Kristen Stewart and Chloe Sevigny’s ‘Lizzie’ Creeps to Solid Start at Indie Box Office

The indie box office is slowly starting to pick up again, with Roadside Attractions and Saban Films leaving the biggest footprint with Craig W.

Macneill’s period thriller “Lizzie.” Released on four screens, the film made just under $50,000 for a solid per screen average of $12,474.Starring Chloe Sevigny and Kristen Stewart, “Lizzie” tells the story of Lizzie Borden, who was tried for and acquitted of murdering her father and stepmother in 1892.

Sevigny plays Lizzie, with Stewart playing the maid with whom she develops a dark friendship.

It has a 73 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes.Also Read: ‘The Predator‘: Why $24 Million Box Office Opening Might Be a LetdownBelow “Lizzie” is a flurry of new releases that struggle to stand out.

Among them is A24’s “The Children Act,” which made $20,362 from three screens for a $6,787 per screen average.

The film stars Emma Thompson as a London judge who

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