Picked up by Fox Searchlight following its Sundance
premiere, «I Origins» is likely to perform well in limited release due to its genre hook, particularly if it's released as a form of counter-programming to
bigger studio efforts in heat of the
summer blockbuster season.
The move follows the extraordinary success of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which was the first Star Wars movie to
premiere outside the traditional
summer blockbuster window and smashed numerous records, including
biggest domestic and global debuts of all time as well as the
biggest domestic second and third weekends, en route to becoming the highest grossing domestic release of all time with over $ 861.3 million and the third
biggest global release ever with $ 1,886.7 billion.