“Spoiler Alert” (Universal), based on Michael Ausiello’s poignant memoir, debuted in six theaters and provided a spark for the specialized market. It took in 85,000 — at the higher end for this season. That’s enough to justify the brief platform before it expands to a multi-hundred theater run this Friday.
Among traditional specialized titles, we’re confronting a discomfiting reality: This once-vibrant adult audience isn’t showing up, but non-traditional releases are thriving. Fathom Events now boasts two out-of-nowhere successes in three weeks. “I Heard the Bells,” about composer of the classic Christmas carol took in nearly 2.6 million for four days on 474 theaters for #7 overall. And its presentation of two episodes of “The Chosen Season 3” has taken in over 14 million. That’s more than any of the plethora of awards-contenders and others we list below, most of which had wider releases.
Compare that to “The Fabelmans” (Universal). Steven Spielberg’s...
Among traditional specialized titles, we’re confronting a discomfiting reality: This once-vibrant adult audience isn’t showing up, but non-traditional releases are thriving. Fathom Events now boasts two out-of-nowhere successes in three weeks. “I Heard the Bells,” about composer of the classic Christmas carol took in nearly 2.6 million for four days on 474 theaters for #7 overall. And its presentation of two episodes of “The Chosen Season 3” has taken in over 14 million. That’s more than any of the plethora of awards-contenders and others we list below, most of which had wider releases.
Compare that to “The Fabelmans” (Universal). Steven Spielberg’s...
- 12/4/2022
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
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