Theater Averages: Death Has Lively Opening with $46,201 Average

March 14, 2018

The Death of Stalin earned first place on the theater average chart with an average of $46,201 in four theaters. Claire’s Camera was well back with $11,489 in its lone theater. Black Panther remained in the $10,000 club for the fourth weekend in a row with $10,354.

There were several other new limited releases, some of which did quite well. Itzhak earned an average of $7,221 in two theaters. Meditation Park also did well with an average of $6,659 in three theaters. Leaning into the Wind struggled with an average of $4,968 in five theaters. The Leisure Seeker and Girls vs. Gangsters were relatively close together with averages of $4,061 and $3,761 respectively. Thoroughbreds barely avoided the Mendoza line with an average of $2,230, but it was playing in 549 theaters. Our Blood is Wine wasn’t as lucky, earning an average of $770 in just two theaters.

This past week also saw milestones reached for a few Per Theater Chart alumni:

• Operation Red Sea reached $1 million before the weekend, but it is likely as far as it will go.
• A Fantastic Woman got to $1 million over the weekend and, thanks to its Oscar win, it is not done yet.
• Thoroughbreds earned just over $1 million during its opening weekend.
• The Shape of Water’s Oscar win helped it get all the way to $60 million. By the end of the weekend, it was in 47th place on the 2017 domestic chart.

C.S.Strowbridge

Filed under: Theater Averages, Black Panther, The Leisure Seeker, Una mujer fantástica, Leaning into the Wind, The Death of Stalin, The Shape of Water, La caméra de Claire, Thoroughbreds, Hong Hai Xing Dong, Itzhak, Gui Mi 2, Our Blood is Wine, Meditation Park