Universal animation Forgotten Island leads new releases in UK and Ireland cinemas this weekend as Paramount’s Street Fighter and Disney’s Whalefall also launch.
Universal launches DreamWorks’ animation Forgotten Island in 634 venues. The film, which follows two best friends who become stranded in a mystical world, has been rolling out internationally over the last month and is up to $50m worldwide so far. It is DreamWorks’ first wholly originally title since 2023’s Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken which opened on £886,000 from 567 sites before reaching a £2.6m cume.
Directed by Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado, Forgotten Island features voices from musician H.E.R., Jenny Slate and Dave Franco.
Paramount opens Kitao Sakurai’s action title Street Fighter in 594 locations. It is the second film this year to be adapted from a martial arts-based video game, following Mortal Kombat 2 – that title debuted in May with £1.6m for Warner Bros and a £3.4m total. The video game was previously adapted in 1995 starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and went on to earn £2.3m at the box office for Sony.
Survival thriller Whalefall is launching in 500 cinemas for Disney. Austin Abrams stars in Brian Duffield’s film as a scuba diver who gets swallowed up by a sperm whale and has just one hour to get out before his oxygen tank runs out. The film may be able to ride the waves of Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil, which also stars Abrams having a particularly bad day and is approaching £13m at the UK box office.
NAZA doc gets release
In event titles, Trafalgar Releasing is screening Hadestown: The Musical in 542 sites after opening on Tuesday (October 13); music documentary Always Lalisa in 143 sites after opening October 12; and Macbeth - Met Opera 2026 in 45 sites on Saturday (October 17). Cinematik has ENB: The Sleeping Beauty.
In re-releases, Park Circus screens 2001 horror The Others in 217 venues while Anime Ltd 4K has screenings of 2010 anime Arrietty in 87 venues.
Lesley Manville stars in Winter Of The Crow which Signature Entertainment opens in 67 cinemas. Kasia Adamik’s thriller follows a British scholar who visits Cold War-era Poland as the country enters martial law in 1981. It premiered in Toronto’s Platform section.
The Venice award-winning documentary NAZA opens in 55 locations via Dogwoof, after previewing in 104 cinemas on Thursday (October 15). Directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, the film details interviews with Israeli soldiers and intelligence officers who bear witness to the genocidal killing of Palestinians, including many civilians, in their homes and apartments in Gaza. It won the special jury prize in Venice. Abraham and Szor were two of four directors behind Oscar-winning doc No Other Land, about the occupied West Bank, which totalled £141,000 during its box office run in 2024.
In Indian cinema, Bakrania Media has courtroom drama Prahaar in 42 sites while AA Films is screening horror comedy Nayyi Navelli in 41.
French crime drama Case 137 is out in 27 venues via Conic Film. Dominik Moll directs this docudrama about an investigator who polices the police and is tasked with a difficult case. It premiered in Cannes competition in 2025 and went on to be nominated for eight Cesar awards, winning best actress for Lea Drucker.
Further releases include Taiwanese dystopian Deadline via DOVC UK; Irish political biopic Forever Is Now via Soilsiu Films; Chinese sports drama It’s My Time via Central City Media; Peruvian melodrama Mistura via Exposure; and horror title The Influencer Project via Icon Film Distribution.
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