Theater Averages: Suspiria Surprises with Yearly Best Average

October 31, 2018

Suspiria

Suspiria led the theater average chart both over the weekend and for the year earning just over $180,000 in two theaters for an average of $92,019. This tops the previous average of $73,572 by Free Solo, although that movie was playing in four theaters. Up next was Can You Ever Forgive Me? with an average of $14,255 in 25 theaters during its second weekend of release. A couple of foreign-language films were next with Burning earning an average of $13,066 in two theaters and Border earning an average of $10,529 in seven.

The next best of the new limited releases was Rampart, which almost reached the $10,000 club with an average of $9,163 in two theaters. Monrovia, Indiana did well with an opening weekend of $6,100 in its lone theater. Viper Club also did okay with an average of $4,727 in three theaters, while Weed the People was relatively close behind with $4,279 in one. Johnny English Strikes Again earned an average of $3,013, which is relatively good for a film that was playing in 544 theaters.

Indivisible wasn’t as lucky, as it only managed an average of $1,811 in 830 theaters. On the other hand, Beauty and the Beholder was only playing in one theater, opening with $1,352. Life and Nothing More was a little further down with an average of $1,089 in six theaters. London Fields was one of the widest limited releases of the week playing in 613 theaters, but it completely bombed with an average of $275. Finally, El Pacto earned an average of $145 in 10 theaters.

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

  • Beautiful Boy reached $1 million early in the weekend and was nearly halfway to $2 million by the end. Its theater average is low enough that it likely won’t expand significantly beyond this point, but it is also not so low that it will lose theaters at a rapid pace.
  • Gosnell: The Trial of America’s Biggest Serial Killer managed to hit $3 million over the weekend, but its theater count should completely collapse at this point. In fact, I’m a little surprised it didn’t completely collapse already.
  • Mid90s also reached $3 million over the weekend during its semi-wide expansion. Its theater average is low enough that it won’t stay semi-wide for very long.
  • Colette got to $4 million before the weekend and could get to $5 million before the end of the week.
  • Free Solo is the latest documentary to hit $5 million during its theatrical run.
  • The Old Man and the Gun reached $5 million before the weekend and $6 million during the weekend. It isn’t done hitting milestones either.
  • The Wife is done hitting milestones after getting to $7.5 million before the weekend. On the other hand, this is a great run for a limited release.
  • The Hate U Give made it all the way to $15 million over the weekend and $20 million is pratically guaranteed at this point.
Weekend Box Office Results

Filed under: Theater Averages, Suspiria, London Fields, The Old Man and the Gun, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, The Hate U Give, Beautiful Boy, Johnny English Strikes Again, The Wife, Colette, Indivisible, Beoning, Gräns, Mid90s, Gosnell: The Trial of America’s Biggest Serial Killer, Free Solo, Viper Club, El Pacto, Monrovia, Indiana, Changgwol, Life & Nothing More, Beauty & the Beholder, Weed the People