'Fjord' Tops Indie Debuts, 'Naza' Going Strong

Key Points:

• Neon’s Palme d’Or-winning drama Fjord, starring Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve, opened strongly with $124k on four screens in New York and Los Angeles, marking director Cristian Mungiu’s second Palme d’Or and Romania’s Oscar entry for Best International Feature.
• The documentary Naza, by Oscar-winning directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, expanded to 85 engagements in over 30 markets in its second week, grossing an estimated $378.2k over the Columbus Day four-day weekend and surpassing $500k cumulatively.
• Chris Rock’s Misty Green, released by A24 on six screens in NY and LA, earned $85.7k over three days and $98.7k over four days, receiving critical praise for Rosalind Eleazar’s performance and preparing for selective expansion.
• Alex Gibney’s documentary Musk opened on four screens with an estimated $70k three-day gross, while James McAvoy’s California Schemin’ debuted to $18.7k at five locations; Julia Loktev’s My Undesirable Friends Part II – Exile premiered at New York’s Film Forum with a limited $7.5k gross due to its six-hour runtime.
• Holdover film If I Go Will They Miss Me earned $29.6k on 42 screens in its fifth week, nearing a $1 million cumulative gross, and Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth 20th Anniversary re-release ranked 11th domestically with $1.66 million from 1,168 locations.