Specialty Films Achieve Top Ten Positions in Box Office Weekend

Three specialty films entered the domestic box office top ten at positions six, seven and eight. Faces of Death earned $1.7 million on 1,600 screens in its opening weekend. Exit 8 grossed $1.4 million on 495 screens, also in its debut. A Great Awakening pulled in $1.27 million in its second week for a $4.9 million cumulative total.

The film is a faith-based historical drama about the friendship between Benjamin Franklin and Reverend George Whitefield.

8 is a Japanese film based on a video game created by Kotake Create.

Directed by Genki Kawamura, it premiered at Cannes and features Yamato Kochi as a man trapped in a repeating subway passage. The film performed strongly for a non-English language release with a limited number of screens. Faces of Death reimagines the 1978 cult horror film and stars Barbie Ferreira as a content moderator who encounters apparent re-enactments of murders from the original.

Directed by Daniel Goldhaber, the film received attention from a marketing campaign and word of mouth. It follows her efforts to determine if the violence is fictional or real. A Great Awakening depicts the relationship between Benjamin Franklin and Reverend George Whitefield, figures involved in early American history.

The film targets viewers interested in historical and faith-based narratives. It expanded to more locations in its second week.

Limited Releases Vertical released Hamlet, starring and produced by Riz Ahmed, on 325 screens for a weekend gross of $190,000.

Directed by Aneil Karia, the film adapts Shakespeare's tragedy to London's elite South Asian community. It performed well in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago, including at theaters such as AMC Lincoln Square, Angelika Film Center and Alamo Brooklyn. Neon debuted The Christophers, directed by Steven Soderbergh, on four screens in New York and Los Angeles for $80,000.

The comedy stars Jessica Gunning, James Corden and Michaela Coel as siblings who forge paintings by their father, played by Ian McKellen, to secure an inheritance. The story involves art world forgery. , a documentary about journalist Amy Goodman directed by Carl Deal and Tia Lessin, opened at the IFC Center in New York for $33,000.

The film played on one screen, with most screenings sold out and additional showtimes added. It will expand to Los Angeles and San Francisco next week, with Goodman and the filmmakers promoting it across the country. Executive producers include Jane Fonda, Rosario Dawson, Tom Morello, Caren Spruch and Diana Cohn.