A24's 'The Invite' At No. 6 In Solid Expansion

Key Points:

• A24’s comedy The Invite, starring Olivia Wilde and Seth Rogen, expanded to 1,610 screens in its third week, grossing over $5.7 million for a $7.38 million total and ranking sixth at the domestic box office; it holds a 96% critic score and 88% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
• Focus Features’ horror film Obsession crossed $250 million domestically in its ninth week, becoming the fifth highest-grossing horror film in the U.S., while Angel Studios’ Young Washington and A24’s Backrooms also ranked in the top 10 indie films this weekend.
• Sony Pictures Classics’ Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass debuted to $954k on 1,000 screens, and IFC Films’ Night Nurse is projected to earn $72k on 330 screens in its opening weekend.
• Indian films Lenin and Dhamaal 4 opened strongly in the U.S., with Lenin grossing $560k across 250 theaters and Dhamaal 4 earning $467k in 387 theaters.
• Limited releases include Greenwich Entertainment’s Reading Lolita in Tehran, which earned $15k exclusively at NYC’s Angelika Film Center, and Music Box Films’ documentary Remake, debuting to $8.5k at Film Forum with a 100% critic score, expanding next weekend to major cities.