“We Live in Time” just had one of the best limited domestic theatrical debuts of the year

Among a host of new releases this weekend, director John Crowleyis the much discussed love drama We live in time debuted on limited screens to exceptional response. With Andrew Garfield And Florence Pugh, We live in time is distributed in North America by indie outfit A24. The film premiered this weekend in just five locations in New York City and Los Angeles and delivered to success one of the best averages per cinema of the year. We live in time premiered at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival where it received mostly positive reviews.

The film grossed $225,911 this weekendwhich equates to an average of $45,000 per theater – the third best of the year, behind Yorgos Lanthimos‘ Types of kindness And Jason Reitman‘S Saturday evening. Reitman’s comedy-drama also opened in five locations and averaged $53,000 per theater a few weeks ago. Types of kindnessHowever, earlier this year it registered a PTA of over $70,000, also at five locations. A year ago, director Wes Anderson‘S Asteroid city debuted in six locations with one of the best PTAs ever: $149,000.

We live in time is more in line with A24’s previous releases, even if the company has greater commercial ambitions. A24 had great success with the film earlier this year Civil Warwhich became only the second release to gross more than $100 million worldwide. interest in We live in time seems high, largely thanks to the participation of its hugely popular stars. Garfield is, of course, synonymous with Spider-Man, having recently reprized the role of the superhero Spider-Man: No Way Home. The film grossed almost $2 billion worldwide. Pugh, on the other hand, is expected to star in her second Marvel film. Lightning. Last year she played a supporting role in Christopher Nolan‘S Oppenheimerwhich grossed nearly $1 billion worldwide.

“We Live in Time” airs nationally on October 25th

We live in time currently sits at a “fresh” approval rating of 81% on aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes. In his review, Collider’s Ross Bonaime called it “One of the best movie romances in years” and wrote that the film “never falls into the trappings of a more conventional, saccharine love story and asks the audience for tears.” The The film expands to additional locations this weekbefore things went far the following week. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.

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