Four part Harmony

February 19, 2004

The rerelease of the French musical Umbrellas of Cherbourg topped this week's per theatre average chart with $14,760 in its lone theatre. Three other films very close to each other battling for second place. The overall champ, 50 First Dates finished a strong second with $11,098 in almost 3600 theatres. While Osama spent its second weekend on the list with $10,151. The final film to top $10,000 was the self-distributed Robot Stories. Despite having a tiny distribution budget, the Science Fiction anthology sold out four showings on its way to earning $10,026 in it only theatre.

This past week also saw some milestones reached for several Per Theatre Charts alumnus:

Triplets of Belleville expanded into more than 400 theatres on its way to $3 million.
Lost in Translation, which has been in theatres for 5 months, crossed $40 million at the box office.


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Filed under: 50 First Dates, Lost in Translation, Les Triplettes de Belleville, Osama, Robot Stories, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg