Two of essentially the most profitable specialty movies of the yr increase this weekend and a handful of others bounce into an arthouse market that’s seen few new entrants in current weeks as large launch piled on large launch.
Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City jumps from a blockbuster six-theater opening ($800k over three days) final weekend for Focus Features to 1,675 areas right this moment. A24’s Past Lives by Celine Song, which debuted in early June on 4 screens, expands to 296. They’re joined by a documentary on epic bicycle owner Greg LeMond forward of the Tour De France, and the primary theatrical launch by Wayward Entertainment, launched in late 2021 by former Revolution Studios CEO Vince Totino and former Orion Pictures President John Hegeman and specializing in style titles.
Wayward is opening God Is A Bullet, directed and written by Nick Cassavetes, on 375 screens. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau stars as a detective whose ex-wife is murdered and daughter kidnapped by an insidious cult. He takes issues into his personal fingers, infiltrating the secretive group with the assistance of an escaped cult sufferer (Maika Monroe). With Jamie Foxx and Karl Glusman.
The movie is counter-programming, enjoying simply the 2 late reveals at theaters, Hegeman tells Deadline, which helped it entice dates from exhibitors with busy screens. Not insisting on a full complement of reveals for the edgy, R-rated revenge thriller probably doubled its theatrical footprint. Independent distributors and theaters have needed to get inventive post-Covid to draw audiences to smaller movies past big-ticket studio franchises.
Roadside Attractions opens Alex Homes-directed documentary The Last Rider on 105 screens. The story of Greg LeMond, the primary and solely American to win the Tour de France, one of many best cyclists of all time, and with a triumphant comeback story. LeMond, on demise’s door after a searching accident, emerged to beat famed rivals within the historic and nail-biting race on the 1989 Tour de France. The movie, which premiered at Telluride, options unique interviews with LeMond and his spouse Kathy, and never-before-seen footage. Its title is a reference to LeMond’s competing in an period earlier than doping scandals grabbed biking headlines. The launch is timed partly in relation to this yr’s Tour de France, which begins July 1. Roadside marketed closely to the biking neighborhood. LeMond hosted a screening this week on the Regal Pinnacle in Knoxville, the place he lives.
Music Box Films presents Alice Winocour’s Revoir Paris (Paris Memories) on the IFC Center and Film and Lincoln Center in New York, increasing to LA’s Laemmle Royal subsequent week. Premiered in Cannes final yr, see Deadline overview. Starring Virginie Efira and Benoit Magimel. Three months after surviving a terrorist assault in a bistro, Mia remains to be traumatized and unable to recall the occasions of that night time. In an effort to maneuver ahead, she investigates her recollections and retraces her steps.
Alternative engagement: From Trafalagar,Grateful Dead Meet-Up At The Movies 2023 performs June 24 (after a June 22 engagement) in 478 U.S. theaters (572 worldwide). A yr after Brent Mydland’s passing, the Grateful Dead returned to the summer time stadium circuit, enjoying Chicago’s Soldier Field for the primary time with two keyboard gamers filling the seat Brent left vacant. Bruce Hornsby and Vince Welnick’s presence and musical contributions reinvigorated and revitalized the Grateful Dead at what is usually thought-about one of many best reveals of the Bruce-Vince period
Other openings, restricted launch: Momentum Pictures presents mockumentary Maximum Truth by David Stassen, written by Stassen and Ike Barinholtz. A documentary crew follows political grifter Rick Klingman as he groups up along with his sketchy buddy Simon to take down a rival congressional candidate.
Nancy Buirski’s Desperate Souls, Dark City And The Legend Of Midnight Cowboy opens in NY (Film Forum) and LA (Laemmle Town Center, Laemmle Royal), from Zeitgeist/Kino Lorber Premiered at Venice and Telluride. See Deadline overview. Documentary about “the deeply gifted and flawed people behind a dark and difficult masterpiece; New York City in a troubled time of cultural ferment; and the era that made a movie and the movie that made an era.”
Greenwich Entertainment presents Here. Is. Better., director Jack Youngelson’s documentary in regards to the rising psychological well being disaster in America although its examination of veterans’ experiences with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).TK Features the distinguished politician, veteran and podcast host (Majority 54) Jason Kander, sharing his journey via remedy for the primary time. At three theaters in NY, LA, Chicago.
Indican Pictures is displaying Kings of L.A. at Laemmles in Santa Clarita and Noho. A younger man at a essential level in his life struggles to navigate via socioeconomic ills and temptations of his South Central neighborhood because the demographics and tradition shifts round him. Written and directed by Van Elder. Starring Paula Jai Parker, Michael Pare, Alimi Ballard.
Wise Lars presents Loren & Rose with Jacqueline Bisset and Kelly Blatz as an iconic actress and a promising filmmaker who type a bond over a collection of lunches at an otherworldly restaurant. Written and directed by Russell Brown.
Buffalo 8 is presenting Love Gets A Room by Rodrigo Cortés at six theaters together with Laemmle Royal, Laemmle Town Center. With Clara Rugaard, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Mark Ryder.
Netflix is opening animated Nimona tailored from ND Stevenson’s cult graphic novel at The Paris and IFC Center in NYC, the Bay in LA and some areas. With Chloe Grace Moretz, Eugene Lee Yang, Riz Ahmed. World premiered on the Annecy International Film Festival.
China Lion Film Distribution presents The Procurator by Alan Mak, with Baihe Bai, Johnny Huang, Likun Wang. A homicide thriller surrounding the demise of an unethical and harmful businessman.
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