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Coraline 15th Anniversary notched a nice no. 5 at the domestic box office with $8.63 million for the three-day weekend on 1,603 screens. The cume of $11.6 million including Thursday broke its previous record for Fathom Events. Last year, the stop-motion animated feature by Henry Selick became the…

Cuckoo is looking at a $3+ million opening, not a Longlegs debut ($22 million) but on target for Neon's Alpine-set horror starring Hunter Schafer and Dan Stevens.   R-rated Cuckoo by Tilman Singer opened at 1,503 theaters for 9th place at the domestic box office. Schafer is great as troubled…

The indie/arthouse market is showing some breadth as Kneecap has a great debut, CatVidoFest as well, and holdovers like Didi and Sing Sing are kind of raking it in considering how few screens they're on. As more wide releases and tentpoles show up and take flight a rising tide may be raising indie boats…

Will J.D. Vance give CatVideoFest a surprise bump this year? "There’s a reason why any mention of cats or cat ladies or anything like that kind of takes off. Because it’s this sort of hidden army online. Until you tick them off," says Will Braden, founder and curator of the annual compilation that…

Jailer, the Tamil-language action thriller with one of India's most enduring stars, blasted off to circa $2.56 million on 450 screens, hitting the top ten at the box office this weekend, according to Comscore. Bollywood (Hindi), Tollywood (Telugu) and Kollywood (Tamil) pics, which open day-and-date…

CatVideoFest, which is just what it sounds like, joined notable indie debuts and festival favorites Shortcomings and Passages, the re-release of Shiva Baby and juggernaut Talk To Me in another weekend of varied specialty fare, both new and holding over. Indies are helping drive a buoyant box office. But…