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Oscilloscope Laboratories\u2019 Cannes Jury Prize Winner and Independent Spirit international film winner Joyland led New York\u2019s Film Forum to one of its biggest opening weekends for a foreign language film in nearly a decade, taking in north of $21k on one screen, the distributor said. Buoyed by strong reviews and strategic marketing, the film by Saim Sadiq sold out nine showtimes, with the theater adding additional shows.<\/p>\n
The first Pakistani film to officially compete at Cannes it screened in Un Certain Regard winning the Jury Prize then playing at TIFF, Sundance and New Directors\/New Films. It is still banned in much of Pakistan due to themes of queerness and inclusiveness. Expands to LA on April 21, then to top 50 markets and beyond.<\/p>\n
It was a decent weekend for specialty and arthouse fare with some solid openings amid lots of competition, including from wide-release adult fare like Air. That relatively speaking, since Covid hit the box office, older and arthouses audiences are still the slowest to return to theaters.<\/p>\n
The widest was Paint from IFC Films starring Owen Wilson, which grossed $750k on just over 800 screens. The Brit McAdams\u2019 film, with Wilson playing a Bob Ross-like host of a Vermont public television instructional art show, is no. 9 at the domestic box office.<\/p>\n
Neon presented How To Blow Up A Pipeline in 12 locations to a nice $120.5k weekend debut for a PTA of $10k. The R-rated eco-thriller by Daniel Goldhaber stars Sasha Lane, Kristine Froseth, Lukas Gage, Jake Weary, Forrest Goodluck and Ariela Barer. <\/p>\n
A24 opened Showing Up in four locations in NY\/LA to a strong weekend debut of $66.9k, for a per-theater-average of $16.7k. Indie auteur Kelly Reichardt reunites with Michelle Williams in art school comedy that sold out Q&As and posted the highest grossing weekend at the Angelika in NYC so far this year, the distrib said. Opens in select top markets next weekend ahead of a platform rollout.<\/p>\n
Other openings: Pantelion\u2019s La Usurpadora opened at 300+ locations at $140k. An adaptation of one of the most successful telenovelas of all time in the late \u201890s brought to the big screen as a movie musical.<\/p>\n
Notable holdovers: Focus Features 2023 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize winner A Thousand And One grossed $600k in week two in 900+ theaters for a cume to date of $2.96M. It\u2019s no. 10 at the box office this weekend.<\/p>\n
Wide for specialty but continuing to post major numbers, His Only Son from Angel Studios grossed a hefty $3.25 million in week two for a no. 6 box office spot and a total estimated cume of over $11 million. The film directed by David Helling portrays a contention event in the Old Testament, when God tells Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac on the mountain of Moriah.<\/p>\n
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