Warner Bros’ F1 leads new releases in UK and Ireland cinemas this weekend as Joseph Kosinski’s racing drama speeds into 710 cinemas.
The film, which began previews on Wednesday (June 25), is out in slightly fewer sites than Kosinski’s previous title - the post-Covid smash hit Top Gun: Maverick. The Tom Cruise-starrer launched in 737 locations back in 2022 and opened with an impressive £11.2m before grossing £83.7m across its run.
Brad Pitt takes the wheel for F1 as a reluctant mentor to a talented, yet untested, young driver played by Damson Idris. Javier Bardem, Kerry Condon and Sarah Niles also feature alongside a plethora of cameos from Formula 1 drivers and icons. Apple TV+ has distribution rights for streaming.
F1 is joined by Universal’s horror sequel M3GAN 2.0, which launches today in 542 cinemas. This is a drop in opening locations from 2023’s M3GAN, which opened in 565 sites. That film opened in the UK and Ireland to £2.4m, going on to take £7.2m, and $180m globally.
The sequel keeps much of the same cast and crew from the first movie, with Allison Williams, Violet McGraw and Brian Jordan Alvarez all reprising their roles, directed once again by Gerard Johnstone.
Also in cinemas
Also in cinemas this week, Indian horror Maa, distributed by Moviegoers Entertainment, is set to release in 104 sites.
German biopic From Hilde, With Love, which played in Competition at Berlin International Film Festival, will open in 34 sites via Picturehouse, accompanied by the animated short Little Shrew, written and directed by Kate Bush. From Hilde, With Love is about anti-Nazi resistance member Hilde Coppi, documenting her activism with the ‘red orchestra’ while attempting to escape arrest by the Gestapo. Also releasing in 8 sites, after a 30-site preview on Monday is boxing drama Fighters through Big Picture Film Club.
Verve Pictures is distributing Richard Bracewell’s Chicken Town in 20 locations. The British crime comedy follows small-scale organised criminals hiding under the cover of a Fenland farm business.
Meanwhile, UK documentary The Line We Crossed will play in 20 locations through Page 75 Productions, while Sudanese documentary Sudan, Remember Us launches in 11, distributed by TAPE Collective.
This week also sees two anniversary releases, with Paramount showing Clueless in 400 cinemas for its 30th anniversary and Studiocanal celebrating the 40 years of Ran in 45 locations.
Further releases include event release Miley Cyrus: Something Beautiful via Trafalgar and Indian fantasy Kannappa from Dreamz Entertainment.
Key holdover titles this week include Danny Boyle’s 28 Years Later and Universal’s How To Train Your Dragon.
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