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Todd Cunningham
Tom McCarthy’s “Spotlight” made a bid to break out of a very crowded pack of independent films with Oscar hopes with a strong limited opening this weekend.
The drama, detailing the Boston Globe’s Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the Catholic Church molestation scandal, opened to $302,276 from five theaters for a strong $60,455 per-theater average for Open Road Films.
“Spotlight,” directed by McCarthy who co-wrote with Josh Singer, stars Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, Michael Keaton, Stanley Tucci, Liev Schreiber, and Billy Crudup.
It was one of three indie films with awards ambitions to debut over the weekend.
Fox Searchlight’s “Brookyln” also rolled out in five theaters and took in just $181,00 for a solid per-screen average of $36,200. The drama starring Saoirse Ronan as an Irish immigrant in 1950s New York opened Wednesday and has taken in $237,000 so far.
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