Last week's winner on the per theater chart, Kung Fu Hustle, was able to repeat on top of the charts. The film dropped a mere 8% to $35,373, and this bodes very well for its wide release this Friday. Next on the list was the new film It's All Gone Pete Tong, which earned $19,717 in its lone theater, and was slightly ahead of the average for House of D at $18,186 average in two theaters. Rounding out the $10,000 club was the long-term release, Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela, which has been in theaters for half-a-year and earned $11,102 in its lone theater this week.

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

• The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill made it all the way to $1 million during the midweek, and then had its best week of its 10 week of release.
• Walk on Water also made $1 million, but this time during the weekend.
• Born into Brothels, the Oscar winning documentary made it to $3 million over the weekend, nearly 80% of that coming after it won.
• Downfall is still doing well for a Foreign Language film, crossing $4 million along the way.
• Melinda and Melinda broke $3 million over the weekend and will beat Woody Allen's previous two films, but won't top Small Time Crooks, for instance.
• The Upside of Anger has now reached $15 million at the box office, which is well above its $12 million production budget. And it's not over by a long shot. It could double its production budget before it leaves the theatres.

Date posted: 2005-04-19