The Friend premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on August 30, 2024, and was also screened in the Gala Presentations section at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2024. In October 2024, Bleecker Street acquired North American distribution rights to the film, planning to release it sometime in early 2025.[12] The film was released in the United States on March 28, 2025.[13]
The film will open 2nd Croatia International Film Festival on August 8, 2025.[14]
Reception
Box office
During its first weekend of release, The Friend played in two theaters and grossed $67,629 during the weekend of March 28–30.[15] The following weekend, the film had its wide release and opened alongside A Minecraft Movie, The Chosen: Last Supper Part 2, Hell of a Summer, and The Luckiest Man in America, and grossed $1.6 million, finishing ninth at the box office for the weekend of April 4–6.[16]
Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 85% of 131 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.0/10.The website's consensus reads: "Leavening its parable of grief with some adorable human-canine bonding, The Friend is a winsome dramedy that'll resonate with pet owners and just about anyone who's experienced loss."[17]Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 70 out of 100, based on 35 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[18]
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