Pickpocket Drama Expands to 1,112 Screens and Passes $2 Million
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York took in $1.9 million in its second weekend after widening from six screens to 1,112, according to studio estimates reported by Deadline. The film has now earned an estimated $2.1 million in total.
The Sony Pictures Classics release stars John Turturro as Harry Lehman, an aging pickpocket who keeps working in a New York that has changed around him. Noah Segan directed. Turturro is nominated for a Gotham Award, one of the city's independent film honours, as Deadline reported on 30 October. He also made headlines at the New York Film Festival, where an AP News video showed him lifting a reporter's gum while promoting the film.
The weekend's biggest earner was not a new release. You Can See Everything took in more than $10 million in its third weekend, bringing its total to more than $63 million. Wicker grossed $4.1 million from 2,374 theatres, lifting its cumulative gross to $13.3 million.
Several films opened wide this weekend. Everest: The Other Side, a National Geographic documentary directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, debuted with $1 million from 515 locations. Imax screens supplied $825,000 of that total. The Mongoose opened with $480,000 from 1,014 locations, while Christmas at the Kringles debuted with $675,000 from 1,825 locations.
Aadarsha Kutumbam House No: 47 had the largest opening among the newcomers, taking $1.1 million from 400 locations. Sight & Sound Presents: JOSHUA Live! earned $758,000 from 1,230 screens. The Mosquito Bowl opened to $455,000 on 349 screens.
Holdovers kept earning too. La Bola Negra grossed $418,000 in its third weekend, pushing its cumulative total to $1.2 million.
For cinema owners, the mix is a useful snapshot. Wide releases with large audiences sit alongside smaller films that open on fewer screens and grow over several weeks. The Only Living Pickpocket in New York began in a handful of theatres on 23 October and has spent the past week spreading across the country, a route that depends on audiences finding it by word of mouth. The next set of figures, including confirmed numbers for this weekend, will arrive once the studios publish Monday's actuals.
