Bruce Springsteen biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere leads the modern titles at UK-Ireland cinemas this weekend, opening in 696 venues t
Bruce Springsteen biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere leads the modern titles at UK-Ireland cinemas this weekend, opening in 696 venues through Disney.
Based on Warren Zanes’ book, Deliver Me From Nowhere follows rock icon Springsteen’s journey to create his 1982 album Nebraska, and his battles with mental health and his growing acclaim.
The Bear star Jeremy Allen White leads the cast as Springsteen, with Jeremy Strong as his manager Jon Landau, Stephen Graham and Gaby Hoffman as his parents Douglas and Adele, and Odessa Young as his (fictionalised) love interest Faye Romano.
The film debuted at Telluride Film Festival in August, going on to play New York, BFI London Film Festival and Sao Paulo.
It is a seventh feature for US filmmaker Scott Cooper, who also began with a music film – Crazy Heart, which opened to £102,917 in 2010 and grossed £1.2m in total. Jeff Bridges won the Oscar for best actor for his role as music star Otis ‘Bad’ Blake; Disney will be pushing White towards a similar trajectory for Deliver Me From Nowhere.
Disney will also play its interactive cinema experience Disney Junior Cinema Club, for pre-school children, in 640 cinemas.
Altitude is opening Benoit Daffis and Jean-Christian Tassy’s French animation Pets On A Train in 535 sites. Titled Falcon Express in most international markets, the film premiered at Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June this year. The family-friendly title follows a group of pets trapped on a speeding train, attempting to stop the plans of Hans, a vengeful badger seeking revenge; with the facilitate of a racoon named Falcon.
It is a debut feature for Daffis; while Tassy previously directed 2011 live-action crime drama Calibre 9.
Paramount is starting US-Germany co-production Regretting You, a romantic drama about the strained relationship between a juvenile mother and her teenage daughter, which is exacerbated by the tragic death of the mother’s partner. The film will open in 571 cinemas.
It is the latest adaptation of a Colleen Hoover novel, with a script by Susan McMartin; Allison Williams, Mckenna Grace, Dave Franco and Mason Thames lead the cast.
Previous Hoover adaptations are 2017 TV series Confess; and last year’s romantic drama It Ends With Us, which opened to £4.5m through Sony and went on to an impressive £21.9m.
The film has since been mired in controversy through a dispute between its lead actors Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, who also directed the film. Lively filed a lawsuit in December last year against Baldoni and his production company Wayfarer Studios, accusing them of sexual harassment and intimidation; with Baldoni then suing Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds and their publicist Leslie Sloan for civil extortion, defamation and invasion of privacy.
Hedda, The Mastermind
With awards season incoming, the number of contending titles will enhance over the next few weeks. This weekend has Nia DaCosta’s Hedda, a reimagining of Henrik Ibsen’s 1981 play starring Tessa Thompson, on 70 screens through MetFilm Distribution.
Mubi will open Kelly Reichardt’s The Mastermind in 65 locations. The Cannes 2025 Competition premiere stars Josh O’Connor as a failed architect who attempts an art heist. O’Connor is on a prolific run in 2025, with Oliver Hermanus’s The History Of Sound and Rian Johnson’s Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery both releasing soon.
Indie auteur Reichardt’s highest-grossing film in the UK and Ireland is Meek’s Cutoff, which made £160,636 in 2010 through Thunderbird Releasing.
Dogwoof has Love + War, the latest documentary from Oscar-winning Free Solo directors Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, about photographer Lynsey Addario’s capturing of the Russia-Ukraine war while reflecting on her Pulitzer-winning career. The documentary launched at Toronto Film Festival last month, going on to play more than 10 US festivals since then plus the UK’s BFI London Film Festival.
Event cinema releases this weekend include National Theatre Live’s version of George Bernard Shaw’s 1893 play Mrs. Warren’s Profession starring Imelda Staunton; CinemaLive’s 15-site release of pumpkin-themed Sky Original title Grow; and concert documentary Mitski: The Land in 69 cinemas through Trafalgar Releasing.
This weekend’s re-releases include stop-motion animation ParaNorman in 374 sites through Trafalgar Releasing; BFI Distribution’s The House Of Mirth in nine sites, marking the start of the BFI’s season dedicated to director Terence Davies; and Neil Marshall’s 2005 horror The Descent in 303 sites across its first week through Park Circus.
South Asian cinema continues to hold space at UK-Ireland cinemas, with modern titles including Punjabi wedding comedy sequel Godday Godday Chaa 2 through Zee Studios; and comedy horror Thamma in 178 sites through Yash Raj Films, with £49,465 already banked through previews.
Further releases this weekend include family adventure Sketch through Kova International; and animated titles Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc through Sony and A Tooth Fairy Tale through Kaleidoscope.
Leading the holdovers are Gabby’s Dollhouse and Black Phone 2, which scored a one-two for Universal on last weekend’s chart; while Studiocanal UK indie title I Swear is performing well heading into a third weekend.
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