Independent Film Company’s Faces Of Death Neon’s Exit 8 and A Great Awakening from Roadside Attractions all popped in the top ten –- at nos. 6, 7 and 8 respectively — making for an upbeat specialty weekend.
Faces of Death is at $1.7 million on 1,600 screens and Japanese hit Exit 8 at $1.4 million on 495 screens – both are new releases. Faith-based historical film A Great Awakening pulled in $1.27 million at 1,274 locations in week 2, for a $4.9 million cume.
The movies couldn’t be more difference. Genki Kawarmura’s Cannes-premiering Exit 8 had an especially strong showing for a non-English language film with a moderate footprint. Based on the eponymous hit video game created by Kotake Create, it stars Yamato Kôchi as a man trapped in an endless sterile subway passage, looking for — you know what.
Faces of Death is director Daniel Goldhaber’s reimagining
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