Theater Averages: Name Finds its Calling with $103,233
November 28, 2017
Call Me by Your Name dominated the theater average chart with an average of $103,233 in four theaters. It is the first film of the year to reach the $100,000 mark on the per theater chart. Lady Bird was the previous yearly champion with an average of $91,109, also in four theaters. The second-best average of the week was earned by Darkest Hour at $43,752 in four theaters. Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story earned $18,742 in one theater; that’s amazing for a documentary. The overall number one film, Coco, earned an average of $12,742. The only holdover in the $10,000 club was Justice League, as it pulled in $10,143.
There were only a few other new limited releases and only The Passion of Joan of Arc did well with $6,408 in its lone theater. The Man Who Invented Christmas only managed an average of $2,162 in over 600 theaters. Explosive was the only film to miss the Mendoza Line and it came close with an average of $1,676 in 33 theaters.
This past week also saw milestones reached for a few Per Theater Chart alumni:
Weekend Box Office Results
Filed under: Theater Averages, Coco, Justice League, Loving Vincent, Wonderstruck, Darkest Hour, The Man Who Invented Christmas, Call Me by Your Name, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Roman J. Israel, Esq., Lady Bird, Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story, La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc, Yin Bao Zhe