‘3 Generations,’ ‘The Dinner’ Open to Slim Pickings at Indie Box Office
With “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” grabbing everyone’s attention, The Weinstein Company and The Orchard rolled out two prominent festival titles
Jeremy Fuster | May 7, 2017 @ 10:28 AM
Last Updated: May 7, 2017 @ 10:47 AM
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“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” has proven to be a box office vacuum this weekend, grabbing the attention and dollars of a large majority of moviegoers and accounting for 85 percent of total revenue on Friday. Still, several new releases were sent out to fight for the scraps left behind, as The Orchard released their Berlinale purchase “The Dinner” and The Weinstein Company released a Toronto title from 2015, “3 Generations.”
“3 Generations” made $20,000 from a limited release of just six screens, giving it a per screen average of $3,333. “3 Generations” stars Elle Fanning as Ray, a teenager who comes out to her family as transgender and begins her transition to life as a man. Naomi Watts and Tate Donovan play Ray’s estranged parents while Susan Sarandon plays Ray’s lesbian grandmother, all of whom the film follows as they react to Ray’s transition. Directed by Gaby Dellal, the film has a 36 percent Rotten Tomatoes rating.
Also getting a single-digit screen release this weekend is A24’s “The Lovers,” which stars Tracy Letts and Debra Winger as a married couple on the brink of divorce who slowly begin to repair their relationship after they realize they prefer each other to the insanity of their extramarital lovers (Aidan Gillen and Melora Walters). The film has an 88 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes and made $70,410 from four theaters.
“The Dinner,” which stars Richard Gere and Laura Linney in a thriller based on the Dutch novel of the same name by Herman Koch, only made $755,348 from 505 screens for a PSA of just under $1,500, though it should be noted this is the widest release to date for The Orchard. Directed by Oren Moverman, the film received mixed reviews, earning a 52 percent RT rating.
Also performing below expectations was Neon’s “Risk,” a documentary by Laura Poitras, the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind “Citizenfour.” The documentary offers unprecedented access into the life of Julian Assange and how he operates the classified document-leaking website WikiLeaks. The film received an 83 percent rating from Rotten Tomatoes, but only made $75,179 from 35 theaters for a PSA of $2,211.
Among holdovers, “Baahubali 2: The Conclusion” took in second-frame total of $3.2 million from 425 screens; a PSA of $7,529 and a domestic cume of $16.2 million. Though that’s a 70 percent drop from its surprising $10.4 million opening, it is still a strong total considering that the film lost all of its IMAX screenings to “Guardians” this weekend.
“Lost City of Z” made another $1 million in its fourth frame to bring its cume to $6.6 million, while “Colossal” reached the $2.5 million mark in its fifth weekend with $200,000 from 242 screens.
13 Summer Movie Trailers We Love, From 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' to 'The Beguiled' (Videos)
"Spider-Man: Homecoming"
Marvel and Sony saved their best trailer for last as this one prominently features Tom Holland's MCU Spider-Man, Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man, and Michael Keaton's Vulture in all their glory.
"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2"
"I'm your dad Peter," says Kurt Russell's Ego to Chris Pratt's Star-Lord in the last trailer -- solving one of the biggest fanboy mysteries of recent years. Also, scene stealer Baby Groot.
"Wonder Woman"
It took 75 years for DC Comics' Amazonian Warrior to headline her own feature. Gal Gadot stars as Diana/Wonder Woman in a standalone film that shows us her origin, featuring Chris Pine as Steve Trevor.
"Snatched"
The red-band trailer for the Amy Schumer-Goldie Hawn comedy is full of inappropriate jokes, romance and, well -- an unexpected kidnapping. Hawn is back on screen after 15 years.
"The Mummy"
Tom Cruise stumbles upon a mummy of a beautiful woman who was chosen to be Egypt's next queen, but she was thrwarted in her unquenchable thirst for power. And that ancient power is now back.
"Atomic Blonde"
The restricted trailer for "Atomic Blonde" is literally just two full minutes of Charlize Theron kicking a--. Which makes this one of the most anticipated action movies of the summer.
"Baywatch"
The trailer for Paramount's "Baywatch" sports the hottest lifeguards in the world: Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, Kelly Rohrbach and Alexandra Daddario. It is hilarious, sexy, and at the end, cringeworthy.
"Baby Driver"
The trailer for Edgar Wright's "Baby Driver" runs on all cylinders, giving us a great look at Ansel Elgort's getaway driver, with the unlikely name of Baby, set to an even cooler soundtrack.
"Despicable Me 3"
The minions are back! And Gru (and his twin brother Dru) are ready for one last heist.
"Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets"
From the legendary director of classics like "The Professional," "Lucy," and "The Fifth Element," Luc Besson seems to have another sci-fi winner with this longtime passion project.
"The Beguiled"
The trailer for Sofia Coppola's newest film features Kirsten Dunst, Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning as three women in an all-girls school who let in a wounded soldier. Soon, lust and jealousy take over.
"A Ghost Story"
Casey Affleck’s white-sheeted ghost is unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the woman he loves slowly slip away. In his spectral state, he embarks on a journey through memory and history, exploring the meaning of human existence. It's beautiful.
"Dunkirk"
Chris Nolan wants to “give the audience the most visceral experiential two hours that they can hope for,” Nolan said of his World War II epic, which is based on the true story of the thousands of Allied soldiers who were trapped and surrounded by the German army on the beach of Dunkirk, France.
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"Spider-Man: Homecoming"
Marvel and Sony saved their best trailer for last as this one prominently features Tom Holland's MCU Spider-Man, Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man, and Michael Keaton's Vulture in all their glory.