Some 30 million moviegoers went to see one of these.
In the weird post-Covid shift, tentpoles can slay, and indies can disappear.
This weekend, however, they didnt.
Ralph Fiennes in ‘Conclave’; Jesse Eisenberg in ‘A Real Pain’; Hugh Grant in ‘Heretic’Focus Features/Courtesy Everett Collection; Searchlight Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection; Kimberley French/A24/Courtesy Everett Collection
Audiences showed decent specialty support for films fromHereticandA Real Pain, toConclaveand even Latvian animatedFlow.Anorais still in theaters.
Three indies graced the top ten.
But I guess thats a good problem.
Will have a limited expansion this coming weekend in advance of a moderate nationwide break Dec. 13.
The breakout horror is no.
8 at the box office.
Music Box Films heavy metal parody sequelHeavier Tripfrom Norway opened to $10k at 15 locations.
Holdovers:Indie Angel StudiosBonhoeffer: Pastor, Spy, Assassinwas the weekends no.
6 with $2.4 million on 1,800 screens in week 2 for a cume of $4.7 million.
10 and passed $6.1 million.
Hes up for a Gotham Award for Supporting Actor tomorrow.
Eisenberg took the Best Screenplay award at Sundance where the film premiered.
Expands to several hundred theaters Friday.
Expands through the holiday season and into 2025.
