Poor Richards Almanack 2016

This weekend, Friday 27th August 2021, there are 5 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, Free Guy, for the number 1 spot?

Here are this weeks new releases

• Candyman
• Our Ladies
• Demonic
• The Nest
• The Last Bus

Candyman

• The movie is directed by Nia DaCosta, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Nia DaCosta also directed The Marvels in 2022.
• It stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II who also starred in The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020).
• The film also stars Teyonah Parris who last appeared in The Photograph (2020).

Our Ladies

• The movie is directed by Michael Caton-Jones, it is the directors 12th movie.
• Michael Caton-Jones also directed This Boys Life in 1993 which grossed £81.5 Thousand in the UK.
• It stars Ross Anderson who also starred in Wolf (2019).
• The film also stars Tony Atherton who is making a feature film debut.

Demonic

• The movie is directed by Neill Blomkamp, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Neill Blomkamp also directed Chappie in 2015 which grossed £2.4 Million in the UK.
• It stars Carly Pope who also starred in Poor Richards Almanack (2016).
• The film also stars Chris William Martin who last appeared in The Age of Adaline (2015).

The Nest

• The movie is directed by Sean Durkin, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Sean Durkin also directed Martha Marcy May Marlene in 2012 which grossed £110.2 Thousand in the UK.
• It stars Jude Law who also starred in The Third Day: Autumn (2020).
• The film also stars Carrie Coon who last appeared in Avengers: Endgame (2019).

The Last Bus

• The movie is directed by Gillies MacKinnon, it is the directors 19th movie.
• Gillies MacKinnon also directed The Playboys in 1992.
• It stars Phyllis Logan who also starred in Misbehaviour (2020).
• The film also stars Timothy Spall who last appeared in Mrs. Lowry and Son (2019).
• They also appeared together in Secrets & Lies (1996).

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

Next weeks there are 7 new movies released

• Time Rewind, Tuesday, 31st August
• Infinite, Wednesday, 1st September
• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Friday, 3rd September
• Cinderella, Friday, 3rd September
• Annette, Friday, 3rd September
• Here Today, Friday, 3rd September
• Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins, Friday, 3rd September