Frendo is going across the nation and he’s making money? Clown In A Cornfield has scored IFC Entertainment (RLJE And Shudder) its biggest opening weekend gross ever with $3.6 million at the US box office. It opened on 2,277 screens across the nation. Frendo and Friends outgrossed the previous record holder of Late Night With The Devil at $2.8 million. Here’s what Scott Shooman, Head of IFC Entertainment Group had to say.
“To say we are thrilled with the tremendous response to Eli Craig’s witty and playful adaptation of Adam Cesare’s chart-topping novel would be an understatement. This success is the result of great storytelling, tireless work from the entire team at IFC Entertainment Group and is a huge win for our RLJE division. Thanks to the guidance of Mark Ward, RLJE’s Chief Acquisition Officer, CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD has become our largest theatrical grosser ever as well as the biggest box office opening weekend for our company. This speaks volumes to how the IFC Entertainment Group synergistically operates and how our brands are growing – aiming to deliver unique genre-leaning titles with mass appeal.”
Based on the Bram Stoker Award-winning horror novel by Adam Cesare, CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD is from Temple Hill Entertainment, the production team behind smash hit SMILE, and stars Katie Douglas (GINNY & GEORGIA), Carson MacCormac (SHAZAM!), Aaron Abrams (HANNIBAL), Will Sasso (THE THREE STOOGES) and Kevin Durand (ABIGAIL). The film made its World Premiere at SXSW in March and is Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.
The success of CLOWN comes on the heels of IFC Entertainment Group’s recently-announced brand refresh, which formalized the integrated structure of AMC Networks’ four distinct film verticals — Independent Film Company, IFC Center, RLJE, and the premiere horror streamer Shudder.
Upcoming 2025 titles for the IFC Entertainment Group include Sean Byrne’s thriller DANGEROUS ANIMALS, which will debut as part of Cannes’ Director’s Fortnight later this week, and Jay Duplass’s SXSW Audience Award-winning film THE BALTIMORONS.
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