Netflix entered the box office era with "La Bola Negra". "You Can See Everything" and "Musk" Face Off - Expert Preview

Last week's Cannes-winning La Bola Negra, Spain's Oscar nominee for best international film, inspired by Federico García Lorca's unfinished play, marked a milestone for Netflix. A24 is showing the much-hyped Elizabeth Holmes documentary at 855 pages - almost twice as many masks as Bleecker Street's expanding Alex […]

Cannes Award winner La Bola Negra, Spain's Academy Award nominee for Best International Film, inspired by Federico García Lorca's unfinished play, which won the Cannes Film Festival, marks a milestone for Netflix.

A24 is showing the much-hyped Elizabeth Holmes doc at 855 screens - almost double the number of The Mask with Bleecker Street expanding Alex Gibney's doc to 472 locations after a limited opening at four locations last week, with a running time of almost four hours including intermission. The Holmes doc (roughly three hours) is off to a strong start with $1.75 million in previews and a great outing, as in 92% Definite Recommend and 100% Positive Rating. Related news A different world news: Tom Werner wants to make an impact on screen, stage and stadium News Cal Penn's busy year includes roles as Dr. Anna Nicole Smith, Greg Araki and Harold and Kumar 4 in the works: "One of the funniest scripts ever."

Neon presents David Graves' award-winning documentary Once Upon a Time in Harlem in two New York theaters. Watch on Deadline

La Bola Negra: Netflix gives the popular festival a 47-day theatrical window and the broadcaster's first Sunday box office report on Sunday as it offers a selection of films for more traditional release. David Fincher's The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth hits Imax on Thanksgiving. Greta Gerwig's Narnia: The Magician's Nephew opens in February with a 45-day run. Taika Waititi's animation Charlie vs. the Chocolate Factory is slated to hit theaters on November 5, 2027, with a 47-day window. Peter Berg's Mosquito Bowl, which opens in limited release on October 30, and Danny Boyle's Rupert Modak biopic Ink, which opens on December 11, will both have a roughly 30-day theatrical run. All earnings will be reported.

Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos recently said that the planned sequel to the KPop blockbuster Demon Hunters will also receive a wide theatrical release.

La Bola Negra follows three gay men whose lives are intertwined in three different eras. In a decorated festival, Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrosi shared Best Director at Cannes (see Deadline's review). The film won the TIFF People's Choice Award for Best Picture, Audience Awards at San Sebastian and Sydney, and Best Feature Film at the Hamptons Film Festival. It stars Milo Koifs and Carlos Gonzalez, the guitarist in his acting debut. Glenn Close and Penelope Cruz appear.

Netflix operates the historic Paris Theater in New York and owns the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. It has opened movies theatrically, and created buzz with some, such as the Knives Out franchise, or Frankenstein, which lasted well beyond their theatrical release. Usually the footprint is limited, Intel's short and official box office window is zero.

La Bola Negra opened NewFest in New York on Thursday. Screenings with a director's Q&A in New York today and Saturday in Los Angeles Netflix will add select cities around the world over the next few weeks before a modest nationwide jump.

Netflix lost its bid to buy Warner Bros. earlier this year, a move that fueled industry speculation about the broadcaster's show plans. Most recently, the changes this week saw 1,000 job cuts and the departure of chief content officer Bella Bajaria as the company looks to increase engagement and grow in an increasingly competitive landscape.

A24's You Can See Everything by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim opens in more than 855 theaters ahead of a wider, nationwide release next week for this unusual documentary that was kept secret for years before a surprise screening at Telluride and then heading to the New York Film Festival. It's 100% Certified Frematoes critics. Check the deadline.

A24 secretly financed the real-life project four years ago, and it originated in the San Diego home of biotech entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes, just before she entered the federal prison in Bryan, Texas. Holmes gave the directors unlimited access to the home he shared with his partner and two young children, and eventually invited the filmmakers to live with them.

A Stanford dropout and founder of biotech startup Theranos has been charged with fraud for lying about his company's technology and financial health. The company claimed to have revolutionized blood testing with a proprietary device that could perform dozens of comprehensive medical tests from a single drop of blood obtained with a simple finger prick. He always insisted that he had done nothing wrong, including in a circular conversation with Fielder in the film. He was found guilty in early 2022 after a public trial in a court in Northern California, and reported in May 2023 that he was serving a 10-year sentence.

