Disney’s romantic comedy The Roses leads the openers in UK and Eire cinemas this weekend as Darren Aronofsky’s Caught Stealing additionally begins for Sony.
Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman star in The Roses which opens in 694 areas. Jay Roach directs the characteristic a few couple whose loving marriage takes a nosedive when roles are reversed. It’s based mostly on the identical novel that impressed the 1989 darkish comedy starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner.
Roach’s final directorial effort was 2019 #MeToo drama Bombshell which opened on £686,050. The US director has had extra success within the comedy subject together with 2004 sequel Meet The Fockers, which opened to £7.9m and ended on £28.9m.
UK actors and producers Cumberbatch and Colman would be the largest promoting level for The Roses, with the latter’s final characteristic Depraved Little Letters grossing simply shy of £10m in 2024. Additional forged embrace Andy Samberg, Kate McKinnon, Zoe Chao and Jamie Demetriou.
The Roses has competitors from Caught Stealing which Sony is opening in 571 websites. Austin Butler stars in Afronofsky’s motion as a New York bartender who finds himself caught up in the course of a motley crew of threatening gangsters. Zoe Kravitz, Matt Smith and Regina King additionally star.
It’s a departure from Afronosky’s earlier work which incorporates 2023’s The Whale (£614,906 opening; £2.3m shut) and 2011’s Black Swan (opened: £2.8m; closed: £16.5m).
Pageant titles
Curzon has 20 websites Younger Moms from The Dardenne Brothers. The drama gained the screenplay and jury prize at Cannes Movie Pageant and was not too long ago chosen as Belgium’s entry for greatest worldwide characteristic.
Urška Djukić’s debut characteristic Little Hassle Ladies opens in 17 areas through BFI Distribution. The Slovenian coming-of-age drama premiered in Berlinale Views earlier this yr and has performed broadly on the summer season pageant circuit.
T A P E Collective is rolling out Stéphane Ly-Cuong’s The Nguyen Kitchen, a few Vietnamese-French actress who desires of starring in musical, throughout 5 areas.
Nostalgia hit
New titles should compete with some robust re-releases together with the 50th anniversary of Jaws which is taking a chew out of 688 cinemas for Common. For its 20th anniversary, Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Hearth can also be screening in 406 areas for Warner Bros whereas Yorgos Lanthimos’ 2009 horror Dogtooth screens in 45 websites through Vertigo Releasing.
In occasion cinema, André Rieu’s 2025 Maastricht Live performance: Waltz the Evening Away! opens in 638 areas for Piece Of Magic Leisure. Pathe Dwell has the 1987 documentary musical Prince: Signal O’ The Occasions.
Signature Leisure is launching Macon Blair’s black comedy The Poisonous Avenger in 312 venues. The superhero reboot, a few janitor who turns into a mutant vigilante, stars Peter Dinklage, Jacob Tremblay, Elijah Wooden and Kevin Bacon.
Japanese animated musical Colourful Stage! The Film: A Miku Who Can’t Sing opens in 174 cinemas on Sunday (August 31) through Anime Ltd.
Bakrania Media has Indian romance Param Sundari out in 45 venues.
Key holdovers embrace Warner Bros horror Weapons and Disney’s Freakier Friday.
