{"id":593885,"date":"2026-08-23T22:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T22:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/593885\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T22:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T22:04:08","slug":"indie-film-box-office-anthony-bourdain-biopic-tonys-sizzling-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/593885\/","title":{"rendered":"Indie Film Box Office: Anthony Bourdain Biopic \u2018Tony\u2019s Sizzling Expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tA24\u2019s Tony<\/a> landed at no. 7 in a big expansion to 1,642 runs (from just under 40). It\u2019s cooking with a $5 million weekend and $6.6 million cume in week 3 for the Matt Johnson film starring Dominic Sessa as a young Anthony Bourdain and Antonio Banderas as an early mentor.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe coming-of-age story imagines a Cape Cod summer working at a lobster restaurant that helped shape the beloved late chef and TV host into the icon he ultimately became. The film is Certified Fresh at 95% on Rotten Tomatoes with a 92% audience score, excellent exits and great word of mouth across age demos.<\/p>\n

\n\tBlack Bear\u2019s ensemble company Spa Weekend<\/a>, at no. 9, opened \u00a0to an estimated $3 million on just over 2,00 screens. Three childhood besties embark on a much-needed spa getaway that descends into chaos when their trainwreck friend joins. Stars Leslie Mann, Isla Fisher, Michelle Buteau and Anna Faris.<\/p>\n

\n\tWith a B+ CinemaScore, it played strongest in the South, Midwest, and West Coast and reached an older audience who often continue to turn out for films later in their theatrical run.<\/p>\n

\n\tMubi\u2019s Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma<\/a> by Jane Schoenbrun starring Gillian Anderson and Hanna Einbinder rounds out the top ten with $1.9 million on 1,036 screens in a nationwide week 3 expansion. A stellar opening puts the edgy horror at a cume of $3.7 million.<\/p>\n

\n\tOne of the best reviewed horror films of the year and with strong word of mouth, it\u2019s building on momentum established during its limited release in New York, LA and other major markets and continuing to find an audience among moviegoers drawn to unconventional horror and indie cinema.<\/p>\n

\n\tVertical\u2019s first family film\u00a0The Magic Faraway Tree<\/a>\u00a0based on a beloved U.K. book series and starring Andrew Garfield debuted to $1.4 million at 1,611 theaters. Played well on the coasts with top performers NYC\u2019s AMC Lincoln Square and Alamo Brooklyn, LA\u2019s AMC Century City and Cinemark\u2019s Bella Terra in Huntington Beach, and Sacramento\u2019s Cinemark Blue Oaks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe distributor also noted strength across the country from Salt Lake City, Pittsburgh, Providence and Portland to Oregon, Honolulu and Anchorage. Cinemark\u2019s heartland-based theaters were particularly strong, speaking to the family audience.<\/p>\n

\n\tModerate releases: Prathyangira Cinemas\u2019 family actioner Irumudi, a Telugu film by Shiva Nirvana,\u00a0opened to a cool $1 million from 345 locations, as per Rentrak.<\/p>\n

\n\tSci-fi drama Hot Spot<\/a> from Focus Features debuted to $250k at 268 locations. Will continue its limited theatrical run in coming weeks.<\/p>\n

\n\tNever Stop Chasing<\/a>,\u00a0Abramorama\u2019s storm chasing documentary\u00a0with Reed Timmer and his crew, opened to $164k at 126 theaters.<\/p>\n

\n\tLimited releases: Neon horror It Ends opened on 5 screens to $60k.<\/p>\n

\n\tWatermelon Pictures\u2019 documentary American Doctor<\/a> took in $32k at 2 theaters in NY and LA for an $82k week 2 cume. Expands to Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix, San Francisco and Seattle next week.<\/p>\n

\n\tGreenwich opened\u00a0French hit The Marching Band<\/a> in NYC at the Angelika Film Center for an estimated 3-day weekend gross of $12.2k.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A24\u2019s Tony landed at no. 7 in a big expansion to 1,642 runs (from just under 40). It\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":593886,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[136912,458,146,268652,85,268653,46,268654,267790,25587,155435,177170,268655,207801],"class_list":["post-593885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-american-doctor","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-hot-spot","tag-il","tag-irumundi","tag-israel","tag-never-stop-chasing","tag-spa-weekend","tag-specialty-box-office","tag-teenage-sex-and-death-at-camp-miasma","tag-the-magic-faraway-tree","tag-the-marching-band","tag-tony"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/593886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}