Awards contenders dominate new releases at UK and Eire cinemas this weekend as Babygirl, Maria and A Actual Ache all launch.
Nicole Kidman returns with Babygirl, which Leisure Movie Distributors is opening in 575 places. Halina Reijn’s 18-rated erotic drama stars Kidman as a high-powered CEO who turns into embroiled in an affair with a younger intern, performed by Harris Dickinson. Additional forged embody Antonio Banderas and Sophie Wilde.
Different awards contenders with 18-ratings embody this yr’s Anora, which grossed simply shy of £2m for Common and 2023’s Poor Issues, with a £1.6m opening and a £7.1m complete run for Disney’s Searchlight. The Fifty Shades Of Gray trilogy is probably probably the most well-known instance of a female-skewing, 18-rated erotic drama attaining big field workplace success. These titles, based mostly on the best-selling books, grossed £35.1m, £23.2m and £17.8m respectively.
Elsewhere, Jesse Eisenberg’s A Actual Ache is screening in 445 websites by way of Disney’s Searchlight Footage after opening on Wednesday (January 8). Eisenberg additionally stars within the characteristic alongside Golden Globe winner Kieran Culkin as cousins who embark on a tour by way of Poland to honour their late grandmother.
Studiocanal is launching Pablo Larrain’s Maria in 405 venues. Angelina Jolie takes centre stage within the Venice premiere as the long-lasting opera singer Maria Callas within the week main as much as her loss of life in Paris. It completes Larrain’s trilogy of necessary 20th-century girls, following 2016’s Jackie (opened: £663,110, closed: £3.8m) and 2021’s Spencer (opened: £418,179, closed: £2.8m).
Dreamz Leisure opens Indian motion NBK 109 in 85 cinemas on Sunday (January 12). The Telugu-language characteristic follows a robber who battles to determine his personal territory amid conflicts with highly effective adversaries.
Mubi is opening Denmark’s Oscar contender The Woman With The Needle in 9 places. Magnus von Horn’s black-and-white characteristic is loosely based mostly on the true story of an notorious Danish serial killer who adopted youngsters from impoverished moms and subsequently murdered them. It first premiered at Cannes in competitors and was nominated for a Golden Globe in greatest international language movie.
BFI Distribution is launching Victor Kossakovsky’s documentary Architecton in seven venues. The movie had its world premiere on the Berlinale in competitors and sees the Russian filmmaker discover the historical past of concrete and stone as constructing materials.
French romantic comedy It’s Raining Males begins rolling out by way of Parkland Leisure. Name My Agent! star Laure Calamy headlines Caroline Vignal’s characteristic a few married lady who begins utilizing a relationship app to boost her intercourse life.
Additionally out this weekend is Icelandic horror The Damned by way of Vertical; Indian motion Fateh by way of Zee Studios; the Trailer Park Boys movie Standing On The Shoulders Of Kitties by way of Blue Fox Leisure; and kids’s animation Sarah & Duck On The Massive Display by way of Vue Leisure.
Key holdover titles embody Mufasa: The Lion King, Sonic The Hedgehog 3 and final week’s opener Nosferatu.