Darren Aronofsky's ballet-themed sexual thriller "Black Swan" enjoyed one of the more impressive openings of the ongoing specialty-film season, grossing an estimated $1.4 million at 18 locations, according to studio estimates.
The R-rated Fox Searchlight-distributed film, which stars Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis as ballerina rivals/lovers, yielded an impressive $77,459-per-screen average to best a flurry of awards-aspiring releases this weekend that also included Roadside Attractions' "I Love You, Phillip Morris" and Magnolia's "All Good Things."
On the big-movie side of things, business was as moribund as expected, with Disney's 3D-animated "Tangled" winning an overall box office that was down 13 percent year-to-year with a $21.5