The new releases in theatres for Friday July 28 include Atomic Blonde (action mystery) and The Emoji Movie (animated comedy). Currently in theatres, the top 5 films based on box office grosses are Dunkirk (action drama), Girls Trip (comedy), Spider-Man: Homecoming (comic book action), War for the Planet of the Apes (sci-fi action), and Despicable Me 3 (animated comedy).

Atomic Blonde is a Cold War era film about an undercover MI6 agent in Germany starring Charlize Theron. The film is rated 14A, was filmed in Hungary, Germany, and the UK, and is based on the book The Coldest City by Antony Johnston. Director David Leitch was an uncredited director on John Wick (2014 action with Keanu Reeves), made the short Deadpool: No Good Deed (2017 comic book comedy with Ryan Reynolds), will next be directing Deadpool 2, and has an extension resume in stunts having worked on Fight Club, The Matrix Reloaded, Troy, 300, Ninja Assassin, and TRON: Legacy. Charlize Theron was previously in The Fate of the Furious (2017 action with Vin Diesel), voiced in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016 animated adventure also voiced by Ralph Fiennes), and will next be in the action comedy Gringo with Joel Edgerton. James McAvoy was previously in Split (2016 thriller written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan), X-Men: Apocalypse (2016 comic book action with Michael Fassbender), and will next be in the dramatic thriller Submergence with Alicia Vikander.

The Emoji Movie is an animated adventure set in the world of messaging images given life by Sony Pictures Animation who also made the animated franchises The Smurfs (2011, 2013, and 2017), Hotel Transylvania (2012 and 2015), and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009 and 2013). Rated G, the film has 3 writers Tony Leondis (Igor, 2008), Eric Siegel (first feature credit), and Mike White (Beatriz at Dinner, 2017 drama starring Salma Hayek). T.J. Miller voices after appearing in Silicon Valley (2014-2017 comedy series), voicing in How to Train Your Dragon franchise (2010-2017, a sequel is in the works), F is for Family (2017 comedy), Gravity Falls (2012-2016 comedy), and High School USA! (2013-2015 comedy). James Corden previously voiced in Trolls (2016 comedy with Anna Kendrick), hosts his own late show (2015-2017), and will next voice in Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2. Anna Faris stars in Mom (2013-2018 comedy with Allison Janney), voiced in Alvin and the Chipmuncks: The Road Chip (2015), Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013), and will next appear in the film Overboard with Evan Longoria, a remake of the 1987 comedy with Goldie Hawn.

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Atomic Blonde – 7.2
The Emoji Movie – 1.5
Dunkirk – 8.6
Girls Trip – 7.0
Spider-man: Homecoming – 8.0
War for the Planet of the Apes – 8.0
Despicable Me 3 – 6.4
Box Office Mojo