Boots Riley’s ‘I Love Boosters’, ‘Tuner’, ‘Ask E. Jean’ & Body Horror ‘Saccharine’ Set Indie Holiday Weekend – Specialty Preview
Boots Riley's film 'I Love Boosters' is set to open widely for the Memorial Day weekend. The film has received positive reviews and is currently showing on 1,750 screens. Riley encourages audiences to see the film early to help secure more screenings in the future.
- ▪I Love Boosters has a 92% Certified Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
- ▪The film features a cast including Keke Palmer, Naomi Ackie, and Demi Moore.
- ▪Neon reported an early gross of $430,000 from Thursday previews.
- ▪Riley's previous film, Sorry To Bother You, was a breakout success in 2018.
- ▪Tuner, another film releasing this weekend, has a 95% Certified Fresh rating.
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I Love Boosters, Saccharine, Tuner and Ask E. Jean Neon/shudder/Black Bear/Abaramora Neon’s surreal crime comedy I Love Boosters opens wide for the Memorial Day holiday frame a bit crowded with The Mandalorian And Grogu, Focus Features’ breakout Obsession and studio holdovers. Boosters reviews are great and director Boots Riley urged fans to turn out. “We didn’t get the screen count we wanted for I Love Boosters – but we got 1700, which is good. This means: if it’s not on a screen near u tomorrow, it won’t get there- unless we blow it out on 1700, then we can get more. So- please travel to a screen even if it’s not close!” he posted on X Thursday. It’s on 1,750 screens. Neon is reporting a $430k early gross from Thursday preview and early screenings.
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