A24 has another indie hit, while “Marcel The Shell” enters the Top 10 – Specialty Box Office

A24 Marcel shell with shoes Top 10 in North America. 8, with an estimate of $ 340,000 in its third week from just 48 locations and north of $ 963,000, the latest success for the distributor since Powerhouse all everywhere at once exploded at the specialty box office. Marseille, Based on a popular 2010 YouTube series, it launched much slower, but in terms of special releases, it’s one of the biggest since Covid.

Last fall, a Telluride distributor purchased Dean Fleischer’s stop-motion / live-action hybrid Camp on the beloved shell, sung by Jenny Slate, in Telluride and screened at SXSW. everything everywhere It’s a critical favorite (99% Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes), has strong word of mouth (92% RT Audience Score), and stellar exit polls to match. It will expand to 130-150 screens next week, creating a long summer run.

“I would absolutely rule that everyone sees our film in theaters because we made it and I liked it,” Kemp says in an email. “Not only does the theatrical experience really put you in Marseille’s shoes (sorry), but it’s a film about the importance of community that we all feel right now, and everything feels different when you’re in a big group.” They all laugh and cry together ”.

There’s a huge opportunity here, as audiences are mostly fans of A24’s indie films between the ages of 18 and 35, which could be an enthralling children’s film. Fans of the original YouTube series are Millennials / Gen Z right now, and while the percentage of self-describing viewers grows weekly, they are still mostly parents with their children. Marseille It has the best word for A24 movies and even more IP than is typical for a distributor. A Marseille The original series was followed by a short film and several books.

The mockumentary follows Marcel and his grandmother Connie, voiced by Isabella Rossellini, once part of a larger shell community, who now live alone as the only survivors of a mysterious tragedy. When a documentary director discovers them in the chaos of his Airbnb, the short film he posts online brings to Marcel millions of passionate fans, as well as unprecedented dangers and a new hope of finding his long-lost family. Marseille opened for $ 170,000 on six screens in New York and Los Angeles on June 24, averaging $ 28,267 per screen.

everything everywhere It grossed around $ 241,000 this weekend, rising to over $ 67.6 million since opening in late March, when youth demos poured into the independent fantasy martial arts film, the highest-grossing A24 film at the box office. national. Written and directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, the film stars Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Lee Curtis, Stephanie Hsu and Ke Hui Kwan. (Kwan is married from marseille Director of animation, Kirsten Lepore.)

This year’s and recent versions of the A24 also include The Green Knight, Zola, The Lamb, Maude, Macbeth (with apple) red rocket Y X.

Extraordinary opening this weekend: There were good ones. Neon fire of lovewhich came out on three screens last Wednesday, recorded a great three-day weekend of $ 40,686, an average per room of $ 7,443 and a total of $ 40,686 (PSA $ 13,562).

kino lorberi murine He earned a whopping $ 6,702 in a position in the New York Metrograph.

“We are thrilled to embrace the audience,” says Wendy Liddell, senior vice president of theatrical and non-theatrical acquisitions and distribution for Gold Camera owner Antonetta Alamat Kusijanovic. Liddell said the film’s opening positions “well to continue this success as we expand to more than a dozen cities next week,” including Los Angeles, Chicago, Montreal, Washington, DC and Miami.

IFC movies Both sides of the sheet The weekend brought in $ 25,000 from four theaters, a $ 6,250 PSA, and a $ 25,000 build-up. (mad god From IFC Midnight / Shudder, its second week saw a total of $ 19,000 across 25 locations for a $ 760 PSA and $ 215,737 build).

Opening of White Hill Studios Share 2 Debuting in 55 locations $ 99,000 for $ 1,800 PTA. Punjabi film hails “Pollywood” as the landscape for Bollywood regional Indian films and beyond that continues to expand in the United States.

among the owners Mr. Malcolm’s list It wasn’t from Blacker Street. 10 in North America in its second week at 1,057 locations for $ 245,416 (PSA $ 232) and $ 1.64 million.

attractions along the way Forgiven It earned an estimated three-day gross of $ 63,275 from 137 screens in its second week for a per-screen average of $ 462 and $ 278,589 to date.

Sony Classic Pictures Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, Journey, Song, Even in its second week, it earned $ 37,621 from 15 screens, up from three a week ago, with a per-screen average of $ 2,508 and $ 75,871.