‘Ghost Stories’ Leads Subdued Weekend For Limited Releases; Holdover ‘The Rider’ Gallops: Specialty Box Office
April 22, 2018
‘Ghost Stories’ Leads Subdued Weekend For Limited Releases; Holdover ‘The Rider’ Gallops: Specialty Box Office
New specialty releases had a fairly weak showing overall this weekend despite featuring work from high-profile filmmakers.
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Leading the roster of newcomers reporting numbers Sunday was IFC Films thriller Ghost Stories, which grossed $12,646 from an exclusive New York showing, giving it a technical win for the weekend’s top per-theater average. Cinema Libre’s multi-lingual bio-romance Lou Andreas-Salomé, Audacity To Be Free placed next with a $5,000 tally from an exclusive weekend run.
The Orchard’s Venice documentary The Devil And Father Amorth by Exorcist director William Friedkin bowed in eight locations Friday, grossing $10,851. French-language Godard Mon Amour by Oscar-winning filmmaker Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist) played four runs in its opening frame, taking in $12,646 for Cohen Media Group.
Holdovers were paced by The Rider. Sony Classics added runs for Chloé Zhao’s critically lauded film for its second weekend, and the film took in a solid $78,433. Last weekend’s specialty PTA winner, Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami also had a limited expansion, grossing $41,812 from nine theaters.
NEW RELEASES
The Devil And Father Amorth (The Orchard) NEW [8 Theaters] Weekend $10,851, Average $1,356
Godard Mon Amour (Cohen Media Group) NEW [4 Theaters] Weekend $12,646, Average $3,161
Ghost Stories (IFC Midnight) NEW [1 Theater] Weekend $12,563
Lou Andreas-Salomé, Audacity To Be Free (Cinema Libre) NEW [1 Theater] Weekend $5,000
RETURNING/SECOND WEEKEND
Beirut (Bleecker Street) Week 2 [755 Theaters] Weekend $1,058,735, Average $1,402, Cume $3,900,194
Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami (Kino Lorber) Week 2 [9 Theaters] Weekend $41,812, Average $4,646, Cume $124,190
The Rider (Sony Pictures Classics) Week 2 [9 Theaters] Weekend $78,433, Average $8,715, Cume $142,768
HOLDOVERS / THIRD+ WEEKEND
Lean On Pete (A24) Week 3 [69 Theaters] Weekend $177,400, Average $2,571, Cume $347,988
You Were Never Really Here (Amazon Studios) Week 3 [183 Theaters] Weekend $551,745, Average $3,015, Cume $1,228,210
Finding Your Feet (Roadside Attractions/Stage 6) Week 4 [191 Theaters] Weekend $198,870, Average $1,041, Cume $949,267
God’s Not Dead: A Light in Darkness (Pure Flix) Week 4 [111 Theaters] Weekend $67,000, Average $604, Cume $5,557,090
Outside In (The Orchard) Week 4 [6 Theaters] Weekend $3,553, Average $592, Cume $64,639
Back To Burgundy (Music Box Films) Week 5 [16 Theaters] Weekend $15,905, Average $994, Cume $162,338
Final Portrait (Sony Pictures Classics) Week 5 [100 Theaters] Weekend $78,405, Average $784, Cume $299,784
Isle Of Dogs (Fox Searchlight) Week 5 [1,947 Theaters] Weekend $3,400,000, Average $1,746, Cume $24,300,000
Flower (The Orchard) Week 6 [1 Theater] Weekend $643, Cume $327,102
Ramen Heads (Gunpowder & Sky) Week 6 [3 Theaters] Weekend $1,507, Average $502, Cume $55,725
The Death of Stalin (IFC Films) Week 7 [210 Theaters] Weekend $340,216, Average $1,620, Cume $6,862,918
Itzhak (Greenwich Entertainment) Week 7 [33 Theaters] Weekend $28,710, Average $870, Cume $332,572
The Hurricane Heist (Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures) Week [ Theaters] Weekend $, Average $, Cume $
The Leisure Seeker (Sony Pictures Classics) Week 7 [183 Theaters] Weekend $184,333, Average $1,007, Cume $2,710,970
The Young Karl Marx (The Orchard) Week 9 [1 Theaters] Weekend $620, Cume $121,446
1945 (Menemsa Films) Week 25 [10 Theaters] Weekend $24,922, Average $2,492, Cume $561,265