Universal’s Sense And Sensibility debuts in 725 UK and Ireland cinemas this weekend in one of the widest openings of the year.
Working Title and Focus Features’ Jane Austen adaptation is just behind The Devil Wears Prada 2 which opened in 729 locations but ahead of Disclosure Day’s 720 locations.
This film marks the second major film adaptation of Austen’s debut novel, following Ang Lee’s 1995 version which opened on £690,000 from 102 sites for an eventual £13.4m total. Emma Thompson wrote and starred in that iteration which also featured Kate Winslet, Greg Wise and Alan Rickman.
Other Austen film adaptations include 2005’s Pride & Prejudice, which debuted with £2.5m from 397 sites and reached a £14.6m cume, and 2020’s Emma (£1.6m opening, £7.5m total).
Director Georgia Oakley’s debut feature, indie darling Blue Jean, totalled £327,000 across its 2022 run after opening with £107,000.
Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esme Creed-Miles star in Sense And Sensibility as two sisters navigating love in 18th Century England. George MacKay, Frank Dillane, Herbert Nordrum and Fiona Shaw also star.
Pitt, Hope and Hell
Brad Pitt stars in Heart Of The Beast which Paramount opens in 553 sites after previewing since Wednesday (September 23). David Ayer’s survival thriller follows a Special Forces officer and his combat dog who are left stranded in the Alaskan wilderness after a plane crash.
Disney is gearing up for the release of Avengers: Doomsday this December by re-releasing 2019’s Endgame in 537 cinemas. The Marvel epic is one of the highest-grossing films of all time, taking £88.7m on its original run.
Further re-releases include a 4K restoration of Michael Mann’s Manhunter: The Final Cut which Studiocanal has in 187 sites, while Vue Lumiere has children’s animations We’re Going On A Bear Hunt and The Tiger Who Came To Tea.
Neon is launching South Korean action title Hope in 288 locations, making it the widest release for a non-English-language film of the year so far. Na Hong-jin directs the film which premiered in Cannes competition and follows a police chief and a policewoman trying to track down a mysterious creature rampaging through their small town. Cast includes Hwang Jung-min, Jung Ho-yeon, Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander. Picturehouse Entertainment is handling bookings on behalf of Neon.
Fellow Cannes title Her Private Hell opens in 56 venues for Mubi. Nicolas Winding Refn’s sci-fi thriller, which premiered out of competition, follows a young woman (Sophie Thatcher) and an American G.I. (Charles Melton) whose paths cross when they are both searching for someone. Refn’s last feature, 2016’s Neon Demon, grossed £460,000 total.
Tina Gharavi’s Shadows Of Beirut is opening in 25 sites for BUFF Studios. The film follows a woman returning to Lebanon for the first time in 25 years to reconnect with her estranged, dying father.
Documentary offerings this weekend include Cannes premiere Rehearsals For A Revolution, about the history of Iran, via Sony; Dutch nature doc North Sea – Nature Untamed via Dartmouth Films; and Ross McElwee’s Venice 2025 title Remake via MetFilm.
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