Theater Averages: Museum Sneaks away with First Place

September 20, 2018

Museum

It was a crowded week on the theater average chart with five films in the $10,000 club. This includes Museum, which led the way with $16,554 in its lone theater. Hal actually jumped into the $10,000 club with $12,150 in one theater during its second weekend of release. Lizzie was the widest release in the $10,000 club with an average of $11,895 in four theaters. Science Fair was next with $11,231 in one theater. Another documentary, The Dawn Wall, was next with an average of $10,829 in two theaters.

There were several other new limited releases that did quite well. The Public Image is Rotten opened with $8,052 in one theater, while Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion and Disco was relatively close behind with $7,167 in one theater. Bel Canto and The Children Act both had fine openings with averages of $6,211 in two theaters and $6,098 in three theaters respectively. Up next was When You Read this Letter with $5,166 in one theater over the weekend and a five-day debut of $7,047. Hale County This Morning, This Evening managed an average of $4,957 in two theaters. The Riot Act struggled with an average of $3,204 in nine theaters. Husband Material took in close to $300,000 in 99 theaters for an average of $2,954.

There were a trio of films that missed the Mendoza Line and sadly none of them even came close. Where Hands Touch only managed an average of $658 in 103 theaters. American Chaos was even worse with an average of just $293 in 26 theaters. Finally, A Wizard’s Tale earned an aveage of $163 in ten.

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

  • The Bookshop hit $1 million over the weekend, but I’m not sure it will last long enough to get to $2 million.
  • The Hows of Us reached $1 million over the weekend and it could last long enough to get to $2 million eventually.
  • Juliet, Naked just got to $3 million over the weekend. It could still get to $4 million during its limited release run, but it will need long trailing legs.
  • The Wife topped $2 million before the weekend and $3 million during the weekend. Its theater count has likely peaked, but getting to the $4 million and $5 million milestones is still likely.
  • Searching made it all the way to $15 million before the weekend and nearly got to $20 million over the weekend.
Weekend Box Office Results

Filed under: Theater Averages, Bel Canto, The Children Act, Lizzie, The Bookshop, Hal, Juliet, Naked, The Wife, Here Comes the Grump, Searching, American Chaos, The Public Image is Rotten, The Dawn Wall, Hale County This Morning, This Evening, Science Fair, Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco, The Riot Act, Where Hands Touch, Museo, Quand tu liras cette lettre, The Hows of Us, Manmarziyaan