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Neon / 30West's I, Tonya joins the wide - release awards contenders, playing fourteen hundred and fifty locations this Friday to Sunday, taking in $ 2.55 M ($ 1,763 PTA).

Not exact matches

The first clip and poster for Wonderstruck, based on Brian Selznick's critically - acclaimed novel of the same name, have been officially released today, and it's shaping up to be one of this year's most promising awards contenders.

Unfortunately for Get On Up, Universal may see Unbroken as that top contender, as they have demonstrated by giving that film a Christmas Day release, traditionally considered the premier launching pad for an awards run.

Good filmmaking can happen anywhere and anytime, even during the new - release graveyard of January, when devoted movie buffs are supposed to be catching up with all the award contenders they missed over the holidays.

This week kicks off the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, and we'll be catching glimpses of plenty of indie releases that will likely be hitting theaters throughout the year, not to mention some possible awards contenders for next year.

Due out on Christmas, the film is one of the final award - season contenders to be released.

Why It Might Succeed: Recently announced for a prime awards season release date of September 23, Mira Nair's Queen of Katwe has all the makings of an Oscar contender.

A handful of limited - release Best Picture nominees are going into tonight's awards with some box - office wind in their sails, placing most of tonight's contenders on par with most recent recipients of the top prize.

Securing a Thanksgiving release (their only 2017 awards contender with a date) is a very good sign though.

Additionally, distributor Warner Bros. shuffled the release date until later in the year to better coincide with an Oscar campaign, a sign that the studio feels the film (which co-stars Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, Olivia Wilde and Chris Pratt) is a serious awards contender and not just some low - budget doodle.

As one of the very last unseen Academy Award contenders this year, David O. Russell's film Joy is among the most scrutinized of 2015 holiday releases.

The official Academy Award shortlist of Best Documentary contenders will be released in early December.

The final film of DreamWorks Pictures distributed by Disney both domestically and abroad, Light Between the Oceans can't be taken seriously as an awards contender on account of its too - early Labor Day weekend release.

And you can be sure that it'll be an awards contender, especially since it's positioned for next year's ballots thanks to a limited December release.

An important weekend in streaming history, Netflix streams awards contender Beasts of No Nation while simultaneously releasing it in theaters.

What You Need to Know: Another wide release in January, «Lone Survivor» continues to be touted as a serious awards contender.

The release of G.I. Joe marks the unofficial end of the summer blockbuster season, meaning it's only a few weeks until the major studios will begin to unveil what they consider the year's strongest awards contenders.

In I, Tonya — which was released last month and has gained momentum as an awards contender, including a Golden Globes win for Allison Janney's portrayal of Golden — Harding and her mother's tumultuous relationship is on full display.

While the past two months have featured several potential award contenders, there's a surprising lack of prestige films on the November release slate.

With no film establishing an early lead in the Oscar race, most distributors are expanding slowly and being careful not to overextend their contenders — particularly since two other awards hopefuls this season, Warner Bros.» «The Walk» and Universal's «Steve Jobs,» sputtered when they expanded quickly into wide release.

To help plan your movie - going schedule, we've put together release dates and trailers of key awards contenders for you:

The first trailer for new Steven Spielberg drama The Post has been released uniting an impressive cast in what looks to be a surefire awards contender in the forthcoming season.

Scorsese's longest film ever, clocking in at two hours and 59 minutes with credits, will have its wide release on December 25th, just in time to give it a chance to be an awards season contender.

Many have speculated a fall release date for awards season, but with the U.K. going early, it likely means, «Trance» is more taut thriller than Oscar contender and we wouldn't be surprised to hear the U.S. follow suit with a spring or summer release bow.

The Weinstein Company acquired the film back in September 2011, showed it at Sundance 2012, and eventually released it to just a handful of US theaters last fall, conceding this was too strange for a wide release and not good enough to warrant an awards campaign (at least not at the risk of the studio's three genuine contenders).

Artistically, though, this was a clear success, a critical darling that would be a major awards season contender if voters could remember pre-fall releases and actually honor worthy cinema.

Harvey Weinstein has never been one to put much faith in the length of Academy voters» memories, so as usual, he's favoring a late - year release plan for his presumed awards contenders — the prospects of which I was discussing only the other day.

The writer / director has partnered up with A24 (possibly the most reliable studio working in the entertainment industry today) to release the film - and that, in combination with a reportedly stunning performance by Ronan as the film's lead, has helped the film to emerge as one of the more promising, wild card end - of - year awards contenders.

Likewise, the much - lauded Paddington 2 delighted audiences in North America as much as it has overseas, and Steven Spielberg's The Post entered wide release just in time to land Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Best Actress contender Meryl Streep.

Here's a look at some of those foreign language contenders that have already snatched up festival awards and distribution deals for North American release.

One of the interesting things about the month of January is that we not only see the expansion of Academy Award nominated films, but also the release of many would be contenders that simply weren't recognized by Oscar.

2013 saw a great deal of self - contained films released, including awards contenders Gravity and All Is Lost, but writer / director Steven Knight (Eastern Promises, Dirty Pretty Things) has a nice gift waiting for audiences come April.