Per Theater Chart: Senna Races to the Top

August 16, 2011

Senna easily won the race to the top of the per theater chart with an average of $36,749 in two theaters. The next best was way back, as CornerStore earned $12,743 in its lone theater. The only other film in the $10,000 club was The Help at $10,278.

The best of the rest of the new limited release was Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow, which earned $7,272 over the weekend and $11,305 since Wednesday in its one theater. Aarakshan was the widest limited release earning $340,000 in 91 theaters for an average of $3,767. It was a wide release, compared to the average Bollywood film, which explains the middling average. Littlerock, on the other hand, only opened in one theater and made just $1,120.

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

• Page One: Inside the New York Times just managed to reach $1 million over the weekend, but that's as far as it will go.
• The same can be said of Beats, Rhymes, and Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest, which also got to $1 million over the weekend. It got there earlier than Page One, but it too has no significant chance at $2 million.
• Sarah's Key just made it to $2 million over the weekend and should have no real trouble getting to $3 million before too long.

Filed under: Weekend Estimates, Theater Averages, The Help, Elle s'appelait Sarah, Senna, Page One: Inside the New York Times, Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest, Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow, Littlerock, Aarakshan, CornerStore