Awards season is in full swing, andAnorahas brought home a slew of trophies, including 90 wins and over 180 nominations at the time of writing. The film only received an extremely limited release, never playing in more than 1,500 theaters, and that total has currently dropped to around 100, where it’s been for the last three weeks. However, despite limited showings and beingavailable to rent or purchase on digital platforms, people are still showing up to the theater to watchAnora. The film earned another $153,000 this weekend from only 105 screens, with a per-theater average of nearly $1,500 that helped bring itsworldwide total to $30 million. This includes $14.3 million domestically and $15.7 million from foreign markets.
Anorafinished 2024 as the highest-grossing limited-release movie by far, nearly tripling the domestic total of the second-place competitor,Kinds of Kindness, the follow-up fromYorgos Lanthimosto his Oscar-winning masterpiece,Poor Things.Kindes of KindnessandWicked Little Letterswere the only other limited releases to earn more than $5 million, and whileAnorawas playing in more theaters than any other limited-release movie, it has still asserted itself as a box office force thanks to its $30 million worldwide total.Anorawill likely narrowly miss out on becoming one of the top five highest-grossing movies ever for Neon, its primary distributor, and it will also likely fall short of becoming one of the top 75 highest-grossing movies to release in 2024, currently sitting at #77 at the time of writing, around $800,000 behindMaXXXine.
Which Movies Dominated the Box Office This Weekend?
Mufasa: The Lion Kingfinally took the box office crown fromSonic the Hedgehog 3this weekend, with its $23.4 million out-earning the blue speedster by just over $2 million.Nosferatufinished third at the box office just ahead ofMoana 2, which concluded its sixth weekend in theaters in the #4 spot with another $12 million.Wickedalso added another $9.9 million to its domestic total, which stands at a whopping $450 million, whileTimothée Chalamet’sA Complete Unknownscored $8.1 million to take the #6 spot.
Anorais still playing in extremely limited theaters, but the film is also available on digital platforms. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of the film and watchAnoraonPrime Video.
Anora follows a young sex worker from Brooklyn who impulsively marries the son of a Russian oligarch, igniting a potential fairy tale. Upon learning of the union, his influential parents travel to New York to annul the marriage, jeopardizing her unexpected chance at a new beginning.
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