Bassam Tariq's Mahershala Ali-starring TIFF favorite Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother had a strong limited opening as distributor Amazon MGM launched the awards contender into a platform release hewing to the path of American Fiction.. Also this weekend, A History of Concrete had a terrific…

A diverse group of new releases join an indie weekend teetering on awards season kickoff at the close of a pretty momentous week for the industry. New in theaters, Sony Pictures Classics Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! and Mahershala Ali's TIFF-premiering Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother, along…

John Wilson's The History Of Concrete had a record-breaking IFC Center debut, grossing $90k in three days for the top doc opening and the second-highest weekend gross in the NYC theater’s 21-year history after only Parasite ($119k in 2019). Nearly every available ticket sold for the entire weekend…

Indies including newcomer Runner and holdover Buddy nabbed five of the top 10 spots at the domestic box office this weekend. If I Go Will They Miss Me had a terrific exclusive opening in L.A., and documentary American Doctor passed $400k. Late-summer original horror-comedy hit Buddy from…

Dark comedy Buddy from Roadside Attractions and Saban Films is sailing along at no. 7 for the three-day weekend with $5.75 million on 1,771 screens (up 500) in week 2 for a hefty cume of $14.3 million. For the four days, including the U.S. Labor Day holiday, the estimated gross is $7.2 million…

Dark comedy Buddy from Roadside Attractions and Saban Films blew past expectations to set a few records for Roadside Attractions as its top opening since Covid and second-best ever after I Can Only Imagine (2018, $17 million). From the producers of Weapons, the feature directorial debut of…

A24's Tony landed at no. 7 in a big expansion to 1,642 runs (from just under 40). It's cooking with a $5 million weekend and $6.6 million cume in week 3 for the Matt Johnson film starring Dominic Sessa as a young Anthony Bourdain and Antonio Banderas as an early mentor. The coming-of-age story…

Indie films helped drive a terrific box office weekend with Jane Schoenbrun's Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma from Mubi a standout. The edgy director with a dedicated fan base of her own tapped the youthful audience that flocked to Obsession and Backrooms as well as fans of the The X-Files…

Independents posted impressive numbers this weekend, another good one for moviegoing but competitive with blockbuster commercial films in the marketplace. Tony and Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma are notable newcomers with CatVideoFest 2026 landing in the top 10 and a sweet debut for doc Cookie Q…

Bleecker Street's Hadestown: The Musical swept to the second biggest opening for a live show capture since Hamilton, pushing $9.7 million in a terrific debut on 1,949 screens. Due to "extraordinary response and demand,” the distributor said its new event cinema label Crosswalk and partner LD…

Indies The Invite (A24, $15 million cume), Young Washington (Angel Studios, $41 million cume) and Obsession (Focus Features, $258 million cume) are sitting in the top ten in, respectively, week 4, week 3, and week 10. The Olivia Wilde comedy starring herself, Seth Rogen, Penélope Cruz and Edward…

A24’s The Invite by Olivia Wilde expanded to a limited nationwide footprint of 1,610 locations in week 3 (up from 28 screens) grossing over $5.7 million for a $7.38 million cume and a no. 6 spot at the domestic box office. Wilde stars with Seth Rogen, Penélope Cruz and Edward Norton in the comedy…