Cuckoo is looking at a $3+ million opening, not a Longlegs debut ($22 million) but on target for Neon’s Alpine-set horror starring Hunter Schafer and Dan Stevens.
R-rated Cuckoo by Tilman Singer opened at 1,503 theaters for 9th place at the domestic box office. Schafer is great as troubled 17-year-old Gretchen, who reluctantly leaves her American home after her mother dies to live with her father and his new family just as they move to a resort in the beautiful German Alps. Owner Herr König (Stevens, menacing fun) takes an inexplicable interest in Gretchen’s mute half-sister, while Gretchen herself is plagued by strange noises and bloody visions until she discovers a shocking secret
Longlegs by Osgood Perkins is no. 10 in week 5 with an estimated $2 million on 1,310 screens for a hefty $71 million gross. It’s sticking around amid a steadier stream of studio wide releases and tentpoles.
Holdovers: Didi from Focus Features and A24’s Sing Sing continue to attract audiences. Sean Wang’s Sundance winner (U.S. Dramatic Audience Award/U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble Cast) expanded to 200 theaters in week 3 for an estimated $650k over the three days and a cume of $1.6 million. Stars Izaac Wang and Joan Chen.
Sing Sing by Greg Kewdar starring Colman Domingo expanded to 39 screens for a nice $227k weekend and an $822k cume in week 5 in a slow rollout.
Sony Pictures Classics Kneecap by Rich Peppiatt, a pseudo-biopic about an the eponymous Irish rap trio playing themselves also held nicely with $103.4k on 204 screens for an estimated cume of nearly $820k in week 2.
Also starting its sophomore frame, Oscilloscope’s CatVideoFest 2024 by Will Braden grossed $102k on 55 screens for a cume of $482k.
New limited release: Good One, the first from Metrograph Pictures grossed $30k at three locations (the Metrograph and Film at Lincoln Center in New York, and the Landmark Sunset 5 in LA) with multiple sold-out shows. The directorial debut by India Donaldson stars newcomer Lily Collias. The reviews are great and the film will continue to expand into all major markets by early September.
Rialto Pictures’ release of the 50th anniversary, 4K restoration of Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation is estimated to gross $17k on 5 screens.