Kacau leads 13 films opening in Malaysian cinemas on Thursday 12 November

Kacau, the Buku Fixi horror adaptation directed by Muzzamer Rahman, opens on Thursday 12 November with 1,445 sessions on 59 Malaysian cinemas, the widest of the 13 films opening that day. All session counts here come from the site's own listings for the 7 days from Wednesday 11 November.

Kacau opens on 59 cinemas with 1,445 sessions

Malay Mail reports that the film is adapted from Ariff Adly's bestselling novel. Its story starts when a group of young friends play the Spirit of the Coin game in an abandoned shopping mall and draw out a faceless entity. Idan Aedan, Khayrisyah Kemal, Fimie Don and Sadiq M. Jamil are among the 7 leads; cast and synopsis are on the Kacau film page.

Malay Mail reported in October that Kacau had secured 80 screening locations. The site's listings show 59 cinemas so far, across GSC, TGV, Amerin, Mega, 10 Star and Dadi. According to the same report, the production team sees the first 4 days as crucial in deciding whether the film stays on into a second week.

Ghost Soldier has the most sessions after midnight

The second-widest opening is Ghost Soldier, William Eubank's action film starring Jim Caviezel: 1,030 sessions on 52 cinemas at GSC, TGV, Amerin and Dadi. It has 28 sessions after midnight at 18 cinemas, more than any other new film. At 90 minutes, even the latest 00:45 start ends around 2.15am. It is rated 16.

TGV alone has Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol, Ti West's ghost story with Johnny Depp and Ian McKellen. It is rated P12, runs 116 minutes and has 467 sessions on 22 cinemas.

The Age of Goodbyes reaches Malaysia after Toronto and Taipei

Malaysian director Edmund Yeo's The Age of Goodbyes opens on 31 cinemas at GSC and TGV, with 340 sessions. Screen International reported that it had its world premiere at Toronto and was picked to open the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival on 6 November.

Variety reports that the Taiwan-Malaysia co-production adapts Li Zi Shu's novel, and that Yeo tied a lover's disappearance in 1969 Ipoh to the May 13 riots. Yeo told Variety his characters are "ordinary people living inside history". Variety also notes that several songs in the film were written and performed by Yeo's parents in the 1970s, and that Vivian Sung lived in Kuala Lumpur for a month to prepare. The film is rated 18 and runs 142 minutes, so a 9pm show ends after 11.20pm.

4 Indonesian and Thai horror films, 3 of them rated 18

• Paket Santet: Indonesian, rated 18, 100 minutes, 469 sessions on 39 cinemas.
• Death Whisperer 2: Saming The Werebeast: Thai, with Nadech Kugimiya; rated 18, 112 minutes, 441 sessions on 39 cinemas.
• Sekawan Limo 2: Gunung Klawih: Bayu Skak's horror comedy at TGV and Paragon; rated 13, 122 minutes, 427 sessions on 34 cinemas.
• The Doll Ghawiah: Indonesian, rated 18, 110 minutes, 425 sessions on 36 cinemas.

Smaller openings, and Conan on Saturday

• My Dear Ex: Tamil comedy with Kuben Mahadevan; rated 13, 111 minutes, 371 sessions on 15 cinemas at GSC, TGV, FST and Mega.
• Bird of Paradise: Cantonese drama; rated 18, 95 minutes, 155 sessions on 15 cinemas, none starting later than 22:20.
• Hoshimachi Suisei Once Upon a Stellar Live Viewing: 180 minutes, 5 sessions at 4 TGV cinemas.
• Tanah Runtuh, an Indonesian drama with Vino G. Bastian at TGV, and The Doll at Mega are listed for Thursday, with no sessions in the listings yet.
• Det Conan: The Counterfeit Case of Ultra 30 opens on Saturday 14 November with 1 session, at 15:00 in a GSC BIG hall; rated P12, 93 minutes.

Kacau's first 4 days run Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 November

Kacau is rated 13 and runs 105 minutes. 24 of its sessions are in Atmos halls, and 11 start after midnight, the latest at 00:50. Every session is on the Kacau showtimes page. If you are bringing younger viewers to anything else this week, note that 5 of the openings are rated 18.