All was fairly quiet on the specialty box office front the weekend before Thanksgiving.Todd Haynes’ legal thriller Dark Waters has played well with critics as it sits at a 91% on Rotten Tomatoes, and it has the potential to reach the masses.
This weekend, the awards season contender starring Mark Ruffalo and Anne Hathaway had a decent opening in four theaters in New York and Los Angeles.
The pic from Focus Features and Participant Media had a satisfactory initial dive into the box office as it earned an estimated $110,000, with a per-screen average of $27,500, earning the top spot at the Angelika in New York.
It is certainly relying on word-of-mouth so that the box office numbers will match its critical acclaim come next week, when expands to approximately 100 theaters.
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