‘Ne Zha 2’s Unusual Third Week In Top Ten, Oscar Nominated Shorts Cross $3 Million, Last Stand For Best Picture Nominees – Specialty Box Office

Ne Zha 2 from CMC Pictures is no. 7 this weekend, its third consecutive in the top ten, on 600 screens with a domestic gross of $2.9 million and a cume of $17.95 million, an impressive feat. While an India film occasionally does two weeks at the top it’s highly unusual for any foreign film stick around for three. The Chinese New Year title has become the top animated film globally and the highest grossing film ever from a one country (China).

Paul Dergarabedian, senior analyst for Comscore North America, calls the performance “remarkable,” representing “a rare example of a non-U.S. film holding steady in the domestic Top 10 for multiple consecutive weeks” and another example of how a film can transcend borders and cultures to become a phenomenon on the big screen” — with a cume at or near $2 billion, a record for an animated film.

Oscar nominated shorts and Best Pictures contenders are out in force with winners set to emerge later today at the Academy Awards ceremony. A handful of other releases saw decent numbers given how crowded the market is.

Moderate, new release: GKids opened Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning on 784screens for a week one estimate of $916k. This collaboration of two famous anime studios, Sunrise (Mobile Suit Gundam) and Khara (Evangelion, Shin Godzilla), is a lead-in film to a new TV series which will air later this spring. It opened #1 in Japan on January 17 where it has remained in the top 10. In North America, GQuuuuuuX has already become the highest grossing film in the long-running Gundam franchise, which started in 1979 and include 2019’s Mobile Suit Gundam: NT – Narrative, 2022’s Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan’s Island, and 2024’s Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom. This is the first Gundam title GKIDS has handled.

Riff Raff from Roadside Attractions starring Jennifer Coolidge, Pete Davidson among a starry cast is estimating $901k on 1,004 screens for opening weekend.

Briarcliff Entertainment’s My Dead Friend Zoe is grossing an estimated $755k at 780 locations.

Limited, new release: Utopia’s The Accidental Getaway Driver is emerging $41k at the box office across four initial locations. The film premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, where Sing J. Lee won Best Director for his East- the story of an elderly Vietnamese immigrant taxi driver taken hostage (based on a true story).

The weekend estimate for Texas indie RATS! from Yellow Veil Pictures, by Carl Fry and Maxwell Nalevansky, is $18.8k from 14 screens.

Holdovers: Also in week 3, and ahead of the Academy Awards tonight, 2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films presented by Shorts crossed the $3 million mark at the box office with a $517.75k gross at 500 engagements and a cume of $3.09 million.

Matthew Rankin’s Oscar-shortlisted Universal Language from Oscilloscope Labs saw $26k on 29 screens in week 3 for a cume$139k.

Sony Pictures Classics’ Becoming Led Zeppelin is looking at an $829.4k weekend on 838 screens for a cume of $8.7 million in week 4.

Best Picture nominees: Timothee Chalamet-starring Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown from Searchlight Pictures saw $904k in week 10 at865 theaters for a cume of $73.8 million.

Sean Baker’s Anora from Neon saw a $260k weekend in week 20 on 808 screens for a cume closing on $16 million.

Universal’s Wicked is eying $150k in week 15 on 620 screens for a hefty total of $473 million.

Conclave from Focus Features, at 663 theaters in week 19, saw $150k for a cume of $32.5 million.

A24’s The Brutalist by Brady Corbet is nearing an estimated $16 million after a $439k weekend 680 screens.

SPC is anticipating I’m Still Here by Walter Salles will land at $624.7k for the three days in week 7 on 512 screens for a cume of $5.2 million.

Sideshow/Janus Films’ release of Gints Zilbalodis’ animated Flow grossed an estimated $52k on 119 screens for a new cume of $4.37 million. Nominated for Best Animated Features and Best International Feature.