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Last weekend, New York and Los Angeles audiences received their first look at The Fabelmans, the new drama film from legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg and studio Universal Pictures. A little money was made at the box office, even though the picture won’t be widely available for several more weeks.
According to the official box office statistics, the Fabelmans made an estimated $160,000 from its four screens of release, for a per-theater average of $40,000. Despite how modest that sounds in comparison to what current theaters pull in, it’s actually on par with the results of other recent platform releases in the same genre. In contrast, The Banshees of Inisherin from Searchlight Pictures grossed $46,113, while Focus Features’ Tár earned $39,655.
It’s tough to say whether or not the film’s box office success will translate to awards season success. The excitement around The Fabelmans, however, cannot be denied. The film is an original drama that follows Sammy Fabelman, a 16-year-old aspiring filmmaker, and is partially based on Spielberg’s own childhood and early career as a director. The movie’s tagline from Universal reads, “an investigation of the power of cinema to help us understand the truth about one other and ourselves.”
Picture of Gabrielle Labelle Fabelmans 1 courtesy of Universal
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Gabriel LaBelle, as Sammy Fabelman, leads a large cast in this picture. In addition to Michelle Williams and Paul Dano, the film also stars Seth Rogen, Judd Hirsch, Robin Bartlett, Keeley Karsten, and Julia Butters. In the early 2000s, Spielberg apparently started thinking about making an autobiographical film, which led to the development of The Fabelmans.
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