Martin McDonagh’s “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight) scored the best platform opening of the fall with an estimated 181,000 in four New York/Los Angeles theaters. The 1920s Ireland-set comedy slightly outpaced the recent good initial results for “TÁR” (Focus) early in this year’s seasonal upsurge in specialized releases.
Although the total gross so far is still only a small part of the weekend box office (about 4 million total among all specialized films), I dates are mostly limited or platform. Three of these are already in the 100-300 theater range, with all showing some strength and promise for more.
“Aftersun” (A24), with the year’s best Metacritic score of 96 (“Banshees” has an outstanding 90), also opened in four theaters in the same two cities. It doesn’t have the same directorial or actor presence, with few selling points other than the outstanding reviews. Its initial performance is a positive sign,...
Although the total gross so far is still only a small part of the weekend box office (about 4 million total among all specialized films), I dates are mostly limited or platform. Three of these are already in the 100-300 theater range, with all showing some strength and promise for more.
“Aftersun” (A24), with the year’s best Metacritic score of 96 (“Banshees” has an outstanding 90), also opened in four theaters in the same two cities. It doesn’t have the same directorial or actor presence, with few selling points other than the outstanding reviews. Its initial performance is a positive sign,...
- 10/23/2022
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
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