“Eighth Grade” is already scoring high marks.The feature debut from writer-director Bo Burnham launched this weekend with $255,000.
Its debut was especially noteworthy given the film opened in just four theaters, translating to a per-screen-average of $63,071.
That was enough to top the record previously held by Fox Searchlight’s “Isle of Dogs.” Wes Anderson’s stop-motion animated film, which opened in March with a per-theater-average of $58,148.Elsie Fisher stars in the coming-of-age film as a middle schooler navigating her last week of eighth grade.
The movie, which holds a coveted 99% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, has been a critical favorite since it premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
A24 will continue rolling out “Eighth Grade” in coming weeks.Though documentaries have been dominating the specialty box office this year, recent nonfiction titles have started to impress.
Annapurna’s “Sorry to Bother You” generated $4.3 million when it expanded to 805 theaters,
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