# ‘I Play Rocky’, ‘Club Kid’, ‘Wild Horse Nine’ Charge Into A Stacked Indie Weekend — Specialty Preview

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/i-play-rocky-club-kid-wild-horse-nine-charge-into-a-stacked-indie-weekend-specialty-preview/
- Published: 2026-11-06T21:45:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-07T00:43:17+00:00
- Original publisher: Deadline
- Original article: https://deadline.com/2026/11/indie-films-opening-i-play-rocky-club-kid-wild-horse-nine-1237215727/
- Topics: Entertainment, TV

## Key points

- “I Play Rocky” opens in seven cinemas ahead of a wider release.
- “Wild Horse Nine” debuts on 1,100 screens.
- “Mouse” begins in three cinemas before expanding nationally.

## Summary

Independent films and awards contenders are opening across the United States this weekend, with releases ranging from a handful of cinemas to more than a thousand. The varied roll-out matters because it gives smaller films a chance to build audiences gradually, while a wider release tests the reach of a new title.

“I Play Rocky”, a Sylvester Stallone biopic starring Anthony Ippolito, opens at seven cinemas in New York, Los Angeles and Philadelphia, nearly 50 years after the original “Rocky” debuted; it is due to go wide on 20 November. “Club Kid” begins at six cinemas, while “Wild Horse Nine” opens on 1,100 screens and earned $900,000 in previews. “Mouse” starts in three cinemas before expanding nationally on 13 November, and Netflix’s “La Bola Negra” reaches its widest run yet, at 473 locations.

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