Netflix Reports 'La Bola Negra' Grosses In Historic First

Key Points:

• Netflix's Spanish drama "La Bola Negra" debuted with $277.5K on four screens, marking the company's first official box office report and achieving the highest opening gross for a non-English film at several key theaters, alongside a strong per-screen average of $69.4K.
• The film, based on Federico García Lorca's unfinished play and Spain's Oscar entry for Best International Feature, received strong audience acclaim with 96% rating it Excellent or Very Good and an 87% Certified Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
• Neon’s documentary "Once Upon A Time In Harlem," directed by David Greaves, opened with $68.3K on two NYC screens, becoming Film Forum’s highest opening weekend film this year and garnering a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score.
• Bleecker Street’s Alex Gibney doc "Musk" expanded to 472 screens, grossing $307K amid advertising challenges on major social media platforms, while competing against A24’s "You Can See Everything," which had an extraordinary $15 million weekend at 855 locations.
• Other notable releases include Indian Tamil action-comedy "Jailer 2" with $3.2 million on 401 screens, Telugu romantic action comedy "Ranabaali" opening to $719K on 375 theaters, and the spider horror "Crawlers" debuting to $468K at 1,037 theaters.