by Nathaniel R
AND WE'RE OFF... Fall film season is now underway, thanks to the wrap up of TIFF and something finally happening in the nation's theaters again. Those somethings were Gina Prince-Blythwood's action drama The Woman King and the David Bowie documentary Moonage Daydream on IMAX screens, both doing fine business. Here are the charts from the weekend. We separate the wide and limited because otherwise limited release don't get any attention in stories about what people are seeing. But more people SHOULD frequent their local arthouses.
| Holiday Weekend Box Office September 19th-21st 🔺 = new or expanding / ★ = Recommended links if we've written about it |
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| WIDE (OVER 800 SCREENS) | LIMITED / PLATFORM |
 THE WOMAN KING |
 MOONAGE DAYDREAM |
| 1 🔺★ THE WOMAN KING $19 *NEW* |
1 🔺★ MOONAGE DAYDREAM $1.2 *NEW* |
| 2 BARBARIAN $6.5 (cum. $21.1) |
2 🔺★ GOD'S COUNTRY $279k *NEW* |
| 3 🔺 PEARL $3.1 *NEW* |
3 🔺 CONFESS, FLETCH $266k *NEW* |
| 4 🔺 SEE HOW THEY RUN $3 *NEW* |
4 ★ ORPHAN FIRST KILL $140k (cum. $5.3) |
| 5 BULLET TRAIN $2.5 (cum. $96.4) |
5 🔺★ THE SILENT TWINS $103k *NEW* |
| 6 ★ TOP GUN MAVERICK $2.2 (cum. $709.1) |
6 🔺 HOCKEYLAND $50K (cum. $92k) *EXPANDING* |
 SEE HOW THEY RUN |
 HOCKEYLAND |
| 7 DC LEAGUE OF SUPER PETS $2.1 (cum. $87.8) | 7 MARCEL THE SHELL $33k (cum. $6.2) |
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8 THE INVITATION $1.7 (cum. $29.3) |
8 EMILY THE CRIMINAL $22k (cum. $2.1) |
| 9 MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU $1.3 (cum. $364.1) |
9 🔺 BOBO BLOATS: A DETROIT FERRY TALE $20k *NEW* |
| 10 BRAHAMASTRA PART ONE SHIVA $1.1 (cum. $6.7) |
10 HALLELUJAH LEONARD COHEN (Doc) $16K (cum. $1.0) |
| 11 BEAST $840k (cum. $30.7) |
11 🔺 THE AFRICAN DESPERATE $10k *NEW* |
| 12 LIFEMARK $713k (cum. $4.3) |
12 HOLD ME TIGHT $10k (cum. $33k) |
| 13 WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING $712k (cum. $88.8) |
13 🔺 RIOTSVILLE USA $5k *NEW* |
 MEDIEVAL |
 RIOTSVILLE USA |
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14 🔺 RUNNING THE BASES $538k *NEW* |
14 HANSAN RISING DRAGON (South Korea) $5k (cum. $858k) |
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15 THOR: LOVE & THUNDER $375k (cum. $342.9) |
15 EMERGENCY DECLARATION (South Korea) $5k (cum. $406k) |
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16 ★ SPIDER-MAN NO WAY HOME (rerelease) $230k |
16 ★ A LOVE SONG $4k (cum. $272k) |
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17 MEDIEVAL $150k (cum. $1.2) |
17 ★ RRR (India) $3k (cum. $11.4) Sadly, India did not select this very fun picture for their Oscar submission |
What did you see these past few days? We hit IMAX for Moonage Daydream which was an eye-popping treat.
Next Week: Avatar returns to theaters as Don't Worry Darling arrives. In limited release we'll also get Railway Children, 5/25/77, Bandit, Young Plato and the medieval comedy Catherine Called Birdy. On streaming Athena, Jazzman's Blue, and Lou all drop on Netflix while the documentary Sidney arrives on Apple TV+ and On the Come Up arrives on Paramount +