Last year, Moonlight — another sensitive, quasi-autobiographical film from prestige
film distributor A24 — rode a $ 402,075 opening weekend and $ 100,519 per four theater average all the way to Oscar gold.
You can't really argue the taste of up - and - coming
film distributors A24.
Not exact matches
A24, a producer and
distributor of independent
films, has only been around since 2012, but in just four years, the young company has already managed to establish itself as a potent brand name with a string of impressive releases, including (but not limited to) Room, Obvious Child, Spring Breakers, The End Of The Tour,...
Following the screening,
distributor A24 released the official trailer for the
film.
The below list only includes domestic (U.S. and Canada only, unless otherwise indicated) grosses for specialty
films — which we define to include independent, foreign (including Bollywood
films), and / or documentary
films — that opened in limited release (599 screens and under) in 2018 AND / OR were acquired or produced for 2018 distribution by an independent
distributor (including STX
Films, Annapurna,
A24, Entertainment Studios, Amazon, Netflix, Aviron, Global Road, and Bleecker Street) or a studio or its specialty division (including Fox Searchlight, Sony Pictures Classics, and Focus Features).
Now while there are no regrets over Lean on Pete, it doesn't have the pedigree of other
films in the festival, and seems like an outside pick from
distributor A24.
We don't know if the
film is also good, but the cast is hard to argue with (Teresa Palmer, John Malkovich, Billy Bob Thornton, Bruce Dern, Michael Stuhlbarg, seen above, and Oliver Platt) and having
A24 as the
film's
distributor suggests good things.
Distributor A24 has taken that particular element of the
film, which bowed at Sundance and is set for a summer release, to some pretty wild ends, sending out creepy dolls to various audience members after they take in the chilling horror feature.
«The ending was really moving to me in a way that really helped me see this whole thing from a different perspective,» he said of the
film, whose
distributor,
A24, recently put up a Disaster Artist billboard above Highland near where The Room one once loomed.
Newbie
distributors A24 snapped up the
film and are prepping it for a February relase, and now we have our first look at two of the supporting players in the
film: Bill Murray and Aubrey Plaza.
And there has been a nontraditional Oscar campaign for Franco spearheaded by
A24,
distributor of the low - budget indie
film directed by Harmony Korine.
And with a release scheduled for Oct. 6 from «Moonlight»
distributor A24, the
film is already generating awards - season buzz.
The
film's
distributor,
A24, is campaigning for Larson as best lead actress, but it's promoting Tremblay as a supporting actor — a decision that's given rise to accusations of «category fraud» — when a lead performance is nominated as a supporting one to boost its chances.
One of the
distributors that dropped the
film, Lionsgate still brings it to home video this week in DVD + Digital and Blu - ray + Digital HD editions per their partnership with
A24.