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Last weekend Elvis was at the top of the UK box office, there are 1 new releases this weekend, will any of them top the UK box office this weekend?

Here are this weeks new releases

• Minions: The Rise of Gru

Minions: The Rise of Gru

• The movie is directed by Kyle Balda and Brad Ableson, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Kyle Balda and Brad Ableson also directed Despicable Me 3 in 2017 which grossed £47.6 Mil. in the UK and grossed $1 Bil. globally.
• It stars Steve Carell who also starred in The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005).
• The film also stars Pierre Coffin who was last seen in The Grinch (2018).
• Steve Carell and Pierre Coffin have starred in 4 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in Despicable Me 3 in 2017, Minions in 2015, Despicable Me 2 in 2013 and Despicable Me in 2010.
• 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 3 new movies released

• Thor: Love and Thunder - Friday, 8th July
• Brian and Charles - Friday, 8th July

The man is a legend in the Star Wars universe but Harrison Ford wasn't at the Star Wars Celebration conference to talk Star Wars, he was there to talk Indiana Jones.

During the pre-conference show the actor who is best known to Star Wars fans for playing the legendary Han Solo took to the stage to reveal the first image from the new James Mangold directed movie.

He was also there to say happy 90th birthday to composer John Williams who was on hand with an orchestra, the legendary composer is not only responsible for composing the Star Wars theme but also the theme for Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), the first movie to feature the Indiana Jones character.

The fifth movie in the series is set for a June 30th 2023 release, it is directed by James Mangold who takes over from series director Steven Spielberg, and Harrison Ford reprises his role as the title character.

A new trailer has been released for Thor: Love and Thunder - its funny, full of action and then dark and scary.

The trailer starts off as a bedtime story as told by Korg played by the movies director Taika Waititi, it then turns very dark as Gorr the God Butcher played by Christian Bale looking incredible appears.

This is clearly going to be dark in places, along with the usual Thor style comedy we've grown used to, and Natalie Portman as Jane Foster/Mighty Thor will kick ass.

There is also a new poster which you can see if you slide down the page a little.

The movie is released on July 8th 2022.

A new Marvel movie, a new number 1 as Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness hits the top spot on its debit weekend with a debut gross of nearly £20 Million.

There were a number of other new movies this week but at the lower end of the box office with the Event Movie Turnadot: Met Opera 2022 coming in at 9 with £38,527 while Maa is new at 11 with £38,527.

Also making their debut's this weekend Dum Mastam at 12 with £27,162, CBI 5: The Brain makes its way onto the box office at 13 with £26,418 and finally the 50th anniversary re-release of Cabaret is new at 15 with £19,238.

UK box office top 5 weekend breakdown 6th - 8th May 2022

Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness

It feels like a story we have told many time, but a new Marvel movie is released and there is a big surge in the box office and we have a massive hit at the top.

The sequel to Doctor Strange has been a long time coming as the original was released in 2016, but the character has appeared in many Marvel film since then, including quite predominantly in last years Spider-Man: No Way Home for which is a spiritual successor.

The movie makes its UK debut with £19.7 Million, a staggering 82% of the box office this weekend, which is £10 Million more than its 2016 predecessor but it is way shorted than the £31.8 Milion of the last Spider-Man movie.

The road ahead is looking good for the movie, it will beat out the DC movie The Batman from earlier this year, and it has a shot at being the top movie of 2022, altohugh there are a number of high profile movie yet to come including Jurassic World: Dominion in June.

The movie already is the 6th top movie of 2022 on its debut and look set to at least climb into the top 3 by next weekend.

Downton Abbey: A New Era

A single week at the top for the Downton Abbey sequel which this weekend falls to number 2 with £1.5 Million, a 49% drop over last weekend.

This gives the movie a total gross of £7.6 Million after 2 weeks of release.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

The smash hit video game movie falls to number 2 this weekend after 6 weeks on the box office with £630,391, a 53% drop over last weekend.

The movie now has a UK total of £23.5 Million and is the 5th top movie of 2022.

The Lost City

The action comedy falls to 4 this weekend with £468,402, a 61% drop over last weekend, this gives the movie an £8.6 Million total after 4 weeks of release.

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

The third in the Fantastic Beasts series can be seen as nothing but a flop for Warner Bros. as the movie falls to 5 this weekend with £401,448, a 67% drop.

The movie has now taken just £19 Million in the UK over 5 weeks of release, it is the 7th top movie of 2022.

In comparison the previous 2 movies 5 weeks into their box office runs were, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them £45 Million and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald £30.5 Million.

This weekend, Friday 15th April 2022, there are 4 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, for the number 1 spot?

Here are this weeks new releases

• The Northman
• Benedetta
• Operation Mincemeat
• The Lost City

The Northman

• The movie is directed by Robert Eggers, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Robert Eggers also directed The Witch in 2016 which grossed £883.1K in the UK.
• It stars Alexander Skarsgård who also starred in D-Day: The Finished Film (2001).
• The film also stars Nicole Kidman who was last seen in Being the Ricardos (2021).
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Benedetta

• The movie is directed by Paul Verhoeven, it is the directors 18th movie.
• Paul Verhoeven also directed Total Recall in 1990 which grossed £7.9 Mil. in the UK and grossed $261.3 Mil. globally.
• It stars Virginie Efira who also starred in Turning Tide (2014).
• The film also stars Charlotte Rampling who was last seen in Dune (2021).
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Operation Mincemeat

• The movie is directed by John Madden, it is the directors 13th movie.
• John Madden also directed The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel in 2012 which grossed £20.3 Mil. in the UK and grossed $136.8 Mil. globally.
• It stars Rufus Wright who also starred in Assassins Creed (2017).
• The film also stars Matthew Macfadyen who was last seen in The Current War (2018).
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Lost City

• The movie is directed by Aaron Nee and Adam Nee, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Aaron Nee and Adam Nee also directed Masters of the Universe in .
• It stars Sandra Bullock who also starred in Crash (2004).
• The film also stars Channing Tatum who was last seen in Dog (2022).
• 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 is 1 new movie

• The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent - Friday, 22nd April