It all just seems to unfold, jumping between one situation and the next, very lifelike in the telling. There’s no traditional plot structure here, no simple story in the deep, colorful, often verbose script. Gabriel is someone who Troy “cares” about, and the quotes are there for reasons that later become clear but, adding to his frustration, he can’t argue with Gabe because Gabe is so addled. The other family member in this group is Troy’s brother Gabriel (Mykelti Williamson, who played Bubba in “Forrest Gump”), who regularly drops by, a trumpet slung over his shoulder, an obviously troubled, very damaged person due to something that happened to him in the war. Troy and Rose talk quite a bit, and there’s laughter and happiness between them, right alongside an underlying tension, one that will later erupt due to Troy’s actions. Troy and Cory do talk, but it usually turns into an argument. Then there’s Troy and his younger son - with Rose - Cory (Jovan Adepo), a talented high school athlete who would, to Troy’s consternation, rather be playing sports than doing his chores at home. Troy and Lyons have very little to say to each other.
It was also produced by Washington, along with Scott Rudin and Todd Black.Ĭhinese language movie “The Wasted Times” opened in 20 locations for an estimated per theater average of $4,500 - amounting to $90,000 total.Lyons, it’s soon revealed, is Troy’s son from an earlier marriage, and even though he and Rose are close, she’s not his mom. It has a 93 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and opens wide in theaters on Christmas Day. “Fences” was made for just more than $20 million, not counting marketing costs.
Washington and Davis won Tony Awards for playing the same roles in the 2010 Broadway revival.Īlso Read: 'Fences' Review: Denzel Washington and Viola Davis Take Center Stage The film is based on August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play (he also wrote the script) and also stars Viola Davis, Jovan Adepo, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Russell Hornsby, Mykelti Williamson, and Saniyya Sidney. “Fences” also stars Washington as Troy Maxson, a 1950s sanitation worker in Pittsburgh who struggles to be a good father and husband after his lost dream of joining the major leagues eats away at him. The Denzel Washington-directed film posted a per screen average of $32,000, second to Disney and Lucasfilm’s “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” - which topped the overall box office with $155 million and had an estimated per screen average of $37,287.Īlso Read: 'Rogue One' Shoots to No. On the heels of awards wins, nominations and critical acclaim, Paramount Pictures’ period drama “Fences” made an estimated $128,000 from four locations in New York and Los Angeles.
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