Bollywood’s ‘Animal’ Roars, ‘Eileen’ with Anne Hathaway and ‘The Sweet East’ Limited Edition, Major Expansion ‘Dream Scenarios’ – Special Preview

animalWith a Thursday preview of just over $1.25 million, it looks to be the biggest North American Bollywood opening day since Brahmastra Part 1: Shiva last year Both star Ranbir Kapoor.

Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Hindi revenge thriller about a son’s toxic relationship with a father he idolises is on 700 screens (almost 100 in Canada) and the subtitled trailer below has been viewed 81 million times. Co-stars Anil Kapoor (Slumdog Millionaire, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol), Bobby Deol and Rashmika Mandanna. The opening numbers look particularly good because the film is violent (it has the equivalent of an R rating in India), which is likely to upset some families.

Produced by Bhushan Kumar, Pranay Reddy Vanga, Murad Khetani, Krishan Kumar. The distributors are Moksha Movies and Nirvana Cinemas.

Neon Presents Sundance Premiere Eileen with Anne Hathaway by director William Oldroyd (Lady Macbeth) in limited release in six movie theaters. Based on the 2015 debut novel by Otessa Moshfegh, the film is set in a bitterly cold Massachusetts winter in 1964, when young secretary Eileen (Thomasin McKenzie) is trapped in the prison where she works by glamorous new counselor Rebecca (Hathaway ). . Their budding friendship takes a strange turn when Rebecca reveals a dark secret, sending Eileen down a sinister path. Shea Whigham, Marin Ireland and Owen Teague also star. Filmed by Moshfegh with Luke Goebel.

Opening in NYC (Alamo Drafthouse Downtown Brooklyn, AMC Lincoln Square, Angelika Film Center); Los Angeles (AMC Century City, AMC The Grove); and Austin (Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar). Will expand to 400-600 screens next week.

Utopia opens The sweet east, the directorial debut of New York cinematographer Sean Price Williams at the IFC Center in New York. The distributor expects a weekend gross of more than $20,000 for the film, which opened in Cannes and has been well received at international festivals from Deauville to BFI London.

A “roadshow” release featuring a select cast will travel east to west – Long Island NY, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus – to build word of mouth, arriving in LA on January 26 (Landmark Nuart). in anticipation of a major expansion in early February. utopia (Shiva baba, holy spider) has a solid following and a number of social activities, including through the cast and on Letterboxd, amid excitement about Shawn’s directorial debut, said sales and marketing chief Kyle Greenberg, as the distributor continues to work to build an audience of film lovers. “. a busy market.

Talia Ryder plays Lillian, a high school student from South Carolina who is separated from her classmates on a school trip to Washington, DC and embarks on a picaresque journey through the cities and forests of the American East Coast – her first glimpse of the outdoors World World and contemporary unreality of contemporary life. With Earl Cave, Ayo Edebiri, Simon Rex and Jacob Elordi.

Greenwich Entertainment presents Piano fort in NYC, expanding to LA on December 15th. Jakub Piatek’s documentary follows young musicians from all over the world who have been preparing since childhood to take part in the legendary International Chopin Piano Competition, which takes place every five years in Warsaw, Poland. A look at the triumphant highs and devastating lows of the competition.

expansion: Kristoffer Borgli’s Dream scenario from A24 with Nicolas Cage jumps from 124 last weekend to 1,500 screens. The dark comedy, which debuted in six theaters on November 10, has been slow. Cage, who plays a nerdy professor who suddenly appears in random people’s dreams, will appear at screenings in LA.

Amazon/MGM’s Salt burns is available on 1,566 screens and focus features The survivors on 1,311.

Bradley Cooper master of Netflix expands to 40 theaters in ten markets. The streamer’s May December by Tod Haynes continues in 40 theaters in 15 markets. And be Leave the world behind by Sam Esmail starring Julia Roberts continues in 40 locations in 20 markets.