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Last weekend saw Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings at the top of the UK box office, with 6 new releases can any of them do enough to top the box office chart this weekend?

Here are this weeks new releases

• The Starling
• Everybody's Talking About Jamie
• Prisoners of the Ghostland
• The Obscure Life of the Grand Duke of Corsica
• Gunpowder Milkshake
• 12 Mighty Orphans

The Starling

• The movie is directed by Theodore Melfi, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Theodore Melfi also directed St Vincent in 2014 which grossed £780K in the UK.
• It stars Melissa McCarthy who also starred in Thunder Force (2021).
• The film also stars Timothy Olyphant who last appeared in Once Upon a Time ... In Hollywood (2019).
• They also appeared together in Go (1999).

Everybody's Talking About Jamie

• The movie is directed by Jonathan Butterell, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Jonathan Butterell also directed Everybody's Talking About Jamie in 2018 which grossed £1.2 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Max Harwood who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Lauren Patel who is making a feature film debut.

Prisoners of the Ghostland

• The movie is directed by Sion Sono, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Sion Sono also directed Venice 70: Future Reloaded in 2013.
• It stars Nicolas Cage who also starred in Pig (2021).
• The film also stars Sofia Boutella who also last appeared in Settlers (2021).

The Obscure Life of the Grand Duke of Corsica

• The movie is directed by Daniel Graham, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Daniel Graham also directed Opus Zero in 2019 which grossed £1.6K in the UK.
• It stars Timothy Spall who also starred in The Last Bus (2021).
• The film also stars Peter Stormare who also last appeared in The Poison Rose (2019).

Gunpowder Milkshake

• The movie is directed by Navot Papushado, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Navot Papushado also directed Big Bad Wolves in 2013 which grossed £1.6K in the UK.
• It stars Karen Gillan who also starred in The Call of the Wild (2020).
• The film also stars Joanna Bobin who also last appeared in Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016).

12 Mighty Orphans

• The movie is directed by Ty Roberts, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Ty Roberts also directed The Iron Orchard in 2018.
• It stars Luke Wilson who also starred in Cosmic Sin (2021).
• The film also stars Vinessa Shaw who also last appeared in After the Fall (2014).
• They also appeared together in 3:10 to Yuma (2007).

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

Next weeks there are 2 new movies released

• The Many Saints of Newark, Wednesday, 22nd September
• The Green Knight, Friday, 24th September

The Marvel movie Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings remained at the top of the UK box office for a second weekend sweeping away any challenge for the top by quite a large margin with the film at number 2 taking 7 times less than the super hero movie.

Highest new movie of the week is the bio-pic of Aretha Franklin Respect starring Jennifer Hudson which comes in at number 3 and Conjuring director James Wan brings his new movie Malignant in at number 5.

Further down the chart Copshop is new at 7 with £198,225 on its debut and director Phyllida Lloyd's new movie Herself is new at 12 with £85,649.

UK box office QuickView

• Number 1 - Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2nd weekend)
• Highest debut - Respect (@3)
• Longest run - The Croods: A New Age and Space Jam: A New Legacy (9 weeks)
• Highest total gross - Free Guy (£14.3 Million)

UK box office top 5 breakdown weekend 10th - 12th September 2021

Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Marvels latest superhero movie spends a second weekend at the top of the UK box office with a fantastic hold, only dropping 38% the movie takes £3.6 Million over its second weekend.

The movie has now taken an excellent £11.8 Million on the UK box office and is the 8th top movie of 2021 so far.

The movie incredibly took over £6 Million on its first full week of release in the UK.

Free Guy

The Shawn Levy action comedy starring Ryan Reynolds holds steady at number 2 this week and again has a fantastic low drop of only 28% with a weekend gross of £690,408.

This takes the movie total UK gross to £14.3 Million over 5 weeks of release and its the 4th top movie of 2021 at the UK box office.

It could potentially take Fast & Furious 9 which is currently the 3rd top movie of 2021, but then it will most likely be taken by Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings by next weekend!

Respect

Highest new entry of the weekend is a bio-pic of Aretha Franklin starring Jennifer Hudson which is naturally getting a lot of Oscar hype for Hudson's performance.

The movie takes £424,514 to land at number 3 on this weeks box office.

Candyman

The horror franchise movie remake falls to number 4 this weekend with £418,414, a 45% drop over last weekend, taking the movies total UK gross to £3.7 Million over 3 weeks of release.

Malignant

Respected horror director of The Conjuring series brings his latest fright fest to the big screen which this weekend makes its debut at number 5 on the UK box office with £409,298.

A new trailer and poster has been released for the much delayed (pandemic related) retelling of West Side Story directed by Steven Spielberg.

Watch the brand-new trailer for Steven Spielberg’s #WestSideStory. See the film only in theaters December 10. pic.twitter.com/RhEt8SXi4R

— West Side Story (@WestSideMovie) September 15, 2021

The movie is a retelling of the stage show of the same name which was also adapted by director Robert Wise is 1961.

The new version stars Ansel Elgort amd Rachel Zegler as Tony and Maria as the star crossed lovers.

The movie is set for release on 10th December 2021 after being delayed a year.

There is also a new poster which you can see below.

Director Denis Villeneuve brings his vision of Frank Herbert's novel Dune to the big screen which has been given a 12A rating by the BBFC for moderate violence, threat, bloody images.

The movie stars Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides and Zendaya as Chani in lead roles with Oscar Issac also in a starring role.

The movie is directed by Denis Villeneuve who also directed Blade Runner 2049 in 2017.

Movie Synopsis

Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence, only those who can conquer their own fear will survive.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Dune
• BBFC age rating: 12A Certificate
• Reason: moderate violence, threat, bloody images
• Release date: 22nd October 2021
• Runtime: 155m (2 hour 35 minutes)
• Director: Denis Villeneuve
• Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Oscar Isaac

Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 10th September 2021, there are 4 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings from the top of the UK box office.

Here are this weeks new releases

• Respect
• Malignant
• Copshop
• Herself

Respect

• The movie is from director Liesl Tommy
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Jennifer Hudson who also starred in Cats (2019).
• The film also stars Forest Whitaker who last appeared in Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (2020).
• Jennifer Hudson and Forest Whitaker have starred in 2 movies together.
• They also appeared together in Fragments (2008).

Malignant

• The movie is directed by James Wan, it is the directors 13th movie.
• James Wan also directed Stygian in 2000.
• It stars Annabelle Wallis who also starred in The Silencing (2020).
• The film also stars Maddie Hasson who last appeared in We Summon the Darkness (2019).

Copshop

• The movie is directed by Joe Carnahan, it is the directors 5th movie.
• Joe Carnahan also directed Smokin Aces in 2007 which grossed £3 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Frank Grillo who also starred in The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021).
• The film also stars Gerard Butler who last appeared in Greenland (2020).

Herself

• The movie is directed by Phyllida Lloyd, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Phyllida Lloyd also directed Mamma Mia! in 2008 which grossed £69.2 Mil. in the UK and grossed $609.9 Mil. globally.
• It stars Molly McCann who also starred in The Racer (2020).
• The film also stars Clare Dunne who last appeared in Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019).

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

Next weeks there are 6 new movies released

• Everybody's Talking About Jamie, Friday, 17th September
• Gunpowder Milkshake, Friday, 17th September
• The Obscure Life of the Grand Duke of Corsica, Friday, 3rd December
• The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Friday, 17th September
• Prisoners of the Ghostland, Friday, 17th September
• Cry Macho, Friday, 17th September