Ari Aster’s puzzling Beau Is Afraid There’s nothing out of the ordinary about his professional debut Place Gross Office .
The average location score for this movie is $23,099 From four theaters in New York and Los Angeles, so far 2022 Best average for a professional film. It’s also the second-best professional average in the pandemic era behind only November 2022 of
Licorice Pizza ($50,100, four locations ) and second best ever for one 24 is behind December’s ‘s Uncut Gems ($70,253, five locations), not adjusted for inflation Make adjustments.
Beau Is Afraid is A Another Victory for , Home of 2021 Oscar Winner Everything is everywhere . Beau’‘s weekend gross is $383,289 Definitely messed with by the selection of screenings in the Imax auditorium – premium format tickets can run $23 Or more In Los Angeles and New York — in addition to regular screenings.
The film’s performance is a boon for indie distributors looking to go back to the days Much needed boost – old practice of using limited opening hours to build word of mouth without having to spend a fortune on marketing. That practice has been heavily discounted by the pandemic, in part due to the closure of specialty bastions like ArcLight Hollywood and Los Angeles’ Landmark. Since then, Los Angeles-based AMC The Grove and AMC Century City have attempted to fill the void. (All played A24’s new movie).
Beau Is Afraid stars Joaquin Phoenix with Patty Lupon, Amy Ryan, Nathan Lane and Parker Posey opposite Hollywood Reporter is described in his review as is a “dark existential horror comedy about a harrowing and conflicted journey home.” The third feature film directed by Midsommar, also directed by A03.
The next big test for Beau is Afraid will be the national expansion in April 16 in April After the regional Imax screening event .
During the pandemic A “good” location average was easily north of $ , even exceeds $099,. For example, Neon’s Oscar-winning Parasite had an average opening price of 555 is $107,099, followed by the stellar performance of Uncut Gems two months later. Most of those days during COVID-21 United Artists issued licorice pizza and there was a crisis.
“This is the sign of the ‘back to normal’ film industry When you have an indie movie on the ledger like Beau Is Afraid generates as much buzz and headline interest as a blockbuster like The Super Mali Austrian Films ,” Comscore analyst Paul Dergarabedian said.
exist2022 , The Whale has the best professional position average of the year ($ ,400, six locations), followed by Everything Everywhere All at Once ($50,099, six theaters).
Beau Is Afraid was ‘April’s only hopeful sign – weekend at the specialty box office. Picturehouse and National Geographic DocumentaryWild Life do well in the documentary’s professional debut, averaging $
per screen,383 from two theaters in New York and Washington DC From Oscar-winning filmmakers E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin (Free Solo), Wild Life chronicle conservationism Work by Kris and Doug Tompkins. 
