Check out the announcement trailer for upcoming movie Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery which can be viewed in full if you scroll down this page.

Movie breakdown

• It stars among others Daniel Craig (Hotel Splendide) who returns as Benoit Blanc.
• It is written and directed once again by Rian Johnson (Star Wars: The Last Jedi)
• The rest of the cast is yet to be announced.
• The UK release date is sometime in 2025
• And the release date in North America is also 2025

Synopsis for Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Benoit Blanc returns to solve another Knives Out Mystery.

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

With The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes 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.

• Renaissance: A Film By Beyonce
• Eileen
• Animal
• Silent Night
• Candy Cane Lane
• Godzilla Minus One

Renaissance: A Film By Beyonce

• The movie is directed by Beyoncé Knowles, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Beyoncé Knowles also directed Homecoming: A Film By Beyonce in 2019.
• It stars Beyoncé Knowles who also starred in Epic (2013).
• The film also stars Kelly Rowland who was last seen in The Curse of Bridge Hollow (2022).
• Beyonce Knowles and Kelly Rowland have starred in 4 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Homecoming: A Film By Beyonce in 2019, Beyonce: Life Is But a Dream in 2013, Black Is King in 2020 and Beverly Hood in 2007.
• Beyoncé Knowles directed Beyoncé Knowles in Black Is King
• Beyoncé Knowles directed Kelly Rowland in Black Is King
• This movie is released in movie theatres.

Eileen

• The movie is directed by William Oldroyd, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• William Oldroyd also directed Lady Macbeth in 2017.
• It stars Thomasin McKenzie who also starred in The Changeover (2017).
• The film also stars Shea Whigham who was last seen in Mission:Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1 (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• The MPAA age rating is

Animal

• The movie is directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Sandeep Reddy Vanga also directed Arjun Reddy in 2017.
• It stars Ranbir Kapoor who also starred in Wake Up Sid (2009).
• The film also stars Rashmika Mandanna who was last seen in Varisu (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.

Silent Night

• The movie is directed by John Woo, it is the directors 37th movie.
• John Woo also directed Money Crazy in 1977.
• It stars Joel Kinnaman who also starred in Run All Night (2015).
• The film also stars Catalina Sandino Moreno who was last seen in Barbarians (2022).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Candy Cane Lane

• The movie is directed by Reginald Hudlin, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Reginald Hudlin also directed Marshall in 2017.
• It stars Eddie Murphy who also starred in The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002).
• The film also stars Tracee Ellis Ross who was last seen in American Fiction (2023).
• Reginald Hudlin directed Eddie Murphy in Boomerang
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• The MPAA age rating is

Godzilla Minus One

• The movie is directed by Takashi Yamazaki, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Takashi Yamazaki also directed Dragon Quest: Your Story in 2019.
• It stars Ryunosuke Kamiki who also starred in March Comes In Like a Lion 2 (2017).
• The film also stars Minami Hamabe who was last seen in Shin Kamen Rider (2023).
• They also appeared together in Murder At Shijinso in 2019.
• Takashi Yamazaki directed Ryunosuke Kamiki in Ghost Book Obakezukan
• 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 6 new movies released

• Poor Things - Friday, 8th December
• Magazine Dreams - Friday, 8th December
• The Oath - Friday, 8th December
• The End We Start From - Friday, 8th December
• Leave the World Behind - Friday, 8th December - streaming
• Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget - Friday, 8th December

Marvel Studios release their latests blockbuster Black Panther Wakanda Forever which has been given a 12A rating in the UK for moderate violence, threat, injury detail The movie stars Tenoch Huerta who was last seen in The Forever Purge in 2021 and Letitia Wright who played Shuri in the last Black Panther and was also seen in Death on the Nile~2020 from earlier this year.

Like Black Panther the movie is directed by Ryan Coogler who is also known for directing the Rocky spin off movie Creed.

Movie Synopsis

Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M'Baku, Okoye and the Dora Milaje fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T'Challa's death. As the Wakandans strive to embrace their next chapter, the heroes must band together with Nakia and Everett Ross to forge a new path for their beloved kingdom.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Black Panther Wakanda Forever
• BBFC age rating: 12A Certificate
• Reason: moderate violence, threat, injury detail
• Release date: 11th November 2022
• Runtime: 163 minutes (2 hour 03 minutes)
• Directed by:
  • Ryan Coogler
• Starring:
  • Tenoch Huerta
  • Letitia Wright
  • Michael B. Jordan
  • Dominique Thorne
  • Angela Bassett
  • Daniel Kaluuya

BBFC movie page

Universal have released a new trailer for the much delayed Fast & Furious 9 with the movies release now headed for July 9th at the UK box office.

It’s good to be back. Watch the new #F9 trailer now. pic.twitter.com/Ewy0EZfhBv

— #F9 (@TheFastSaga) April 14, 2021

The movie was one of the first major releases to get delayed in 2020 at the start of the global pandemic, with the original delay being a whole year, then it recently got delayed another couple of months to July 9th.

The new trailer is the usual Fast and Furious fare with fast cars and Vin Diesel looking moody the whole time.

We also get to see Helen Mirren behind the wheel and she looks as cool as Diesel doing so.

The story has the Fam really coming home for Diesel who's real brother come for payback in the shape of John Cena.

Justin Lin returns as the movies director but the movie may struggle to go over the Billion dollar mark this time in the wake of the global pandemic.

And the end of the trailer does strongly suggest that the series will go into space this time as the series enters the final frontier!

The movie has a July 9th UK release and a June 25th North American release.

Marvel unleash their first blockbuster of the year to the delight of fans and like every year for the last few years it smashed into the top of the UK box office.

Captain American Civil War is the biggest assemble of Marvel superhero characters outside of an Avengers movie and takes over at the top with a weekend take just shy of £20 million.

Compared to the previous Marvel films this is fairly normal but the is by far the highest grossing Captain America movie.

Projection for the movie should be high, but Batman V Superman Dawn of Justice gave a wake up call last month as to how a superhero movie can perform below average.

The Jungle Book falls down to number 2 this week on its 3rd week of release with £5.7 million, its total is £33.2 million to date.

Highest total grossing movie on the box office is Batman V Superman Dawn of Justice which has taken £36.5 million to date.

Historical charts

A year ago - The Avengers Age of Ultron remained at the top while Far From The Madding Crowd was the highest new film at number 2.

Five years ago - Thor was the top new film of the week entering at number 1 knocking Fast Five down to number 2.

Ten years ago - Ice Age: The Meltdown stayed put at the top of the box office leaving highest new film 16 Block to enter at number 2.

Fifteen years ago - Bridget Jones's Diary stayed for another week at the top while The Mexican made its debut at number 2.

Twenty years ago - Comedy The Birdcage was the top new film across the country at number 1, finally shifting Top Story from the top, it slid to number 2.

Twenty five years ago - Biopic The Doors made its debut at the top of the box office while Highlander II The Quickening fell into the runner up spot.