Globes to enhance B.O. for niche nominees

Christmas releases 'The Girl using the Dragon Tattoo' (above) and 'Young Adult' should take advantage of Golden Globe noms.'Young Adult'This year's films nominated for Golden Globes were a mixed bag of studio and niche fare -- but individuals photos probably to determine a b -.To. boost certainly fall inside the latter category. The Weinstein Co.'s Globes leader "The Artist," receiving six noms, has been around theaters for 3 days, with nearly $a million within the till to date and Fox Searchlight's "The Descendants" -- tied with "The AssistanceInch with five bids each -- is among the studio's quickest-grossing photos, getting collected nearly $25 million locally after just four days. Weinstein required a sluggish-burn approach with "The Artist," growing the pic last week to simply 16 locations after opening in four. "The Descendants" saw a large push in the 4th frame, by having an added 302 engagements for any total of 876. Neither film will expand a few days ago, however. "The Artist" adds locations over Christmas, and "The Descendants" will hold back until Jan. 27 before growing countrywide to coincide with Oscar nominations. The rest of the most-nominated photos, including four-time nominees "The Ides of March," "Night time in Paris" and "Moneyball," aren't prone to grow a lot more in the box office, thinking about the 3 had marginal re-issues just two days ago. Several game titles will probably obtain a boost for his or her DVD and VOD releases: The new sony Pictures Classics' "Night time in Paris" -- 2011's niche champion, with $56 million locally -- launches on homevid Tuesday. Sony's "Moneyball" and "Ides" hit DVD shelves the following month, while "The Assistance,Inch from DreamWorks, accomplished it a week ago. Paramount's "Hugo," which nabbed three bids including picture (drama) and director, has continuously acquired traction around the honours front. Even though Martin Scorsese's large-allocated adaptation of John Selznick's book has not ignited with family auds not surprisingly (having a cume of $34 million), the pic still could leg out within the holidays. Besides "Hugo," Globes-nominated photos for example "War Equine," "The Lady Using the Dragon Tattoo" and "The Adventures of Tintin" all turn to make money from bows throughout Christmas weekend. Timed for Thursday's nominations, The new sony Classics' "Carnage," which obtained a set of comedy actress bids for Jodie Promote and Kate Winslet, launches today at five theaters in NY and L.A., while Fox Searchlight's NC-17-ranked drama "Shame," nommed for lead actor Michael Fassbender, increases from 21 to 51 locations. Vital adopted an identical distrib technique for Jason Reitman's "Youthful Adult" because it did using the helmer's 2009 Globes fave "Up in mid-air,Inch starting the film in limited release before growing wide a few days of Globes noms. "Youthful Adult," which received just one nom for Charlize Theron, opened up last week at eight engagements, calculating a good $38,783 per screen, and expands right now to roughly 1,000 playdates. Other multiple nominees, including Kerbside Attractions' "Albert Nobbs" and Weinstein's "W.E.," will open the coming year, timed for Oscar noms. Contact Andrew Stewart at andrew.stewart@variety.com