This weekend, Friday 8th July 2022, there are 2 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Minions: The Rise of Gru, for the number 1 spot?

Here are this weeks new releases

• Thor: Love and Thunder
• Brian and Charles

Thor: Love and Thunder

• The movie is directed by Taika Waititi, it is the directors 7th movie.
• Taika Waititi also directed What We Do In the Shadows in 2014 which grossed £127.8K in the UK.
• It stars Chris Hemsworth who also starred in Red Dawn (2013).
• The film also stars Natalie Portman who was last seen in Lucy In the Sky (2019).
• Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman have starred in 3 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Avengers: Endgame in 2019, Thor in 2011 and Thor: The Dark World in 2013.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Brian and Charles

• The movie is from director Jim Archer.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars David Earl who also starred in Cemetery Junction (2010).
• The film also stars Chris Hayward who was last seen in SOS: Save Our Skins (2014).
• 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 2 new movies released

• Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris - Friday, 15th July
• The Railway Children Return - Friday, 15th July

This week on DVD and Blu-ray the Ben Stiller starring franchise film Night At The Museum Secret of The Tomb makes it's debut of the top selling film of the week.

The film was released on the 19th December 2014 and made it's debut at number 3 in a busy week of the christmas period, it was on the chart for a total of 7 weeks.

During it's theatrical run in the UK it took £11 million in box office takings which is below either of it's predecessors in the series.

The film did however do well overseas and is the 243rd highest grossing film ever worldwide.

Last weeks top film, Paddington, which went back to the top for a week falls to number 2 this week.

Other new films on the video chart this week are: What We Do In The Shadows which is new at 6, Black Sea which is new at 10 and The Signal which is new at number 12.