Concrete Doc by John Wilson Debuts with Record IFC Center Weekend
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John Wilson's The History of Concrete opened at IFC Center with a record $90,000 three-day debut, the top documentary opening in the theater's 21-year history after Parasite, fueled by pre-sales around $60,000. The film will expand to about 40 screens in 15 markets next week and to 50 markets after Oct. 2 as Magnolia Pictures capitalizes on strong indie demand.
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- John Wilson’s Poetry of the Mundane The New Yorker
- John Wilson on his unlikely concrete movie: ‘There might be a kind of sickness in shooting things this way’ The Guardian
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