Palme d'Or honours from Cannes attached themselves to Fjord, a feature carrying Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve, which drew $124,000 across four screens split between New York and Los Angeles on its opening weekend. The honour represented director Mungiu's second Palme d'Or, while distributor Neon extended a run of consecutive festival victories to seven.
At Cannes, the film also received the FIPRESCI Award and has since been put forward as Romania's candidate for the Best International Feature category at the Oscars. The story centres on the Gheorghiu family, a Romanian-Norwegian couple whose faith shapes their daily lives, as they put down roots in a remote fjord village and gradually build a bond with their neighbours, the Halbergs. A connection developed between the children. Bruises noticed on teenager Elia Gheorghiu prompted neighbours and local figures to raise questions about how the Gheorghiu children were being educated at home. On Rotten Tomatoes, the picture earned a Certified Fresh designation, with reviewers backing it at a 90 percent approval rate.
Across 85 engagements spanning more than 30 markets, the documentary Naza pulled in an estimated $298,000 over the three-day frame — or $378,200 when Monday's Columbus Day holiday receipts were folded in — lifting its running total to $504,074 after the film had already collected $125,000 during its first eight days at the IFC Center in New York. Produced with backing from The Guardian and MK2, the documentary draws on interviews — conducted by its directors with Israeli soldiers and intelligence personnel whose identities are concealed — to examine how many civilians have died in Gaza. The phased deployment is set to extend through the end of October.
On six screens split between New York and Los Angeles, an A24 picture opened to $85,700 across its first three days, with a four-day tally climbing to $98,700. Drawing on a cast that includes Daniel Kaluuya, Adam Driver, Anna Kendrick, and Chris Rock, the film drew attention at its TIFF premiere for Rosalind Eleazar's portrayal of an actress working to rebuild her career in Hollywood. Plans for the title call for a rollout focused on a handful of leading markets rather than a broader release.
Across four screens, a documentary — which had its premiere at Venice and runs to nearly four hours — pulled a per-theatre average of $17,200, its length cutting into the number of daily showtimes venues could schedule. Debuting across five venues split between New York and Los Angeles, the Magenta Light Studios production helmed by James McAvoy drew an estimated $18,700 in its opening weekend. Alongside Seamus McLean Ross, Samuel Bottomley, Lucy Halliday, and Rebekah Murrell, McAvoy appears in a narrative centred on two Dundee men who passed themselves off as an established rap act from California to gain entry into the music industry.
A documentary follow-up found its debut berth at Film Forum in New York, where it screened on an exclusive basis. Projected box-office intake for the follow-up stands at $7,500, with a six-hour running time and venue seating capacity together placing a ceiling on earnings — the film being a sequel to a work from the previous year that earned both the NYFCC and LAFCC honours for Best Non-Fiction Film and a shortlist place in the Oscar Best Documentary Feature category. Backed by Cinetic and mTuckman Media, the film — chosen for both Venice and Telluride — arrives at Los Angeles theatres on October 16, then fans out to additional markets through the autumn months.
Projected weekend earnings of $29,600 across 42 screens would push the Rich Spirit release — featuring Danielle Brooks and J Alphonse Nicholson under Walter Thompson-Hernandez's direction — to a running total of $980,700 by the close of its fifth week. The film holds a 95% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and remains available only through theatrical screenings.
Placing eleventh on the domestic box office chart, a 2006 fantasy-drama drew an estimated $1.66 million across 1,168 venues. Narrated against a backdrop of postwar Spain, the story centres on a young girl who stumbles upon a hidden labyrinth and the fantastical realm beyond it, all while contending with an authoritarian stepfather at home. Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, and Doug Jones each take on roles within the production's ensemble.
Placing sixteenth on the chart, a concert film — drawn from Queen's 1986 Magic Tour stop at a Budapest stadium — pulled in an estimated $681,000 across 312 locations. Under the direction of János Zsombolyai, the restored film brings together all four members of the band: Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon.
