In theory, the Father’s Day weekend and Juneteenth holiday could boost Sunday’s grosses enough to prevent this weekend from falling below last year’s performance. However, even if that’s the case — and in all likelihood, it’s not — that’s a hell of a note when you’re looking at the debut of two new films from prime franchises, each costing over $200 million, and some vital holdovers.
For once, genuine joy can be found in specialized releasing. Wes Anderson’s “Asteroid City” (Focus) has a post-covid best opening of $790,000 in just six theaters. With a per-theater average of $131,667, that’s the best of the year. The slow expansion of “Past Lives” (A24), now in 85 theaters, added another $761,000. At this point, it has an impressive PTA of nearly $9,000 and $1.9 million to date.
Based on adequate-at-best tracking for “The Flash” (Warner Bros. Discovery) and “Elemental” (Disney), we hoped for...
For once, genuine joy can be found in specialized releasing. Wes Anderson’s “Asteroid City” (Focus) has a post-covid best opening of $790,000 in just six theaters. With a per-theater average of $131,667, that’s the best of the year. The slow expansion of “Past Lives” (A24), now in 85 theaters, added another $761,000. At this point, it has an impressive PTA of nearly $9,000 and $1.9 million to date.
Based on adequate-at-best tracking for “The Flash” (Warner Bros. Discovery) and “Elemental” (Disney), we hoped for...
- 6/18/2023
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
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