Specialty Box Office: ‘Before Midnight’ Bows With A Bang
By THE DEADLINE TEAM
Brian Brooks is a Deadline contributor.
Sony Pictures Classics’ Before Midnight has stuck box office gold Memorial Day weekend. The start of the summer 2013 blockbuster season will be for Fast & Furious 6 to celebrate, but Midnight clearly resonated with audiences searching for an alternative. The film, directed by Richard Linklater opened in 5 theaters grossing $273,944 and averaging $54,789. In 2004, Warner Independent debuted Before Sunset in 20 theaters, averaging $10,971. That film went on to gross $2.7 million domestically. “We think the reputation of this film stands on its own whether you’ve seen those or not,” said SPC co-president Michael Barker. “So it has the benefit of being related to those films, but it also has the benefit of being the finest of the three.” SPC will take Before Midnight wide June 14th. In other openers, Sony Classics also opened Fill The Void in three locations. That film took in just over $60K, averaging a solid $20,145.
NEW
A Pig Across Paris (Rialto Picures) NEW (Re-release) [1 Theater] Weekend $11K
Before Midnight (Sony Pictures Classics) NEW [5 Theaters] Weekend $273,944, Average $54,789
Fill The Void (Sony Pictures Classics) NEW [3 Theaters] Weekend $60,436, Average $20,145
Returning / 2nd Weekend
The English Teacher (Cinedigm) Week 2 [7 Theaters] Weekend $11,578, Average $1,654
Frances Ha (IFC Films) Week 2 [60 Theaters] Weekend $612K, Average $10,200
Holdovers / 3RD+ Weekends
Stories We Tell (Roadside Attractions) Week 3 [26 Theaters] Weekend $143,456, Average $5,518, Cume $372,993
The Iceman (Millennium Entertainment) Week 4 [258 Theaters] Weekend $394,580, Average $1,529, Cume $1,472,463
Love Is All You Need (Sony Pictures Classics) Week 4 [63 Theaters] Weekend $238,944, Average $3,793, Cume $443,915
Scatter My Ashes At Bergdorf’s (Entertainment One) Week 4 [36 Theaters] Weekend $67,550, Average $1,876, Cume $276,989
What Maisie Knew (Millennium Entertainment) Week 4 [27 Theaters] Weekend $154,247, Average $5,712, Cume $304,999
Kon-Tiki (The Weinstein Company) Week 5 [64 Theaters] Weekend $167K, Average $2,609, Cume $667,497
Mud (Roadside Attractions/Lionsgate) Week 5 [712 Theaters] Weekend $1,928,190, Average $2,708, Cume $14,535,487
In The House (Cohen Media Group) Week 6 [21 Theaters] Weekend $23,766, Average $1,132, Cume $354,153
The Company You Keep (Sony Pictures Classics) Week 8 [96 Theaters] Weekend $144,241, Average $1,503, Cume $4,759,744
The Place Beyond The Pines (Focus Features) Week 9 [128 Theaters] Weekend $164,376, Average $1,284, Cume $20,958,099
The Sapphires (The Weinstein Company) Week 10 [61 Theaters] Weekend $71K, Average $1,164, Cume $2,110,704