The 20 Highest Grossing Indies of 2021 (A Running List)
Refreshed weekly, here’s a chart of the year’s twenty highest-grossing theatrically released films.
Refreshed weekly, here’s a chart of the year’s twenty highest-grossing theatrically released films.
Short term, there could be some Oscar impact. Far more significant is what this will tell us about the exhibitors’ rules of engagement.
Searchlight didn’t report grosses, but theater data shows “Nomadland” placed in the top 10 despite Hulu availability.
This weekend showed a 40 percent increase, but the only global blockbuster belonged to a Chinese action franchise.
Box-office performance usually plays a significant role in reporting the Oscar race. This year, other data will have to do.
“The Little Things” repeated as #1 film this weekend, but it had the lowest gross to the take top spot since before Thanksgiving.
Denzel Washington’s latest dominated, proving that exhibitors were right to take the Warner Bros. title even with streaming availability.
The pandemic meant last year’s Sundance movies made very little at the box office, but it also set expectations for the festival’s future.
“The Marksman” held on to the top spot, but theaters faced another weekend with no new wide releases.
It took less than 24 hours for eight of the 19 wide releases through April to shift, but not all of the news is bad for theaters.
Theaters are grateful for any new title. But there is zero evidence that, even where open, audiences are on the rise.
This unprecedented Oscar season demands innovation, and Disney’s specialized division designed a plan that might to the trick.