It not a blockbuster MLK weekend but indies are out in force with The Brutalist continuing to surprise, The Substance adding theaters and Nosferatu, A Complete Unknown and Babygirl holding at nos. 7, 8 and 10 at the domestic box office. Robert Eggers’ vampire fest from Focus Features had a $4.3…

A24's The Brutalist busted out in limited expansion this weekend with close to $1.39 million on just 68 screens, a $20.4k per screen average, excellent for a period film with a three hour and 35-minute run time about a Hungarian architect in 1950s Doylestown, Pa. It won multiple Golden Globes — for…

Indie coin continues to spread throughout the land for the first weekend of 2025 and in the crush of awards season with the Golden Globes just hours away and Oscar nominations coming Jan. 17, dates that have informed rather successful debuts for a number of critically acclaimed films. There are…

Robert Eggers Nosferatu from Focus Features sank its teeth into the Christmas box office. With James Mangold's A Complete Unknown – Searchlight Pictures' top-grossing film since it was acquired by Disney in 2019 – they ushered in a heady post-Covid moment for indie films at no. 3 and 5 at the…

Brandy Corbet's The Brutalist from A24 hammered its way into theaters this weekend with one of the best limited openings of 2024 (no. 3 after Anora and Kinds of Kindness). It sold out nearly 30 showtimes in New York and Los Angeles for a gross of $266.8k on four screens for a per screen opening of…

Awards kudos, critics’ lists, varied nominations and wins are boosting indie film standouts this weekend. The market is crowded as indies vie with each other, studio tentpoles and fare from Pusha: The Rule – Part 2 and the remastered Daft Punk & Leiji Matsumoto: Interstella 5555. But many specialty…

This was a notable specialty weekend with Latvian animated Flow powering on and Luca Quadagnino's Queer starring Daniel Craig rocking its expansion. A notable trio of concert films popped. Telugu Pushpa: The Rule – Part 2 had a super opening, the biggest for an Indian film in some time, as did Solo Le…

A record-breaking Thanksgiving frame is lifting all boats, tentpoles the most evident, with boom, boom, boom for Moana 2, Wicked and Gladiator II. Some 30 million moviegoers went to see one of these. In the weird post-Covid shift, tentpoles can slay, and indies can disappear. This weekend, however…

UPDATED Monday with some final grosses: Starting small on two screens but with surprising spring is animated Flow from Sideshow and Janus Films, setting the distributor's highest per screen average of circa $25.4k, or $50.8k at two theater in NY and LA. Gints Zilbalodis' feline tale, Latvia's Oscar su…

Hello, Love, Again, the widest domestic release for a Filipino film, now holds a record for the highest opening weekend for the same with $2.4 million and a no. 8 spot. Jesse Eisenberg's A Real Pain crossed $3 million at the box office following its expansion to more than 1,000 theaters in week…

Cannes Palm d'Or winner Anora went wide and A Real Pain added theaters in limited release, both nicely, with Crunchyroll's Japanese epic fantasy OVERLORD: The Sacred Kingdom and Small Things Like These at the specialty box office. Sean Baker's breakout Anora is looking at $2.55 million on 1,104…

The independent film fall festival love affair with moviegoers continues with A Real Pain posting the year's third best per screen average. Anora continues its standout run as does Conclave. The Ralph Fiennes-starring Vatican thriller is no. 4 at the box office in week 2. A24’s We Live In Time is…