A24’s “The Whale” scored at the box office in limited release, landing the biggest opening weekend of the year for an arthouse movie. The film, starring Brendan Fraser as an obese…
” scored at the box office in limited release, landing the biggest opening weekend of the year for an arthouse movie.as an obese recluse who attempts to reconnect with his daughter, grossed $360,000 from just six theaters — translating to $60,000 per screen. Those ticket sales stand as the highest per-theater average of 2022, as well as the second-largest for a limited release since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Next weekend, “The Whale” will stay on six screens in New York and Los Angeles. For A24, the true test will be whether “The Whale” is able to sustain momentum as the film expands nationwide on Dec. 21. In pandemic times, it’s been a struggle across the board for arthouse films to parlay critical plaudits into mainstream success.
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