Studiocanal’s How To Make A Killing and Universal’s Reminders Of Him lead the new titles in UK and Ireland cinemas this weekend.
John Patton Ford’s dark comedy How To Make A Killing is launching in 546 locations after previewing from Wednesday (March 11). Glen Powell stars as a man disowned at birth by a wealthy family who will stop at nothing to reclaim his inheritance. Margaret Qualley and Ed Harris are also among the cast.
Powell previously starred in The Running Man (£1.7m debut), Twisters (£3.1m debut), and Anyone But You (£733,416 debut).
Romantic drama Reminders Of Him is opening in 545 venues for Universal. It is the latest Colleen Hoover adaptation following Paramount’s Regretting You (£1.2m opening) and Sony’s It Ends With Us (£4.5m opening).
Maika Monroe stars as an ex-convict who returns to her hometown to try to get her daughter back. It is directed by Vanessa Caswill and also stars Tyriq Withers, Lauren Graham and Bradley Whitford.
Festival titles find their window
Elsewhere, sports drama One Last Deal is out in 200 sites via Vertigo Releasing. Danny Dyer stars as a football agent racing to score a lucrative deal for his star client, as both lives and careers hang in the balance.
Sony is launching the anime title Scarlet in 143 cinemas. The Japanese film, which premiered at Venice, follows a medieval princess on a quest to avenge her father’s death.
Bi Gan’s Resurrection is out in 45 locations via Trinity CineAsia. The Cannes award-winner centres on a dying monster who becomes different characters as he relives 100 years across four dreams. The distributor also has Hong Kong sci-fi Back To The Past Plus+ in 29 locations.
Balkan comedy The Wedding is opening in 37 Odeon sites as well as Showcase cinemas, through independent distribution. Directed by Igor Šereg, the film follows a Serbian and Croatian couple whose two families must overcome their prejudices to unite. It has broken local box office records in Croatia, Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Curzon is opening Iceland comedy-drama The Love That Remains in 31 venues. Hlynur Pálmason’s film captures a year in the life of a family as the parents navigate their separation.
Scottish documentary Everybody To Kenmure Street is launching in 29 sites via Conic Film. The Sundance award-winner centres on a group of Glasgow residents who band together to protest the deportation of their neighbours.
War drama The Tasters opens in 19 cinemas for Met Film Distribution. The film follows seven women who are forced to taste Hitler’s food to check for poison.
In re-releases, Park Circus has David Lynch’s 1999 drama The Straight Story in 10 venues while Munro Film Services has the 1979 war epic Zulu Dawn.
Further releases include Indian thriller Charak: Fair Of Faith via Bakrania Media; Japanese drama A Pale View Of Hills via Vue Lumiere; family drama Learning You via Miracle Comms Dazzler; and Indian comedy Band Melam via Dreamz Entertainment.
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