The new animated Spider-Man movie remains at the top of the UK box office despite the release of the new Transformers movie Transformers: Rise of the Beasts which makes its debut at 2 with half that of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.

The Spider-Verse movie has now taken an excellent £16.2 Million since its release 2 weekends ago.

The Little Mermaid~2023 has now taken nearly £20 Million since its release which about on par with the animated The Little Mermaidmovie from 1990 when adjusted for inflation.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 9th - 11th June 2023

• The movie remains at number 1 on this weeks UK box office
• It has spent 2 weeks at the top of the UK box office.
• It grosses £4,062,817 over the weekend, a 56% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £16,240,016 over 2 weeks of release
• The movie is the 8th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse which took £4,113,008 at the box office after 2 weeks in cinemas.

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weeks UK box office chart.
• It grosses £2,973,478 over its debut weekend
• The movie is a sequel to Bumblebee which took £5,103,382 at the box office after 1 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £2,125,299 over the weekend, a 50% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £19,996,908 over 3 weeks of release
• The movie is the 5th top grossing film so far in 2023

• The movie remains at number 4 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £511,837 over the weekend, a 48% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £35,580,893 over 6 weeks of release
• The movie is the 2nd top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 which took £39,646,990 at the box office after 6 weeks in cinemas.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weeks UK box office
• It grosses £475,640 over the weekend, a 56% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of £14,261,672 over 4 weeks of release
• The movie is the 9th top grossing film so far in 2023
• The movie is a sequel to Fast & Furious 9 which took £14,147,648 at the box office after 4 weeks in cinemas.

The next movie in the long running Transformers series, Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts, has been given a 12A age rating in the UK for moderate action violence, threat, language

The movie stars comedian, and most worked star of the moment Pete Davidson who has previously been in Set It Up and What Men Want, it also stars Michelle Yeoh who has starred in Butterfly and Sword and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor among many other movies.

The director of the movie this time around is Steven Caple Jr. who has previously directed Class~2015 a TV movie from 2015 and The Land he also directed Creed II.

Movie Synopsis

In the year 1994, a pair of archaeologists from Brooklyn come into an ancient conflict through a globe-trotting adventure with the Autobots that ties in with three factions of the Transformers race: the Maximals, the Predacons and the Terrorcons.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
• BBFC age rating: 12A Certificate
• Reason: moderate action violence, threat, language
• Release date: 9th June 2023
• Runtime: 127 minutes (2 hour 7 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • Steven Caple Jr.
• Starring:
  • Pete Davidson
  • Michelle Yeoh
  • Ron Perlman

BBFC movie page

Check out the new trailer and poster for upcoming movie Transformers: Rise of the Beasts which can seen in full if you scroll down this page.

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— Transformers (@transformers) April 27, 2023

Movie breakdown

• The movie is directed by Steven Caple Jr.
• It stars Michelle Yeoh and Pete Davidson among others.
• And has a release date in the UK of 9th June 2023
• While the North American release date is set for 9th June 2023
• It is a sequel to Transformers, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Transformers: Age of Extinction and Transformers: The Last Knight
• There is also a new poster which you can check out below.

Synopsis for Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

In the year 1994, a pair of archaeologists from Brooklyn come into an ancient conflict through a globe-trotting adventure with the Autobots that ties in with three factions of the Transformers race: the Maximals, the Predacons and the Terrorcons.

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

New trailer has been released for upcoming movie Transformers: Rise of the Beasts which can seen in full if you scroll down this page.

The name�s Mirage. A new Autobot makes his debut as a legendary @Porsche 911 Carrera RS 3.8 in #Transformers: #RiseOfTheBeasts, in theatres June 9. pic.twitter.com/B5vGQtFYgl

— Transformers (@transformers) February 12, 2023

Movie breakdown

• The movie is directed by Steven Caple Jr.
• It stars Michelle Yeoh and Pete Davidson among others.
• And has a release date in the UK of 9th June 2023
• While the North American release date is set for 9th June 2023
• It is a sequel to Transformers, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Transformers: Age of Extinction and Transformers: The Last Knight

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

The British Board Of Film Certification has released its 2019 annual report which among other many other things talks about the movies which has the most complaints about their certificates.

Here is the top 5 films which got the most complains, its interesting to see that in the UK most complaints are based around violence in movies.

Joker

The Todd Phillips directed critically praised movie starring Joaquin Phoenix in the lead role which also won him the best actor Oscar got 20 complaints.

The movie was given a 15 certificate and according to the BBFC most of the commnets were for the violence and tone, with a small number of people asking for the movie to be banned outright.

The Favourite

Another critical darling and Oscar winning movie most notably for Olivia Colman in the lead role and was given a 15 age rating.

The movie got 12 complaints mainly for the strong language and sex references and acts, although as the BBFC notes most of this is done in a comic association.

John Wick: Chapter 3 Parabellum

Given a 15 certificate the Keanu Reeves movie is a full on tour de force and the 9 complains were about the level of the blood violence.

Interesting the BBFC notes 'Our research shows that violence that is perceived to be 'real' registers more strongly with viewers than violence that is clearly stylised or fantastical.'

Alita: Battle Angel

Robert Rodriguez directed this critically acclaimed comic book adaptation which was given a 12A age rating on release, the movie got 5 complaints for its strong language and violence.

Fighting With My Family

The British made movie which starred Dwayne Johnsson and was directed by Stephen Merchant for 5 complaints about the movies language and sex references.

Interesting notes

Of interest is the Transformers spin off movie Bumblebee which was submitted to the BBFC in 2 different edits, one was passed 12A and the other PG, only the PG version was shown in cinemas and the film still got 4 complaints about the violence although its purely fantastical robots that are creating the violence and no humans are ever involved.

The report is a fascinating read and can be downloaded here.