‘Priscilla’, ‘The Holdovers’ Expand Nicely; ‘Dream Scenario’ With Nicolas Cage Sees Solid Limited Opening – Specialty Box Office
deadline.comFestival and specialty fare crowded the top ten this weekend with Priscilla (A24) and The Holdovers (Focus Features) expanding to hit nos.
4 and 6 respectively. Yash Raj Films’ Bollywood thriller Tiger 3 is at no. 8, and world of mouth continued to buoy Radical (Pantelion/Participant) with Eugenio Derbez, rounding out the list at no.
10. Meanwhile, Kristoffer Borgli’s dark comedy Dream Scenario had a strong limited opening — the latest in a string of them from A24. Orlando, My Political Biography, an erudite doc from Sideshow/Janus Films based on the Virginia Woolf novel, grossed an estimated $7.5k in one theater (Film Forum) with Friday and Saturday sellouts.
That’s a nice indie weekend. With The Marvels melting down and some wide releases having shifted due to the now-settled SAG-AFTRA strike, there’s been a window for indies on awards season runs. The numbers: Sofia Coppola’s latest, Priscilla, starring Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi (as Elvis) is seeing $4.79 million on 2,361 screens (up from 1,359 last week) for a cume of $12.7 million.
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