At The Movies: Jodie Foster’s “Private Life”
BY PAUL WILLISTEIN
pwillistein@tnonline.com
Jodie Foster and Al Pacino are back on the big screen in movies opening for the Jan. 16 weekend.
Unreel, Jan. 16:
“A Private Life,” MPA rated R; 1 hour, 43 minutes.
Rebecca Zlotowski directs Jodie Foster, Daniel Auteuil and Virginie Efira in the Crime Drama.
Jodie Foster plays a psychiatrist who believes that one of her patients has been murdered.
Zlotowski directed “Grand Central” (2013).
Foster is a five-time Oscar nominee and two-time Oscar winner (actress, “The Silence of the Lambs,” 1992; actress, “The Accused,” 1989).
“Dead Man’s Wire,” MPA rated R; 1 hour, 45 minutes. Gus Van Sant directs Al Pacino, Bill Skarsgård, Dacre Montgomery, Cary Elwes, Kelly Lynch, Colman Domingo, Jordan Claire Robbins and Katie Kinman in the Crime Drama. In 1977, Tony Kiritsis wired a shotgun to mortgage broker Richard Hall’s head. The movie is based on a true story and a 2018 documentary film about it.
“28 Years Later: The Bone Temple,” MPA rated R; 1 hour, 49 minutes. Nia DaCosta directs Ralph Fiennes, Jack O’Connell and Emma Laird in the Zombie Horror film. Spike is inducted into Jimmy Crystal’s gang on the mainland. It’s the fourth film in the series.
“Night Patrol,” MPA rated R; 1 hour, 44 minutes. Ryan Prows directs Dermot Mulroney, Justin Long and Jermaine Fowler in the Horror Thriller. A Los Angeles police officer finds out that a task force is hiding a secret that jeopardizes residents in his childhood neighborhood.
Movie opening dates from Internet Movie Database as of Jan. 11 are subject to change.
Theatrical Movies Domestic Weekend Box Office, Jan. 9-11: “Avatar: Fire and Ash” continued at No. 1 for four weeks in a row, $21.3 million in 3,700 theaters, $342.5 million, and $1.23 billion globally, four weeks. It’s the first domestic release at No. 1 four weekends in a row since “Barbie” (2023), according to Deadline.
2. “Primate,” a Horror film, $11.3 million in 2,964 theaters, opening. 3. “The Housemaid” stayed in place, $11.2 million in 3,123 theaters, $94.1 million, four weeks. 4. “Zootopia 2” dropped two places, $10.1 million in 3,200 theaters, $378.8 million, seven weeks. With $1.65 billion worldwide, it’s Walt Disney Animation’s highest-grossing movie of all time, according to Variety. 5. “Greenland 2: Migration,” starring Gerard Butler in the Science-Fiction Thriller, $8.5 million in 2,710 theaters, opening. 6. “Marty Supreme” dropped two places, $7.6 million in 2,512 theaters, $70.1 million, four weeks. 7. “Anaconda” dropped two places, $5.1 million in 3,075 theaters, $54.2 million, three weeks. 8. “The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants” dropped two places, $3.8 million in 2,567 theaters, $63.6 million, four weeks. 9. “David” dropped two places, $3 million in 2,475 theaters, $75.1 million, four weeks. 10. “Song Sung Blue” dropped two places, $2.9 million in 2,262 theaters, $31.1 million, three weeks
Movie box office information from Box Office Mojo as of Jan. 11 is subject to change.








