Friday numbers suggest “Precious” is almost certain to be joining this list, and the fact that it’s doing so on 18 screens as opposed to the 1-8 screens of the films listed below is truly amazing:
(thank you, Box Office Mojo.)
Finally, after five years of showing fairly minimal erosion, the “Saw” series took a 50% sequel to sequel nosedive this weekend, which might mean soon we won’t face Jigsaw and company every single late October.
Not that I should be surprised, but it looks like Paramount has officially turned micro budget horror flick “Paranormal Activity” into a massive success story and perhaps the marketing success story of the year. Look at last night’s numbers:
That should equate to a $6-7 million dollar weekend and a $35,000-$45,000 per-theater average, one of the better averages ever grossed on a film within its screen range. It also means the film will recoup its budget twice over on each individual screen its playing on. That’s pretty incredible.
[UPDATE: Check out the weekend’s full box office numbers here.]
Box Office Mojo is an endless treasure trove:
To coincide with this story on “The September Issue”‘s remarkable debut this weekend, the 20 best openings for documentaries, as ranked by their per-theater-averages:
1. Across the Sea of Time 71,961 10/20/1995
2. An Inconvenient Truth 70,332 05/24/2006
3. Sicko 68,969 24,540,079 06/22/2007
4. The Aristocrats 60,949 07/29/2005
5. The September Issue $36,736 08/28/2009
6. Everest 36,424 03/06/1998
7. Unzipped 35,638 08/04/1995
8. March Of The Penguin 34,373 06/24/2005
9. Your Mommy Kills… 34,000 07/20/2007
10. Shackleton’s Antarctica 33,137 02/16/2001
11. Winged Migration 33,128 04/18/2003
12. Dark Days 33,039 08/30/2000
13. Bugs! 31,332 03/12/2003
14. Powaqqatsi 27,899 04/29/1988
15. Fahrenheit 9/11 27,558 06/23/2004
16. Step Into Liquid 27,197 08/08/2003
17. Control Room 27,125 05/21/2004
18. Galapagos 26,503 10/27/1999
19. Bowling For Columbine 26,144 10/11/2002
20. Man On Wire 25,696 07/25/2008
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