‘Kinds of Kindness’ Stands Out at Busy Specialty Box Office With $70,000 Theater Average

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Searchlight put Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest film in five theaters while “The Bikeriders,” “Thelma” and “Rite Here Rite Now” went for wider releases

Kinds of Kindness
Margaret Qualley,Jesse Plemons and Willem Dafoe in "Kinds of Kindness" (Searchlight Pictures)

While Disney is ruling the box office with Pixar’s “Inside Out 2,” it is also getting a win in the specialty market thanks to Searchlight Pictures and Yorgos Lanthimos, whose newest film “Kinds of Kindness” has the top theater average of 2024 with $350,000 from five theaters for a $70,000 average.

Filmed during post-production on Lanthimos’ Oscar-winning “Poor Things,” “Kinds of Kindness” sees the director do another round with the stars of that sci-fi film, Oscar winner Emma Stone and Willem Dafoe. But the film also marks a return to the bleaker, more darkly satirical stories that made Lanthimos a big name in world cinema prior to his mainstream success, as he reunites with longtime co-writer Efthimis Filippou.

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