However, the early numbers for Manchester are a fantastic sign and both the film’s brilliant leading man, Casey Affleck, and its once-disgraced writer/director, Kenneth Lonergan, should feel optimistic about their Oscar chances. Still, there has been some concern that not even die-hard independent film fans would go see a film about grief as the nation continues to grapple with the aftermath such a divisive and corrosive election season. Seems tiny, but as Variety points out, “that amounts to the fourth-highest per-screen average for any film released in 2016.” Admittedly, if anyone were going to flock to see Manchester by the Sea, it would be the dialed-in film communities of New York and Los Angeles. Screenings of Manchester by the Sea in just four theaters in New York and Los Angeles made $241,230.
Manchester by the Sea, Kenneth Lonergan’s Sundance hit and Oscar hopeful, only opened on a few screens this week-but it out-performed all expectations.
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Superman made a mind-boggling $166 million.) But while box office experts debate over whether Fantastic Beasts did well enough this week (more on that), a much smaller movie opened to some surprisingly phenomenal numbers. (By comparison, Marvel’s Doctor Strange made $85 million domestically its opening weekend, while WB’s Batman v. over the weekend and $143.3 million overseas. But the film did decently, pulling in $75 million domestically for Warner Bros. With all the fanfare, positive reviews, studio backing, and built-in Harry Potter fanbase behind it, the most shocking result for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them would have been if it hadn’t done well at the box office.
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