This weekend, Friday 8th December 2023, there are 5 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Napoleon, for the number 1 spot?

Check out other new releases from around the world.

• Wonka
• The Peasants
• Please Dont Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain
• Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
• Tarrac

Wonka

• The movie is directed by Paul King, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Paul King also directed Paddington 2 in 2017 which grossed £42.6 Mil. in the UK and grossed $228 Mil. globally.
• It stars Timothée Chalamet who also starred in The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021).
• The film also stars Olivia Colman who was last seen in Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Peasants

• The movie is from director DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Kamila Urzedowska who also starred in Zolza (2022).
• The film also stars Robert Gulaczyk who was last seen in Loving VIncent (2017).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain

• The movie is from director Paul Briganti.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Martin Herlihy who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars John Higgins who was last seen in A Man Called Otto (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

• The movie is directed by Sam Fell, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Sam Fell also directed ParaNormaN in 2012 which grossed £6 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Thandiwe Newton who also starred in The Chronicles of Riddick (2004).
• The film also stars Zachary Levi who was last seen in Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Tarrac

• The movie is directed by Declan Recks, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Declan Recks also directed The Truth Commissioner in 2016 which grossed £1.8K in the UK.
• It stars Kelly Gough who also starred in Out of Innocence (2019).
• The film also stars Lorcan Cranitch who was last seen in Lakelands (2023).
• Declan Recks directed Lorcan Cranitch in Dad
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• 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 3 new movies released

• The Three Musketeers: Milady - Friday, 15th December
• Godzilla Minus One - Friday, 15th December
• What Happens Later - Friday, 15th December

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

Movie breakdown

• It stars among others Henry Cavill (Zack Snyder"s Justice League) and Bryce Dallas Howard (Apollo 13)
• It is directed by Matthew Vaughn (Layer Cake)
• The movie also stars Rob Delaney, Dua Lipa and John Cena
• The UK release date is 2nd February 2024
• And the release date in North America is 2nd February 2024

Synopsis for Argylle

Argylle, a super-spy, is drawn into a treasure hunt that takes him around the world. The secret agent's troubled past could jeopardise the mission.

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

The total gross of Avatar: The Way of Water passes another milestone in the UK box office after 5 weeks of release while the top new movie is at number 2 with horror movie M3GAN.

The is a whole host of other new releases this weekend including Empire of Light new at 3, Varisu new at 7 with £648,230, TAR new at 8 with £394,649.

While just outside the top 10 there is Waltair Veerayya new at 12 with £123,174, Enys Men new at 14 with £103,250 and finally Veera Simha Reddy new at 15 with £95,423.

UK weekend box office top 5 breakdown 13th - 15th January 2023

Now on its 5th weekend of release the sequel movie takes £4.7 Million over the weekend, a very good 29% drop over last weekend.

The Avatar sequel continues to push its gross towards the £100 Million mark in the UK as it passes the £60 Million mark with a total gross of £63 Million.

The movie is the top grossing film of 2022 so far and is now the 21st top movie ever in the UK, it will enter the top 20 by next weekend and maybe even enter the top 15.

Highest new movie this weekend

The start of a new horror franchise as director Gerard Johnstone brings us the story of an AI doll that will do anything to protect her owner.

The movie makes its UK debut at number 2 with a gross of £2.3 Million which makes it the 5th top movie of 2022.

Also new at number 3 this weekend is the new movie from the critically acclaimed director Sam Mandes and starring the British National Treasure that is Oscar winner Olivia Coleman.

The movie has had a hard release schedule across the globe but makes an impressive debut here in the UK with £1.7 Million on its debut weekend.

Falling to number 4, from 2, this week is the Whitney Houston bio-pic which takes £1.1 Million on its 3rd weekend of release, a 21% drop over last week.

The movie has taken a fairly respectable total gross of £8.2 Million in the UK and its the second top movie if 2022 after 2 weeks of the year.

The former number 1 movie falls to number 5 this weekend with £857,293, a 27% drop over last week.

The movie has now taken a fantastic £25 Million at the UK box office as it starts its decent down the chart.

Action comedy The Lost City~2022 has been given a 12A age rating in the UK by the BBFC.

The movie stars Sandra Bullock who was last seen in the Netflix movie Bird Box and will be seen later this year in Bullet Train and Channing Tatum who is hot off the success of the movie Dog which was a big hit early in 2022.

Tom Holland comes off the back of the mega successful Spider-Man: No Way Home to star as Nathan Drake in the movie version of Uncharted which has been given a 12A age rating by the BBFC.

Along with Tom Holland the movie stars Mark Wahlberg as the young explorers mentor Victor Sullivan who is there to teach the young prodigy the way of the explorer.