'Anora' Rocks 2024's Best Opening Per Screen As Neon Is As Critical As 'Parasite' And Invokes Audience Trajectory – Exclusive Box Office

Great indie numbers this weekend Anora 2024 turned in $90k on six screens for a $540k total for the highest screen-average. We live in timeBest platform expansion of the year, grossing $4.2 million on 956 screens in 2 weeks for $4.5 million. the newcomers Union And line Each performed well on a screen, as it did Goodrich About 1,000 over.

“We are incredibly excited about this weekend's record-breaking results and the fantastic critical and audience response to Sean Baker's Palme d'Or-winning film. Anora. Baker is a singular director who truly understands the power of the theatrical experience and how important it is to see films in theaters,” said Neon. Heading into the fall.”

The highest PSA of the year is now that $90k from Lincoln Center, Angelica and Alamo Brooklyn in NY and, in LA, The Grove, Century City and Burbank in LA. It wasn't. 1 everywhere. Kinds of Kindness It was $75k per screen when it opened in June, beating previous 2024 PSA record holders, Yorgos Lanthimos and star Emma Stone to buzz and box office buzz. poor thing.

AnoraThat sits at 98% on Rotten Tomatoes, hitting the second-highest post-PSA epidemic behind only Wes Anderson. Asteroid City. It has been in the top 5 PSAs of the last five years, alongside Neon's Palme d'Or and Oscar Best Picture winner. parasite as well as Asteroid City, the uncut gem And Beloved.

Critical and audience appreciation took the film in the same direction parasiteNeon says.

Bong Joon-ho's film was a major arthouse crossover, grossing $53 million domestically.

Written and directed by Sean Baker, produced by Alex Coco, Samantha Kwan and Sean Baker, the film stars Mickey Madison, Mark Eidelstein, Yuri Borisov, Karen Karagulyan and Vache Tovmasyan in a humorous twist on the modern-day Cinderella story.

Madison (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) is Annie, a young Brooklyn sex worker whose life takes an unexpected turn when she meets and passionately marries Vanya, the energetic son of a Russian billionaire. However, when Vaniya's parents catch wind of the union, they send their men to annul the marriage, setting off a wild chase through the streets of New York.

Neon has acquired North American rights Anora Ahead of his Cannes debut in late 2023, securing his fifth consecutive Palme d'Or win (later parasite, Titanium, The triangle of sorrow And Anatomy of a fruit )

It went on to play TIFF and the New York Film Festival. This is Sean Baker's eight films as writer-director with previously acclaimed titles Red Rocket (2021), The Florida Project (2017), and Tangerine (2015).

Anora Its theatrical expansion continues over the next few weeks leading up to a wider release in November.

Moving onto the A24 We live in time — a major plug for romance with the platform expansion of the year for John Crowley's love story starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh. It finished in the top 5 on just 985 screens with an impressive $4.2 million weekend, a $4.5 million gross and no. 5 spots at the domestic box office.

With RT certified fresh with critics and audience scores in the 90s, Exits shows that young women show up in droves (85% under 35 and 70% female) and continue to be word of mouth for Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh.

Opened in limited release last week and set up for a nice run with the latest numbers to expand next.

Goodrich Starring Michael Keaton and Mila Kunis grossed $650.2k on just 1,000 screens. Directed by Haley Meyers-Shire, distributed by Ketchup Entertainment, Goodrich has excellent exit polls and viewership scores (91%). Starring Michael Keaton Saturday Night Live Last night can give the film a boost on today and weekdays Keaton is Andy Goodrich, whose life is turned upside down when his wife (Laura Benanti) and the mother of their nine-year-old twins enter a 90-day rehab program, leaving him alone with their young children. Entering the world of modern fatherhood, Goodrich leans on his daughter from his first marriage, Grace (Kunis), as he ends up becoming the father Grace never had.

Bleecker Street Comedy is guessing the rumor Will gross $314.1k for opening weekend on 630 screens Directed by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson and starring Cate Blanchett, Alicia Vikander, Roy Dupuis, Nikki Amuka-Bird and Charles Dance, it had its world premiere at Cannes and screened at TIFF, New York Film Festival and BFI London. Follows the leaders of seven of the world's wealthiest democracies at the annual G7 summit, where they try to craft a tentative statement on a global crisis.

Estimated $275.6k for road attractions Apologize At 774. The feature directorial debut of painter Titus Kafer stars Andre Holland, Anjanu Ellis-Taylor, John Earl Jelks and Andrea Day. Holland plays an artist whose path to success is derailed by an unexpected visit from his estranged father.

In limited release: UnionThe Sundance Special Jury Prize-winning documentary, which was recently selected to the prestigious DOC NYC shortlist, opens exclusively in New York this weekend and is expected to gross $10k with multiple sold-out screenings in just 114-seat theaters at the IFC Center. Self-distributed by Level Ground Productions, a leading awards contender from Brett Story and Stephen Maying, will add more than 15 markets this coming Tuesday with special engagements with traditional openings in Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago and Austin on October 25. Following a group of ordinary workers who, in 2022, made history by successfully winning their election to become the first unionized Amazon workplace in the United States — marking the most important victory for labor since the 1930s.

Tribeca-acclaimed Utopia opens line Estimated $8.5K at Regal Union Square in New York this weekend exclusively. Known for its commitment to supporting emerging filmmakers, Utopia continues its mission with Ethan Berger's feature debut that explores the dark side of college friends. After a Tuesday premiere with talent including Alex Wolff, Halle Bailey, Lewis Pullman and Austin Abrams, the film was driven by the high-profile presence of Utopia's social media and dedicated cast/crew support such as Alex Wolff. Drew Barrymore, Good morning America and other major outlets during her tour with Billie Eilish.

line Expanding to more than 25 markets next week, including Landmark Sunset in LA Utopia also continues to announce new dates and events weekly on social media

Significant holdover: by Jason Reitman saturday night 4 weeks from Sony saw an estimated $1.8 million on 2,336 screens for a total of $7.6 million. 9 at the box office.

In its fifth weekend, Mubi's Coralie Forget's released substance The weekend on 548 screens for per-screen crossed $13 million with an estimated weekend gross of $878.6k and a new cume pushing $13.4 million.