Sony Pictures Classics' R rated drama Auto Focus opened to a solid ESTIMATED $0.14 million at 11 theaters ($12,514 per theater).
Directed by Paul Schrader, it stars Greg Kinnear and Willem Dafoe.
Lions Gate Films' R rated drama The Grey Zone arrived to a slow ESTIMATED $24,000 at 8 theaters ($2,984 per theater).
Written and directed by Tim Blake Nelson, it stars David Arquette, Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel and Mira Sorvino.
SNEAK PREVIEWS
There were no national sneak previews this weekend.
EXPANSIONS
On the expansion front this weekend Revolution Studios and Columbia's R rated romantic comedy drama Punch-Drunk Love expanded in its second week to a sizzling ESTIMATED $1.63 million at 78 theaters (+73 theaters; $20,897 per theater). Its cume is approximately $2.2 million.
Written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, it stars Adam Sandler and Emily Watson.
"It seems definitely ready to expand," Sony's Jeff Blake said Sunday. "We're going to expand next week on Oct. 25. We're going to really work on it Monday to try and come up with the right number, but we'll definitely be national. It certainly seems to be a great demand and we'll go out there and see what the right number (of theaters) should be. I would imagine somewhere in the 400 to 500 range. The first two steps have been absolutely spectacular. Certainly, a $20,000 average would be very respectable in step one and to have it in step two in 78 theaters, really including many middle America multiplexes is pretty terrific."
United Artists' R rated satiric documentary Bowling For Columbine released via MGM widened in its second week with an outstanding ESTIMATED $0.77 million at 45 theaters (+37 theaters; $16,799 per theater). Its cume is approximately $1.1 million.
Written, produced and directed by Michael Moore, it won the Special Jury Prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
Bowling will widen to 14 additional markets this Friday (Oct. 25).
Buena Vista/ Disney's PG rated animated feature Spirited Away went wider in its fifth week with an okay ESTIMATED $0.5 million (-16%) at 151 theaters (+13 theaters; $3,514 per theater). Its cume is approximately $3.4 million.
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki, it was the Golden Bear best picture winner at the Berlin International Film Festival. Spirited is the all-time top grossing film at the Japanese box office.
United Artists' R rated dark comedy Igby Goes Down added one more theater in its fifth week with an okay ESTIMATED $0.35 million (-20%) at 156 theaters (+1 theater; $2,250 per theater). Its cume is approximately $3.8 million.
Written and directed by Burr Steers, it stars Kieran Culkin, Claire Danes, Jeff Goldblum, Jared Harris, Amanda Peet, Ryan Phillippe, Bill Pullman and Susan Sarandon.
Igby will expand this Friday (Oct. 25) into another 12 markets, putting it in 168 theaters.
Paramount Classics' R rated drama Bloody Sunday expanded in its third week to a grim ESTIMATED $0.1 million at 44 theaters (+31 theaters; $2,370 per theater). Its cume is approximately $0.2 million.
Written and directed by Paul Greengrass, it stars James Nesbitt.
Warner Bros.' R rated crime comedy Welcome To Collinwood widened in its third week to a calm ESTIMATED $38,000 at 21 theaters (+9 theaters; $1,795 per theater). Its cume is approximately $0.2 million.
Written and directed by Anthony & Joe Russo, it stars William H. Macy, Isaiah Washington and Sam Rockwell.