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Released globaly this week there are 16 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace The Devil Wears Prada 2 from the top of the global box office.

As well as movies released into cinemas around the globe 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 the top new release this week in countries across the world!

The Sheep Detectives
Mortal Kombat II
Hokum
Deep Water
That Time I Got Reincarnated As a Slime: Tears of the Azure Sea
Fuze
Couture
Whistle
Nuremberg
Mother Mary

The Sheep Detectives

The movie is directed by Kyle Balda, it is the directors 5th movie.
Kyle Balda also directed Minions: The Rise of Gru in 2022 which grossed $940.2 Mil. globally.
It stars Hugh Jackman who also starred in X-Men: First Class (2011).
The film also stars Emma Thompson who's last movie was Everybody to Kenmure Street (2026).
They also appeared together in Missing Link in 2019.
This movie is released in Movie Theatres.
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Mortal Kombat II

The movie is directed by Simon McQuoid, it is the directors 2nd movie.
Simon McQuoid also directed Mortal Kombat in 2021 which grossed $96.8 Mil. globally.
It stars Karl Urban who also starred in Priest (2011).
The film also stars Ludi Lin who's last movie was Mortal Kombat (2021).
Simon Mcquoid directed Ludi Lin in and Mortal Kombat
This movie is released in Movie Theatres.
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Hokum

The movie is directed by Damian McCarthy, it is the directors 3rd movie.
Damian McCarthy also directed Caveat in 2020.
It stars Adam Scott who also starred in Off the Lip (2004).
The film also stars Peter Coonan who's last movie was Kathleen Is Here (2024).
This movie is released in Movie Theatres.
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Deep Water

The movie is directed by Renny Harlin, it is the directors 28th movie.
Renny Harlin also directed Die Hard 2: Die Harder in 1990 which grossed $240 Mil. globally.
It stars Aaron Eckhart who also starred in My All American (2015).
The film also stars Molly Belle Wright who's last movie was The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2024).
This movie is released in Movie Theatres.
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That Time I Got Reincarnated As a Slime: Tears of the Azure Sea

The movie is directed by Yasuhito Kikuchi, it is the directors 3rd movie.
Yasuhito Kikuchi also directed That Time I Got Reincarnated As a Slime The Movie: Scarlet Bond in 2022 which grossed $4.7 Mil. globally.
It stars Miho Okasaki who also starred in That Time I Got Reincarnated As a Slime The Movie: Scarlet Bond (2022).
The film also stars Mao Ichimichi who's last movie was Detective Conan: The Million Dollar Pentagram (2024).
They also appeared together in That Time I Got Reincarnated As a Slime The Movie: Scarlet Bond in 2022.
Yasuhito Kikuchi directed Miho Okasaki in and That Time I Got Reincarnated As a Slime The Movie: Scarlet Bond
Yasuhito Kikuchi directed Mao Ichimichi in and That Time I Got Reincarnated As a Slime The Movie: Scarlet Bond
This movie is released in Movie Theatres.
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Fuze

The movie is directed by David Mackenzie, it is the directors 11th movie.
David Mackenzie also directed Hallam Foe in 2007.
It stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson who also starred in Tenet (2020).
The film also stars Theo James who's last movie was The Monkey (2025).
David Mackenzie directed Aaron Taylor Johnson in and Outlaw/King
This movie is released in Movie Theatres.
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Couture

The movie is directed by Alice Winocour, it is the directors 4th movie.
Alice Winocour also directed Proxima in 2020 which grossed $83.8 K globally.
It stars Angelina Jolie who also starred in Shark Tale (2004).
The film also stars Louis Garrel who's last movie was Arco (2025).
This movie is released in Movie Theatres.
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Whistle

The movie is directed by Corin Hardy, it is the directors 3rd movie.
Corin Hardy also directed The Hallow in 2015.
It stars Dafne Keen who also starred in Logan (2017).
The film also stars Sophie Nelisse who's last movie was The Kid Detective (2020).
This movie is released in Movie Theatres.
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Nuremberg

The movie is directed by James Vanderbilt, it is the directors 2nd movie.
James Vanderbilt also directed Truth in 2016 which grossed $5.4 Mil. globally.
It stars Russell Crowe who also starred in Heaven's Burning (1997).
The film also stars Michael Shannon who's last movie was The End (2024).
They also appeared together in Man of Steel in 2013.
This movie is released in Movie Theatres.
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Mother Mary

The movie is directed by David Lowery, it is the directors 10th movie.
David Lowery also directed St Nick in 2009.
It stars Anne Hathaway who also starred in The Devil Wears Prada (2006).
The film also stars Michaela Coel who's last movie was Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022).
This movie is released in Movie Theatres.
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Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next week there are 33 new movies released gloabally

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Deep Water - From Monday, 11th May
Mortal Kombat II - From Thursday, 14th May
The Sheep Detectives - From Thursday, 14th May
In the Grey - From Thursday, 14th May
Hokum - From Thursday, 14th May
Silent Friend - From Thursday, 14th May
A Man and a Woman - From Saturday, 16th May
The Magic Faraway Tree - From Thursday, 14th May
Mother Mary - From Thursday, 14th May
Animal Farm - From Thursday, 14th May
Saipan - From Thursday, 14th May
The Exit 8 - From Thursday, 14th May
Diamanti - From Friday, 15th May
The Stranger - From Thursday, 14th May
The Smashing Machine - From Friday, 15th May
The Strangers: Chapter 3 - From Friday, 15th May
Pillion - From Thursday, 14th May
I Swear - From Thursday, 14th May
Father Mother Sister Brother - From Friday, 15th May
The Wizard of the Kremlin - From Friday, 15th May
Deaf - From Thursday, 14th May
The Christophers - From Friday, 15th May
Couture - From Friday, 15th May
Over Your Dead Body - From Thursday, 14th May
How to Make a Killing - From Friday, 15th May
You, Me & Tuscany - From Thursday, 14th May
Poetic License - From Friday, 15th May
Miroirs No 3 - From Friday, 15th May
That Time I Got Reincarnated As a Slime: Tears of the Azure Sea - From Thursday, 14th May
Normal - From Friday, 15th May
Palestine 36 - From Thursday, 14th May
Solo Mio - From Thursday, 14th May
Kiss of the Spider Woman - From Friday, 15th May

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