Indie Box Office: Camp Miasma Expands Strong, KATSEYE Debuts at No. 5, and the Specialty Sector Takes 10% of the Weekend

Mubi's Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma grossed an estimated $907,000 from 54 theatres in its second weekend, lifting its domestic cume — domestic meaning the United States and Canada — to $1.28 million for the weekend of 16 August 2026 Deadline.

That figure is a big step up from the film's opening frame. Just one week earlier, Jane Schoenbrun's horror-comedy debuted with $249,606 from five screens — a $50,000 per-screen average that signalled strong word of mouth IndieWire. The expansion to 54 locations roughly quadrupled the gross, and the film arrived in theatres with a 100% critics' score on Rotten Tomatoes Deadline on Facebook.

Schoenbrun, who previously directed I Saw the TV Glow, both wrote and directed the film, which Mubi describes as "a new kind of horror remake" and a meta horror-comedy satire of the entertainment industry Mubi. The cast is led by Gillian Anderson and Hannah Einbinder, with Amanda Fix, Arthur Conti, and Eva Victor in supporting roles Deadline; Mubi. Mark Boxer, Mubi's distribution chief, oversaw the rollout Deadline.

The broader indie and specialty sector claimed a meaningful slice of the overall market this weekend. Specialty titles accounted for at least $16 million — roughly 10% of the estimated $160 million total weekend box office Deadline.

At the top of that specialty pile, Trafalgar Releasing's music event film KATSEYE: Wild Hearts opened at number five on the overall chart with an estimated $4 million from 724 theatres. Focus Features followed with SIX: The Musical Live!, which grossed $3 million from 1,462 locations. Angel Studios' Brink of War took $2.684 million from 2,083 locations Deadline.

Rounding out the top ten, Shloka Entertainment's Vishwanath & Sons collected $1.635 million from 350 theatres, and GKids' 10th-anniversary rerelease of Your Name landed at $1.58 million across 675 screens Deadline.

Further down the chart, Black Bear's The Rivals of Amziah King, starring Matthew McConaughey, debuted to $1.027 million at 632 theatres. A24's Anthony Bourdain biopic Tony grossed $707,000 from 37 screens in week two, bringing its domestic cume to $1.2 million. Neon's The Wrong Girls opened with $406,500 at 520 theatres Deadline.

Two smaller releases deserve a mention. Janus Films' release of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's The Samurai and the Prisoner grossed $111,000 at 78 theatres in its third week, pushing its cume past $500,000. And Watermelon Pictures' documentary American Doctor opened to $40,000 at the Angelika in New York City — the highest per-screen average for a documentary since The Encampments debuted in March 2025 Deadline. Also among the weekend's indie releases was eKKL Entertainment's Elijah Peel, executive produced by Willie and Korie Robertson Deadline.

All figures cited are studio estimates for the weekend. Final actuals arrive on Monday.