This week there are 20 new films released in countries around the globe looking to hit their box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top global movie, Lilo & Stitch, for the number 1 spot?

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.

• Ballerina
• Predator: Killer of Killers
• The Phoenician Scheme
• Dangerous Animals
• The Ritual
• The Life of Chuck
• Karate Kid: Legends
• Detective Kien: The Headless Horror
• The Ugly Stepsister
• Clown In a Cornfield

Ballerina

• The movie is directed by Len Wiseman, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Len Wiseman also directed Die Hard 4.0 in 2007 which grossed $377.5 Mil. globally.
• It stars Ana de Armas who also starred in No Time To Die (2021).
• The film also stars Keanu Reeves who's last movie was Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024).
• Ana de Armas and Keanu Reeves have starred in 2 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Knock Knock in 2015 and Exposed in 2016.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Argentina / Australia / Brazil / Canada / China / Denmark / France / Germany / Greece / Hungary / Iceland / India / Indonesia / Ireland / Israel / Italy / Kazakhstan / Lithuania / Mexico / Netherlands / Norway / Poland / Portugal / Russia / Singapore / Spain / Sweden / Taiwan / Turkey / United Kingdom / United States

Predator: Killer of Killers

• The movie is directed by Dan Trachtenberg and Joshua Wassung, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Dan Trachtenberg and Joshua Wassung also directed Predetor: Badlands in 2025.
• It stars Michael Biehn who also starred in The Lords of Discipline (1983).
• The film also stars Rick Gonzalez who's last movie was Victor (2015).
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• Released this week in:
  Argentina / Brazil / Canada / Germany / Hungary / Italy / Mexico / Poland / Singapore / Spain / Sweden / United States

The Phoenician Scheme

• The movie is directed by Wes Anderson, it is the directors 13th movie.
• Wes Anderson also directed Moonrise Kingdom in 2012 which grossed $68.3 Mil. globally.
• It stars Benicio Del Toro who also starred in Inherent Vice (2015).
• The film also stars Truman Hanks who's last movie was Asteroid City (2023).
• Wes Anderson directed Benicio Del Toro in and The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
• Wes Anderson directed Truman Hanks in and Asteroid City
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Argentina / Finland / Indonesia / Norway / Poland / Singapore / Taiwan / United States

Dangerous Animals

• The movie is directed by Sean Byrne, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Sean Byrne also directed The Devil's Candy in 2015.
• It stars Hassie Harrison who also starred in Fat Camp (2017).
• The film also stars Jai Courtney who's last movie was Runt (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Canada / Colombia / Ireland / Italy / Peru / Spain / United States

The Ritual

• The movie is from director David Midell.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Al Pacino who also starred in Looking For Richard (1996).
• The film also stars Dan Stevens who's last movie was Cuckoo (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Australia / Bulgaria / Malaysia / New Zealand / Spain / United States

The Life of Chuck

• The movie is directed by Mike Flanagan, it is the directors 11th movie.
• Mike Flanagan also directed Hush in 2016.
• It stars Karen Gillan who also starred in Avengers: Endgame (2019).
• The film also stars Tom Hiddleston who's last movie was Thor: Love and Thunder (2022).
• Karen Gillan and Tom Hiddleston have starred in 3 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Avengers: Infinity War in 2018, Avengers: Endgame in 2019 and Thor: Love and Thunder in 2022.
• Mike Flanagan directed Karen Gillan in and Oculus
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  India / Netherlands / Russia / Singapore / United States

Karate Kid: Legends

• The movie is from director Jonathan Entwistle.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Jackie Chan who also starred in The Foreigner (2017).
• The film also stars Ben Wang who's last movie was Mean Girls (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  China / Greece / Singapore / Taiwan

Detective Kien: The Headless Horror

• The movie is from director Victor Vu.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Quoc Huy who also starred in Detective Kien: The Headless Horror (2025).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Australia / Bulgaria / France / New Zealand

The Ugly Stepsister

• The movie is from director Emilie Blichfeldt.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Lea Myren who also starred in The Ugly Stepsister (2025).
• The film also stars Ane Dahl Torp who's last movie was Kong Curling (2011).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Austria / Germany / Russia

Clown In a Cornfield

• The movie is directed by Eli Craig, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Eli Craig also directed Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil in 2011.
• It stars Katie Douglas who also starred in I Like Movies (2022).
• The film also stars Carson MacCormac who's last movie was Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Hungary / Portugal / United Kingdom

