![]() RLJE’s Silent Night is also opening in limited in addition to playing on AMC+. Verhoeven’s previous film Elle was distributed by Sony Pictures Classics and grossed $2.3 million in the U.S. The film, which will also be available on VOD, is the latest in a slate of European arthouse films from Verhoeven, who began his career in the Netherlands before becoming a major Hollywood director with films such as Robocop, Total Recall, and Starship Troopers. Benedetta, which stars Virginie Efira, Lambert Wilson, Daphne Patakia, and Charlotte Rampling, played in competition at Cannes and has met great reviews (84% on Rotten Tomatoes). IFC is distributing the French-language film based on the true story of Benedetta Carlini, a 17th century lesbian nun. Notable among the weekend’s many limited release titles is Benedetta, the latest from Dutch auteur Paul Verhoeven. Biancheri previously directed the little seen but well reviewed Nocturnal (93% on Rotten Tomatoes). ![]() Only a limited number of reviews are in and they are split right down the middle as of now (50% on Rotten Tomatoes), but many critics are praising the film’s unique charms. The film is about an intense romance that blossoms between two people who are patients at a clinic for species dysphoria, which is the belief that one is actually a member of another species. The Irish-Polish co-production is directed by Nathalie Biancheri and stars George MacKay (in his first theatrical release since starring in 1917), Lily-Rose Depp, and Paddy Considine. The weekend’s sole wide newcomer Wolf was picked up by Focus last fall and premiered this year at Toronto. House of Gucci has already become the year’s best-grossing drama after only one week, and how it holds should give us a sense of how durable the adult market is at the moment. Ghostbusters, which should cross $100 million this weekend, dropped only 45% in its second weekend, and if it keeps it up we could see the films swap places, though Encanto’s strong word of mouth (A Cinemascore, 91% on Rotten Tomatoes) may lead to a strong hold as well despite an underwhelming opening by Disney Animation standards. Encanto was in the lead last weekend, with $40.5 million compared to Ghostbusters’ $35 million for the five-day, and the grosses were even tighter over the three-day, with Encanto ahead $27.2 million to $24.2 million. Ghostbusters: Afterlife and Encanto will duke it out for the top spot this weekend. West Side Story, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Nightmare Alley, The Matrix Resurrections, and other big ticket holiday and award season films are just around the corner and will hopefully bring the pandemic-era box office to new heights. Expect a repeat of last weekend with Encanto, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, and House of Gucci remaining in the top three, and we’ll see how well they hold as we await some of the year’s most anticipated films in the coming weeks. The only new wide release is Focus’ specialty film Wolf, which is unlikely to displace any of last week’s box office winners. ![]() ![]() After a busy Thanksgiving weekend which saw a solid-for-2021 $142 million five-day gross, things are taking a bit of a breather this weekend.
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