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UPDATED with more numbers and analysis. The specialty film marketplace had a mellow weekend, as Hollywood summer tentpoles dominated the conversation, though audiences did turn out for doc counter-programmers Eating Animals and Won\u2019t You Be My Neighbor?<\/p>\n
Natalie Portman, who produced and narrates Eating Animals, which explores the consequences of factory farming, had a heavy Q&A schedule in New York for its two runs of the IFC Films\/Sundance Selects release directed by Christopher Quinn. It grossed $35,215 for hearty $17,607 per theater average. Neighbor, which focuses on the life and TV legacy of Fred Rogers, posted a stellar second-frame average of $10,253 despite a significant expansion. The Focus Features release grossed $985,000 in 96 locations.<\/p>\n
On the border between specialty and wide releases, John Travolta\u2019s turn as mob boss John Gotti went out in 503 theaters, grossing $1.67M. Gotti, co-financed by MoviePass Ventures, joined an ignominious club with a 0% Rotten Tomatoes score.<\/p>\n
RBG, which had its world premiere at Sundance, continued its spectacular run, becoming one of only two dozen non-fiction titles ever to cross the $10M mark. The Magnolia\/Participant profile of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg collected another $483K in 290 sites this weekend in the three-day, averaging $1,666.<\/p>\n
Eating Animals, which had its world premiere nearly a year ago in Telluride, savored a sweet opening weekend in Manhattan both downtown and uptown at IFC Center and Landmark 57 West, with visits from Portman. Adapted from Jonathan Safran Foer\u2019s critically acclaimed book, Eating Animals looks at America\u2019s food industry over the last 40 years. The film shows how the country has shifted from traditional farming communities to massive industrial farming complexes that produce a seemingly endless supply of so-called \u201ccheap\u201d meats, eggs, and dairy. <\/p>\n
IFC Films is taking a more traditional approach with Eating via its Sundance Selects, expecting audiences to dine out on it through the summer. \u201cIt\u2019s a traditional release, which we do when we feel there\u2019s the theatrical audience [in place] that is passionate,\u201d IFC Films co-president Jonathan Sehring told Deadline this week ahead of the release. <\/p>\n
In one of her Q&A appearances on Saturday, Portman revealed her appetite for the small screen. \u201cI\u2019m a fan of competition cooking shows,\u201d she said during a Q&A Saturday. \u201cI\u2019d like to do a vegan [show]. You heard it here first. If anyone [wants to buy it], I\u2019ll be outside in the lobby afterward.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eating Animals will next head to L.A. with additional cities planned.<\/p>\n
Word of mouth is also propelling Won\u2019t You Be My Neighbor? The emotionally resonant portrait of Rogers, directed by Oscar winner Morgan Neville, is on a path toward some eye-popping numbers by documentary standards.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re seeing more and more with the film\u2019s word of mouth that audiences are grabbing on to this idea of radical kindness that Mister Rogers lived both on screen and off,\u201d said Focus distribution president Lisa Bunnell, who added that 100% of adults rated the film in the top two boxes and 96% listed it as a definite recommend. \u201cMorgan\u2019s film brings hope to people when we need it in our culture right now.\u201d <\/p>\n
Focus also touted celebrities\u2019 embrace of the film, with Judd Apatow, Questlove and Sarah Silverman among its fans.<\/p>\n
Gunpowder & Sky added 79 runs in week 2 of its release of Hearts Beat Loud by Brett Haley just in time for Father\u2019s Day. Now in 83 locations, the title grossed $249,581 for a $3,007 PTA. It debuted in four locations last weekend, grossing just over $74K for a solid $18,513 average. Hearts Beat Loud has cumed $348K.<\/p>\n
The Orchard and MoviePass Ventures expanded writer-director Bart Layton\u2019s American Animals to 72 locations in its third weekend, grossing some $216K (a $3,005 average). Last weekend, it came in at about $235K, averaging $5,591. It has cumed $760,617.<\/p>\n
Sony Classics\u2019 The Rider passed $2M this past week, a noteworthy feat for a feature without recognizable stars in its cast. Directed by Chlo\u00e9 Zhao, the Cannes premiere grossed $72,802 in its 10th weekend, bringing its cume to $2.11M.<\/p>\n
NEW RELEASES<\/p>\n
Gotti (Vertical Entertainment) NEW [503 Theaters] Weekend $1,670,000, Average $3,320<\/p>\n
Eating Animals (Sundance Selects) NEW [2 Theaters] Weekend $35,215, Average $17,607<\/p>\n
RETURNING\/SECOND WEEKEND<\/p>\n
Hearts Beat Loud (Gunpowder & Sky) Week 2 [83 Theaters] Weekend $249,581, Average $3,007, Cume $348,453<\/p>\n
Won\u2019t You Be My Neighbor? (Focus Features) Wee 2 [96Theaters] Weekend $985,000, Average $10,253, Cume $1,693,000<\/p>\n
HOLDOVERS \/ THIRD+ WEEKENDS<\/p>\n
American Animals (The Orchard\/MoviePass Ventures) Week 3 [72 Theaters] Weekend $216,371, Average $3,005, Cume $760,617<\/p>\n
Breath (FilmRise) Week 3 [10 Theater] Weekend $3,800, Average $380, Cume $27,473<\/p>\n
Rodin (Cohen Media Group) Week 3 [2 Theaters] Weekend $1,869, Average $934, Cume $16,424<\/p>\n
Summer 1993 (Oscilloscope) Week 4 [17 Theaters] Weekend $20,500, Average $1,206, Cume $98,624<\/p>\n
Who We Are Now (FilmRise) Week 4 [1 Theater] Weekend $250, Cume $18,766<\/p>\n
On Chesil Beach (Bleecker Street) Week 5 [73 Theaters] Weekend $27,060, Average $371, Cume $677,257<\/p>\n
First Reformed (A24) Week 5 [273 Theaters] Weekend $329,500, Average $1,207, Cume $2,405,350<\/p>\n
Beast (Roadside Attractions\/30 West) Week 6 [49 Theaters] Weekend $29,100, Average $593, Cume $763,410<\/p>\n
The Seagull (Sony Pictures Classics) Week 6 [211 Theaters] Weekend $144,760, Average $686, Cume $873,596<\/p>\n
The Guardians (Music Box Films) Week 7 [8 Theaters] Weekend $10,256, Average $1,282, Cume $83,158<\/p>\n
RBG (Magnolia Pictures\/Participant Media) Week 8 [290 Theaters] Weekend $483,000 Average $1,666, Cume $10,101,528<\/p>\n
The Rider (Sony Pictures Classics) Week 10 [94 Theaters] Weekend $72,802, Average $774, Cume $2,118,487<\/p>\n
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