Pickpocket's Jump to 1,112 Theaters Yields a Thin $1,587 Average
Summary
Noah Segan's John Turturro crime drama went from six screens to wide in one week and took $1.77 million over the Halloween weekend.
"Sony Pictures Classics' The Only Living Pickpocket in New York grossed $1,765,000 from 1,112 theaters over the Oct. 30 to Nov. 1 weekend, a $1,587 per-theater average, according to The Numbers. Its domestic total stands at $1.97 million after ten days, and it placed ninth on a chart led by You Can See Everything.
Written and directed by Noah Segan, the crime drama stars John Turturro as an aging Manhattan pickpocket, with Giancarlo Esposito, Tatiana Maslany and Steve Buscemi. SPC acquired it after its Sundance premiere, TheWrap reported. It opened Oct. 23 in six theaters with $138,657, a $23,110 average, before the distributor jumped to more than 1,100 locations in its second weekend rather than building market by market. Analyst David A. Gross's FranchiseRe cited a 97% Rotten Tomatoes score.
The film is rated R and runs 88 minutes. A French release is listed for Dec. 30 under the title The Last Pickpocket in New York, per The Numbers."
