Theater Averages: Fighting for First Place

February 20, 2019

Fighting With My Family

Not only did we set a new yearly high market for theater average this past weekend, but two of the top three results from 2019 were from this weekend. Fighting With My Family led the way with an average of $34,695 in four theaters over the three-day weekend. The film earned just under $200,000 during its five-day debut, which is great news for its wide expansion this weekend. The re-release of War and Peace managed $22,976 in its one theater. That’s amazing, because the film is six hours long and they could only fit in 2 screenings a day. Then again, the movie is six hours long, they probably charged double to see it. Birds of Paradise was next with an average of $11,541 in two theaters. This is more impressive than it looks at first, because the film debuted on Wednesday, which undoubtedly tempered some of its weekend box office. The final film in the $10,000 club was CatVideoFest with $11,269. At first I was confused by this result, but then I found out it is a charity event, so good job everyone involved.

The rest of the new limited releases had a wide range of results. On the high end, Sorry Angel opened with $7,954 in its one theater. Hotel by the River was next with $5,781, also in one theater. Ruben Brandt, Collector, struggled a little with an average of $3,702 in two theaters. Donnybrook bombed with an average of just $303 in 80 theaters.

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

  • 2019 Oscar Shorts hit $1 million before the weekend and dipped just 13% during its second weekend, allowing the film to reach $2 million.
  • Shoplifters managed to get to $3 million, which his amazing for a foreign-language film.
  • Cold War also got to $3 million, but it did so before the weekend and it ended the weekend more than halfway to $4 million.
  • They Shall Not Grow Old hit $15 million over the weekend, but that’s likely as far as it will go.
  • Green Book reached $65 million faster than expected, which means $70 million is more likely and $75 million isn’t out of reach.
Weekend Box Office Results

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