“EO” Hits $1 Million; “Of An Age,” “Emily,” “Return To Seoul” Debut and Oscar Nominees Push Arthouses – Special Box Office

E.OThe release of the Sideshow/Janus film, told from a donkey’s point of view, will pass $1 million in week 14. $27.6K for the four-day presidential weekend across 37 screens for a total just over $1 million.

The three-day estimate is $23.1k and $997 cue E.O, which was only shown in movie theaters. It’s coming out on VOD and streaming Tuesday on The Criterion Channel. Comparable to the Janus/Sideshow Best International Film Winner rollout drive my car last year, E.O grew through word of mouth and the momentum of awards (New York Film Critics Circle, LA Film Critics Association, National Society of Film Critics – and starting with the Cannes Jury Prize) in more than 250 independent theaters and art house theaters. No runs at a major American chain.

focus functions’ Of an age by Goran Stolevski grossed $406,000 in 289 theaters, averaging $1.6,000 per theater; the four-day estimate is $455,000. Lisa Bunnell, Focus’ director of distribution, said the film opened above initial weekend targets, and distribution sees “the promise of continued revenue in the coming weeks.” Focus released Stolevski’s debut feature You will not be alone last year “Goran is an incredibly talented filmmaker who the studio believes in and we look forward to continuing our creative relationship with him,” said Bunnell.

Bleecker Street reviews its historical drama Emily Emily Brontë will earn $40.1,000 for three days and $46.9,000 for the four-day weekend at five locations, $8,000 and $9.4,000 per screen, respectively. It will expand to around 500 screens next week.

Sony Picture Classics’ Return to Seoul by Franco-Cambodian director Davy Chou earned $30.8K on two screens, averaging $15.4K per screen and $40.3K overall, including a December nomination round. It premiered in Cannes and made the Oscar shortlist for Best International Film. SPC plans a platform rollout by March, with three to four markets next week.

The reissue of Michelle Yeoh’s epic 2000 release Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon grossed an estimated $172,000 on 475 screens.

ShortsTV’s 2023 Oscar-nominated short earned an estimated $705,000 for the three days and $810,000 for the four-day weekend on 370 screens, for a PSA of $2.2,000.

The micro-budget horror film from Fathom Events Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey collected an estimated $679,000 on more than 400 screens this weekend for a total of $1.5 million. February 15 shows.

It’s busy out there as new entries compete with extended or renewed runs for Oscar contenders including A24s Everything everywhere at once, The Whale, Close and Aftersunfocus functions’ The Banshees by InisherinSPCAs Life and others.

The niche market remains in recovery mode as distributors hope that the more frequent release cadence will draw people back to theaters. “We’d have this thing for months where a movie would do well and then nothing would come out for weeks,” said an independent sales executive. Consumerism is repetition and practice.” People checked their phones every Friday to see what was going on. It’s hard to get that back “when they’re frustrated four weekends in a row. The diversity of the films and the diversity of the audience have to match.”

“There’s a recalibration of the results to where they were before the pandemic, but all distributors in the business have to be patient and keep doing what they’re doing to win that audience back,” he said. tent poles already, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania the last.

.