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Romance It Ends With Us opens in 630 cinemas through Sony at this weekend’s UK-Ireland box office, pitting lead actress Blake Lively against her husband Ryan Reynolds, whose Deadpool & Wolverine has held top spot for two weekends.
It Ends With Us is adapted by Christy Hall from Colleen Hoover’s 2016 novel, about a woman whose connection with a neurosurgeon begins to remind her of her parents’ troubled relationship.
Director Justin Baldoni stars alongside Lively having optioned the book through his Wayfarer Studios in 2019, with Jenny Slate, Hasan Minhaj and Kevin McKidd also on the cast.
Warner Bros is opening M. Night Shyamalan’s Trap in 535 cinemas, in which a father and his teenage daughter attend a pop concert, only to realise they’ve entered a dark and sinister event.
Josh Hartnett and Ariel Donoghue lead the cast, alongside Shyamalan’s daughter Saleka Shyamalan, Alison Pill and Hayley Mills.
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Eli Roth’s action-adventure comedy Borderlands starts in 544 cinemas through Lionsgate. Based on the Gearbox Software videogame series of the same name, it follows an outlaw who returns to the place where she grew up to find the missing daughter of the most powerful man in the universe.
Cate Blanchett leads the cast, alongside Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Edgar Ramirez, Ariana Greenblatt and Jamie Lee Curtis. Having shot in 2021 to 2022, the film underwent two weeks of reshoots in 2023, helmed by Tim Miller.
Universal is opening Pamela Adlon’s comedy Babes in 107 cinemas. The film is written by, produced by and stars US comedian Ilana Glazer, who co-created hit Comedy Central series Broad City.
BFI Distribution is opening Sky Peals, the debut feature of 2018 Screen Star of Tomorrow Moin Hussain, in 28 sites. Produced by fellow Screen Star Michelle Stein, the film follows a man working nightshifts at a motorway service station fast food restaurant, who goes looking for answers when he hears that his estranged father has died. It debuted in Venice Critics’ Week last year, going on to play BFI London Film Festival.
A24 is opening Daina O. Pusic’s fantasy drama Tuesday starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus in 10 sites; while Apple has Doug Liman’s crime comedy The Instigators starring Matt Damon and Casey Affleck, and Kaleidoscope has family animation Gracie and Pedro: Mission Impossible, with neither distributor sharing location numbers.
Re-releases continue to fill gaps on the schedule, with Sony opening Spider-Man 2 in 557 cinemas after Spider-Man took £253,261 last weekend; and Vertigo Releasing playing Tinto Brass’ Caligula: The Ultimate Cut in 14 cinemas. Vertigo is also opening Neil Marshall’s crime title Duchess in nine cinemas, co-written by and starring Charlotte Kirk.
Signature Entertainment will preview animation Ozi: Voice Of The Forest, executive produced by Leonardo Di Caprio, in 259 cinemas on Saturday and Sunday, ahead of a full release next weekend.
Conclusions: With a mix of big-budget releases and smaller indie titles, this weekend’s UK-Ireland box office looks set to be an interesting one.
FAQs:
Q: What is the opening weekend for It Ends With Us? A: The film opens in 630 cinemas.
Q: Who is the director of Trap? A: M. Night Shyamalan is the director of Trap.
Q: Who is the star of Babes? A: Pamela Adlon is the star of Babes.
Q: Who is the executive producer of Ozi: Voice Of The Forest? A: Leonardo Di Caprio is the executive producer of Ozi: Voice Of The Forest.
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