Border Town Drama ‘Radical’ With Eugenio Derbez Busts Out In U.S. Debut; ‘Priscilla’ Rocks Expansion – Specialty Box Office
deadline.comRadical with Eugenio Derbez built on its smash opening in Mexico to hit no. 5 at the U.S. box office with a super $2.7 million at 416 theaters.
The Pantelion film had delayed its debut Stateside by two weeks to skirt The Eras Tour juggernaut, allowing word of mouth to build for the drama about a dedicated teacher in a troubled Mexican border town. Priscilla by Sofia Coppola is looking at an estimated $5 million weekend and a no.
4 box office slot in a major week-two expansion to 1,359 screens. The film with Cailee Spaeny as Priscilla Presley and Jacob Elordi as Elvis now has an estimated cume of $5.3 million in one of the year’s best expansions and Sofia Coppola’s second best of her career.
Ticket sales were led by a younger female audience — 75% under 35 and 65% female. Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers from Focus Features, starring Paul Giamatti, grossed $600k on 64 screens.
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