Theater Averages: Making Waves

November 20, 2019

Waves

Waves led the way on the theater average chart with an opening weekend average of $33,583 in four theaters. Jay and Silent Bob Reboot was in second place with an average of $16,899 in ten theaters. Its road show has been a success so far, but the film did cost $10 million to make, so it will need to continue to have strong weekend numbers for a long time to break even. Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project opened with $12,140 in its lone theater. Honey Boy fell from an average of $75,266 in four theaters to an average of just $11,957 in 17. That’s still a good average, but its odds of expanding even semi-wide have been lowered dramatically.

There were not a lot of other new limited releases that did well. Mickey and the Bear came close to the $10,000 club with an opening of $9,375 in one theater. The Divine Move 2: The Wrathful did okay with an average of $6,135 in two theaters. White Snake and Hollywould both struggled with averages of $2,791 and $2,645 respectively. Everybody’s Everything just avoided the Mendoza Line with an average $2,089 in 29 theaters. Scandalous wasn’t as lucky with an average of just $834 is 13 theaters. The Warrior Queen of Jhansi struggled even more with an average $407 while playing in 276 theaters.

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

  • Better Days topped $1 million before the weekend, but its theater average collapsed, so getting to $2 million isn’t very likely.
  • Jojo Rabbit reached $10 million before the weekend and it is already more than halfway to $15 million.
Weekend Box Office Results

Filed under: Theater Averages, Honey Boy, Jojo Rabbit, Waves, White Snake (白蛇：缘起), Jay and Silent Bob Reboot, Mickey and the Bear, Everybody’s Everything, Shao Nian De Ni, The Warrior Queen of Jhansi, Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project, Hollywould, Shinui Han Soo: Gwisoopyeon