‘Super Mario Bros.’ Continues Box Office Reign With Animation Record $58 Million 3rd Weekend
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War in Afghanistan is turning out to be not much different even with such positive word-of-mouth. Much farther down on the charts, A24’s “Beau Is Afraid” and Searchlight’s “Chevalier” are seeing low returns this weekend. “Beau Is Afraid,” after scoring the second highest per theater average of the post-shutdown era in limited release last weekend, is earning just $2.7 million from 965 theaters.
This is not too surprising given that Ari Aster’s three-hour surreal horror film about a neurotic man and his abusive mother is polarizing critics and audiences with Rotten Tomatoes scores of 68% and 74%, with even reviews hailing it at Aster’s magnum opus acknowledging that it is a very challenging film.“Chevalier” is doing worse, grossing a mere $1.5 million from 1,275 theaters and opening outside of the top 10.
The film stars Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Joseph Bologne, a virtuosic composer and violinist born in the Caribbean who struggled against racism as he gained the favor of Marie Antoinette.
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