Specialty Box Office: Pickpocket, Fatherland Shine as Highsmith Stalls
Summary
Sony Pictures Classics and Mubi posted averages above $20,000 while Bleecker Street's A Talent for Murder spread thin.
"The Only Living Pickpocket in New York, writer-director Noah Segan's crime drama starring John Turturro, posted the strongest specialty average of the Oct. 23 to 25 weekend for Sony Pictures Classics. Tom Brueggemann reported $141,000 from six theaters, about $23,500 per screen, while Boxoffice Pro's compilation listed $156,088. The film premiered at Sundance in January and also stars Giancarlo Esposito, Tatiana Maslany, Steve Buscemi and Jamie Lee Curtis.
Mubi's Fatherland, a Cannes Best Director winner, opened to $83,790 from four theaters, about $20,900 per screen, according to both sources. Netflix's La Bola Negra expanded to nine theaters in its second weekend with about $245,000, bringing its total to $650,104, and Neon's Fjord widened to 107 theaters for $333,200.
Bleecker Street's A Talent for Murder, the Patricia Highsmith thriller starring Helen Mirren, took about $718,000 in its debut. Boxoffice Pro listed 876 theaters and Brueggemann listed 786; either count puts the average under $1,000 per screen."
