The specialty market has thrived this awards season, which will boost Sunday’s winners before diving off a precipitous cliff unless some fresh strong titles arrive to save the day.
The problem is that little has opened recently to fill the Oscar void that will be left when award season hits led by “The Shape of Water” –closely followed by “Darkest Hour,” “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” “Lady Bird,” and “I, Tonya” — leave the fray.Last spring and summer, only arthouse releases “The Big Sick” and “Wind River” reached totals over $30 million.This week saw one relatively decent opening for Sony Pictures Classics’ Israeli Oscar submission “Foxtrot,” the third of what it hoped to be three Foreign Language nominees.
“A Fantastic Woman” and “Loveless,” both expanding, made the final five.
“Foxtrot” stands a chance to shine on its own appeal but also with little competition.Multiple other titles had limited
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