‘Salaar’, ‘Dunki’ In Top Ten, ‘All Of Us Strangers’ Sees Solid Debut, ‘Poor Things’ Aces Expansion – Specialty Box Office
24.12.2023 - 20:05
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Two Indian films Salaar Part 1 – Ceasefire and Dunki buoyed the North American box office on a relatively quiet holiday weekend as Searchlight Pictures’ All Of Us Strangers had a solid per-screen openings and Poor Things a nice expansion.
From Tollywood to Bollywood, this was a one-two-punch illustrating the key role of India films at the U.S. box office, especially this weekend as Christmas shopping and Christmas Eve slowed theater traffic.
Telugu film Salaar Part 1 – Ceasefire opened at $5.48 million on 802 screens to a no. 5 spot in North America. Distributed in the U.S. by Moksha Movies and Pathyangira Cinemas. The action pic directed by Prashanth Neel stars Prabhas, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Shruti Haasan, Jagapathi Babu.
And Dunki from Yas Raj Films, starring Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan and Raju Hirani, grossed an estimated $3.59 million on 686 screens for the no. ten spot. The estimate through Sunday is $4.8 million.
Among indie fare, Andrew Haigh’s drama All Of Us Strangers starring Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Jamie Bell and Claire Foy from Searchlight Pictures saw a $33k PSA on four screens in New York and Los Angeles ($188k gross). The distributor’s Poor Things by Yorgos Lanthimos had the best limited opening of the season with a $72k PSA three weeks ago.
All of Us Strangers opened at the AMC Lincoln Square and Angelika in NY and AMC Century City and Landmark Sunset 5 in LA with exit polls from Lincoln Square and Landmark Sunset earning ratings and recommend scores above industry norms. Received an A- CinemaScore, with 18-24 year-olds giving the film an A as well as 35-49 year-olds.
Audiences skewed 61% male, 51% under 35, 64% Caucasian, 18% Hispanic, 13% East Asian/Pacific Islander. Nearly half of the