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\n\tDhurandhar: The Revenge<\/a><\/em><\/strong> from Moviegoers Entertainment cleaned up with a $10 million weekend and a no. 3 ranking on 987 screens for a gross of $14 million (including Wed. peeks and Thursday shows) for one of the biggest opening weekends ever for a Bollywood film in North America, beating winner Pathaan<\/em> (2023) which opened to $6.9 million (Fri-Sun.) and $9.5 million (Wed.-Sun.). The four-hour epic by by Aditya Dahr is the sequel to Dhurandhar<\/em> ($20 million in North American) and stars\u00a0Ranveer Singh as an undercover\u00a0Indian intelligence\u00a0agent working to infiltrate Pakistani politics and Karachi\u2019s\u00a0criminal syndicates.<\/p>\n \n\tPG animated The Pout-Pout Fish<\/a><\/em><\/strong> from Viva Kids is looking at a nice $1.5 million on 1,854 screens and a no. 9 spot. Based on the NY Times bestselling Macmillan picture-book series by Deborah Diesen, it follows two aquatic misfits as they embark on an impossible journey to save their home. Voice cast includes\u00a0Nick Offerman,\u00a0Nina Oyama,\u00a0Jordin Sparks, Amy Sedaris, Miranda Otto and\u00a0Remy Hii.<\/p>\n \n\tMET Opera: Tristan und Isolde<\/a><\/em><\/strong> rounded out the top 10 with $772k at 709 locations for one live screening Wagner\u2019s meditation on love and dead with soprano Lise Davidsen and tenor Michael Spyres. The event marks a new Met-debut staging by opera director Yuval Sharon and Music Director Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin\u2019s first time leading Tristan und Isolde at the Met.\u00a0Stateside, the Met partners with Fathom on distribution. The series is also beamed live internationally and grossed $1.48 million worldwide.<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tThe live transmission was directed for cinema by Gary Halvorson and hosted by soprano Lisette Oropesa.Encore screenings will play in select U.S. cinemas on March 25 and Canadian cinemas on April 11, 13, and 15.<\/p>\n \n\tLimited releases<\/strong>: Christian Petzold\u2019s Miroirs No. 3<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0from 1-2 Special opened to $36.7k at three theaters in NY and LA. Debuts in Boston, Chicago, Austin, San Francisco next week with a national expansion continuing throughout April.<\/p>\n \n\tLimited: Sofia Coppola\u2019s Marc by Sofia<\/a><\/em><\/strong> opened at $46.8k on 2 NCY screens. Coppola\u2019s first documentary, which world premiered at last year\u2019s Venice Film Festival, captures fashion icon Marc Jacobs as he prepares his 2024 spring collection, offering an intimate and behind the scenes look at his fascinating creative process. Expands into top markets next weekend.<\/p>\n \n\tAnnemarie Jacir\u2019s Palestine \u201936<\/em><\/strong> saw $36k exclusively at the Angelika, also a nice showing for just one screen with limited showtimes, the top grossing film at the complex.<\/p>\n \n\tDead Lover<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, the debut release from new indie distribution partners Cartuna x Dweck, opened exclusively at New York\u2019s IFC Center to $13.5k, the top-grossing film at the complex. The horror-comedy entered the weekend with multiple sell-outs and considerable buzz around its odorous Stink-O-Vision shows, an alternate scratch-and-sniff version of the film \u2013 one of the first films to use the technology since 2011. Adds LA\u2019s Laemmle Glendale next weekend ahead of a 4\/3 U.S. expansion and Canadian opening.<\/p>\n \n\tLate Shift<\/a><\/em><\/strong> from Music Box Films by Petra Volpe grossed $14.3k at six theaters opening weekend, including a 2025 qualifying run and advance shows.<\/p>\n \n\tJanus Films opened Sergei Loznitsa\u2019s political thriller satire\u00a0Two Prosecutors<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0at NY\u2019s Film Forum on a single screen with a total weekend cume of\u00a0$13.3k. Expands to LA, SF, and DC on March 27 and nationwide throughout April and May. Loznitsa will be appearing in-person at Q&As this coming week at Laemmle Glendale and Royal in LA, as well present for retrospective screenings at LA\u2019s American Cinematheque.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\tWatch on Deadline\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n