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

Next week there are 25 new movies released gloabally

• How to Train Your Dragon - From Wednesday, 11th June
• Dangerous Animals - From Monday, 9th June
• Materialists - From Thursday, 12th June
• High Five - From Thursday, 12th June
• The Ritual - From Wednesday, 11th June
• Elio - From Thursday, 12th June
• I Don't Understand You - From Thursday, 12th June
• Tornado - From Thursday, 12th June
• The Life of Chuck - From Wednesday, 11th June
• Juliet and Romeo - From Wednesday, 11th June
• The Surfer - From Thursday, 15th May
• The Luckiest Man In America - From Thursday, 12th June
• Moonlight Express - From Saturday, 14th June
• Ma mère, Dieu et Sylvie Vartan - From Thursday, 12th June
• How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies - From Friday, 13th June
• Warfare - From Thursday, 12th June
• The Wedding Banquet - From Thursday, 12th June
• Jane Austen Wrecked My Life - From Friday, 13th June
• Sinners - From Thursday, 12th June
• The Ugly Stepsister - From Friday, 13th June
• Two to One - From Thursday, 12th June
• Shadow Force - From Friday, 13th June
• Fight Or Flight - From Thursday, 12th June
• The Unholy Trinity - From Friday, 13th June
• Bird - From Thursday, 12th June

With A Minecraft Movie currently at the top of the global box office can this weeks new cinema releases challlenge it for the global box office crown?

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.

• Until Dawn
• The Accountant 2
• Havoc
• The Legend of Ochi
• The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
• Julie Keeps Quiet
• Ne Zha 2
• Drop
• Neighborhood Watch
• Queer

Until Dawn

• The movie is directed by David F. Sandberg, it is the directors 6th movie.
• David F. Sandberg also directed I Flip You Off For Four Hours in 2020.
• It stars Ella Rubin who also starred in Anora (2024).
• The film also stars Odessa A’zion who's last movie was Fresh Kills (2023).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Argentina / Australia / Belgium / Brazil / Cambodia / Canada / Denmark / Estonia / Finland / France / Germany / Greece / Hungary / India / Indonesia / Ireland / Italy / Mexico / Netherlands / New Zealand / Norway / Poland / Portugal / Singapore / Spain / Sweden / Taiwan / Thailand / Turkey / United Kingdom / United States

The Accountant 2

• The movie is directed by Gavin O'Connor, it is the directors 9th movie.
• Gavin O'Connor also directed Warrior in 2011.
• It stars Ben Affleck who also starred in Phantoms (1998).
• The film also stars Jon Bernthal who's last movie was The Amateur (2025).
• They also appeared together in The Accountant in 2016.
• Gavin O'Connor directed Ben Affleck in The Accountant, and The Way Back
• Gavin O'Connor directed Jon Bernthal in and The Accountant
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Argentina / Australia / Brazil / Canada / Denmark / Estonia / Finland / France / Germany / Greece / Hong Kong / Hungary / Indonesia / Ireland / Israel / Italy / Lithuania / Mexico / Netherlands / Singapore / Spain / Sweden / Taiwan / Thailand / United Kingdom / United States

Havoc

• The movie is directed by Gareth Evans, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Gareth Evans also directed V/H/S/2 in 2013.
• It stars Tom Hardy who also starred in LD 50: Lethal Dose (2003).
• The film also stars Timothy Olyphant who's last movie was Amsterdam (2022).
• This movie is released on streaming platforms.
• Released this week in:
  Argentina / Australia / Brazil / Canada / Colombia / France / Germany / Hungary / India / Italy / Malaysia / Mexico / Netherlands / Philippines / Singapore / South Korea / Spain / Taiwan / Thailand / Turkey / United Kingdom / United States / Vietnam

The Legend of Ochi

• The movie is from director Isaiah Saxon.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Helena Zengel who also starred in A Christmas Number One (2021).
• The film also stars Willem Dafoe who's last movie was Saturday Night (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Brazil / Canada / France / Ireland / Mexico / United Kingdom / United States

The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie

• The movie is from director Peter Browngardt.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Eric Bauza who also starred in Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014).
• The film also stars Candi Milo who's last movie was Trick Or Treat Scooby-Doo! (2022).
• Eric Bauza and Candi Milo have starred in 3 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright in 2013, Scooby-Doo! Frankencreepy in 2014 and Space Jam: A New Legacy in 2021.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Brazil / Estonia / Montenegro / North Macedonia / Peru / Serbia / Vietnam

Julie Keeps Quiet

• The movie is from director Leonardo Van Dijl.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Tessa Van den Broeck who is making a feature film debut.
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• Released this week in:
  Estonia / Germany / Hungary / Ireland / United Kingdom

