Mrs. Harris goes to Parisgrossed $1.35 million in week two with a mix of arthouse and commercial theaters among top ten locations and a nice hold from opening weekend (-31%). To date, the film’s cume is $4.65million. It stars Leslie Manville playing a British housekeeper who dreams about owning a Christian Dior gown. It was number. In North America, it was in 1,001 cinemas.
The top ten commercial venues included cinemas such the Plaza Frontenac, St. Louis, Avalon Twin, Washington, D.C., Camelview, Phoenix, and Avalon Twin, Washington, D.C. In week 2, ticket sales grew beyond the coasts. Demos were similar with a 44% increase in sales for those over 55 and 71% of women.
“The biggest takeaway is that we are starting to get older audiences back into theaters,”Lisa Bunnell is the distribution president at Focus Features. And, “The top ten this weekend was a good mix of commercial and specialty theaters that we don’t see consistently anymore.”
She called Mrs. HarrisA positive movie with good word of mouth. “People are starting to talk about it, and going back to the movies, which is what we need in order to see the specialized market come back.”Overall, she states, “We are starting to see more normalized moviegoing habits.”
Aside from specialty, having the original IP or R-rated NopeThe weekend’s top choice is “not the easiest thing in the world to do”She said that it was encouraging. She also mentioned that the fact that five of the top films grossed more than $10 million (again), is encouraging. “what I would would consider to be [more] consistent moviegoing habits.”
Mrs. Harris, Directed ByAnthony Fabian stars Isabelle Huppert and Jason Isaacs as well as Lambert Wilson, Lambert Wilson, Alba Baptista and Lucas Bravo.
Other specialty:
Openings new My Donkey, My Lover & IGreenwich Entertainment began in 51 locations and grew to a weekend of $30,00 or a PSA $588. The French film by Caroline Vignal stars Laure Calamy, who plays Noémie, the comically eccentric assistant to Mathias Barneville in Get in touch with me!
Holdover,Neon’s Love and FireThe three-day total of $131,174 was achieved on 99 screens during week three. This is a PSA of $1325 and a cumulative sum of $281,198.
Sony Pictures Classics’ Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song In week 4, $64,101 was collected on 64 screens (up 25 from the previous week) for a PSA $1,002 as well as a cume $2262,268.
A24’s Marcel The Shell Shoescontinued to expand in week five, posting a weekend total of $846,950 on 590 screens for a cume of $2.87 million.