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Older Demos, Still Elusive, Bless ‘Conclave’ Amid Indie Surge – Specialty Box Office
Older moviegoers blessed 'Conclave', Focus Features' latest success with the 35+ crowd at the indie film box office after Oscar-winning 'The Holdovers'. 'Anora' rocked its limited expansion.
The Vatican thriller by Edward Berger (whose All Quiet On The Western Front took the Best International Feature Oscar in 2023) and starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow and Isabella Rossellini opened to a sweet $6.5 million at about 1,750 theaters. The demos recall Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers starring Paul Giamatti (as a cranky prep school Classics professor), Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Dominic Sessa — although it’s hard to compare because Focus gave that a platform release starting in late October. New limited release: Adam Elliot’s critically acclaimed claymation Memoir Of A Snail from IFC Films – featuring the voices of Eric Bana, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Sarah Snook, Jacki Weaver and Nick Cave – is looking at an estimated gross of $69k at five theaters.
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