“Priscilla,” “The Holdovers” expand well; “‘Dream Scenario’ Starring Nicolas Cage Has Solid Limited Premiere – Special Box Office”

Festival and special rates were represented in the top ten at the weekend Priscilla (A24) and The survivors (Focus functions) is extended to no. 4 or 6. Bollywood thriller from Yash Raj Films Tigers 3 is in 8th place and continues to fascinate the world of the mouth radical (Pantelion/Participant) with Eugenio Derbez completing the list at number 10.

Meanwhile, Kristoffer Borgli’s dark comedy Dream scenario had a very limited opening – the last in a series by A24. Orlando, my political biographyA Sideshow/Janus Films sci-fi documentary based on Virginia Woolf’s novel grossed an estimated $7.5K at a theater (Film Forum) with Friday and Saturday sales.

This is a fun indie weekend. Of The wonders Now that it has ground to a halt and some major releases have been delayed due to the now-resolved SAG-AFTRA strike, it’s awards season for independents.

The numbers: Sofia Coppola’s latest, Priscilla, starring Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi (as Elvis), earned $4.79 million from 2,361 theaters (up from 1,359 last week), for a total of $12.7 million. Revenue from young female viewers fell by only 5%.

The survivors by Alexander Payne and starring Paul Giamatti, which premiered at Telluride, continued its successful launch into its third week with an estimated $3.2 million in 778 theaters (+714), bringing its total to date at $4.3 million US dollars. Moves to around 1,000 theaters next week.

Tigers 3 by Maneesh Sharma opened in about 750 theaters on Saturday during the Diwali holiday and earned an estimated $2.25 million over the two days, according to Comscore. Open on Sunday in India – on the actual Diwali day. The subtitled trailer has been viewed 67 million times.

radical The film earned an estimated $1.75 million from 534 theaters, for a total of $5.2 million. The film, which stars Derbez as a dedicated teacher in a troubled border town, made its big debut in Mexico two weeks ago and had a record opening in the United States last weekend (#5 at the box office with $2.7 million ). 416 theaters). .

New opener Dream scenario grossed $215,552 on 6 screens, averaging $35,925 per theater, and the Q&A session with Borgli was sold out (I am sick) and throw. The Norwegian filmmaker’s English-language debut, which opens at TIFF, will have a limited rollout in major markets next weekend before further expansion over Thanksgiving and a wider release on December 1st.

A solid post-Covid limited opening (less than ten screens) is in the $30,000 range – not many are better than that. A2s Dick’s: The Musical debuted on seven screens for $31,000. Priscilla on six screens and The survivors in four cases both took $33,000. Outlier: MGMs Bottoms opened in ten theaters to $46,000.A24 remarkable Past lives by Celine Song opened in four theaters in June and grossed $58,000. By far the biggest was Wes Anderson’s Asteroid city from Focus, which grossed more than $100,000 in four theaters when it opened in June. A24s Beau is scared by Ari Aster had a respectable average of over $80,000 per screen in April.

A24 has it now Dream scenario and Priscilla in movie theaters plus a few screens in front of them Tailsfor the Sundance premiere dreamscape All unpaved roads taste of salt and remastered for the Talking Heads Stop doing that Feeling

Orland0, my political biography by Paul Preciado premiered in Berlin and subsequently screened at TIFF, Telluride and NYFF. Distributors Sideshow/Janus Films are “delighted” with the opening. “We believe this is an important film that takes artistic risks and presents transgender and non-binary identities with an ingenious concept that is both challenging and joyful. We look forward to audiences discovering it in movie theaters across the country.”

Other Indie Openings: Horror Parody This is a beautiful knife from IFC Films earned an estimated $605,000 in 923 theaters