Arthouse bounced higher this weekend as Morgan Neville’s Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain hit $1.9 million — the strongest specialty opening this year and the best yet for Neville (20 Feet From Stardom, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?) His documentary is No.
8 at the U.S. box office.Pig starring Nicolas Cage hit No. 10.Both films had under 1,000 runs and excellent per theater averages.Road Runner from Focus Features played at 927 locations for a $2,050 per screen and average estimated cume through Sunday of $1.9 million.
That makes it the top opening specialty film — narrative or documentary — and top opening doc of the year.Pig from Neon was on 552 screens for an estimated three-day cume of $945,000 and average per theater of $1,712.Ro
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