Is Arthouse Baaack? ‘Lamb’, ‘The Rescue’ Surge; Bond Nudges Older Auds Into Theaters – Specialty Box Office

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NatGeo’s The Rescue by Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin (Free Solo) stormed the specialty box off in five runs in NYC, LA and Chicago this weekend with a nearly $14,000 per screen average — the best opening PSA for a documentary playing in more than one market in over two years. (Estimated three-day cume was $69,662, per screen average $13,932.)And A24’s Icelandic horror folk tale Lamb grossed $1.1 million in 583 locations for a per screen average of $1,715, breaking into the top ten — at no.

7 – and becoming the highest grossing Icelandic film of all time in the U.S.The Rescue sees a 400+ screen rollout next weekend, the largest documentary break since Roadrunner: A Film About Anothony Bourdain opened on 927 screens in July.