Dec 11, 2023
Neon’s Origin made news by reporting a per-location average of $58,532 from two locations in a limited qualifying run. That’s the fourth-best average of the year.
Ava DuVernay-directed biographical drama officially opens in cinemas January 19.
It is based upon Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson.
The film stars Aunjanue Ellis as Wilkerson, alongside Jon Bernthal, Vera Farmiga, Audra McDonald, Niecy Nash-Betts, Nick Offerman and Blair Underwood.
Origin competed for the Golden Lion at the 80th Venice Film Fest, where it premiered on September 6, 2023.
Neon’s limited theatrical release was on December 8, 2023, and will expand to wide release on January 19, 2024.
Grappling with tremendous personal tragedy, writer Isabel Wilkerson sets herself on a path of global investigation and discovery as she writes Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.
