The indie box office is still ticking along fantastically, with several buzzy new titles reading this weekend to great success. To fill us in on all the details, we have Blake & Wang P.A. entertainment lawyer, Brandon Blake.
Successful New Releases
This weekend saw Eden, Relay, and Honey, Don’t! Release, with Splitsville, Pools, and Lurker also headed to limited release with expansions set over the coming weeks. For those taking notes, Splitsville was a Cannes 2025 release, which saw the highest PSA from the weekend. Lurker comes to us courtesy of Mubi and seems to have been the best-reviewed film from the weekend, with sold-out screenings and plenty of social traction.
Splitsville took the crown with $105.6K across 5 theaters in New York and LA. That works out to a per-screen average of $21K, definitely a strong start. It will have a further limited expansion this week, opening up to a more moderate release by the following weekend.
Other Successful Titles
Lurker, meanwhile, a Sundance title, saw $64.4K over 4 screens, with a national expansion planned for the coming weekend. Pools also saw great success with audiences, opening to a sold-out showing that brought in $10.9K from just the single screen. It has seen great social media presence, with several viral clips ahead of its opening contributing to those sold-out seats. It seems to be finding a niche among younger movie goers keen to enjoy the last of the summer.
Honey, Don’t! saw a wider release, taking on 1,317 theaters for an estimated taking around the $3M mark, enough to take the No. 7 spot on this week’s Top 10 list. This is in line with projections for the film, although slightly on the lower side. It has seen great success in the Alamo Drafthouse theaters, grossing more than four times their norm for a film of this type.
All in all, it was another strong indie weekend at the box office. Let’s hope to see this momentum continue through the end of the year and beyond.
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