Milk Rises to the Top of the Per Theater Chart
December 2, 2008
After a decided lack of limited releases that were able to expand and earn some mainstream success through most of the year, we've finally seen a number of such films that have come out recently. The latest was Milk which opened with a three-day per theater average of $40,385 while it has nearly $2 million after five days. Slumdog Millionaire again held extremely well, even taking into account the holiday, dipping just 7% to $27,470. There is little doubt it will expand greatly over the coming weeks, especially if it starts earning some Awards Season buzz. My Name is Bruce returned to the $10,000 club with $13,284 in one theater.
The best of the rest of the new releases was The Secret, but it struggled, earning an average of $2,791 in seven theaters. However, both Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! at $942 and Rome and Jewel at $470 missed the Mendoza Line by considerable margins.
This past week also saw milestones reached for a couple Per Theater Chart alumni:
Filed under: Slumdog Millionaire, Milk, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Synecdoche, New York, Dostana, My Name is Bruce, Sodot Ha