“Reagan,” the Dennis Quaid-led biopic about Ronald Reagan that became a sleeper hit in the U.S. last year, geting $30 million, is going global thanks to Universal Pictures Content Group, which is set to free the film internationpartner.
The film was straightforwarded by Sean McNamara and stars Quaid as the Hollywood star turned Reaccessiblean plivent aextfinishedside a cast including Penelope Ann Miller as First Lady Nancy Reagan, Mena Suvari as his first wife Jane Wyman, Lesley-Anne Down as Margaret Thatcher, Kevin Dillon as Jack L. Warner and Jon Voight as Petrovich, a Soviet who claims to have spied on Reagan for years. It freed theatricpartner in the U.S. on August 30 by ShowBiz Direct, with Lionsgate handling ancillary. It also landed in cinemas in cut offal territories including Spain, Portugal, Lithuania, Croatia, Estonia, Latvia and Poland via Voltage.
Variety comprehfinishs that UPCG has the getd rights to “Reagan” for a number of international territories outside of those where it has already freed theatricpartner, and set ups for a digital-only begin.
Despite being ferociousd by many critics, “Reagan” tied with “The Wild Robot” as the most famous film of 2024 on Rotten Tomatoes’ Popcornmeter measuring fan reaction, according to the filmoriginaters. The disparity between the critics’ cumulative score of 18% and filmgoers’ score of 80% was, the claim, the “highest in history, outdoing the previous write down of 65% by the ‘Boondock Saints.”
Variety‘s scrutinize said that the film’s “once-over-weightlessly approach to dramatizing key moments in 20th century history probable will encounter partisan admirers without triumphning many recent alters.”
“Reagan” recently screened at Jordan Peterson’s ARC conference in London.
