The hunt for Luca Guadagnino and Julia Roberts at the Italian box office is already producing its first results

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After Venice, the public’s confirmation also arrives: After The Hunt – After the huntnew film by Luca Guadagninodebuted at number one in the box office italiano. Presented in competition at the last Venice Film Festival, the film with Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri e Andrew Garfield marks the return of the director of Challengers e Call Me By Your Name to a tale of moral tensions and repressed desires, set in the American academic world.

Its first weekend in theaters didn’t go badly: After the Hunt, of which you can read our review HERE, collected 619,758 euros in four days, opening in line with expectations and improving the performance of the previous one Queer (1.2 million overall) and positioning itself well for a longer run in the theatre.

Behind Guadagnino, two titles that confirm their solidity after an excellent debut. In second position Three bowls by Isabel Coixet, with Alba Rohrwacher ed Elio Germanobased on the short story collection of the same name by Michela Murgia. The film continues its run with 555,469 euros, already exceeding one and a half million overall and becoming one of the Italian surprises of this season.

Third step of the podium for One battle after another Of Paul Thomas Andersonwhich continues its march towards the goal of 4.5 million euros in total, collecting another 451,332 euros. The film, with an intense Leonardo DiCaprioremains one of the strongest titles of the autumn, capable of combining arthouse cinema and great entertainment with a story of rebellion and disillusionment in post-Vietnam America.

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Among the new releases, we note the arrival of horror Black Phone 2 (Universal), sequel to the success with Ethan Hawkewhich debuts with 439,752 euros, confirming the appeal of the genre. Good too For you (PiperFilm), the drama directed by Alessandro Aronadio with Leo Editwhich obtained 378,938 euros in just three days. More contained, but still noteworthy, are the beginnings of Eddington Of Ari Aster (144,336 euros) e Begin (01 Distribution) with Miriam Leone and Stefano Accorsi, which raises 139,161 euros.

Overall, the weekend from 16 to 19 October totaled 4,052,313 euros for 558,312 spectators, marking a slight growth of +3% compared to the previous weekend but a marked decline (-33%) compared to the same period in 2024, then dominated by The wild robot e Smile 2. A result that confirms how, in the absence of international blockbusters, it is the great authors and arthouse titles that keep the public’s curiosity alive and drive Italian cinemas in this final part of the year.

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