This weekend, Friday 17th October 2025, there are 9 new films released in the UK and where available looking to hit the box office chart, but can they challenge last weekends top movie, TRON: Ares, for the number 1 spot?

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

• Roofman
• Good Fortune
• After the Hunt
• If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
• Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie
• Black Phone 2
• Frankenstein
• Ballad of a Small Player
• Palestine 36

Roofman

• The movie is directed by Derek Cianfrance, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Derek Cianfrance also directed The Place Beyond the Pines in 2013 which grossed £3.4 Mil. in the UK and grossed $47.1 Mil. globally.
• It stars Channing Tatum who also starred in 21 Jump Street (2012).
• The film also stars Peter Dinklage who's last movie was The Toxic Avenger (2025).
• This movie is released in Movie Theatres.

Good Fortune

• The movie is from director Aziz Ansari.
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Keanu Reeves who also starred in Tune In Tomorrow (1990).
• This movie is released in Movie Theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

After the Hunt

• The movie is directed by Luca Guadagnino, it is the directors 16th movie.
• Luca Guadagnino also directed Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams in 2020.
• It stars Julia Roberts who also starred in Ben Is Back (2019).
• The film also stars Andrew Garfield who's last movie was We Live In Time (2024).
• This movie is released in Movie Theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

• The movie is directed by Mary Bronstein, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Mary Bronstein also directed Yeast in 2008.
• It stars Rose Byrne who also starred in Like a Boss (2020).
• The film also stars Delaney Quinn who's last movie was The Roses (2025).
• This movie is released in Movie Theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie

• The movie is directed by Ryan Crego, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Ryan Crego also directed Arlo the Alligator Boy in 2021.
• It stars Laila Lockhart Kraner who also starred in The Secret of Sinchanee (2021).
• The film also stars Kristen Wiig who's last movie was Despicable Me 4 (2024).
• This movie is released in Movie Theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Black Phone 2

• The movie is directed by Scott Derrickson, it is the directors 9th movie.
• Scott Derrickson also directed Sinister in 2012 which grossed £6.5 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Ethan Hawke who also starred in Snow Falling On Cedars (2000).
• The film also stars Mason Thames who's last movie was How to Train Your Dragon (2025).
• They also appeared together in The Black Phone in 2022.
• Scott Derrickson directed Ethan Hawke in Sinister, and The Black Phone
• Scott Derrickson directed Mason Thames in and The Black Phone
• This movie is released in Movie Theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Frankenstein

• The movie is directed by Guillermo del Toro, it is the directors 13th movie.
• Guillermo del Toro also directed Pacific Rim in 2013 which grossed £8 Mil. in the UK and grossed $407.6 Mil. globally.
• It stars Oscar Isaac who also starred in Sucker Punch (2011).
• The film also stars Jacob Elordi who's last movie was On Swift Horses (2025).
• This movie is released in Movie Theatres.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Ballad of a Small Player

• The movie is directed by Edward Berger, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Edward Berger also directed Gomez - Kopf Oder Zahl in 1998.
• It stars Colin Farrell who also starred in Dumbo (2019).
• The film also stars Fala Chen who's last movie was Peg O' My Heart (2025).
• This movie is released in movie theatres On Limited Release.
• The BBFC UK age rating is

Palestine 36

• The movie is directed by Annemarie Jacir, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Annemarie Jacir also directed When I Saw You in 2013 which grossed £4.4 K in the UK and grossed $44.2 K globally.
• It stars Jeremy Irons who also starred in The Man Who Knew Infinity (2016).
• The film also stars Robert Aramayo who's last movie was Lilies Not For Me (2024).
• 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 5 new movies released

• National Theatre Live: Mrs. Warrens Profession - Thursday, 23rd October
• Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere - Friday, 24th October
• Regretting You - Friday, 24th October
• Sketch - Friday, 24th October
• Blue Moon - Friday, 24th October