As blockbusters battled it out at the box office, the specialty space hit high notes with Judy, flew with The Peanut Butter Falcon, shined with Uncut Gems and gave us one helluva Farewell. Major bo…
Its crown jewel during the year however was Bong Joon Ho’s dark comedy and awards-season contenderSong Kang-ho in “Parasite”premiered at Cannes where it won the Palme d’Or and first premiered stateside at Telluride before heading to the Toronto Film Festival. It went on to have a limited U.S. opening in October with a peachy $375K, good for a per-screen average of about $125K — the highest PSA for a foreign-language film of all time.
. The film opened in five theaters in New York and Los Angeles, earning a little under $180K in its limited debut — more a jog than a sprint. Eventually, the film hit a wall before wrapping its theatrical run with a domestic gross of $7.1 million.starring Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones.
Amazon joins the ranks of Netflix when it comes to streaming services that release select titles without reporting box office numbers. Netflix had numerous awards-season titles from theall got short theatrical qualifying runs before making their way to streaming. This year, Amazon did something similar with Scott Z. Burns’ CIA dramastarring Adam Driver. Instead of doing a traditional limited opening and nationwide rollout, the pic had a truncated theatrical debut before hitting streaming.
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