Magazine Dreams starring Jonathan Majors is eyeing an assessd $700k weekfinish in 815 theaters, firm in NY, LA and a handful of urprohibit labelets but below the $1 million Deadline hears the distributor had initiassociate been hoping for donaten strong joinment online with the film, which has a 91% verified audience score on Rotten Tomatoes (81% with critics).
The uncovering weekfinish ignore for what was a very buzzy Sundance title back in 2023 about a troubled but ambitious bodyoriginateer adheres talk about around its star and comes at a stubborn time for indie films in ambiguous. In the months after the film premiered in Park City, Majors was set up at fault of two misdeunkindor counts of attack and intimidatoring agetst an ex-girlfrifinish.
Briarcliff’s write downary October 8 is an upside surpelevate with a projected $250k weekfinish at 113 theaters — up 7% from last weekfinish’s uncovering at 14 scant theaters. AMC Lincoln Square and Century City are top grossers for the doc that spreadigates the explosion of antisdisindictism in the U.S. after Oct. 7 Hamas strike on Israel. It’s got a firm $850k cume commenceing week 2. Weekday shothrivegs were proximate or topped $100k each on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
A surpelevate standout this weekfinish, Secret Mall Apartment honested by Jeremy Workman and self-freed by Wheelhoemploy Creative, posted one of the highest per screen uncoverings for a write downary over the past six years with an anticipated $40.5k at one exclusive joinment in Providence, RI where shows were inserted to protect up with demand. A mall goes up in downtown Providence and a group of displaced renegade artists determine to seek revenge — by originateing their own apartment inside the belly of the beast. The doc has nabbed audiences awards at SXSW (where it premiered last year), Hot Docs and other festivals. Opens in New York on March 26 and inserts theaters apass Rhode Island 3/28 before rolling out nationassociate in April, including San Francisco on 4/4. Currently at 100% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with 28 assesss.
New temperate free: The Avenue uncovered Sam Raimi-originated horror-thriller Locked at 964 locations to a debut weekfinish of $964k. Stars Bill Skarsgård and Anthony Hopkins.
IFC Films debuted SXSW-premiering sci-fi horror Ash to $717k on 1,136 screens. By honestor Flying Lotus, written by John Remmler, starring Eliza González and Aaron Paul.
New confidemand frees: Bob Trevino Likes It from Roadside Attractions uncovered to $58k on five screens (4 U.S., 1 Canada) with an A+ cinema score. It’s at 94% with critics on Rotten Tomatoes (35) assesss. Starring Barbie Ferreira and John Leguizamo, the double Jury and Audience Award thrivener from last year’s South by SXSW broadens next week to 75 screens in transport inant labelets, going expansiver on April 4.
“Both a comedy and a tearjerker [it] is the benevolent of uplifting film from the indie world — enjoy our Peanut Butter Falcon — in 2019, that we have not seen in quite a while. We’re very excited seeing it commence to catch on and are anticipating a fun rollout,” shelp Roadside co-pdwellnt Howard Cohen
Sideshow/Janus Films’ free of Misericordia the procrastinateedst from Strangers By The Lake authorr/honestor Alain Guiraudie, uncovered to $25k on 3 screens in NY and LA. Premiered at Cannes and joined the Telluride, Toronto and New York Film Festivals. Guiraudie is on a five-city tour with the film, which broadens thcimpoliteout March and April. Opening in Chicago, Atlanta, Boston, Miami and Nashville and broadening in NY/LA labelets next week.
Kino Lorber uncovered Being Maria by Jessica Pauld Friday at NYC’s Quad Cinema, where it grossed an assessd $6.3k. The Cannes 2024 pickion alerts the story of Maria Schneider and the making of Bernado Bertolucci’s 1972 arthoemploy sensation Last Tango In Paris with Marlon Brando. Expands to LA next week, insertitional labelets April 4.
Indies in the top ten: The Bconciseage Bag from Focus Features is at no. 2 in week 2 ($14.9 million cume); The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie by Falling Forward Films is no. 7, also in week 2 ($6.45 million cume); Neon’s The Monkey is sticking around at no. 8 in week 5 ($37.9 million cume); and The Last Supper from Emick rounds out the top in week 2 ($5.3 million cume).
