursday, 2nd May
• I Saw the TV Glow - Friday, 3rd May
• Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story - Friday, 3rd May - streaming
• Dragonkeeper - Friday, 3rd May
• Tarot - Friday, 3rd May
• The Fall Guy - Friday, 3rd May
• Evil Does Not Exist - Friday, 3rd May - limited release
• RSVP - Saturday, 4th May - streaming

Sequel movie Dune: Part Two has no problem makings its debut at the top of the North American box office this weekend as it smashes its way in with a debut gross of $82.5 Million.

The first movie in the series was released during the closures of the COVID19 pandemic, and although had a theatrical release its $40.1 Million debut in October of 2021 was reflective of the times.

Last weeks top movie, Bob Marley: One Love, falls to number 2 this weekend after a couple of weekends at the top, but has still taken over $82 Million on its 3 weeks of release.

Finishing off the fourth season on smash hit TV show The Chosen, The Chosen: Season 4 Episodes 7-8 is a new entry at number 3 this weekend with $4 Million.

Madame Web Clings onto the a top 5 position for another weekend but with the film only having made $40.4 Million after 3 weeks Sony will be looking at this movie as its biggest disaster for a Spider-Man related movie to date.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 1st - 3rd March 2024

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weekends US box office chart.
• It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It has a total gross of $82,505,391 after 1 weekends of release
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2024
• The movie is a sequel to Dune which took $40,100,000 at the box office after 1 weekends of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $7,432,061 over the weekend, a 45% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $82,773,141 after 3 weekends of release
• The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie is a new entry at number 3 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $4,032,388 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $4,032,388 after 1 weekends of release
• The movie is a sequel to The Chosen: Season 4 Episodes 4-6 which took $4,387,345 at the box office after 1 weekends of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $3,850,000 over the weekend, a 38% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $12,561,122 after 2 weekends of release
• The movie is the 19th top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $3,164,834 over the weekend, a 46% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $40,406,350 after 3 weekends of release
• The movie is the 11th top grossing film so far in 2024

Check out the new trailer and poster for upcoming movie The First Omen which can seen in full if you scroll down this page.

Movie breakdown

• The movie is directed by Arkasha Stevenson
• It stars Bill Nighy (I, Frankenstein) and Ralph Ineson (Intruders) among others.
• The movie also stars Nell Tiger Free, Sonia Braga and Andrea Arcangeli
• The release date in the UK is still undecided
• While the North American release date is set for 5th April 2024
• Bill Nighy and Ralph Ineson appeared together in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

Synopsis for The First Omen

A woman starts to question her own faith when she uncovers a terrifying conspiracy to bring about the birth of evil incarnate in Rome.

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