What did you see this weekend?
For the box office charts this week, let's focus in on the platform releases out there since the mainstream offerings were uninspiring. Moonlight had a miraculous opening selling out its shows all weekend long at 4 locations on the coasts. That resulted in one of the strongest per screen averages of the entire year.
The top 20 films in limited release are after the jump...
TOP TEN LIMITED
under 800 screens excluding previously wide releases
01 Denial $954K (cum. $1.9) 648 screens Review
02 I'm Not Ashamed $927K NEW 505 screens
03 Desierto $499K (cum. $1.1) 168 screens Review
04 Moonlight $402K NEW 4 screens Review
05 A Man Called Ove $258K (cum. $797K) 97 screens
06 Priceless $257K (cum. $1.1) 294 screens
07 American Pastoral $149K NEW 50 screens
08 Certain Women $139K (cum. $226K) 41 screens Review
09 The Dressmaker $121K (cum. $1.5) 103 screens
10 Luck-Key $113K NEW 21 screens
The Handmaiden. Have I told you how much I love this movie?
11 The Handmaiden $92K NEW 5 screens Go See It!
12 Operation Mekong $78K (cum. $700K) 22 screens Review
13 American Honey $71K (cum. $523K) 96 screens Review
14 The Beatles: Eight Days a Week $69K (cum. $2.6) 82 screens Review
15 Miss Hokusai $68K (cum. $103K) 84 screens
16 Aquarius $55K (cum. $57K) 17 screens Review
17 Michael Moore in Trumpland $50K NEW 2 screens
18 Harry & Snowman $45K (cum. $224K) 25 screens
19 Christine $34K (cum. $53K) 12 screens
20 No Manches Frida $32K (cum. $11.4) 37 screens
Michael Moore in Trumpland and The Handmaiden also had strong per screen averages in extremely limited bows. It wasn't rosy for everyone, though. The animated feature Miss Hokusai failed to attract new audiences despite expanding to over 80 theaters with a rough per screen average under $1000 (so it's not likely to expand further). Aquarius and Christine , both with critically acclaimed leading actresses, haven't quite found their audiences either but we hope they can continue to expand through word of mouth and critical interest.