UK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Where The Crawdads Sing’ is widest female-directed release ever

Further titles include Pathe’s ‘Notre Dame On Fire’, Vertigo’s ‘She Will’.Sony thriller Where The Crawdads Sing receives the biggest-ever release for any film directed by a woman at the UK-Ireland box office this weekend, opening in 691 locations.Directed by Olivia Newman, the film’s total tops the 673-site release for 2019’s Frozen 2, which was directed by Jennifer Lee, alongside Chris Buck; as well as the 650-site release of Cate Shortland’s Black Widow from last year – the previous widest release by a film solely directed by a woman.Adapted by Lucy Alibar from Delia Owens’ 2018 novel of the same name,

Read full article