With the new Twin Peaks coming up, we can feel the Lynch wave building, and we look forward to reaching audiences like this all across the country.” China Lion FilmĬhinese thriller The Devotion of Suspect X bowed in 43 North American theaters Friday, grossing $330K, giving it a solid $7,674 PTA. “To have this kind of intimate access and frank insight into his creative life is a startling and exciting experience. “David Lynch is not only one of the most intriguing filmmakers ever, he’s also one of cinema’s most compelling characters, simultaneously down to earth yet totally mysterious,” commented Peter Becker, president of the Criterion Collection and Partner in Janus Films Sunday. Janus said Sunday it will open the title in Los Angeles April 14 at Cinefamily and that the company is “looking to hit just about every major market theatrically before VOD.” The feature, which debuted in Venice in September, grossed $12,126. Janus Films’ documentary David Lynch – The Art Life began its theatrical release at IFC Center in New York, technically landing the best PTA among the Specialty releases as of Sunday morning. Adult audiences are looking for films with a great story and strong performances and The Zookeeper’s Wife delivers.” As a result, we’ve decided to expand faster than originally planned. Exit polls were huge with over 90% of the audience rating the film in the top two boxes. “The film played extremely well with our core audience. “We’re very happy with our opening weekend, having a more limited title open in the top 10 is a great accomplishment,” said Lisa Bunnell, Focus Features’ president of Distribution Sunday in a statement. The company said its exit polls were “better than the industry norm,” and that its opening weekend audience skewed older and female. Distributor Focus Features said the feature had a 31% jump Friday to Saturday, when it took in $1.36M. The title grossed $3.3M, giving it a $6,191 per theater average. Roadside Attractions And Vertical Entertainment Acquire John Michael McDonagh Film 'The Forgiven' Starring Jessica Chastain & Ralph Fiennesĭirector Niki Caro’s historical drama The Zookeeper’s Wife had a decent start as it rolled out into 541 locations over the weekend. Sony/TriStar more than doubled runs for T2 Trainspotting, grossing $400K this weekend, while Oscilloscope’s Kedi crossed $2M, becoming one of the highest-grossing foreign-language documentaries of all time. And TWC’s Lion crossed $51M.
Submarine Deluxe/Film Rise added several locations for doc I Called Him Morgan in its second weekend, grossing over $20K, while Searchlight’s Wilson went slow in its second frame at $115K in over three hundred theaters. The 4K remaster of the 2001 feature grossed $53,200 from 21 runs. Also Arrow Films is doing a re-release of Donnie Darko starring Jake Gyllenhaal. Janus Films opened doc David Lynch – The Art Life in a New York exclusive engagement, grossing over $12K, while China Lion bowed thriller The Devotion of Suspect X with Chinese star Wang Kai in 43 North American locations taking in $330K.
The title lead an overall quiet weekend in the Specialty box office, which did have a few bright spots. Focus Features rolled out period drama The Zookeeper’s Wife starring Jessica Chastain, Johan Heldenbergh and Daniel Brühl in over five hundred theaters over the weekend, getting a solid start grossing over $3.34M.