Kevin Costner’s drama Let Him Go tops election week box office with $ 4.1 million

Focus Features’ neo-Western drama Let Him Go, starring Kevin Costner and Diane Lane as grieving parents, topped the election week box office with a tally of $ 4.1 million.

Thomas Bezucha’s violent adaptation of Larry Watson’s 2013 novel centers around a retired sheriff and his wife saving their young grandson and daughter-in-law from a dangerous family.

The Focus Features movie – also starring Lesley Manville – currently holds a 75% approval rating (out of 108 reviews) on Rotten Tomatoes.

Focus Features also distributed Jacob Chase’s horror film Come Play, starring Gillian Jacobs and Azhy Robertson, which clinched second place in its second week with $ 1.7 million ($ 5.6 million in total ).

Tim Hill’s comedy War With Grandpa – starring Cheech Marin, Robert De Niro, Jane Seymour and Christopher Walken – took third place in its third week with $ 1.5 million ($ 13.4 million in total).

Mark Williams’ action thriller Honest Thief – starring Liam Neeson as an aging thief known as the ‘In-and-Out Bandit’ – earned $ 1.1 million with a total of $ 11.2 million in fourth place.

Disney’s reissue of John Lasseter’s 1995 animated comedy Toy Story – which has already raised $ 373.6 million – took fifth place with $ 505,000.

In the era of COVID-19, many struggling distributors and exhibitors seeking government assistance have made deals to air films on VOD 17 days after their theatrical debut.

But all eyes were on this weekend’s presidential election, which has seen former Vice President Joe Biden overtake President Donald Trump to score 290 electoral points so far.