{"id":558797,"date":"2026-06-28T19:18:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T19:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/558797\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T19:18:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T19:18:24","slug":"indie-film-box-office-comedy-the-invite-a-top-2026-limited-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/558797\/","title":{"rendered":"Indie Film Box Office: Comedy ‘The Invite’ A Top 2026 Limited Opening"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tComedy The Invite<\/a><\/strong> from A24 is eyeing a stellar limited opening with the highest per screen average of the weekend and one of the best of the year. The film by Olivia Wilde grossed $379k on just 7 screens in New York and LA for a $54k PSA. Enthusiastic crowds sold out shows in both markets with exceptional exits and word of mouth. The ensemble cast includes Wilde and Seth Rogen as couple on thin ice hosting a dinner for their upstairs neighbors, Pen\u00e9lope Cruz and Edward Norton. Will roll out\u00a0selectively into top markets next weekend ahead of a nationwide expansion on 7\/10.<\/p>\n

\n\tFathom Entertainment event Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War \u2013 The Calamity<\/strong> is looking at a standout $1.95 million weekend at 943 theaters for a domestic cume through Sunday of $3 million.\u00a0The film packages the final three episodes of the iconic Japanese anime series as destruction looms at the end of the Thousand-Year Blood War.<\/p>\n

\n\tNeon\u2019s Australian horror Leviticus<\/a><\/strong> grossed $929k on 965 screens in week 2 for a $5.37 million cume.<\/p>\n

\n\tWWII drama Lucky Strike<\/a><\/strong> from Roadside Attractions opened to $777k on 772 screens.<\/p>\n

\n\tVertical debuted Couture<\/a><\/strong> starring Angelina Joliewith an estimated $135k on 235 screens. The film played best on the Coasts with top locations AMC Lincoln Square, AMC Empire, Angelika (NYC); AMC Century City, AMC Burbank (LA), AMC UTC (San Diego) and TIFF Lightbox in Toronto.<\/p>\n

\n\tLimited<\/strong>: Janus Films opened Carla Sim\u00f3n\u2019s acclaimed Cannes competition film Romer\u00eda at Film Forum and Film at Lincoln Center in NYC to $18.5k, a top limited opening for the director, who was in New York for sold-out Q&As.\u00a0Expands to LA, DC, Boston and Philadelphia next week before going nationwide throughout July.<\/p>\n

\n\tRose of Nevada<\/a><\/strong> from 1-2 Special grossed $37.2k from 11 theaters in week 2 for a cume to date of $71k. Expands further in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco and opens new in Atlanta, Nashville, Portland and other markets the week of 7\/3 with a national expansion through July.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tDocumentary Peter Asher: Everywhere Man<\/a> <\/strong>from Greenwich Entertainment is eyeing $27.5 k on 16 screens in week 2 for a $38k cume.<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter a successful event launch last week, Subtext\u2019s release of Gregg Allman: The Music Of My Soul<\/a><\/strong> continued encore engagements this weekend, grossing an estimated$26.7k\u00a0on\u00a033\u00a0screens for a new cume of\u00a0$408k\u00a0\u2013<\/strong>\u2013 largely on single showtimes. The doc will continue\u00a0encore engagements throughout the week leading into a VOD release\u00a0July 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Comedy The Invite from A24 is eyeing a stellar limited opening with the highest per screen average of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":558798,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[263],"tags":[239013,40662,18,117,239014,19,17,149208,239015,327,239016,236592,69612,45544,147936],"class_list":["post-558797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-bleach-thousand-year-blood-war-the-calamity","tag-couture","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-gregg-allman-the-music-of-my-soul","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-leviticus","tag-lucky-strike","tag-movies","tag-peter-asher-everywhere-man","tag-romeria","tag-rose-of-nevada","tag-specialty-box-office","tag-the-invite"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116829349663391722","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/558798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}