“Beasts” was also hugely profitable for Fox Searchlight, grossing just over $23 million on a $1.8 million production budget. “Beasts” shocked the industry with four Oscar nominations, including bids for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress for Quvenzhané Wallis, who at 9 years old became the category’s youngest nominee in history. The film would go on to win the Camera d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival and earn strong universal acclaim. Zeitlin became an instant breakout at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival with “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” which won the U.S. ‘Emma’ and ‘Saint Frances’ Score, but Two Specialty Box Office Surprises Make the Top 10
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |