‘The Whale’ Soars To Over $11M, ‘Saint Omer’ Sees Solid NY/LA Open Prize Race Picks – Box Office Special

A24s The whale passed $11 million in week six as it jumped from 835 to 1,500 screens, while Brendan Fraser and other leading contenders continue to steel for theatrical releases during awards season.

The film, which received a PGA Best Picture nomination this week along with SAG nominations for Fraser and co-star Hong Chau, earned $1.45 million over the three-day weekend and $1.8 million over the four days US dollar one, including Martin Luther King Jr. . Monday. Former action star Fraser, who plays a morbidly obese, withdrawn English teacher, is no. 8 at the domestic box office with a total gross of $11.1 million.

Cashier newbie, Super’s holy omer, opened on 245 screens with a three-day weekend average of $62.5K and $255 per screen ($74.7K and $305 for the four days, respectively). The Alice Diop film, France’s Oscar-nominated entry for best international film, took in $21,000 or a solid special PSA of $7,000. The neon label planned the big leap to increase the image’s profile and national exposure among Oscar voters. But that’s the broadest point of the film. Super will, if at all, cut the screens from week to week in a kind of reverse platform during the awards ceremony, when the trade audience normally goes into effect.

The micro-budget horror from IFC Midnight/Shudder skin amarin collected $746,000 for the three days and $798,000 for the four-day weekend across 692 screens for a PSA of $1,1,000 and $1,15,000 respectively.

It was also a big break for Kyle Edward Ball’s feature film debut, which went viral after premiering at Fantasia Fest. “When we saw the incredible response online, we knew we had to get this film to as many theaters across the country as possible,” said Arianna Bocco, president of IFC Films. “Kyle has made a film for a new generation and has proven once again what horror films and their community can do on even the smallest of budgets. skin amarin is both frightening and eerily familiar, and that feeling requires shared experience.

Apparently some critics believed it had a 75% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. But audiences less so, registering 43% on RT for the bleak tale of two children who wake up in the middle of the night to find their father gone and the windows and doors in their house gone – the no- sayers defy a subset of the Who are very enthusiastic about the film.

It only had a budget of $15,000 anyway.

skin amarin Open on partial schedules across the country with additional seasons based on demand and theater availability. Among others, Regal and Cinemark only showed Fridays and Saturdays nationwide. But half skin amarin Theaters operated by AMC have extended all runs to open engagements. The film sold out at several screenings in NY, LA and Chicago.

Praise Pete Oh’s SXSW Jethika opened exclusively at the Lumiere Cinema in Beverly Hills, along with Q&A with guest hosts Daniele Scheinert, Riley Stearns and Brea Grant – and grossed $2.6,000. The DIY theatrical release, powered by Circle Collective and distributed by Cinedigm’s relaunch Fandor, will expand to select art houses in the coming weeks before releasing on Fandor on February 17th.

The devil’s plan by Third Day Productions, which opened in 925 theaters with a three-day gross of $414,000 ($448 PTA) and a four-day gross of $470,000 ($508 PTA). The film, about a satanic cabal behind a high-tech company trying to clone Jesus, didn’t fly, with an RT rating of 27% from critics and 44% from viewers. PostTrak audiences rated it 34% in the top two boxes with an 18% recommendation. It distorted older, male and white. Slightly stronger in the west and south, but hardly.

Better news for Indian/Telegu film Walter Veeraya, which grossed $905,000 in three days and watched $1.03 million in four days with 350 runs. Strong in New York, Dallas, San Francisco, Washington DC and Seattle. it’s no 10 at the domestic box office this weekend.

We are noticing an increase in products from India where new releases seem to be back in effect due to production shortages caused by Covid. Other openings this weekend include the Telegu film Veera Simha Reddywith 260 runs in 91 markets and on track for a three-day gross of $218,000 and a four-day gross of $264,000.

varisu (Tamil & Telugu) opened with 387 runs in 90 markets for an estimated $565,000 three-day run and $690,000 four-day run.

and thunivu by Sarigama Cinemas (Tamil) is looking at a 3-day and a 4-day gross of $492,000 and $613,000 respectively.

Extensions/overshoot:

As The whale, other specialty films are given a wider presence. utopias Holy Spider began its major nationwide expansion in week 12, timed to coincide with the start of Oscar voting and in the wake of the sold-out American Cinematheque tribute series in LA to writer/director Ali Abbasi. The film has been steadily expanding into major markets since late October, “but with this expansion, Utopia is starting to warm up to moviegoers outside of the usual major metropolitan areas,” according to the Distrib. Next week it will be further expanded regionally.

The film grossed an estimated $39.8,000 from 95 runs for a total of $261,000.

Jerry Skolimowski E.O from Sideshow/Janus Films moves on to earn an estimated $52,800 from 70 screens for $754 PSA and $653,246 in week nine (and $64,832 gross / $926 PSA / $665,278 dollars for the four days). E.O is now the #2 post-pandemic re-release on the NYC Film Forum, behind only Sideshow/Janus’ drive my car of the past year.

The Sideshow/Janus release of No bears expanded from NY to LA this weekend with an estimated $11,560 across two screens for $5,780 PSA and $53,148 Cume (for the four days – $13,660 gross / $6,830 PSA / $55,248 Cume). Jailed Iranian director Jafar Panahi’s film will expand to San Francisco and Chicago next week.

neons Real estate agent brought in $297,000 and $354,000 for the three- and four-day weekends, respectively, across 271 screens in week 4 for a total of $538.6k.

Documentary from Sony Pictures Classics Turn each page earned $16,896 across four screens (same as last week) for a solid $4,224 PSA and $66,830 Cume.

SKPs life expanded from 11 to 32 screens earning $88,182 for a PSA of $2,756 for a total of $219,764.

Of importance: Presenting Fathom Events Shin Ultraman grossed over $600,000 from showings last Wednesday and Thursday alone on 1,040 and 1,022 screens respectively.