‘Spenser’ Snubbed, ‘French Dispatch’ Stay – Special Box Office – Deadline
Neon’s Spencer with Kristin Stewart calling in an opening weekend of $ 2.149 million on 996 screens, an average of $ 2,158 per. screen as the film failed to connect in a market that remains a stubborn sale for specialty and independent films.
The well-publicized (with raves for Stewart as Lady Diana) reimagining by director Pablo Larraín of a couple of fateful days at Queen’s Sandringham Estate when the most famous royal marriage imploded cost an estimated $ 783,110 on Friday; $ 780,697 Sat .; $ 585,522 Sunday.
Edgar Wrights Last night in Soho in 3,016 cinemas, $ 1.8 million took its second weekend to a total cue of $ 7.7 million. Los Angeles was the top market, followed by New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas, Boston, Toronto (which broke into the top ten this weekend), Washington, DC, Philadelphia and Denver. The music box in Chicago, Village East in Manhattan, Alamo Brooklyn and Forum in Montreal were among the top ten performing theaters, said distributor Focus Features. The psychological thriller follows Eloise, an aspiring fashion designer who is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s, where she meets a dazzling wannabe singer and a dark secret.
It looked great The French broadcast in week three with a weekend gross of $ 2.6 million. – and $ 8.4 million. in total, as it added 417 cinemas to reach 1,205. The Wes Anderson film “has managed to create a place… as the specialized adult film to watch,” said distributor Searchlight Pictures. It was no. 6 at the North American box office.
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Angelika Manhattan was the strongest gross (up 15%) along with Landmark West LA (up 18%) and E-Street in DC (up 21%). Spotlights gave a shout out to Lincoln Square in Manhattan, Belcourt in Nashville Tenn., Coolidge Corner in Boston, Claridge in Montclair NJ, “pretty much every time in Brooklyn” and north of the border of Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. Top recently added markets / theaters included Neon in Dayton Ohio, Rialto in Raleigh, Sun-Ray in Jacksonville and Amherst in Mass.
“The film continues to be the catalyst for the revival of the specialized market. We have somehow hit our stride with the film and will continue to hold on to many of the major art galleries and exclusive venues throughout the United States and Canada, although the marketplace will soon is saturated with products, ”predicted Searchlight.
Remarkable opening – the new Reliance Entertainment movie Sooryavanshi earned an estimated $ 1.3 million in 491 cinemas.
Netflix release Red message in 750 cinemas had a 3-day $ 1.25M- $ 1.5M, according to my colleague Anthony D’Alessandro. Netflix does not report ticket sales, including for this action movie starring Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds.
Other notable specialties: the new Reliance Entertainment movie Sooryavanshi earned an estimated $ 1.3 million in 491 cinemas.
And drama Hive, from Zeitgeist Films and Kino Lorber – Kosovo’s Oscar contribution – earned an estimated $ 13,755 on one screen for the opening weekend of the Film Forum in New York. Zeitgeist co-presidents Nancy Gerstman and Emily Russo are “delighted to see the film get its due from the press and the public.”
“And not only do people appreciate the quality of the film, so did the Sundance juries [the film won World Cinema Audience, Directing and Grand Jury Prize] but Yllka’s Gashi is especially highlighted for her astonishing performance as the main character Fahrije. “Hive opens in LA and select markets on Friday.
IFC Films Hollywood satire Beta tests, on 25 screens and on demand, earned an estimated $ 18,500 from 25 movie theaters opening weekend.
A24s Souvenir del II took $ 40,794 on 15 screens in its second week to a cumulative gross of $ 73,244.
And Greenwich Entertainment’s The rescue closed at $ 1 million. in week five. When it hits that mark, sometime this week, the distributor said, it will only be the third documentary to exceed $ 1 million in box office so far this year. Roadrunner: A story about Anthony Bourdain (from Focus, to $ 5.2 million) and Summer of soul from Searchlight (to $ 2.3 million).
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