Demonstrating the potential future for specialty film earnings through video on demand, The Orchard has disclosed that The Yes Men Are Revolting, which opened day and date last Thursday, has grossed an estimated $45K on-demand. This take puts it in the top 15 on iTunes’ documentary charts. The third installment of The…

Dallas Buyers Club cinched the top spot in the Specialty Box Office, grossing over $264K, averaging a strong $29K-plus in 9 theaters this weekend. The Toronto debut starring Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto and Jennifer Garner is based on the true story of Ron Woodroof who took on the medical establishment illegally…

Brian Brooks is a Deadline contributor. After tapering off the last couple of weeks, a new surge of specialty films are hitting theaters. In one of Focus Features‘ final releases spearheaded by James Schamus and Andrew Karpen, Québécois director Jean-Marc Vallée’s Dallas Buyers Club begins its theatrical run this…

Brian Brooks is a Deadline contributor. EXCLUSIVE: Days after John Sloss began reporting real-time VOD grosses for the Disney-shot indie Escape From Tomorrow and challenged his peers to do the same, RADiUS-TWC co-heads Tom Quinn and Jason Janego have become the latest distributors to go the transparency route. Quinn…

Keanu Reeves makes his directorial debut with this drama set in modern Beijing. Man Of Tai Chi follows a young martial artist (Tiger Chen) who must compete in an underground fight club to protect his way of life. Reeves also stars along with Karen Mok in the Michael G. Cooney-penned pic. After its U.S. premiere at Fant…

Keanu Reeves will trek to Austin’s Fantastic Fest for the US premiere of his directorial debut, Man of Tai Chi. The pic sold out of Cannes to Radius-TWC with designs on a late 2013 release. Reeves also stars in the pic opposite Tiger Chen, who plays a martial artist lured into an underground fighting circuit. Also in…

Keanu Reeves‘ directorial debut made a hot sale out of Cannes to Radius-TWC, which will release Man Of Tai Chi stateside later this year. Here’s the pic’s international trailer offering a peek at Reeves as the impresario of a Beijing underground fight club who taps a skilled tai chi practitioner (Tiger Hu Chen, Reeves…

EXCLUSIVE: In its second significant deal at Cannes, Radius-TWC acquired North American rights to Keanu Reeves‘ directorial debut Man Of Tai Chi in a low seven-figure minimum guarantee. The film is set in modern Beijing and follows the spiritual journey of a young martial artist (Tiger Hu Chen) whose unparalleled tai…

A representative of China Film Group today called Keanu Reeves' upcoming Man Of Tai Chi "the most important co-production" for the company this year. Reeves makes his directorial debut with the kung-fu film that is a co-production from CFG, Wanda Media, Village Roadshow Pictures Asia and Universal Pictures. At a…