‘Anatomy of a Fall’ Enters Awards Season With Big Specialty Box Office Numbers and Early Prizes, Despite French Oscar Committee Snub
07.12.2023 - 19:27
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Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Justine Triet‘s “Anatomy of a Fall” missed out on being chosen as France’s Oscar entry, but the movie has been a critical and commercial hit — including in the U.S., where it’s become the highest-grossing specialized foreign-language release post-pandemic, according to distributor Neon. Released in the States on Oct. 13, “Anatomy of a Fall” has pulled in $3.5 million so far, putting it ahead of Joachim Trier’s “The Worst Person in the World” and on track to match last year’s Palme d’Or winner “Triangle of Sadness,” another Neon movie.
A courtroom drama exploring the collapse of a marriage, “Anatomy of a Fall” stars Sandra Huller (“The Zone of Interest”) as a novelist who is put on trial following the mysterious death of her husband, and sees her son being called to the witness stand. The film’s international box office total currently sits at $22 million. In France, it has amassed $10 million from 1.3 million tickets (as of Dec.
6) since opening on Aug. 23, according to Comscore. Released locally by Le Pacte, “Anatomy of a Fall” has grossed almost 10 times more than “The Taste of Things,” France’s official Oscar entry, which has sold 151,000 tickets in its first two weeks of release.
In the U.K., “Anatomy of a Fall” is also a smash hit. It’s become Picturehouse’s second biggest release of all time. It has already passed $1.5 million in the U.K.
and Ireland, where it released via Lionsgate and Picturehouse last weekend. “Anatomy of a Fall” has now surpassed recent Cannes Competition titles, such as Ken Loach’s “The Old Oak” ($1.3 million) and “The Worst Person in the World ($1.4 million) in the U.K. It’s also performing stronger than last year’s Palme d’Or winner, “Triangle of
.