‘I Am Not Your Negro,’ Oscar Nominees Lead Way at Specialty Box Office

Magnolia’s documentary “I Am Not Your Negro” had a breakout opening weekend, reeling in $709,000 and earning the highest per-screen average of any new movie that played in more than one theater.

The Raoul Peck-directed film based on an unfinished James Baldwin manuscript discusses the history of racism in the U.S. through the author’s insights and relationships with murdered civil rights leaders Malcolm X, Medgar Evers and Martin Luther King Jr.

Sony Pictures Classics’ “The Comedian” was this weekend’s highest grossing debutante in limited release, picking up $1.1 million on 848 screens, for a per screen average of $1,306.

The film, which picked up four Oscar nominations including a Best Supporting Actor nod for Dev Patel and a Best Supporting Actress nomination for Nicole Kidman, placed eighth at the box office in its 11th weekend of release.