Wes Anderson’s ‘Isle Of Dogs’ Bow-Wows Solidly; ‘The Death of Stalin’ Crosses $2M: Specialty Box Office

March 25, 2018

Wes Anderson’s stop-motion-animated Isle Of Dogs opened via Fox Searchlight in 27 theaters, grossing $1.57M and averaging $58,148, tops for any 2018 opener to date despite being the widest Anderson opener ever.

The film, which had its world premiere last month in Berlin, has caused ripples of controversy in some quarters for its depiction of Japanese culture. Critics, long in Anderson’s corner, have largely sparked to the film, which has a 93% favorable score on Rotten Tomatoes and 81% on the stricter Metacritic. It will jump to more than 150 locations next week.

Other specialty openers this weekend put up mixed results. Sony Classics’ Final Portrait by Stanley Tucci grossed $28,214 in three theaters, while Magnolia opened Ismael’s Ghost with two runs, grossing $19K.

Abramorama premiered documentary Summer In the Forest in a single exclusive run, grossing $8,660, while The Last Suit from Outsider Pictures dressed up six theaters, grossing $28,127. And Music Box Films opened Back To Burgundy in four theaters grossing just over $12K.

Focus Features’ 7 Days in Entebbe expanded to more than 800 runs in Week Two, but slowed to $655K. The Orchard’s Flower widened to 57 theaters in its second frame, grossing $125,767. IFC Films’ The Death Of Stalin remains a specialty star, grossing more than a million dollars in 141 locations in its third outing.

NEW RELEASES

Back To Burgundy (Music Box Films) NEW [4 Theaters] Weekend $12,060, Average $3,015

Final Portrait (Sony Pictures Classics) NEW [3 Theaters] Weekend $28,214, Average $9,405

Isle Of Dogs (Fox Searchlight) NEW [27 Theaters] Weekend $1,570,000, Average $58,148

Ismael’s Ghost (Magnolia Pictures) NEW [2 Theaters] Weekend $19,000, Average $9,500

The Last Suit (Outsider Pictures) NEW [6 Theaters] Weekend $28,127, Average $4,688

Summer In The Forest (Abramorama) NEW [1 Theater] Weekend $8,660

RETURNING/SECOND WEEKEND

7 Days in Entebbe (Focus Features) Week 2 [836 Theaters] Weekend $655,000, Average $786, Cume $2,919,000

Flower (The Orchard) Week 2 [57 Theaters] Weekend $125,767, Average $2,206, Cume $190,679

Journey’s End (Good Deed Entertainment) Week 2 [9 Theaters] Weekend $14,250, Average $1,583, Cume $30,035

Ramen Heads (Gunpowder & Sky) Week 2 [6 Theaters] Weekend $11,769, Average $1,962, Cume $22,870

HOLDOVERS / THIRD+ WEEKENDS

The Death of Stalin (IFC Films) Week 3 [141 Theaters] Weekend $1,060,186, Average $7,519, Cume $2,090,609

Itzhak (Greenwich Entertainment) Week 3 [29 Theaters] Weekend $41,760, Average $1,440, Cume $115,608

The Leisure Seeker (Sony Pictures Classics) Week 3 [117 Theaters] Weekend $315,427, Average $2,696, Cume $717,024

MET Opera: Semiramide (2018) (Fathom Events) Week 3 [ Theaters] Weekend $, Average $

Thoroughbreds (Focus Features) Week 3 [117 Theaters] Weekend $160,000, Average $1,350, Cume $2,747,000

Foxtrot (Sony Pictures Classics) Week 4 [26 Theaters] Weekend $76,529, Average $2,943, Cume $270,056

The Young Karl Marx (The Orchard) Week 5 [10 Theaters] Weekend $5,503, Average $550, Cume $102,887

Double Lover (Cohen Media Group) Week 6 [2 Theaters] Weekend $678, , Average $339, Cume $165,188

Loveless (Sony Pictures Classics) Week 6 [46 Theaters] Weekend $31,799, Average $691, Cume $445,186

The Party (Roadside Attractions) Week 6 [70 Theaters] Weekend $47,930, Average $685, Cume $677,064

A Fantastic Woman (Sony Pictures Classics) Week 8 [121 Theaters] Weekend $100,454, Average $830, Cume $1,699,715

Forever My Girl (Roadside Attractions) Week 10 [25 Theaters] Weekend $12,152, Average $486, Cume $16,314,033

The Insult (Cohen Media Group) Week 11 [11 Theaters] Weekend $18,359, Average $1,669, Cume $964,758

Hostiles (Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures) Week 14 [50 Theaters] Weekend $25,000, Average $500, Cume $29,759,046

I, Tonya (Neon/30West) Week 16 [102 Theaters] Weekend $63,715, Average $625, Cume $29,883,724

The Shape of Water (Fox Searchlight) Week 17 [236 Theaters] Weekend $250,000, Average $1,059, Cume $63,278,155

Call Me By Your Name (Sony Pictures Classics) Week 18 [61 Theaters] Weekend $69,713, Average $1,143, Cume $17,883,887

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Fox Searchlight) Week 20 [125 Theaters] Weekend $110,000, Average $880, Cume $54,130,238

Lady Bird (A24) Week 21 [46 Theaters] Weekend $30,200, Average $657, Cume $48,913,189

Faces Places (Cohen Media Group) Week 25 [8 Theaters] Weekend $2,011, Average $251, Cume $941,626

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