Specialty Box Office: ‘Celeste and Jesse’ Scores Big Debut

Sony Pictures Classics could have a late-summer hit on its hands with Lee Toland Krieger’s “Celeste and Jesse Forever,” which scored a very strong debut in limited release. Its $28,003 per-theater-average blew away the much less impressive debuts of Millennium Entertainment’s “The Babymakers” and Magnolia’s “360.”

Notably, the weekend also saw Wes Anderson’s “Moonrise Kingdom” top the $40 million mark, inching toward replacing “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” as the highest grossing specialty release of 2012.

Check out the full rundown below.

The Debuts:

“Celeste and Jesse Forever” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Sony Classics’ Sundance pickup “Celeste and Jesse Forever” was released on 4 screens this weekend to one of the year’s best limited debuts. The film — written by real-life best friends Rashida Jones (who also stars) and Will McCormack — grossed $112,011, averaging $28,003. That gave it the fifth best average of the year, behind “Moonrise Kingdom,” “To Rome With Love,” “Beasts of the Southern Wild” and “Bernie” — all of which are not bad company to be associated with.

“Celeste and Jesse” stars Jones, Andy Samberg, Elijah Wood, Emma Roberts and Ari Graynor. It follows a separated couple (Jones and Samberg) who try and remain best friends after breaking up. Sony Classics will expand the film significantly through August.

Source: indiewire.com

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