‘Bottoms’ Brings It On As Raunchy Teen Comedy Expands Nationwide – Specialty Preview
deadline.comMGM’s raunchy high school comedy Bottoms by Emma Seligman, a surprising teen girl version of Fight Club, is punching into a lot more theaters this week, expanding from 10 to 715 nationwide.
The numbers so far look solid and MGM might be hoping for anything in the $2.5 million-plus range over the three days. It had an good start with last weekend’s limited 10-theater opening in New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Austin bringing in more than $500,000, one of the best per-theater openings of that size post Covid (even with $4 tickets Sunday).
Cume to date tops $724K for the Rachel Sennott- and Ayo Edebiri-starring film that’s got major traction with younger and LGBTQ+ moviegoers.
The duo play queer high-school seniors and longtime best friends PJ and Josie, who start a self-defense club for girls hoping to attract cheerleaders, and to have sex with them.
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