Twenty One Pilots and Elvis Presley Lead the Way at a Breakout Music Weekend – Specialty Box Office
North America’s Specialty Box Office Shines Over the Weekend
In a vibrant weekend for music films, Twenty One Pilots: More Than We Ever Imagined – Live in Mexico City and EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert secured the fourth and fifth spots at the North American specialty box office.
Trafalgar Releasing’s Twenty One Pilots concert film launched with a robust $3.7 million from 836 screens, including $2 million from 270 Imax locations following an exclusive Imax premiere. The film highlights a pivotal moment in the band’s career, showcasing their performance in front of 65,000 fans at Estadio GNP Seguros during the Clancy World Tour.
Blending cinematic performance with exclusive behind-the-scenes footage, the film follows band members Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun as they prepare for their landmark show. It captures their journey from arrival in Mexico City to the electrifying moment they step onto the stage, enriched by personal reflections from the duo about their connection with fans.
Formed in 2009 in Columbus, Ohio, Twenty One Pilots originally included frontman Joseph along with Nick Thomas and Chris Salih, who departed in 2011 when Dun joined the band.
In second place, Baz Luhrmann’s documentary EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert grossed $3.5 million in its second week, bringing its total to $7.8 million after expanding to 1,940 screens. This docu-concert features previously unreleased footage from Presley’s iconic Las Vegas residency in the 1970s, alongside material from the Graceland archives and rediscovered recordings related to Luhrmann’s 2022 film Elvis. The film opened last weekend on 325 Imax screens, which contributed to its box office success.
Other notable releases include Ken Yamamoto’s Uma Musume: Pretty Derby – Beginning of a New Era, which debuted to an estimated $900,000 on 600 screens. This marks the first feature-length anime film from the popular multimedia franchise focused on anthropomorphized racehorses.
A24’s Pillion, starring Alexander Skarsgard and Harry Melling, continues to perform well, grossing an estimated $700,000 in an expansion to 357 screens, resulting in a cumulative total of $2.5 million.
Roadside Attractions’ release of the 2026 Oscar Nominated Shorts stands at $643,000 across 321 screens, while Well Go USA Entertainment’s Blades of the Guardians projects a $230,000 gross on 83 screens, totaling $1.2 million.
Focus Features’ Midwinter Break, featuring Lesley Manville and Ciarán Hinds, has garnered approximately $200,000 in its second week, accumulating $913,000 overall. Meanwhile, Greenwich Entertainment has introduced Michel Franco’s latest film with Jessica Chastain, Dreams, which opened to $95,000 at 188 theaters.
In limited releases, the comedy For Worse from Brainstorm Media earned $10,900 on two screens, featuring sold-out Q&A sessions in New York and Los Angeles, with plans for a Chicago showing next week.
Janus Films re-released Satyajit Ray’s Days and Nights in the Forest, earning $16,800 on a single screen at the Film Forum in NYC. This new 4K restoration, which premiered at Cannes Classics, is set to expand to additional cities in the coming weeks.
