In the wake of the festival hit’s viral success on social media, Kyle Edward Ball‘s experimental found footage movie Skinamarink (read Meagan’s review) was released in theaters from IFC Midnight this past Friday the 13th, with a Shudder premiere planned for later this year. In just 692 theaters across the country, the film is having an impressive box office run.
A small, outside-the-box indie horror movie in limited release – and with limited screens and showtimes – Skinamarink scared up $890,000 across the four-day MLK Weekend, $815,000 of which was made in the Friday-Sunday frame. The production budget? A reported $15,000!
This is another massive win for indie horror, following in the wake of Damien Leone’s slasher Terrifier 2 making $12.8 million at the US box office this past Halloween season.
The lesson to be learned here is that theater chains are more hungry than ever to program ANYTHING that’ll put asses in seats, and buzzy horror is always a win at the box office.
Meagan wrote in her review of Skinamarink, “While it delivers on its singular vision, its experimental nature and reliance on technique and the power of suggestion will likely polarize.”
In Skinamarink, “Two children wake up in the middle of the night to find their father is missing, and all the windows and doors in their home have vanished. To cope with the strange situation, the two bring pillows and blankets to the living room and settle into a quiet slumber party situation. They play well worn videotapes of cartoons to fill the silence of the house and distract from the frightening and inexplicable situation. All the while in the hopes that eventually some grown-ups will come to rescue them.
“However, after a while it becomes clear that something is watching over them.”
Lucas Paul, Dali Rose Tetreault, Ross Paul and Jaime Hill star.
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