Per Theater Chart: Phil Ochs has Fortunate Start

January 11, 2011

Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune opened on top of the per theater chart with $18,211 in one theater over the weekend and $26,846 since Wednesday. This pushed Blue Valentine into second place with an average of $17,608; however, Valentine also saw its theater count balloon from 4 to 40. Another Year added one more theater, but it wasn't enough to keeps its overall box office level, as its average slipped to $12,466. The Illusionist hung on with an average of $10,996, but I think it has taken too long and it might be too late to expand significantly.

The best of the rest of the new limited releases was The Time That Remains, which performed respectably with $6,453 in one theater. No One Killed Jessica was next with an average of $4,739 in 48 theaters. Since this is not the typical Bollywood film, this average is impressive. Finally there's If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle, which opened with $2,999 in one theater.

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

• Blue Valentine reached $1 million after just two weeks of release, but now it has to turn initial controversy into strong legs. The reviews suggest it has a reasonable shot at doing so.
• The King's Speech hit $30 million over the weekend and has now surpassed such wide releases as She's Out of My League and When In Rome.
• Black Swan got to $50 million since last week, while it overtook $60 million by the end of the weekend. This is better than saturation level releases like Secretariat and Resident Evil: Afterlife.

Filed under: Weekend Estimates, Theater Averages, L'illusionniste, Another Year, Black Swan, Blue Valentine, The King’s Speech, Phil Ochs: There but for Fortune, The Time That Remains, No One Killed Jessica, Eu cand vreau sa fluier, fluier