‘The Worst Person In The World’ Bests Arthouse In Upbeat Weekend For Indie Film – Specialty Box Office
deadline.comNeon’s racked up a few bests this weekend with a cume of $135,042 at four NY/LA theaters for a popping per screen average of $33,768.The poignant comedy from Norway by Joachim Trier that premiered at Cannes (star Renate Reinsve took Best Actress) has great word of mouth.
It’s shortlisted for Best International Film as Oscar nods loom and scored two BAFTA nominations, Best Foreign Language Film and Actress for Reinsve.Experiencing the film “in a cinema with an audience was one of the best times I’ve had all year.
Seeing packed theaters in NY and LA felt so good, and was a true signifier for the return of the platform release and our specialty box office.
I couldn’t be more pleased to see the heartfelt embrace for this film and independent cinema overall,” Neon distribution chief Elissa Federoff said Sunday.Others were also heartened by the weekend numbers, hoping at some point soon to call a turning point in a market that’s been crippled by a slow re-entry of older arthouse demos. “Signs of good things to come,” said another distribution exec.
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