Awards contenders, an Indian film, an anime compilation and a slasher reboot are flooding the indie film box office. Eternity And Hamnet rounds out the top ten domestic films along with Bollywood films. Dhurandhar. Crazy Santa is back Silent night, deadly nightNeon Secret agent continued to be strong Metropolitan: Live in HD As always, it proved to be a solid result in a pre-Christmas weekend dominated by major studio and family titles.
Among the new discoveriesa reboot of the 1984 slasher film The Santa Claus by Mike P. Nelson. Silent night, deadly night from Cineverse expects to gross $1.1 million from 1,640 theaters.
Brian Fuller Dusty Bunny Roadside Attractions, starring Mads Mikkelsen and Sophie Sloane, debuted with $339,000 on 402 screens.
Cinegalaxy opened Telugu Akhanda 2: Thandavam in 300 theaters for a $366,000 weekend debut, according to Comscore.
New Limited Editions saw the opening of Janus Films Resurrection Bi Gana on three screens at US$64.2k with an average price of US$21.4k per screen, among public service announcements for a new Chinese film in the US post-pandemic. The director hosted sold-out Q&As in New York (film at Lincoln Center and IFC) and Los Angeles (Laemmle Royal).
Atropy from Vertical, a Sundance Grand Jury Award winner in the US for a dramatic feature and the directorial debut of Hayley Benton Gates, opened for about $9,000 at New York's IFC Center. distributor Rosemead starring Lucy Liu earned $29,000 at AMC Century City in Los Angeles for a second week total of $85,000. It's one of the top-grossing films at the theater this weekend, with several sold-out performances including a Friday Q&A presented by Geena Davis.
holding on to: Dhurandhar from Moviegoers Entertainment no. According to Comscore, the film opened at No. 4 on 377 screens in its second week with $3.45 million in three days for a cumulative total of $7.89 million. Aditya Dhar's Hindi spy thriller starring Ranveer Singh follows a network of criminals, informants and operatives whose lives intersect.
GChildren's anime Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution No. 6th in its second week on 1.35 screens with $2.1 million in weekend earnings and a $14.5 million gross.
A24 Eternity David Frain's film grossed $1.77 million from 2,067 screens in its third week for a total of $13 million.
Chloe Zhao Hamnet Focus Features made a good profit, taking in $1.5 million from 749 locations for a total of $7 million. Planning a big break in January. The film continues to please 92% of audiences on Rotten Tomatoes (87% among critics).
Musical We're having fun riding from Sony Pictures Classics expects to gross $248.4K from 330 screens in its second week for a total of $2.2 million. Author: Maria Friedman, starring Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendes.
Neon Secret agent Kleber Mendonça Filho, starring Wagner Moura, grossed $234K from just 43 screens in its third week for a total of $488K.
Cinema for events: Metropolitan: Live in HD Saturday show Giordano Andrea Chenier grossed $524,000 from approximately 800 screens. Conducted by principal guest conductor Daniele Rustioni, starring soprano Sonya Yoncheva and tenor Piotr Beczala. Encore screenings Andrea Chenier will be released in select US theaters on December 17th.
