Dark Knight Brightens the Per Theater Chart

July 24, 2012

The Dark Knight Rises led the way on the per theater chart with an average of $36,532, which is excellent for an ultra-wide release. The Queen of Versailles was next with an average of $17,109 in three theaters. This does show some potential to expand, but as a documentary, it likely won't get too far. Space Station bounced back into the $10,000 club with an average of $11,540 in two theaters with Deep Sea 3-D right behind with $10,590 in one theater. The final film to crack $10,000 was The Imposter with $10,202 in its lone theater.

The only other new limited releases we have numbers for are Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai, which did relatively with an average of $5,460 in two theaters, and 30 Beats, which bombed hard with an average of $575 in 15.

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

• Cocktail reached $1 million, which is good for a Bollywood film, but that's as far as it will go.
• Beasts of the Southern Wild topped $2 million and it is very close to $3 million. It still might have some room to expand.
• Moonrise Kingdom reached $35 million and might last long enough to reach $40 million. It is about to pass Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, That's My Boy, and Rock of Ages, all of which were saturation level releases (opening in 3000 or more theaters).

Filed under: Video Review, Space Station, Deep Sea 3D, The Dark Knight Rises, Moonrise Kingdom, 30 Beats, Beasts of the Southern Wild, The Queen of Versailles, The Imposter, Ichimei