Beau is dead/
Ari Aster’s three hour self indulgent horror film, “Beau is Afraid,” finally posted some box office numbers after remaining silent for days.
There are no numbers from Friday night. But through Thursday, “Beau is Afraid” made just $4.2 million over a two week period. This week, the Joaquin Phoenix move declined every day, just like last week.
This weekend, A24 cut their theater count and the number of showings per screen. In some places there are just one or two shows a day. But at three hours, this makes sense. The theaters are very empty anyway. Why keep showing it over and over?
“Beau is Afraid” has just a 73 audience rating, and a 70 from critics. Two more weeks of this could bring the grand total to $6 million. We won’t hear about this movie again until the National Board of Review puts it on a list of Best Independent Movies in December.
If A24 is brave enough to post new numbers Sunday afternoon, I’ll update accordingly.
