"wowed" the partygoers (including Venice Film Festival artistic director Marco Mueller who was present to scout films for his festival). The film premiered in competition at the 2011 Venice Film Festival and appeared at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival as a Special Presentation. It was also shown at the London Film Festival, Zurich Film Festival, Maryland Film Festival, and the Leeds Film Festival. The film was released in the UK on 11 November. Grammy Award-nominated band Mumford & Sons recorded two songs for the film, one of which (entitled "Enemy") played over the closing credits. Photographer Agatha A. Nitecka shot promotional material for the film including photos for the poster, DVD cover, magazines and a photo-essay. Film4 released the first promotional photo of James Howson as Heathcliff to their Twitter account the morning the Venice Film Festival line-up was announced. With the announcement that the film would play at the Toronto Film Festival, four new promotional images were released. An exhibit of film stills and photographs taken on the set by Agatha A. Nitecka was displayed in Curzon Cinema's Renoir location and her photo-essay was available free to every customer who purchased a ticket. A video of the photo-essay was also released online. The film was released on 5 October in the United States. Critical and commercial reception The film took £156,931 on its opening weekend at the box office in the United Kingdom, placing at 16th for the weekend of 11–13 November 2011. The film holds a 69% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 115 reviews, with an average rating of 6.5/10. The website's consensus reads, "Director Andrea Arnold's gritty, naturalistic re-imagining of the Emily Bronte classic stays true to the book's spirit while utilizing an unconventional approach to explore the romantic yearning at the heart of the story." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 70 out of 100, based on 24 critics. Andrew O'Hehir of Salon placed the film at number one on his list of the top 10 best films of 2012. Awards References External links 2011 films 2010s historical romance films 2011 romantic drama films British historical drama films British romantic drama films 2010s English-language films Film4 Productions films Films about interracial romance Films based on Wuthering Heights Films directed by Andrea Arnold Films set in the 19th century Films set in Yorkshire Films shot in Yorkshire British historical romance