Ne Zha 2

• The movie is directed by Yu Yang, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Yu Yang also directed Ne Zha in 2019 which grossed $726.1 Mil. globally.
• It stars Yanting Lü who also starred in Ne Zha 2 (2025).
• The film also stars Mo Han who's last movie was Ne Zha (2019).
• They also appeared together in Ne Zha in 2019.
• Yu Yang directed Yanting Lü in and Ne Zha
• Yu Yang directed Mo Han in and Ne Zha
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Denmark / France / India / Sweden

Drop

• The movie is directed by Christopher Landon, it is the directors 8th movie.
• Christopher Landon also directed Burning Palms in 2010.
• It stars Meghann Fahy who also starred in Your Monster (2024).
• The film also stars Brandon Sklenar who's last movie was It Ends With Us (2024).
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Belgium / France / Indonesia / South Korea

Neighborhood Watch

• The movie is directed by Duncan Skiles, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Duncan Skiles also directed The Scariest Show On Television in 2008.
• It stars Jack Quaid who also starred in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023).
• The film also stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan who's last movie was Fall (2022).
• They also appeared together in Rampage in 2018.
• This movie is released in movie theatres.
• Released this week in:
  Canada / Mexico / United States

Queer

• The movie is directed by Luca Guadagnino, it is the directors 9th movie.
• Luca Guadagnino also directed Suspiria in 2018 which grossed $7.9 Mil. globally.
• It stars Daniel Craig who also starred in Layer Cake (2004).
• This movie is released in movie theatres on limited release.
• Released this week in:
  Finland / Hungary

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

Next week there are 33 new movies released gloabally

• Thunderbolts* - From Wednesday, 30th April
• The Dumpling Queen - From Wednesday, 30th April
• The Surfer - From Thursday, 1st May
• Another Simple Favour - From Thursday, 1st May
• Black Bag - From Wednesday, 30th April
• Screamboat - From Thursday, 1st May
• The Legend of Ochi - From Thursday, 1st May
• The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie - From Thursday, 1st May
• Sneaks - From Wednesday, 30th April
• Locked - From Thursday, 1st May
• Parthenope - From Friday, 2nd May
• Kaiju No 8 Mission Recon - From Tuesday, 29th April
• Warfare - From Thursday, 1st May
• The King of Kings - From Thursday, 1st May
• Four Letters of Love - From Thursday, 1st May
• The Unbreakable Boy - From Friday, 21st February
• Black Dog - From Friday, 2nd May
• Death of a Unicorn - From Thursday, 1st May
• The Accountant 2 - From Friday, 2nd May
• Small Things Like These - From Wednesday, 30th April
• Esaaf - From Thursday, 1st May
• Rust - From Friday, 2nd May
• September Says - From Wednesday, 30th April
• A Gilded Game - From Thursday, 1st May
• Queer - From Thursday, 1st May
• Salvable - From Friday, 2nd May
• Runt - From Wednesday, 30th April
• Sister Midnight - From Friday, 2nd May
• The Shrouds - From Wednesday, 30th April
• Words of War - From Friday, 2nd May
• On Swift Horses - From Wednesday, 30th April
• Ma mère, Dieu et Sylvie Vartan - From Thursday, 1st May
• Last Breath - From Friday, 28th February

Horror movie Sinners has generated great critical and audience reviews and this weekend makes its debut at the top of the North American box office.

Taking a little over $48 Million on its debut it takes over from 2 week chart topper A Minecraft Movie which this weekend falls to number 2.

A Minecraft Movie has had an amazing run so far on the box office and has taken nearly $344 Million over 3 weeks and is the top grossing movie of 2025 so far.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 18th - 20th April 2025

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 $48,007,468 after 1 weekends of release
• The movie is the 12th top grossing film so far in 2025

• The movie goes down the chart to number 2 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $40,497,865 over the weekend, a 48% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $343,824,380 after 3 weekends of release
• The movie is the top grossing film so far in 2025

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $17,571,203 over the weekend, a 9% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $45,636,451 after 2 weekends of release
• The movie is the 15th top grossing film so far in 2025

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $7,009,180 over the weekend, a 53% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $27,131,891 after 2 weekends of release

• The movie goes down the chart to number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $4,855,636 over the weekend, a 42% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $17,120,833 after 2 weekends of release

Still going very strong in the UK, A Minecraft Movie spends a third weekend at the top of the UK and Northern Ireland box office with a gross of over £5 Million.

This pushes the movies total gross after 3 weeks to £45.5 Million and at the same time take over as the top movie of 2025 from Bridget Jones Mad About the Boy.

With no strong new releases coming until Thunderbolts the first weekend in May it could see at least one more weekend at the top.

With A Minecraft Movie currently at the top of the global box office can this weeks new cinema releases challlenge it for the global box office crown?

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.