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Limited opening this weekend, 800 screens next weekend

posted 18 days ago by Satan2016 (23432)
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https://deadline.com/2024/04/indie-films-opening-sasquatch-sunset-suga-indigo-girls-nicolas-cage-1235882935/

Sasquatch Sunset directors Nathan and David Zellner (Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter) always wondered what these hairy giants do when they’re not walking – the only Bigfoot footage available has been a minute of a supposed Sasquatch wandering in the northern California woods. They decided to flesh that out in unique dialogue-free comedic imagining of the creatures’ daily life – eating, fighting, etc. Stars Jesse Eisenberg, Riley Keough, Christophe Zajac-Denek and Nathan Zellner are unrecognizable as the hairy tribe of four that entranced Sundance (see Deadline review). Bleecker Street is opening the film, written by David Zellner, executive produced by Ari Aster, in 9 theaters in New York, LA, San Francisco and Austin, ahead of a big jump to about 800 screens next week.

[–] Satan2016 (23432) 16 days ago

$93k opening in 9 theaters. Leads with $10k per theater.

[–] Satan2016 (23432) 11 days ago

https://deadline.com/2024/04/indie-films-opening-sasquatch-sunset-bigfoot-expansion-stress-position-1235890216/

Nathan Zellner and David Zellner’s Sasquatch Sunset is stomping into circa 850 theaters this weekend after debuting in 9 with a solid opening for a film many could find weird. A tribe of Sasquatch, possibly the last of their kind, live and love in the woods of northern California, where it was shot.

“We are taking Bigfoot to America. We have high hopes that the broader market will embrace the movie,” says Kyle Davies of distributor Bleecker Street, calling it “a very different” kind of movie and “a bit of an unknown.”

“It’s a wildcard.”

Marketing was mainly through social activations. “I wouldn’t call it traditional marketing. It doesn’t really fit in that box,” Davies adds. The Sasquatch standees in theaters are fun. And Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar is displaying a baby Sasquatch sitting in a glass case with umbilical cord and placenta.

This is “a polarizing film. Some don’t want to get it. Some people see its brilliance,” Davies says. Bleecker has hopes for the latter group as the film expands to more arthouses and into smarthouses, and multiplexes in big markets.

[–] Kowalski (58680) 11 days ago

I STILL CAN'T BELIVE THIS MOVIE EXISTS.