Box Office: "Bullet Train" off to slow-ish start, "Bodies Bodies Bodies" big in limited release

by Nathaniel R

With no major competition, the action flick Bullet Train (reviewed) easily won the weekend but the results were mixed. $30 million is a good opening but is it good for this sort of film? That's debatable. Brad Pitt titles sometimes develop good legs so the second weekend hold (or lack thereof) will tell us more...

Weekend Box Office  August 5th-7th 🔺 = new or expanding /  ★ = Recommended links if we've written about it
WIDE (OVER 800 SCREENS)	PLATFORM RELEASES
BULLET TRAIN	BODIES BODIES BODIES
1 🔺 BULLET TRAIN  $30 *NEW*	1  MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON $345k (cum. $4.9)

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Sundance: Lena Dunham Returns with ‘Sharp Stick’

By Abe Friedtanzer

Director Lena Dunham attends the Q&A at the virtual premiere of Sharp Stick, an official selection of the Premieres section at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. © 2022 Sundance Institute.

It’s been twelve years since Lena Dunham broke through with her second feature film, Tiny Furniture, and just under five years since her Emmy-winning HBO series Girls came to an end. While she’s had a few small film roles since (including Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood) and worked behind the scenes on a trio of series (Genera+ion, Industry, and Camping) she has mostly been out of the media spotlight. Her latest feature, Sharp Stick, absolutely puts her back there. It's an interesting experience, to say the least…

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