Indie Specialized Box Office Chart: Olivia Wilde’s ‘The Invite’ Outpaces Other A24 Platform Openings
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- "The Invite" opened on seven screens in a platform release, grossing $393,357 and averaging $56,194 per screen — nearly matching the single-screen $58,206 that "Maddie's Secret" earned the prior week
- A24 acquired "The Invite" from Annapurna in an aggressive bidding war out of Sundance, though the studio increasingly launches films wide rather than running extended platform campaigns
- "Marty Supreme" remains A24's high-watermark platform release, opening on six screens with $863K and nearly outgrossing "The Invite" on its opening day
- "The Moment" (Charli XCX) earned $427K on just four screens, averaging almost double "The Invite"'s per-screen number, while "Pillion" averaged just above $60K from four screens en route to a $3.8M total without ever exceeding 369 screens
- "Mother Mary" underperformed with a $33K average from five screens and only $168K opening, ultimately playing in theaters for just five weeks
- "Blue Heron" (Janus Films) crept back into the Top 10 in its 11th weekend of release, approaching $600K domestically and heading to The Criterion Channel
- "Maddie's Secret" and "Rose of Nevada" each added eight screens in their second weekends, while new opener "Romeria" (Carla Simón) landed at #6 with $15,193
Why it matters: 'The Invite' lands at $393K from seven screens — solid for A24 platform fare but trailing both 'Marty Supreme' ($863K from six) and 'The Moment' ($427K from four on a per-screen basis). With A24 increasingly favoring wide launches over extended platform runs, the film's specialized-chart presence will likely be brief, and indie programmers will note 'Pillion' as proof that a four-screen debut can scale to $3.8M without ever exceeding 369 theaters.
