Playing & Trading Strategy

Has there been a director who has had a substantial $ maker for there first feature directorial debut with a limited release {nm} JWL Mar 11, 11:43

SMEND with American Beauty comes to mind. (Though that was Dreamworks - they probably always intended an eventual wide release) {nm} Roger More Mar 11, 12:43

SDALD's Billy Elliott made $22M without ever going wide. {nm} Roger More Mar 11, 12:46

Didn't Blair Witch start limited? {nm} Chateau_du_Mal_Voisin Mar 11, 12:50

Limited release first 2 weeks then wide ryeontherocks Mar 11, 13:06

My first thought was Joel Zwick for MBFGW, but it was his second feature {nm} ryeontherocks Mar 11, 13:08

Jason Reitman made 24mill with Thank You For Smoking {nm} RazorHawk Mar 11, 13:18

ZBRAF with Garden State {nm} warcraft86 Mar 11, 13:54

ok ok I give, wow! Alright smarties How bout with a weinstein limited release. gotcha ya now huh huh :) thanks all {nm} JWL Mar 11, 14:36

Clerks {nm} BSmurf Mar 11, 14:46

Does Morten Tyldum qualify for this little game? Imitation Game was his first English movie... {nm} lapuckfan Mar 11, 14:47

Fruitvale Station {nm} Roger More Mar 11, 16:18

went wide in 3rd week JDolphin Mar 11, 16:26

It's a limited movie that broke out.If we're talking about movies that made a lot of $$$ but never went wide, it's a self-defeating question Roger More Mar 11, 16:37

but it made 12 of 16 miil in it's 3 wide weeks so I wouldn classify it as a limited - your argument could work for MBFGW {nm} JDolphin Mar 11, 16:52

I suppose it depends what the release strategy was... Roger More Mar 11, 17:00

Dustin Hoffman made 18 mill will Quartet {nm} RazorHawk Mar 11, 16:25

I was just getting ready to type that {nm} JDolphin Mar 11, 16:27

Not sure if this qualifies - My Week with Marilyn made 14.6 mil, most theaters was 630 in 6th wknd {nm} JDolphin Mar 11, 16:35

1st Chappie aleksthegreat Mar 11, 16:18

District 9 opened wide not limited {nm} JDolphin Mar 11, 16:28

SSODE Sex, Lies, and Videotape $24.7M. {nm} Antibody Mar 11, 16:36

Arguable the film that launched the indie film scene. $51M adjusted for inflation. {nm} Antibody Mar 11, 16:56

Thanks for the info. all of this cause I was wondering about Ross Katz. Thanks for playing my "little game" just info. thats all. {nm} JWL Mar 11, 18:02

Director David Lickley & Born To Be Wild (IMAX) - Documentary Short - 23.8 MILL - 208 Theatres Maximum. RotoHockeyYTD2013MainPort Mar 11, 22:33