‘Tuesday’, ‘Treasure’, ‘I Used To Be Funny’ Lead Quiet Arthouse Weekend As Wider Market Rebounds: “Maybe We Have To Get Mainstream Back On Its Feet” First – Specialty Box Office
deadline.comIt was an Inside Out specialty weekend, fairly quiet and with a stream of indies films and more wide releases. The schedule is starting to recover from a strike-induced slump that, however, provided oxygen to some indies.
Small films have been competing for screens with majors at arthouses from Alamo Drafthouse to Landmark since theaters reopened post-Covid and the more of them there are, the harder it is.
It’s nice to see major back and the broader box office on a solid footing. But it would also be nice to see more indie breakouts like Civil War, Late Night With The Devil, Immaculate, Wicked Little Letters, One Life or Love Lies Bleeding. “June is crowded” with indies now, says one distributor.
And theaters “don’t have space to support indies in a meaningful way.” Others are heartened by recent wide-release blowouts. “It’s still a tough market.
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