Arthouse Distributors Fret At Slow Return Of “55+ Crowd”; ‘The Lost Leonardo,’ Pablo Larrain’s ‘Ema’ Debut – Specialty Preview
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deadline.comDocumentaries about a da Vinci and a dictator, a Pablo Larraín drama with Gael Garcia Bernal, a Donnie Yen martial arts thriller by the late Benny Chan, and CODA, Apple’s record-busting Sundance acquisition, make specialty bows this weekend as the arthouse sector fights through a slow reopening.“The market is still finding a balance right now,” said Kyle Westphal, theatrical sales manager for Music Box Films (and programming associate for Chicago’s Music Box Theatre).
The distributor deubts Larraín’s Ema in 11 theaters in nine markets with plans expand thereafter — to maybe another 20, but it’s hard to say. “The normal [criteria] like what’s your opening per screen average right now, those are all upside down,” Westphal tells Deadline.Recen
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