Indie Box Office: 'Maddie's Secret' Scores Record Opening at IFC Center; Gregg Allman Doc Debuts Strong
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Jill Goldsmith
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The article reports on the specialty/indie box office weekend, highlighting the strong opening of John Early's 'Maddie's Secret' at IFC Center in New York with a $58.2k weekend — the biggest opening at the arthouse in over two years. It also covers the debut of 'Gregg Allman: The Music Of My Soul' from new distributor Subtex, eyeing $375k on 199 screens over five days. Additional indie releases like 'Girls Like Girls', 'The Death Of Robin Hood', and 'Leviticus' are noted as part of an upbeat indie weekend.
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Gregg Allman: The Music Of My Soul, the inaugural theatrical release of new distributor Subtex, is eyeing $375k on 199 screens for the five days through Sunday.
Maddie's Secret is also the 6th biggest opener ever at the IFC with Early on hand for multiple sold-out Q&A shows moderated by John Wilson, Sarah Sherman, Julio Torres, Ivy Wolk, Theda Hammel, Brace Belden and Amy Sedaris — with each selling out almost as soon as announced.
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