Tom Hanks Launches $4.2M ‘A Man Called Otto’ In Week Two – Box Office Special

Sony’s Tom Hanks Starring A man named Otto made $4.2M in a quick second frame as it moved from four in NY and LA to 637 locations nationwide. Heavy word of mouth has driven moviegoers to particularly strong locales and momentum looks good as adult drama/comedy enters major expansion next week ahead of bank holiday weekend. This Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Otto made $1.5M on Friday, $1.7M on Saturday and likely $1M on Sunday with a strong average of $6.6k per screen and $4.28M total dollars. Audience reaction drove the jump – the film has an audience rating of 97% on Rotten Tomatoes, versus 68% from critics. it’s no 4 at the local box office.

The remake of the Swedish film, based on a New York Times bestseller, kicked off the first phase of a three-phase rollout in an exclusive run to four theaters in LA and NY last weekend, earning $60,000, an average of $15,000 per canvas equates to the three-day New Year’s weekend and $75,000 or $18.7,000 PSA over the four days. It goes far next weekend, January 13th.

The top DMAs by revenue are Austin, San Antonio, Detroit, Tampa, Salt Lake, Minneapolis and Pittsburgh. Chicago, Dallas, Phoenix, Philadelphia, Seattle, Tacoma, Denver, Orlando, Sacramento and San Diego are other markets that are over-indexed.

Hanks plays Otto Anderson, a biker who lost his wife after losing his life. He is ready to end it, but turns it around when a vibrant young family moves in next door.

It is good news in this market when a mature film does well. by Sony Where the crayfish sing, also based on a bestseller published last summer, grossed $90 million and was the top performer overseas. It had another job and immediately opened wide.

(Otto also made $4 million this weekend from 2,875+ screens in 10 early markets for an international total of $8.4 million.)

It’s a short weekend of new special releases. Mubi open alcarras, Winner of the Golden Bear in Berlin, on five screens in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. Sleeve spread offered candy land in nine theaters. No earnings have been reported yet.

However, in terms of holding places, there are many: The whale earned an estimated $1.5 million from 835 screens in one week for a total of $8.58 million, boosting the holiday’s overall box office and having the strongest holdover in the top 10. Best limited opening of 2022 starring Brendan Fraser was no. 7 at the domestic box office.

United Artists release extended women talk on 14 markets/29 runs in week three for a strong $143,000 three-day gross – up 214% – a per-screen average of $4.8k and $340k overall.

Sony Pictures Classics doc Turn each page grossed 17,425 on four screens (vs. last week Wednesday) for a per-screen average of $4.4k and $39.7k total. SKPs lifeIn week three, it earned $42.6k on 11 screens (up from three last week) for a $3.9k PSA and $120.4k cue.

Real estate agentNeon earned $75,000 on 17 screens in week three this weekend for a $4.4k PSA and $149.2k overall. The merchant’s document All the beauty and the bloodshedon 24 screens in week 7, grossed $325.8K.

IFC Films expanded corsage in 317 theaters in its third week, with estimated sales of $250,000 ($789 PSA). Estimated earnings are now $340,789, making it the highest-grossing Austrian film in the US since 2014. Good night mom.

From Sideshow and Janus Films, No bears earned an estimated $7.4K on a single screen in its third weekend, for a new total of $38.5K. E.O took in an estimated $65,000 across 62 screens in its eighth weekend for a $1,000 PSA and a new cume of $553.9k.