Last week,Captain America: Brave New Worldhit theaters and,to nobody’s surprise, took the top earning position at the box office, earning nearly $90 million during the film’s first week.Paddington In Perutook the second seat, bumping the Valentine’s Day slasher,Heart Eyes, and the animated comedy,Dog Man, to third and fourth place, respectively. In addition to the new releases coming out this weekend,AMC theaters will have a 2-day event, showcasing this year’s Oscar nominees for Best Picture.
The lineup for the event includesI’m Still Hereat noon,Conclaveat 2:45 PM,Nickel Boysat 4:55 PM,Anoraat 8:15 PM, andThe Substanceat 10:45 PM. There will be a 10-minute break between each movie, with a 60-minute dinner break betweenNickel BoysandAnora. The exclusive event will take place in select AMC theaters on Saturday, February 22, and once more on Saturday, March 1, ahead of the Academy Award Ceremony. That being said, this week’s theatrical releases include action-packed thrillers, family dramas, crime comedies, and chilling tales, offering something for everyone to enjoy. Read on to find out what the next big releases will be!
Cleaneris a high-stakes action thriller that takes place inhighspaces. In the film,Daisy Ridley(Young Woman and the Sea) is a dishonorably discharged ex-soldierwho works as a window cleaner at an energy company’s skyscraper. A group of radical activists seized the building on the night of the company’s annual gala, threatening to kill hostages and blow the entire building up if the police attempted to intervene in any way. Forced to work an hour longer that day because she showed up late, Joey Locke (Ridley) is theonly one who can get inside the building and attempt to rescue the hostages.Clive Owen, who played former President Bill Clinton in the third season ofAmerican Crime Story, stars opposite Daisy Ridley as the leader of the activist group.
‘Ex-Husbands’
This bittersweet dark comedy showcases three generations of men at vastly different stages in their lives. The main character, Peter Pearce, played byMovie 43director,Griffin Dunne,opens the movie as he tries to convince his elderly father not to divorce his mother while his eldest son starts a new relationship with a coworker. A few years later, Peter has just signed his own divorce papers from his wife of 35 years, Maria (Rosanna Arquette), his father lost his opportunity to divorce and “play the field,” due to his worsening dementia symptoms, and his son, Nick (James Norton) has gotten engaged to get married. Struggling to cope with his new reality, Peter books a flight to Tulum, Mexico to relax and get away for a while, not realizing that his sons Nick and Mickey (Miles Heizer) plan to be there at the same time to celebrate Nick’s bachelor party. Coincidence or not, Peter and his sons take this time to learn hard lessons about life, love, and loss.Ex-Husbandsis written and directed byNoah Pritzker(Quitters) and had its world premiere at the 71st San Sebastián International Film Festival on July 21, 2025, and was acquired by Greenwich Entertainment in November 2024 for North American distribution rights.
Ex-Husbands
‘Millers In Marriage’
Millers In Marriageis a heartfelt family drama film that centers on the three Miller siblings, Eve (Gretchen Mol), Maggie (Julianna Margulies), andAndy (Edward Burns), who are forced to come to grips with the fact that their current lives are not what they expected. Eve, a former indie singer-songwriter, enters a relationship with a music journalist played byBenjamin Brattas an escape from her unhappy marriage. Maggie and her author husband, Nick (Campbell Scott), struggle with shifting dynamics in their relationship as Maggie’s writing career surpasses Nick’s, and Andy, who is fresh out of a divorce, begins a tentative new relationship with fashion executive Renee, played byMinnie Driver.
Millers in Marriage
‘The Comeback Trail’
ThisAmerican crime comedy starsRobert De Niroas Max Barber, a movie producer who is deep in debt to crime boss, Reggie Fontaine (Morgan Freeman), after his most recent film’s catastrophic flop. Max is approached by rival producer, James Moore (Emile Hirsch), with an offer to buy the rights to the script for the movie “Paradise” for $1 million. When Max learns that Moore received $5 million following the accidental on-set death of his star actor, he concocts a scheme to hire the suicidal Western star, Duke Montana (Tommy Lee Jones) for a movie he never intends to complete.Despite his several failed attempts to kill Dukewith dangerous stunts, he realizes the movie they’re making might turn out to be a major hit.The Comeback Trailis a remake of a movie of the same name from 1982 and will have a limited theatrical release with a VOD release on the same day.
The Comeback Trail
‘The Monkey’
The latestStephen Kingshort story adaptation is finally coming to theaters. DirectedbyLonglegs’Osgood Perkinsand produced byJames Wan,The Monkeyfollows twin brothers Hal and Bill Shelburn as they are forced to reencounter a sinister force that has plagued their family for decades. As young boys, they discovered the vintage toy monkey in their attic and accidentally set off a series of gruesome “accidental” deaths. As adults, they’ve drifted apart and are only forced to reunite after the deaths begin again, following the disappearance of their father.The Gentlemen’sTheo Jamesstars as the adult version of Hal and Bill, withTatiana Maslany(Orphan Black) as their mother, Lois. The other cast includesElijah Woodas Hal’s ex-wife’s new husband,Colin O’Brien, who played a younger version of Craig in the recent Stephen King adaptation ofMr. Harrigan’s Phone, will play Petey, Hal’s son. The younger versions of Hal and Bill will be portrayed bySweet Tooth’sChristian Convery, who also stars in the latest season ofInvincible, as Oliver Grayson.
The Monkey
