Sony Pictures Classics saw a nice opening and a no. 10 spot at the domestic box office for Oh, Hi! on a weekend with a wide selection of indie films to counter-program The Fantastic Four: First Steps and other studio holdovers. Bollywood crowd pleaser Saiyaara was at no. 9 in week 2. Pete…

Menemsha Films' comedy Bad Shabbos passed $1 million at the U.S. box office this weekend with a $53k gross on 30 screens, the latest in a string of small often quirky indie releases that opened limited and continued a slow rollout over months, or longer. They include Mike Cheslik's dialogue-free…

This weekend's top 10 starts with Superman from Warner Bros./DC and ends with Materialists from A24, a romantic comedy-drama from Celine Song now in week 5. In between is populated by big guns from Universal, Disney, Sony and Paramount from a Jurassic to a Mission: Impossible amid a promised…

Fans are rocking out to This Is Spinal Tap over the holiday weekend. The beloved 1984 Rob Reiner mockumentary of a fictional British rock band on a disastrous U.S. tour, restored and remastered, will pull in an estimated $931.7k at 1,015 locations Saturday and Sunday, no. 10 at the domestic box…

A24's Sorry, Baby had a solid limited opening in 4 locations with about $86.5k (a per theater average of $21.6k) for Eva Victor's critically acclaimed directorial debut. It was the highest psa for a new release this weekend, one dominated by big studio fare. Sorry, Baby (Certified Fresh on…

As missile fly in the Middle East between Israel and Iran, two filmmakers, one from each country, are out with a politically charged sports drama they co-directed in a landmark collaboration. Tatami, by Academy Award-winner Guy Nattiv (Golda. Skin) and Cannes Best Actress winner (for Holy…

The big indies are out in force in a crowded market on another strong weekend for ticket sales with the domestic box office now up 26% versus 2024, according to Comscore. Neon is trying something new for the edgy brand with The Life Of Chuck. The Phoenician Scheme from Focus Features jumps to wide…

Wes Anderson's The Phoenician Scheme is now the top grossing limited opening of the year with an estimated $570k at just six locations in New York and LA for a per theater average of $95k. The Focus Features' film expands to 1,500 screens next weekend. The film unseats A24's Friendship which…

Indies held their own on super start-of-summer weekend as Jane Austen, the late 18th century British novelist and early feminist continued her box office run in Jane Austen Wrecked My Life. Faith-based Angel Studios takes audiences to The Last Rodeo, and Tim Robinson fans, who helped open Friendship…

Friendship is out at 6 locations to a stellar debut weekend of $451k, and per theater average of $75.43k. That’s the highest limited opening this year and a boost the indie market’s been waiting for even as the broader box office picks up. Only Watermelon Pictures’ documentary The Encampments…

Utopia, which knows its way around a music documentary (Meet Me In The Bathroom, Crestone) opened Alex Ross Perry's Pavements at the Film Forum in NYC to $13.2k with sold-out Q&As and plans to roll the Venice-premiering satirical hybrid doc/mockumentary across key markets in May ahead of a national…

It was a booming box office weekend overall with a duo of event films popping too as fans flooded Pink Floyd and flocked to Mozart. On Swift Horses debuted in moderate release, Magic Farm opened at one theater. The Legend Of Ochi and The Shrouds expanded.   Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII, the…