What Counts As A Flop When It’s An Apple Movie?

You may have missed it this past weekend, but a little art film hit theaters, telling a little-known but painfully true story about white people being horrible to indigenous people, again. It was hailed as a hit after hauling in $23.2 million domestically over the weekend, and $44 million worldwide.

That’s a solid opening for a limited-release film grappling with a challenging subject, especially given the problems theaters are facing since the pandemic. It’s even heart-warming to think how an up-and-coming director has connected with the movie-going public through his complex, deeply crafted work.