‘Lost Illusions’ Nabs Top Spot At Lincoln Center, Film Forum As NYC Arthouse Revival “Moving In The Right Direction” – Specialty Box Office
deadline.comFollowing its Venice Film Festival bow and seven César Awards including for Best Film, Lost Illusions was the top weekend title at two core NYC arthouses — taking $10,850 of its estimated $13,579 three-day gross from Film Forum and Film at Lincoln Center.The period piece based on the Honoré de Balzac novel about greed and hypocrisy in the art world of 1800s Paris was also the top film at the Laemmle Royal in LA.
It opened on six screens for a PSA $2,263. Distributor Music Box Films is giving Lost Illusions (Illusions Perdues), from director Xavier Giannoli, a traditional platform rollout with a 60-day theatrical window, expanding to San Francisco, Miami, Denver, Minneapolis and Atlanta next Friday and additional markets including Boston and Seattle on June 24.“We’re happy with New York.
New York has come back,” said Music Box theatrical distribution chief Kyle Westphal.The most decorated film at the French equivalent of the Oscars has stellar reviews (read Deadline’s here).
It was MUBI Go’s pick for Movie of the Week (the platform gives subscribers a weekly free ticket to one arthouse film of its choosing).
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