Focus Features Wins Box Office With ‘Let Him Go’ and ‘Come Play’

Let Him Go,” a modern-day western with Kevin Costner and Diane Lane, gave Universal’s boutique unit Focus its second straight #1 for the weekend, after “Come Play” on Halloween weekend.

That horror title took second place, giving Focus both top spots.Universal overall may hold #1 for the foreseeable future.

With the parent company releasing “Freaky” and “Croods: New Age” the next two weekends.

This studio has been the most aggressive in pushing an early Premium VOD modeL and sold all four of these titles to theaters witht he understanding that they will be available within a month for home viewing.That’s what happens when no other studio drops a wide release film in any week.

If theaters have any chance of staying open, they can’t rely on library product.

Acquiescence abounds as a new model settles in.Perhaps with the need for diversion, as well as the lack of competition from Halloween activities,

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