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'Divide And Conquer': Roger Ailes Documentary Fails to Flourish at Box Office | THR News
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Documentaries have flourished at the box office this year — but not 'Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes,' a critical examination of the Fox News chief who was ultimately brought down by numerous allegations of sexual harassment.
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It's been a great year for documentaries at the box office, but that success did not ring
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true for Divide & Conquer, the story of Roger Ailes, over the weekend. The film, which explores
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the story of the late former Fox News chief who was accused of numerous incidents of sexual
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harassment, fizzled in its debut at the specialty box office. Magnolia Films, which required the
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U.S. rights to the documentary out of the Toronto International Film Festival, didn't report
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Sunday on the film's grosses, but those with access to Comscore say Divide & Conquer earned
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a combined $12,431 on Friday and Saturday from 14 theaters, putting its two-day location
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average at less than $900. If going by the current 2018 average movie ticket price of $9.14,
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fewer than 26 people showed up at either location on those two days.
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Hopes for Divide & Conquer were high when it made its premiere in early September at TIFF,
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followed by a stop at the New York Film Festival. Magnolia is also the distributor behind the
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg documentary RBG, which grossed more than $14 million at the U.S.
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box office earlier this year. Divide & Conquer isn't the only film focusing on Ailes.
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Filmmaker Jay Roach has lined up an all-star cast, led by Margot Robbie, Nicole Kidman and
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Shalise Theron for his upcoming narrative feature on the subject matter.
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Faring much better at the specialty box office was focused features Mary, Queen of Scots,
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a period drama starring Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie as Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth I
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respectively. The film turned in the best location average of the weekend with $50,045
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from four cinemas. According to Focus Features president of distribution Lisa Bunnell,
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Our first-time director Josie Rourke took a fresh take on this incredible drama of these two
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queens and made it resonate with audiences in a powerful way, paralleling so much of what is
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still going on today for women. Another royal-themed drama, The Favourite, also scored big.
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After receiving top Golden Globes nominations and 14 critics' choice nods, the movie earned
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$1.4 million from 91 locations in its third weekend for an early total of $3.5 million.
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The Fox Searchlight movie stars Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone.
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Meanwhile, Neon's Vox Luxe, starring Natalie Portman, posted a screen average of $27,042
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from six cinemas in its debut, while LD Entertainment's Ben is back, starring Julia Roberts and
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Lucas Hedges, reported a location average of $20,243 from four sites.
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Additionally, At Eternity's Gate earned another $310,000 from 172 theaters in its fourth weekend
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for a total of $1.1 million. The CBS film's title stars Willem Dafoe as legendary artist
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Vincent van Gogh. To read more on the story, head to THR.com. For The Hollywood Reporter News,
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I'm Lyndsey Rodrigues.
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