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Arianna Bocco Hopes ‘Happening’ “Sparks Important Conversations About Our Future” After Solid Open At Arthouse And Multiplex – Specialty Box Office

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Audrey Diwan’s opened to an estimated $34k on four screens in NY and LA this weekend for a PTA of $8,500. The locations on both coasts — IFC Center/AMC Lincoln Square and The Landmark/AMC The Grove — while limited showed the abortion drama set in 1968 France competing successfully in commercial crossover multiplexes as well as arthouses.That’s a pattern Arianna Bocco, distribution head for IFC Films, hopes will continue as it expands to over 100 cities nationwide as well as within the New York City and Los Angeles markets, next week.

Anamaria Vartolomei plays Anne, a brilliant student resolved to risk shame, physical risk and prison to end her pregnancy.“IFC Films is committed to bringing Happening to screens across America at this pivotal moment in time,” she said. “We hope audiences seek this film out and that it sparks important conversations about our future.” The film opened Stateside days after it became clear that the U.S.

Supreme Court is poised to dismantle Roe v. Wade.The film premiered last year in Venice, where it won the Golden Lion. It played Sundance, then opened New Directors/New Films in April.

Diwan was nominated for a 2022 BAFTA Film Award. Vartolomei won the César for Most Promising Actress.Also this weekend, Yellow Veil Pictures opened Gaspar Noe’s Lux Aeterna at the Metrograph in NYC with a three-day PSA of $9,000.

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