![]() The film will face a major test over Thanksgiving, when it plays in roughly 600 theaters.įrom Searchlight, Inisherin has certainly fared better than Tár, grossing $5.7 million as of Nov. ![]() over the Nov. 11-13 weekend to a location average of $40,394. Spielberg’s semi-autobiographical movie launched in NYC and L.A. The jury is out on Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans and Searchlight’s The Banshees of Inisherin. As of Nov. 15, Tár is available on premium VOD and saw its screen count drop to 359 (its current box office cume is $4.6 million).Īmong other current Oscar contenders, MGM and UAR’s Till leads the pack with a domestic total of $8 million, but so far hasn’t crossed over. But it began to struggle as it expanded, earning only $1.1 million when booking 1,087 locations in its fourth weekend. That included earning a tidy $6 million when expanding from 58 to 1,220 cinemas in its third weekend.įocus Features’ Cate Blanchett-starring Oscar contender Tár, released in early October, posted a promising opening-location average of $39,655 from four theaters in New York and L.A. The A24 film turned into a box office sensation, earning $70 million domestically. So far this year, Everything Everywhere All at Once boasts the top opening average of 2022, or $50,000 from six theaters in March. These films are going after mature audiences who are more likely to stay home,” says Comscore box office analyst Paul Dergarabedian. ![]() “We are in a different marketplace with different dynamics. For example, the opening average for the Oscar-winning Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) was $106,000. In the pre-pandemic era, a “good” location average could easily be north of $75,000 or even more than $100,000. ![]() Instead of the gross, the per-location average is the measure of success. But if a movie doesn’t capture a broad enough audience when going wide, it will lose screens almost entirely.Ī classic platform release begins with a run in four theaters in New York and Los Angeles. This year’s Oscar contenders are expanding more quickly because limited runs aren’t producing the sorts of grosses they previously. Where in the World Is 'Banshees of Inisherin' Star Jenny the Donkey?
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