Animated ‘Flow’s Surprising Spring At The Specialty Box Office
deadline.comStarting small on two screens but with surprising spring is animated Flow from Sideshow and Janus Films, setting the distributor’s highest per screen average of circa $25.4k, or $50.8k at two theater in NY and LA.
Gints Zilbalodis’ feline tale, Latvia’s Oscar submission, was the top grossing film at NYC’s Angelika and third highest at LA’s AMC Burbank behind multiple screens of Gladiator 2 and Wicked.
Sellouts were driven by families, fans of Studio Ghibli films or the Coraline re-release on weekend afternoons, to young adults.
The tale of a courageous cat after his home is devastated by a great flood, Flow is generating buzz as a film that could be nominated for Best Animated Feature at the Oscars as well as being the first Latvian film in history to be nominated for Best International Feature.
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