The summer movie season continues with the arrival of the fourth and final installment of the Shrek-franchise on Friday, while E1 Entertainment rolls out crime thrillers Harry Brown and Cry of the Owl, as well as dark comedy Leslie, My Name is Evil.

Paramount’s Shrek Forever After looks to cash in on 3,800 screens in North America. The money-maker starring Canuck Mike Myers looks to surpass the franchise high of the second film which grossed a reported $441 million in 2004 in North America, while Shrek the Third earned $322 million back in 2007.

The U.K. thriller Harry Brown stars Michael Caine as a retired Royal Marine who seeks revenge after his best friend’s murder. E1 is sending the film to three screens in Toronto and one each in Vancouver and Montreal.

The Canada/Germany copro Cry of the Owl plays on one screen each in Toronto, Calgary and Montreal. The Toronto-shot thriller starring Julia Stiles (The Bourne Ultimatum) and Quebec’s Caroline Dhavernas (Passchendaele) is the latest film to be adapted from a Patricia Highsmith novel. It follows a troubled man trying to escape a tumultuous marriage when he becomes infatuated with a girl. Sienna Films co-produced Owl.

E1 also rolls out Reginald Harkema’s Leslie, which played at TIFF last year, on one screen each in Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal. The film focuses on the trial of Charles Manson and his followers including Leslie Van Houten.

Meanwhile, the comedy MacGruber, based on the recurring Saturday Night Live sketch, is getting a wide release from Alliance Films. It plays on roughly 2,300 screens stateside via Universal.