This weekend, Friday 16th October 2026, there are 5 new films released in North America and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Other Mommy, for the number 1 spot?

As well as the movies released in cinemas this weekend this list also includes a number of the top movies released on streaming platforms.

Check out other new releases from around the world.

Here are this weeks new releases

• Whalefall
• Jailer 2
• Street Fighter
• Sense and Sensibility
• Poetic License

Whalefall

• The movie is directed by Brian Duffield, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Brian Duffield also directed No One Will Save You in 2023.
• It stars Austin Abrams who also starred in Do Revenge (2022).
• The film also stars Josh Brolin who's last movie was The Dog Stars (2026).
• Austin Abrams and Josh Brolin have starred in 2 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Weapons in 2025 and Gangster Squad in 2013.
• This movie is released in movie theatres On Limited Release.

Jailer 2

• The movie is directed by Nelson Dilipkumar, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Nelson Dilipkumar also directed Jailer in 2023.
• It stars Rajinikanth who also starred in Annaatthe (2021).
• Nelson Dilipkumar directed Rajinikanth in and Jailer
• This movie is released in Movie Theatres.

Street Fighter

• The movie is directed by Kitao Sakurai, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Kitao Sakurai also directed Street Fighter in 2026.
• It stars Andrew Koji who also starred in #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei (2013).
• The film also stars Noah Centineo who's last movie was Our Hero, Balthazar (2025).
• This movie is released in Movie Theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Sense and Sensibility

• The movie is directed by Georgia Oakley, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Georgia Oakley also directed Blue Jean in 2023 which grossed $110.7 K in the US.
• It stars Daisy Edgar Jones who also starred in On Swift Horses (2025).
• The film also stars Esme Creed Miles who's last movie was The Chronology of Water (2025).
• They also appeared together in Pond Life in 2019.
• This movie is released in Movie Theatres.
• The MPAA age rating is

Poetic License

• The movie is directed by Maude Apatow, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Maude Apatow also directed Poetic License in 2025.
• It stars Leslie Mann who also starred in Motherless Brooklyn (2019).
• The film also stars Cooper Hoffman who's last movie was I Want Your Sex (2026).
• This movie is released in Movie Theatres.

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

Next week there are 5 new movies released

• Ali G: Who Iz I? - Friday, 23rd October
• Wildwood - Friday, 23rd October
• Klara and the Sun - Friday, 23rd October
• Fjord - Friday, 9th October
• Clayface - Friday, 23rd October