Fans Fall For ‘Leo: Bloody Sweet’ As Indian Thriller Hits No. 8 – Specialty Box Office
22.10.2023 - 20:55
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A trio of Indian films led by Leo: Bloody Sweet, at no. 8, and two Fathom events bulked up the specialty box office this weekend as debuted, entered week two and Dicks: The Musical expanded nationwide.
Prathyangira Cinemas opened Tamil-language thriller Leo: Bloody Sweet in 720 locations to a hefty weekend debut of $2.14 million and a domestic cume through Sunday of $4.68 million, according to Comscore. Directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, the film, with prints in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu, did huge numbers this week in Toronto, Seattle, Dallas, Austin, San Francisco, New York and Montreal. It’s the latest Indian film since Jawan last month to leap Stateside. Jawan, by Atlee Kumar and starring Shah Rukh Kahn (SRK) opened Sept. 8 on 800 screens to a $6.2 million weekend and $7.56 total.
Fans have been looking forward to the pairing of Kanagaraj and star Thalapathy Vijay in a film that is the latest installment of what’s being called Lokesh’s Cinematic Universe, The first feature, Kaithi, was released in 2019, the second, Vikram, in 2022. In Leo: Bloody Sweet, a mild-mannered café owner becomes a local hero through an act of violence that causes the life he left behind to resurface, shattering his newly constructed existent to its core.
Sarigama Cinemas presented Bhagavanth Kesari in 450 locations to a weekend debut of $405,425 and domestic cume through Sunday of $1.06 million. The Telugu-language actioner is directed by Anil Ravipudi.
And Funasia opened Telegu film Tiger Nageswara Ra in 245 locations to a weekend debut of $282,395. About about a master thief. Directed by Vamasi Krishna Naidu and Vamsi Krishna Akella.
Moving to Fathom Events, its Saturday re-release of Back to the Future grossed $739,915 in 988 theaters.