by Eugene Hernandez
Nominated for 2 Independent Spirit Awards last week, Kasi Lemmon’s “Eve’s
Bayou” remained firmly on top of the Indie Top 10 list this past weekend.
With no new entries on EDI’s tracking service, the Top 10 included a sampling
of films from 1997
The Other Top 5 lists featured a couple of films (“Good Will Hunting” and
“Wag the Dog“) which expanded this past weekend. Sony Classics’ “Ma Vie En
Rose,” in its third week, remained solid with $77,304 for a per screen average
of $6,442, as did Sony’s “Afterglow” which earned $58,654 for a per screen
average of $219,669.
++ THE INDIE TOP 10 ++
EVE’S BAYOU (Trimark): $85,220 (-15%) — Total: $13,598,124
Week #10 — 73 Screens (+10) — $1,184 average per screen
SICK (CFP): $ 9,933 (+153%) — Total: $169,452
Week #10 — 8 Screens (+4) — $1,242 average per screen
GUANTANAMERA (CFP): $6,233 (-39%) — Total: $830,263
Week #28 — 4 Screens (-5) — $1,558 average per screen
LATIN BOYS GO TO HELL (Strand): $4,991 (-27%) — Total: 180,048
Week #10 — 1 Screens (no change) — $4,991 average per screen
PONETTE (Arrow): $3,714 (+48%) — Total: 1,270,295
Week #34 — 6 Screens (+2) — $619 average per screen
LA PROMESSE (New Yorker): $2,245 (+238%) — Total: 575,355
Week #35 — 3 Screens (no change) — $748 average per screen
A LIFE APART (First Run): $2,218 (+1%) — Total: 238,792
Week #25 — 2 Screens (+1) — $1,109 average per screen
BEAUMARCHAIS (New Yorker): $1,336 (-43%) — Total: 227,372
Week #12 — 4 Screens (-1) — $334 average per screen
FLAMENCO (New Yorker): $760 — Total: 462,090
Week #38 — 1 Screen — $760 average per screen
DEEP CRIMSON (New Yorker): $671 — Total: 43,052
Week #14 — 1 Screen (no change) — $671 average per screen
++ THE OTHER TOP 5 ++
GOOD WILL HUNTING (Miramax): $10,261,471 (+339%) — Total: $19,010,323
Week #6 — 1,787 Screens (1,623) — $5,742 average per screen
WAG THE DOG (New Line): $7,788,122 (+552%) — Total: $9,735,924
Week #3 — 1,665 Screens (+1,596) — $4,678 average per screen
JACKIE BROWN (Miramax): $3,737,667 (-49%) — Total: $33,377,858
Week #3 — 1,642 Screens (+13) — $2,276 average per screen
SCREAM 2 (Miramax): $3,581,635 (-51%) — Total: $90,781,396
Week #5 — 2,332 Screens (-356) — $1,536 average per screen
DECONSTRUCTING HARRY (Fine Line): $1,172,608 (-44) — Total: 6,703,533
Week #5 — 445 Screens (+2) — $2,635 average per screen
[All box office figures are provided by Entertainment Data, Inc.
www.entdata.com]
[EDITOR’S NOTE: The Indie Top 10 includes the top grossing EDI tracked films
distributed by distribution companies not owned or affiliated by major
studios or entertainment companies. The Other Top 5 includes the top
grossing EDI tracked films distributed by companies other than the primary
major studios.]
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