Paul Schraders dramatic thriller First Reformed, starring Ethan Hawke and Amanda Seyfried, handily outpaced all new limited release titles over the weekend with a per-theater average of $25,067.
The A24 newcomer played four locations Friday to Sunday, grossing $100,270, the second highest gross of any limited-release title reporting numbers this weekend. The top grosser overall was Focus Features doc Pope Francis – A Man Of His Word, which is directed by Wim Wenders. Although it racked up the highest absolute gross among debut specialties with $480,000, it played in 346 theaters, that worked out to a middling average of $1,387.
Bleecker Street opened On Chesil Beach with Saoirse Ronan, Billy Howle and Emily Watson in four locations, grossing $36,563, while Sundance Selects rolled out Grey Gardens prequel doc That Summer with an exclusive run, taking in $6,018.
Among holdovers, Sony Classics expanded The Seagull in its second frame, grossing nearly $66K in the three-day, while Roadside Attractions/30WESTs Beast also added locations in week two for a $102,250 weekend in 31 theaters.
Magnolia Pictures/Participant Media more than doubled the theater count for Betsy West and Julie Cohens Sundance doc RBG in its third weekend with continued solid numbers, grossing $1.28 million. And SPCs The Rider galloped into seven-figure country in its sixth weekend.
NEW RELEASES
On Chesil Beach (Bleecker Street) NEW [4 Theaters] Weekend $36,563, Average $9,141
First Reformed (A24) NEW [4 Theaters] Weekend $100,270, Average $25,067
Pope Francis – A Man Of His Word (Focus Features) NEW [346 Theaters] Weekend $480,000, Average $1,387
That Summer (Sundance Selects) NEW [1 Theater] Weekend $6,018
RETURNING/SECOND WEEKEND
Always At the Carlyle (Good Deed Entertainment) Week 2 [7 Theater] Weekend $11,999, Average $1,714, Cume $27,177
Beast (Roadside Attractions/30 West) Week 2 [31 Theaters] Weekend $102,250, Average $3,298, Cume $181,264
Mountain (Greenwich Entertainment) Week 2 [1 Theater] Weekend $4,000, Cume $39,068
Revenge (Neon) Week 2 [15 Theaters] Weekend $11,204, Average $747, Cume $82,562
The Seagull (Sony Pictures Classics) Week 2 [13 Theaters] Weekend $65,949, Average $5,073, Cume $180,865
HOLDOVERS / THIRD+ WEEKENDS
Bad Samaritan (Vertical Entertainment) Week 3 [48 Theaters] Weekend $14,500, Average $302, Cume $3,423,054
The Guardians (Music Box Films) Week 3 [7 Theaters] Weekend $10,599, Average $1,514, Cume $35,550
RBG (Magnolia Pictures/Participant Media) Week 3 [375 Theaters] Weekend $1,280,000, Average $3,413, Cume $3,880,766
Disobedience (Bleecker Street) Week 4 [247 Theaters] Weekend $498,612, Average $2,018, Cume $1,881,880
Let The Sunshine In (Sundance Selects) Week 4 [49 Theaters] Weekend $94,602, Average $1,930, Cume $399,663
After Auschwitz (Passion River Films) Week 5 [5 Theaters] Weekend $1,423, Average $284, Cume $70,686
The Devil And Father Amorth (The Orchard) Week 5 [1 Theater] Weekend $720, Average $720, Cume $20,449
Godard Mon Amour (Cohen Media Group) Week 5 [9 Theaters] Weekend $3,727, Average $414, Cume $78,400
The Rider (Sony Pictures Classics) Week 6 [90 Theaters] Weekend $169,640, Average $1,885, Cume $1,111,954
You Were Never Really Here (Amazon Studios) Week 7 [32 Theaters] Weekend $30,272, Average $946, Cume $2,452,917
Finding Your Feet (Roadside Attractions/Stage 6) Week 8 [30 Theaters] Weekend $15,075, Average $502, Cume $1,376,586
Getting Grace (Hannover House) Week 9 [3 Theaters] Weekend $2,222, Average $741, Cume $216,280
Isle Of Dogs (Fox Searchlight) Week 9 [288 Theaters] Weekend $325,000, Average $1,128, Cume $30,723,277
The Death of Stalin (IFC Films) Week 11 [50 Theaters] Weekend $61,432, Average $1,228, Cume $7,814,433
Itzhak (Greenwich Entertainment) Week 11 [11 Theaters] Weekend $6,000, Average $545, Cume $533,677
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