In Mixed Bag Of Openings, American Animals Soars, RBG Grosses $1.1M in Expansion: Specialty Box Office

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In a mixed weekend for specialty openers. the leading newcomer by far is American Animals. Backed by The Orchard and MoviePass Ventures, the film grossed $140,633, averaging $35,158, one of the best debuts of 2018.

The Sundance debut was directed by Bart Layton and stars Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner and Jared Abrahamson. The strong launch offered MoviePass some positive news during an otherwise trying stretch for its parent company, Helios & Matheson as investors and industryites continue to question the viability of the MoviePass subscription model.

Other debuts were more sobering. IFC Films opened A Kid Like Jake, grossing $9,063 in an exclusive showing in New York. FilmRise bowed Australian-set Breath, also with one run, taking in $5,700. Cohen Media Group rolled out Jacques Doillons French-language feature, Rodin, in two theaters, grossing $6,551.

Well Go USA added showings of How Long Will I Love U in its second frame, grossing $170K in 32 theaters, while Magnolia expanded doc The Gospel According to André to 21 locations, taking in $82K.

A24s First Reformed topped seven figures in its third weekend, grossing over $455K from 91 runs. RBG became the highest-grossing film in the 17-year history of Magnolia Pictures this weekend, reaching almost $7.9 million to overtake last years I Am Not Your Negro.

NEW RELEASES

American Animals (The Orchard/MoviePass Ventures) NEW [4 Theaters] Weekend $140,633, Average $35,158

A Kid Like Jake (IFC Films) [1 Theater] Weekend $9,063

Breath (FilmRise) NEW [1 Theater] Weekend $5,700

Rodin (Cohen Media Group) NEW [2 Theaters] Weekend $6,551, Average $3,276

RETURNING/SECOND WEEKEND

The Gospel According To André (Magnolia Pictures) Week 2 [21 Theaters] Weekend $82,000, Average $4,100, Cume $166,841

How Long Will I Love U (Well Go USA) Week 2 [32 Theaters] Weekend $170,700, Average $5,334, Cume $501,521

Les Parents Terribles (Cohen Media Group) Week 2 [1 Theater] Weekend $1,416, Cume $8,545

Mary Shelley (IFC Films) Week 2 [9 Theaters] Weekend $14,459, Average $1,606, Cume $36,505

Summer 1993 (Oscilloscope) Week 2 [5 Theaters] Weekend $15,500, Average $3,100, Cume $50,186

Who We Are Now (FilmRise) Week 2 [3 Theater] Weekend $5,500, Average $1,833, Cume $12,221

HOLDOVERS / THIRD+ WEEKENDS

On Chesil Beach (Bleecker Street) Week 3 [89 Theaters] Weekend $142,400, Average $1,600, Cume $345,606

First Reformed (A24) Week 3 [91 Theaters] Weekend $455,435, Average $5,005, Cume $1,057,231

Pope Francis – A Man Of His Word (Focus Features) Week 3 [273 Theaters] Weekend $150,000, Average $542, Cume $1,568,000

Always At the Carlyle (Good Deed Entertainment) Week 4 [23 Theaters] Weekend $18,212, Average $792, Cume $90,613

Beast (Roadside Attractions/30 West) Week 4 [92 Theaters] Weekend $87,610, Average $952, Cume $629,563

Mountain (Greenwich Entertainment) Week 4 [14 Theaters] Weekend $36,000, Average $2,571

The Seagull (Sony Pictures Classics) Week 4 [52 Theaters] Weekend $130,573, Average $2,511, Cume $526,526

The Guardians (Music Box Films) Week 5 [7 Theaters] Weekend $4,766, Average $681, Cume $64,987

RBG (Magnolia Pictures/Participant Media) Week 5 [432 Theaters] Weekend $1,100,000, Average $2,546, Cume $7,875,859

Disobedience (Bleecker Street) Week 6 [158 Theaters] Weekend $211,271, Average $1,337, Cume $3,056,788

Let The Sunshine In (Sundance Selects) Week 6 [68 Theaters] Weekend $80,068, Average $1,177, Cume $696,489

The Rider (Sony Pictures Classics) Week 8 [224 Theaters] Weekend $243,055, Average $1,085, Cume $1,742,994

Isle Of Dogs (Fox Searchlight) Week 11 [129 Theaters] Weekend $135,000, Average $1,047, Cume $31,400,447

The Death of Stalin (IFC Films) Week 13 [27 Theaters] Weekend $29,102, Average $1,078, Cume $7,943,777

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