Sideshow/Janus Films EO held well in week two, grossing $23,217 for the five-day holiday frame ($11,609 per screen) and $16,900 for the three-day weekend ($8,450 per screen).
The new cume is $50.7k in a crowded arthouse market, a strong showing for the film starring a melancholic gray donkey. It expands to LA next week opening at Laemmle Royal, Alamo Drafthouse DTLA, Los Feliz 3, and Santa Barbara’s Riviera Theater at SBIFF.
Director Jerzy Skolimowski will be on hand for Q&As all weekend. The Cannes Jury Prize winner starts a national expansion Dec.
9 with several dozen additional runs planned next month before a wider rollout in January. Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans expanded from NY and LA to 638 theaters Wednesday in week three.
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