Released in the UK this weekend, Friday, 31st January 2025, there are 6 new releases looking to take your attention and where available could hit your local cinema and try and replace A Complete Unknown from the top of the UK box office.

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

• Companion
• Hard Truths
• Detective Chinatown 1900
• Saturday Night
• The Colors Within
• White Bird

Companion

• The movie is from director Drew Hancock.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Sophie Thatcher who also starred in MaXXXine (2024).
• The film also stars Harvey Guillén who's last movie was The Garfield Movie (2024).
• This movie is released in Movie Theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Hard Truths

• The movie is directed by Mike Leigh, it is the directors 16th movie.
• Mike Leigh also directed Vera Drake in 2005 which grossed £1.4 Mil. in the UK and grossed $13.3 Mil. globally.
• It stars Samantha Spiro who also starred in Beyond Bedlam (1994).
• The film also stars Jo Martin who's last movie was 97 Minutes (2023).
• This movie is released in Movie Theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Detective Chinatown 1900

• The movie is directed by Sicheng Chen and Mo Dai, it is the directors 8th movie.
• Sicheng Chen and Mo Dai also directed Decoded in 2024 which grossed £3.3K in the UK.
• It stars Baoqiang Wang who also starred in Little Big Soldier (2010).
• The film also stars Haoran Liu who's last movie was Decoded (2024).
• Baoqiang Wang and Haoran Liu have starred in 7 other movies together.
• They also appeared together in My People, My Homeland in 2020, Buddies In India in 2017, Rising Shaolin: The Protector in 2021, Decoded in 2024, Detective Chinatown 2 in 2018, Detective Chinatown in 2015 and Detective Chinatown 3 in 2021.
• Sicheng Chen directed Baoqiang Wang in Detective Chinatown, Detective Chinatown 2, My People, My Homeland, Decoded, and Detective Chinatown 3
• Sicheng Chen directed Haoran Liu in Detective Chinatown, Detective Chinatown 2, My People, My Homeland, Decoded, Beijing Love Story, and Detective Chinatown 3
• This movie is released in Movie Theatres.

Saturday Night

• The movie is directed by Jason Reitman, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Jason Reitman also directed Thank You For Smoking in 2006 which grossed £1.5 Mil. in the UK and grossed $39.3 Mil. globally.
• It stars Gabriel LaBelle who also starred in The Fabelmans (2022).
• The film also stars Rachel Sennott who's last movie was Bottoms (2023).
• This movie is released in Movie Theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

The Colors Within

• The movie is directed by Naoko Yamada, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Naoko Yamada also directed K-On!: The Movie in 2011.
• It stars Sayu Suzukawa who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Akari Takaishi who's last movie was My Happy Marriage (2023).
• This movie is released in Movie Theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

White Bird

• The movie is directed by Marc Forster, it is the directors 14th movie.
• Marc Forster also directed Machine Gun Preacher in 2011 which grossed £331.6K in the UK.
• It stars Bryce Gheisar who also starred in A Dogs Purpose (2017).
• This movie is released in Movie Theatres.
• 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 7 new movies released

• Into the Deep - Monday, 3rd February
• September 5 - Thursday, 6th February
• Dog Man - Friday, 7th February
• The Seed of the Sacred Fig - Friday, 7th February
• Bring Them Down - Friday, 7th February
• The Fire Inside - Friday, 7th February
• Love Hurts - Friday, 7th February