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Documentary Box Office: Linda Ronstadt Documentary a Chart Topper Again; Strong Debut for 'Where's My Roy Cohn?'

9/23/2019

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Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice crosses $1.5 million mark in total earnings
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A still image from "Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice." Photo courtesy Greenwich Entertainment
A woman who ruled the Billboard charts is doing the same at the documentary box office.

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice, directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, maintained its grip on number one for the third week in a row, earning another $427.069 over the weekend. Its cume stands at $1,641,009, according to audience measurement firm comScore.

The film, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in April, documents Ronstadt's rise in the late 1960s to superstardom in the 1970s, propelled by a succession of hits like "Love Is a Rose," "Heat Wave," "Just One Look," and "Blue Bayou." CNN Films produced the documentary; it will make its broadcast debut on CNN, with a tentative date of January 1, 2020.
Where's My Roy Cohn?, Matt Tyrnauer's documentary on the notorious New York lawyer, aide to Sen. Joseph McCarthy and mentor to Donald Trump, debuted in second place over the weekend. It made $41,202 at just four locations, for a strong per-screen average of $10,300, comScore reported.

"The film... will likely be of wide interest because of how Cohn helps explain Trump," New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg noted in a piece published on Friday. "From [Cohn], Trump learned how, when he was in trouble, to change the subject by acting outrageously, to never apologize and always stay on the offense."

Related:
>Sony Pictures Classics buys Where's My Roy Cohn? days after Sundance debut
​>Directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman on the sound of Linda Ronstadt: '
There's a purity to her voice. That's what we all respond to.'


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Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins, directed by Janice Engel, finished in third place over the weekend. It has grossed $355,609 in four weeks of release.

Two music-related documentaries rounded out the top five. Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool, directed by Stanley Nelson, came in fourth place. Fifth place went to Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles, a documentary directed by Max Lewkowicz about the enduring success of the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof.
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    Matthew Carey is a documentary filmmaker and journalist. His work has appeared on Deadline.com, CNN, CNN.com, TheWrap.com, NBCNews.com and in Documentary magazine.

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