Devil's Far from Dead on the Per Theater Chart

October 30, 2007

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead opened in first place on the per theater chart with an impressive average of $36,919 in two theaters. Pete Seeger: Power in Song and Wristcutters: A Love Story were well back but still strong with averages of $11,945 and $10,506 respectively. While those were the only three films to creak $10,000 on the per theater chart, two others came very, very close: Saw IV at $9,977 and Blade Runner at $9,915.

Bella was the best of the rest pulling in an average of $8,051, which is even more impressive since its theater count was 165. On the other hand, Music Within struggled with an average of $3,103 in 17 theaters. Rails & Ties performed even worse with $2,206 while How to Cook Your Life was close behind with $2,185. The rest of the releases all failed to reach $2000 on the per theater chart starting with Mr. Untouchable at $1,854, Man from Plains at $1,488, Black Irish at $1,380, and finally Slipstream at $1,046.

This past week also saw milestones reached for a couple Per Theater Charts alumni:

• Bella hit its first milestone as it earned more than $1 million during its opening weekend.
• Lars and the Real Girl reached $1 million over the weekend but it does not have much hope for further serious expansion.
• Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure did hit $2 million and is holding on well enough to make $3 million likely.
• The Darjeeling Limited topped $5 million over the weekend and should hit $10 million before long.

Filed under: Saw IV, Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure, The Darjeeling Limited, Bella, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, Lars and the Real Girl, Wie man sein leben kocht, Wristcutters: A Love Story, Pete Seeger: The Power of Song, Music Within, Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains, Mr. Untouchable, Rails & Ties, Black Irish, Slipstream