A24 approaches the film more as a genre-shifting cultural phenomenon than a traditional documentary, with runtime sets more akin to live event concert films like Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, Renaissance: A Film by Beyonce, and BTS: Permission to Dance on Stage – Live. A recent documentary, Melania, made about $7 million in 1,700 theaters.

Alamo Drafthouse said You Can See Everything has achieved the highest advance sales of any A24 title and any documentary in the circuit's history with tickets sold. It is currently Alamo's #2 pre-order title behind Avengers: Doomsday.

New, Limited: Neon opens David Graves' award-winning documentary Once Upon a Time in Harlem at two New York theaters (Film Society of Lincoln Center and Film Society) with a Los Angeles expansion 10/23. Doc world premiered at Sundance and screened at Cannes, Telluride, Toronto and New York Directors' Fortnight, where it received the Lavin/Ken Burns Film Award from the Library of Congress. With a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes (45 reviews), it has five Critics' Choice Documentary Award nominations, including Best Documentary Feature.

The project was completed by David Graves, but was designed and assembled by his father, the late William Graves, who in 1972 depicted a cocktail party he hosted at Duke Ellington's home with living notables of the Harlem Renaissance. For four hours, this extraordinary group, many of whom hadn't seen each other in fifty years, reminisced, critiqued, debated, laughed and drank as they grappled with their place in a rapidly changing cultural landscape. This document was shot on 16mm film and recently restored. In-person Q&A with David Graves and producer Leanne Graves in New York this weekend and in Los Angeles next.

Dominik Moll's French crime drama Case 137 from Film Movement opens at the Quad in New York and Laemmle adds Glendale on 10/30 before heading to San Francisco, D.C. and other markets. Written by Moll (12TH Night) with Giles Marchand. After the yellow vest protests in Paris in 2018, internal affairs officer Stephanie Bertrand (Lea Drucker) must investigate the behavior of her fellow police officers during the protests. Struggling to remain objective, his situation puts him at odds with the rest of the force as he investigates a near-fatal attack by a teenage protester from his hometown. Premieres at Cannes in 2025. Drucker won a César for Best Actress for the role.

New, Medium/Wide: Briarcliff Entertainment's biographical comedy-drama Trust Me I'm A Doctor , directed by Thane Economou and starring Cal Penn, opens in 491 theaters. This film is about Dr. Sandeep Kapoor (Penn), whose life is turned upside down when he gets involved in this story. The death of a former patient, model and reality TV star, Anna Nicole Smith (Abbie Cornish). Set in the height of the tabloid era of the early 2000s, the film depicts Kapoor's struggle to clear his name as the paparazzi descend on his office, the police raid his home, private journals are leaked, and all aspects of his personal life become public. He must take part in a drug conspiracy trial at the intersection of celebrity, justice, politics and personal redemption. Based on Kapoor's 2017 book Trust Me, I'm a Doctor: My Life Before, During, and After by Anna Nicole Smith.

The spider horror game Crawlers from Roadside Attractions was shown on 1037 screens. A catastrophic infestation of poisonous spiders forces an apartment building into quarantine. Trapped by a police quarantine, building manager Serena (Matilda Lutz) and her residents struggle to survive as organisms multiply by the second. Directed by Angel Gomez Hernandez, written by Jason Rothwell.

Focus Features' Sense And Sensibility, director Georgia Oakley's new take on Jane Austen's iconic novel, is playing in 2,436 locations. The film reunites Joe Wright and Emma Autumn de Wilde after their acclaimed collaborations on Pride and Prejudice (2005). (2020). Screenplay by Diana Reed Based on 1811, the final reference to a writer whose social satire continues to captivate readers and viewers across the generations. Stars Daisy Edgar-Jones, Esme Creed-Miles, Caitríona Balfe, Frank Dylan, with George McKay and Fiona Shaw. Check the deadline.

Highlights included Vogue and Reese's Book Club partners, Slumber Party Show, Alamo Q+A Show, Candlelight Concert, and brand partnerships with Estée Lauder, Paper Source, Coach, Butter London, and Crate & Barrel.

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