Long overdue for a release the Doug Liman directed Sci-Fi movie finally gets a release in the UK on April 2nd and is given a 12 age rating in the UK by the BBFC.

The movie stars Tom Holland of Spider-Man fame and Daisy Ridley of Star Wars fame and follows a young woman who crash lands her space ship on a planet where you can visually see the thoughts of men.

Chaos Walking is a young adult science fiction series written by novelist Patrick Ness, the first was published in 2008 and was called The Knife of Never Letting Go.

Story synopsis

In Prentisstown, Todd has been brought up to believe that the Spackle released a germ that killed all the women and unleashed Noise on the remaining men.

After discovering a patch of silence out in the swamp, his surrogate parents immediately tell him that he has to run, leaving him with only a map of New World, a message, and many unanswered questions. He soon discovers the source of the silence: a girl, named Viola.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Chaos Walking
• BBFC age rating: 12 Certificate
• Reason: moderate violence, threat, injury detail.
• Release date: April 2nd 2021
• Runtime: 109m (1 hour 49 minutes)
• Director: Doug Liman

The young adult drama is big business at the moment and The Hunger Games: Mockingly Part 1 this week enters the video chart at the top.

Released in UK cinemas on 21st November 2014 the film had a massive £12.6 million debut weekend, the 31 highest ever in the UK.

The film was on the box office chart for 8 weeks taking a total gross of £20.8 million during it's run.

In the UK it is the 78th highest grossing film ever while worldwide it is the 65th highest grossing movie with $807.5 million.

The Imitation Game fell from the top into the runner up spot on it's second week of release.

Other new film on the video chart this week are: Halo Nightfall at 4, Horns at 5 and Extraterrestrial at 13.

With young adult dramas all the rage at the box office in recent years there was so surprise to see the sequel The Divergent Series Insurgent hit the top of the US box office.

Insurgent on it's debut weekend of release took in $54 million, just a shade behind Divergents $54.6 million opening from the same time in 2014.

Last weeks top film, Cinderella, fell a single place this week to number 2, a $34 million weekend has brought the films total US gross to $122 million.

Other new film on the US box office this week are: The Gunman at number 4 and Do You Believe at number 6.