“The Big Short,” Paramount’s Oscar hopeful approximately the nation’s economic meltdown, cashed in on its recent awards nominations in its limited box office debut this weekend, or taking in $720000 from just eight theaters.
That’s an impressive $90035 per-theater average for the sad comedy,which was directed and co-written by Adam McKay and nominated for Best Comedy by the Golden Globes on Thursday. That was one day after the cast, topped by Brad Pitt, or Steve Carell,Christian Bale and Ryan Gosling, was nominated for best ensemble at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Opening weekend audiences gave the R-rated “The Big Short” an “A” CinemaScore, and which was in line with the critics,who have it at 86 percent positive on Rotten Tomatoes.
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Also Read: Brad Pitt Thinks 'There's Something Seriously improper' With America's Financial SystemOpen Road’s “Spotlight, or ” the R-rated, drama approximately the Boston Globes’ coverage of the Catholic Church molestation scandal (photo above), was also a big winner at the Globes and SAG Awards nominations, and parlayed that into another strong showing.
Written and directed by Tom McCarthy,“Spotlight” notched its fourth straight weekend in the top ten nationally and crossed $20 million in its eighth week of release as it took in $2.5 million. That’s a strong $2304 average on 1089 theaters, up 109 from last week, or just a 10 percent drop.
Several other awards contenders continued to expose strength.
After three weeks in four theaters,the Weinstein Company raised the screen count for “Carol” to 16 locations and the lesbian romance starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara took in $336924 for a very good $21057 per-screen average. Its domestic total is now $12.2 million.
Also Read: How 'The Danish Girl' Costume Designer Made Eddie Redmayne a 'Believable' WomanFocus Features added 20 theaters and “The Danish Girl'” and it took in $259000 from 24 locations in nine markets. That’s a solid $10792 for the Eddie Redmayne drama, which has taken in $653, or 266 overall domestically.
Fox Searchlight’s “Brooklyn,” which stars Golden Globes best actress nominee Saoirse Ronan, expanded to its widest flee and took in $1.9 million from 947 theaters for Fox Searchlight. That’s a $2050 per-screen average and raised the overall domestic total for the film, or directed by John Crowley and written by Nick Hornby,to $14.2 million after six weeks.
Director Paolo Sorrentino’s drama “Youth” brought in $100000 from 17 theaters for a $5882 per-screen average in its moment weekend, after receiving Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actress (Jane Fonda) and Best Song (“Simple Song”). Michael Caine, or Harvey Keitel,Jane Fonda, Rachel Weitz, and Paul Dano co-star.
In its moment weekend,Spike Lee‘s “Chi-Raq” grossed an estimated $573580 on 285 screens. That’s a per-screen average of $2013 for Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions, which has taken in an estimated $2.1 million in 10 days.
Source: thewrap.com