Martin Scorsese’s period drama “Silence” leads the four-day indie box office with $131,000 from four theaters for the weekend’s top per screen average of $32,750.
Paramount’s critically acclaimed drama “Hidden Figures” wasn’t far behind, posting an impressive $20,620 per screen for a total of $515,499 from 25 locations.
Scorsese’s “Silence” stars Liam Neeson, Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver as 17th century Jesuit priests who risk very violent ends as they attempt to spread Catholicism in Japan.
Ben Affleck wrote, directed and stars in Warner Bros. crime drama “Live by Night,” which earned $33,000 from four theaters, representing a per screen average of $8,250.
