‘Gosnell’ Being Dropped From Movie Theaters Despite Solid Performance

Dean Cain stars in the film

“The filmmakers have received varying reports of theaters actively preventing customers from buying a ticket by not advertising the film or declaring it “sold out” before capacity is reached. While some of those situations may be the result of human error, Sullivan says the apparent blackballing is too consistent to go ignored.”

(Paul Bios – Daily Wire) “Gosnell: The Trial of America’s Biggest Serial Killer” surpassed box office expectations upon its release last week by entering into the Top 10 grossing films with a revenue of $1,235,000 on just 668 screens.

Despite the solid performance for an independent film of this sort, nearly 200 theaters have inexplicably dropped the film, including those in major cities where it was performing the strongest. Coming into its second week, “Gosnell” has dropped from 668 theaters to 480 theaters – a full 188 theater drop, 15 of which were top-performing multiplexes.

According to John Sullivan, the film’s marketing director who also served as a producer, the drop cannot be written off as a mere coincidence or “business as usual.”

“I can tell you from my experience in 15 years of releasing movies independently, we’re in uncharted territories,” Sullivan told DW. “It is an impacted fall, no doubt about it, but the fact that we’ve been dropped from theaters where the movie is the number 6 or number 9 movie is just something you don’t see.” View article →