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The Lost Boy.
Struggling to grasp reality since 1984. a blog by Peter Knegt.

The Top 25 Per-Theater-Average Openings at Box Office

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.)

Is This It For “Saw”?

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.

“Paranormal Activity” Heading To Insane Weekend Numbers

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.]

“Zombieland” 2nd Best Zombie Opening Ever!

Box Office Mojo is an endless treasure trove:

The Best Doc Debuts Of All-Time

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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