Its hard out here for a specialty release in the long shadow of The Avengers, but a few limited openers managed to put up some impressive results this weekend.
Fresh from an Oscar win for Best Foreign Language Film for A Fantastic Woman, Sebastián Lelio scored with English-language drama/romance Disobedience, which had the second-best limited bow of 2018 on a per-theater average basis. The Bleecker Street title starring Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams grossed $241K in five locations, averaging $48,255.
French filmmaker Claire Denis Let the SunshineIn, starring Juliette Binoche, breathed life into the foreign-language marketplace with a robust launch in two theaters starting Friday. The Sundance Selects title grossed $40,267 Friday to Sunday. Fathom Events latest Met Live offering, Cendrillon (Cinderella) played 900 locations over the weekend, grossing $1.3M.
Other specialty openers were less buoyant, including Tribeca 18 debut Duck Butter, which took in $3,360 in two theaters. The Orchard opened crime-dram Kings, with Halle Berry and Daniel Craig, in 214 sites over the weekend, grossing a bit more than $173K.
IFC Films expanded thriller Ghost Riders in its second frame, grossing $28K in a dozen locations. William Friedkins doc The Devil and Father Amorth shed two runs, taking in $2,543 in six locations. Sony Classics expanded The Rider to over three doze theaters in its third frame, taking in $188,338, while Amazon Studios continued to add runs for You Were Never Really Here with Joaquin Phoenix, grossing $351,831 in 233 theaters. And IFC comedy The Death of Stalin topped $7.2M in its eighth weekend.
NEW RELEASES
Disobedience(Bleecker Street) NEW [5 Theaters] Weekend $241,276, Average $48,255
Duck Butter(The Orchard) NEW [2 Theaters] Weekend $3,360, Average $1,680, Cume $3,414
Kings(The Orchard) NEW [214 Theaters] Weekend $173,113, Average $809
Let The Sunshine In (Sundance Selects) NEW [2 Theaters] Weekend $40,267, Average $20,133
The Met Live: Cendrillon (Fathom Events) NEW [900 Theaters] Weekend $1,300,000, Average $1,444
RETURNING/SECOND WEEKEND
After Auschwitz (Passion River Films) Week 2 [11 Theaters] Weekend $14,331, Average $1,303, Cume $26,045
The Devil And Father Amorth (The Orchard) Week 2 [6 Theaters] Weekend $2,543, Average $424, Cume $13,432
Godard Mon Amour (Cohen Media Group) Week 2 [17 Theaters] Weekend $14,747, Average $867, Cume $31,912
Ghost Stories (IFC Midnight) Week 2 [12 Theaters] Weekend $28,032, Average $2,336, Cume $45,128
Lou Andreas-Salomé, Audacity To Be Free (Cinema Libre) Week 2 [2 Theater] Weekend $3,310, Average $1,655, Cume $9,730
HOLDOVERS / THIRD+ WEEKENDS
Beirut(Bleecker Street) Week 3 [237 Theaters] Weekend $257,779, Average $1,807, Cume $4,502,155
Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami(Kino Lorber) Week 3 [19 Theaters] Weekend $41,059, Average $2,161, Cume $182,432
The Rider(Sony Pictures Classics) Week 3 [37 Theaters] Weekend $188,338, Average $5,090, Cume $357,672
Lean On Pete (A24) Week 4 [167 Theaters] Weekend $240,380, Average $1,439, Cume $665,110
You Were Never Really Here (Amazon Studios) Week 4 [233 Theaters] Weekend $351,831, Average $1,510, Cume $1,795,205
Finding Your Feet (Roadside Attractions/Stage 6) Week 5 [102 Theaters] Weekend $123,790, Average $1,214, Cume $1,158,116
Outside In(The Orchard) Week 5 [3 Theaters] Weekend $1,463, Average $488, Cume $67,392
Back To Burgundy (Music Box Films) Week 6 [10 Theaters] Weekend $13,760, Average $1,376, Cume $186,116
Final Portrait (Sony Pictures Classics) Week 6 [69 Theaters] Weekend $37,620, Average $545, Cume $374,721
Isle Of Dogs(Fox Searchlight) Week 6 [1,001 Theaters] Weekend $1,400,000, Average $1,399, Cume $27,020,723
Flower(The Orchard) Week 7 [1 Theater] Weekend $116, Cume $327,347
The Death of Stalin (IFC Films) Week 8 [150 Theaters] Weekend $210,478, Average $1,403, Cume $7,202,952
The Hurricane Heist (Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures) Week 8 [5 Theaters] Weekend $645, Average $129, Cume $6,111,642
Itzhak(Greenwich Entertainment) Week 8 [30 Theaters] Weekend $34,620, Average $1,154, Cume $383,105
The Leisure Seeker(Sony Pictures Classics) Week 8 [117 Theaters] Weekend $104,759, Average $895, Cume $2,889,625
1945(Menemsa Films) Week 26 [15 Theaters] Weekend $32,295, Average $2,159, Cume $604,160
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