Boxoffice Pro - December 2019

ON SCREEN
IP MAN 4: THE FINALE
DEC. 25 / WELL GO USA ENTERTAINMENT
In this fourth entry in the series based on the life of a Wing
Chun martial arts master, Ip Man travels to America and
encounters racial discrimination and conflict in the martial arts
community. Wilson Yip has directed all four films featuring
Hong Kong superstar Donnie Yen.
CAST DONNIE YEN, SCOTT ADKINS, WU YUE,
VAN NESS, DANNY CHAN RATING TBA
RUNNING TIME TBA
JUST MERCY
DEC. 25 (WIDE JAN. 10) /
WARNER BROS.
Black Panther and Creed star
Michael B. Jordan plays
Bryan Stevenson, a young
Harvard Law School graduate
who settles in Alabama
with the goal of defending
those unjustly condemned.
Destin Daniel Cretton’s drama,
based on Stevenson’s best-selling
memoir, centers on the case
of Walter McMillian, sentenced to
death for the murder of an 18-year-old
girl despite a mountain of evidence proving
his innocence.
CAST MICHAEL B. JORDAN, JAMIE FOXX, BRIE LARSON, ROB
MORGAN, TIM BLAKE NELSON, RAFE SPALL, O’SHEA JACKSON JR.
RATING PG-13 RUNNING TIME 136 MIN.
THE SONG OF NAMES
DEC. 25 / SONY PICTURES CLASSICS
On the eve of World War II, a 9-year-old Polish-Jewish violin
prodigy named Dovidl is taken in by a Christian family in
London and bonds with their own 9-year-old, Martin. At 21,
the violinist is set to make his concert debut—and disappears
without a trace. Decades later, the adult Martin feels compelled
to search for his missing friend. Director François Girard helmed
the similarly music-driven drama The Red Violin in 1998.
CAST TIM ROTH, CLIVE OWEN, CATHERINE MCCORMACK, JONAH
HAUER-KING, LUKE DOYLE, GERRAN HOWELL, MISHA HANDLEY,
SAUL RUBINEK, STANLEY TOWNSEND, EDDIE IZZARD RATING PG-13
RUNNING TIME 113 MIN.
1917
DEC. 25 (WIDE JAN. 10) / UNIVERSAL
In World War I, two young British soldiers are assigned a risky
mission: cross enemy lines and deliver a message that will save
an entire brigade, including the brother of one of the soldiers,
LIMITED RELEASES
GEORGE MACKAY IN SAM MENDES’S UPCOMING 1917
from a deadly attack. Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes and
master cinematographer Roger Deakins choreograph the action
to appear as one continuous shot.
CAST GEORGE MACKAY, DEAN-CHARLES CHAPMAN, BENEDICT
CUMBERBATCH, RICHARD MADDEN, MARK STRONG, ANDREW
SCOTT, COLIN FIRTH RATING R RUNNING TIME 110 MIN.
CLEMENCY
DEC. 27 / NEON
Alfre Woodard is earning raves
for her performance as a prison
warden whose years of overseeing
death row executions have
taken a psychological toll. As
she prepares to kill another
inmate, she reaches a crisis of
conscience. Writer-director
Chinonye Chukwu spent
four years researching this
grim topic.
CAST ALFRE WOODARD, ALDIS
HODGE, RICHARD SCHIFF,
WENDELL PIERCE, DANIELLE
BROOKS, MICHAEL O’NEILL,
RICHARD GUNN, VERNEE WATSON,
DENNIS HASKINS, LAMONICA GARRETT
RATING R RUNNING TIME 112 MIN.
LES MISÉRABLES
JAN. 10 / AMAZON STUDIOS
Director Ladj Ly riffs on Victor Hugo’s famous novel with this
21st-century update inspired by the 2005 riots in Paris. A young
cop joins the anticrime squad in the impoverished neighborhood
of Montfermeil and struggles to maintain order after an arrest
goes terribly wrong. The film is France’s selection for this year’s
foreign-language Oscar race.
CAST DAMIEN BONNARD, ALEXIS MANENTI, DJEBRIL ZONGA,
STEVE TIENTCHEU, JEANNE BALIBAR RATING TBA RUNNING
TIME 103 MIN.
WEATHERING WITH YOU
JAN. 15 / GKIDS
Japanese animation director Makoto Shinkai’s gorgeous 2016
feature Your Name earned a huge $357 million worldwide.
Shinkai returns with this equally striking fantasy about the relationship
between a teenage runaway and a girl with the power
to stop the constant rain and coax out the sun. Japan has chosen
the film, already an overseas hit, for this year’s foreign-language
Oscar race.
VOICE CAST KOTARO DAIGO, NANA MORI, TSUBASA HONDA,
SAKURA KIRYU RATING PG-13 RUNNING TIME 114 MIN.
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