Warner Bros’ Supergirl is swooping into 639 UK and Ireland sites this weekend, as the widest new release.
Milly Alcock stars as the DC superhero, alongside David Corenswet, Eve Ridley and Jason Momoa. Craig Gillespie directs the action film that follows Supergirl as she teams up with a teenage girl on a mission to avenge the death of her family.
The film is opening in fewer venues than last year’s Superman, which grossed £7m from its opening weekend for Warner Bros from 685 sites.
Paramount’s Jackass: Best And Last will play in 545 venues. Jeff Tremaine directs Johnny Knoxville and his gang in a medley of past highlights and new pranks. The previous film, 2022’s Jackass Forever, set a franchise opening record of £2.1m from 537 locations.
Rebecca Zlotowski’s Cannes 2025 world premiere, A Private Life, is opening in 86 venues for Altitude. Jodie Foster stars as a US psychoanalyst in Paris investigating the presumed murder of a patient.
Barakania Media’s Indian comedy Carry On Jatta 4 is opening in 82 venues. Smeep Kang directs the fourth film in the Punjabi series, in which a family tries to hide a secret relationship.
Trinity CineAsia’s Dear You is being released at 61 UK and Ireland cinemas after becoming the second biggest film of the year at China’s local box office, despite a modest budget and unknown cast in China. Lan Hongchun’s family drama follows a man who uncovers the truth about his family in Thailand. It has already grossed $272.3m at the global box office, as of June 22, mainly from China.
Picturehouse is releasing Danish filmmaker Anders Thomas Jensen’s Venice 2025 premiere, The Last Viking, in 51 locations. Mads Mikkelsen and Nikolaj Lie Kaas star in the dark comedy as brothers on a journey to recover stolen loot.
Mensch Films’ Glastonbury The Movie: 30th Anniversary Cut is playing at 33 venues. Director Robin Mahoney presents archival footage of the 1993 Glastonbury festival.
Lionsgate’s The Furious, directed by Kenji Tanigaki, opens in 29 cinemas after premiering in the Midnight Madness section of the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival. Xie Miao stars as a father who attempts to rescue his daughter from kidnappers.
Conic’s Blue Heron will show at 27 locations this weekend. Sophy Romvari’s Toronto prize-winning drama tells the story of a Hungarian family searching for a new life on Vancouver Island.
Hong Kong action film A Better Tomorrow’s 4k restoration of the 1986 original is playing at 11 cinemas through Arrow Films. John Woo’s film follows an ex-gangster attempting to reconcile with his brother.
How To Live On Earth is opening at around 10 locations for Together Films. The climate documentary is narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch and directed by Fredi Devas and Jonnie Hughes. The film is set to be released on YouTube globally this year after a limited theatrical release.
Further new releases this weekend are True Brit Entertainment’s 500 Miles starring Bill Nighy and Maisie Williams, Kaleidoscope’s First World War drama Landship, Underground Slate’s steampunk animation The Toymaker’s Key and National Theatre Live’s event release Les Liaisons Dangereuses.
A second event cinema title opening this weekend is a two-episode TV series preview of Japanese manga artist Masamune Shirow’s animation Ghost In The Shell at 199 locations for Anime Ltd, fresh from a first screening at Annecy. It will stream on Amazon Prime Video in most territories. The long-running manga series was previously adapted into the 2017 film of the same name starring Scarlett Johansson.
Key holdovers include Disney’s Toy Story 5 and Universal’s Disclosure Day and Obsession.
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