Menemsha Films is proud to announce that its award-winning comedy Bad Shabbos has exceeded $1.5 Million at the U.S. theatrical box office. Following its incredible theatrical success, the film will be released on Digital platforms (including Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play, Cable VOD and more) for rental or purchase starting Tuesday, September 16th.
Bad Shabbos is entering its seventeenth consecutive week at the Quad Cinema in New York City, where it opened May 23rd and has surpassed $130K in box office at that one theatre alone. The film also enjoyed extended runs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, Washington DC, Chicago and cities nationwide.
Kyra Sedgwick (“The Closer”) leads an all-star ensemble cast in Bad Shabbos, including Cliff “Method Man” Smith (“The Wire”, legendary rap group Wu-Tang Clan), David Paymer (Academy Award nominee for “Mr. Saturday Night”), Milana Vayntrub (“This Is Us”, ATT’s “Lily”), Jon Bass (“Miracle Workers”), Meghan Leathers (“For All Mankind”), Theo Taplitz (“Showing Up”), Catherine Curtin (“Orange is the New Black”, “Stranger Things”), John Bedford Lloyd (“Ozark”) and Ashley Zuckerman (“Succession”).
Directed by Daniel Robbins (“Pledge”), co-written by Robbins and Zack Weiner (“Citizen Weiner”) and produced by Adam Mitchell of Carnegie Hill Entertainment, Bad Shabbos premiered at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature.
Neil Friedman, the President of Menemsha Films, stated: “The success of this film in theaters is a testament to the enormous talents of this filmmaking team and its wonderful ensemble cast, and shows how important it is for comedies to be seen with a crowd. We are thrilled to bring this modern comedy classic home to Digital platforms so audiences can share it with their friends and family this holiday season.”
In Bad Shabbos, David (Jon Bass) and his fiancée Meg (Meghan Leathers) are about to have their parents meet for the first time over a Shabbat dinner when an accidental death (or murder?) gets in the way. With Meg’s Catholic parents due any moment, this family dinner soon spirals into a hilarious disaster. Sedgwick and Smith, the matriarch and doorman/family friend, respectively, lead a hilarious ensemble that puts a modern stamp on a story that explores interfaith relationships and family dynamics.
Bad Shabbos is co-written by Robbins and Zack Weiner, produced by Adam Mitchell of Carnegie Hill Entertainment, executive produced by Ross Saxon, Irina Dashevsky, Riccardo Maddalosso, Derek Rubin and co-executive produced by Joaquin Acrich.