Medan Partners With Neon For U.S. Release Of Jafar Panahi's 'It Was Just An Accident' While every film is unique, requiring a been a nuanced campaign and release strategy, Neon has mostly opened its Cannes winners in the same timeframe and subtitled U.S. releases like Triangle Of Sadness and Anatomy Of A Fall a slow rollout, a pattern it will follow with It Was Just An Accident screened recently. Neon also sees Sony Pictures Classics’ opening of awards magnet I’m Still Here by Walter Salles last year as a nice comparison. Watch on Deadline The Cannes prize signifies something special and brings out a core audience quickly. Neon is looking for a snowball effect with strong press and word of mouth as the season picks up. Accident will add a couple more runs in LA and open in San Francisco and a few other markets next week but is keeping a small footprint, trusting to awards buzz to help build a long tail for a film that’s not just a hopeful Best Picture and Best Director as well as International Feature. New indie openings by gross (screen counts vary widely): Angel Studios’ latest, Truth & Treason, was no. 6 this weekend in about 2,100 theaters with $2.7 million for the WW2 drama. Viva opened animated family adventure Pets on a Train in 1,300 locations to $814k. The Met: Live In HD’s transmission of Bellini’s La Sonnabula grossed an estimated $626k on about 800 screens for its solo Saturday show, ranking no., 9 for the day. Presented by Fathom Entertainment and the Met. Source: https://deadline.com/2025/10/indie-film-box-office-neon-cannes-palme-dor-awards-season-1236591751/