The record-breaking Thanksgiving frame lifts all boats, the most visible support poles, with boom, jib, and jib for Moana 2, evil and The second wrestler. About 30 million moviegoers went to see one of these films. In the strange post-Covid twist, the pillars of support could be killed off, and the indies could disappear. But they didn't do that this weekend. The audience showed decent specialized support for the films from Heretic and Real painl concave And even Latvian animation flow. Anura It's still in theaters. Three indies made the top ten.
“It seems to be the first time people go to the theater to see one movie and then say, 'Let's see that.'” [too]“Not to mention the huge box office in general, what worries me is that there aren't enough screens to hold things,” says one independent distributor. “But I think that's a good problem to have.”
Luca Guadagnino's love story gay With Daniel Craig releasing in New York and Los Angeles this weekend to a total of $188.8k on 7 screens for the three-day weekend, and a PSA of around $27k. Over the course of five days, the A24 film grossed $295.5 thousand. gaywhich premiered in Venice, sees Craig shedding every vestige of James Bond in a lauded performance as a gay expatriate in Mexico City based on the semi-autobiographical novel by William S. Burroughs. There will be limited expansion this coming weekend before a nationwide mild break occurs on December 13.
A24 also has a contract Heretic Starring Hugh Grant, it is still showing on 660 screens with $957,000 for three days and an estimated $26.8 million in its fourth week. 8 at the box office. Distributor We live in time The film, starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh, is approaching $40,000 in 72 theaters for $24.6 million.
Cannes Award-winning suspense drama film Holy fig seed From Neon, which was secretly shot by Iranian dissident director Mohammad Rasoulof, opened with $33,000 for the three-day weekend on three screens and $50,000 for the five-day Thanksgiving frame.
Neon is a Palme d'Or winner Anura It still grossed $360,000 for the three-day weekend and $502,000 for the five-day weekend on 230 screens for a cume of $12.7 million in its seventh week.
Heavy metal parody sequel from Music Box Films Heavier flight From Norway opened to $10,000 at 15 locations.
Retained: Indie Angel Studios Bonhoeffer: priest, spy, murderer It was a weekend number. 6 with $2.4 million on 1,800 screens in its second week for $4.7 million.
Scout pictures Real pain By Jesse Eisenberg It earned an estimated $665,000 3-day cume in week 5 on 505 screens, down just 39% on this year's record weekend. It was not. 10 and passed $6.1 million. The film stars Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin in his first role since winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor. succession Earlier this year. He's up for a Gotham Award for Best Supporting Actor tomorrow. Eisenberg won the Best Screenplay award at Sundance, where the film premiered.
Conclavee from Focus Features starring Ralph Fiennes grossed $580,000 for three days and $800,000 for five days in its sixth week in 423 theaters for $30.1 million.
and the Sideshow/Janus Films animation release flow It grossed an estimated $28.9k for the 3-day weekend and $39.2k for the 5-day weekend in the second week with $98.9k on two screens – Angelika from New York City and AMC Burbank from Los Angeles – in the second weekend. It expands to several hundred theaters on Friday.
Payal Kapadia Everything we imagine is like lightalso from Sideshow/Janus Films, grossed $65.6k on 26 screens for three days and $84k for five days with a new cume of $237.7k in its third week. It expands during the holiday season and until 2025.
Porcelain War From Picturehouse went from 1 to 3 theaters as the Sundance Award-winning documentary features Los Angeles filmmakers for a Q&A. It saw a $9.9K opening weekend on a $24.6K cume with a good word for the doc about artists in Ukraine finding a voice amid the ongoing Russian invasion.
