Coming-of-Age Drama ‘Beach Rats’ Shines at Indie Box Office
The box office returns in the final weekend of August were miserable this week, but the indie box office trudged onward with the release of Neon’s Sundance buy “Beach Rats,” which made $45,000 from a three-screen opening, for a weekend best $15,000 per screen average.
Written and directed by Eliza Hittman, “Beach Rats” stars Harris Dickinson as a shy Brooklyn teen who struggles to understand his sexuality as he juggles his dates with a new girlfriend and encounters he has with other men online. The film has an 85 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
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Also getting a release this week is a 3D remaster of “Terminator 2: Judgement Day.