Sony Pictures Classics’ “Rachel Getting Married” set a high benchmark for fall’s awards season contenders this weekend. The Jonathan Demme-directed drama opened on 9 screens, grossing a stellar $293,369 for an iW BOT topping $32,597 average. On 502 screens, Lionsgate’s Bill Maher-Larry Charles collaboration, “Religulous,” found the highest doc opening of the year with $3,409,642. Meanwhile, Lance Hammer’s independently released “Ballast” opened on a sole NYC screen and grossed a mild $8,518.

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