Wes Anderson’s dizzyingly inventive Isle of Dogs continues to command strong audiences in its third weekend at Watershed. Now on on circa 500 prints its weekend screen average is around £1,700 and we are pleasingly doing more than triple that business. The film has definitely worked better in the independent sites although Fox will be more than happy with the overall performance. I am sure that it has a few more weeks to go with us.

New opener 120BPM, which won the Jury prize at Cannes last year, has performed well and with partnership events with Act Up Bristol, Terence Higgins Trust and other HIV/aids activism groups coming in week 1, would hope this film has more than two week potential. Certainly the responses to the film from audiences have been emotional and heartfelt, and I suspect good word of mouth will help keep audience interest. 

Other opener, Wonderstruck, has got caught in a “is it a children’s film” “is it a Todd Haynes film” “well what is it ?” circle of questions and consequently has not connected with any significant audience, which is a shame for a film of such quality. I am holding it for a 2nd weekend with the view that it deserves more screen time and opportunities for audiences to see in the cinema.