The overall box office leader, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, was also the leader on the per theater chart with an impressive $17,995 in over 4,000 theaters. My Best Friend was reasonably close behind with an average of $15,082 in three theaters. Meanwhile, Talk to Me exploded on the scene with more than $400,000 in 33 theaters for an average of $12,182. This should be more than enough to earn some mainstream success. Speaking of mainstream success, Rescue Dawn just missed the $10,000 club this week despite growing from 6 theaters to 38 and maintained an average of $9,555.

Interview was the best of the rest with an average of $6,836 in 6 theaters. Time was next up with $4,630 in its lone theater and Drama/Mex pulled in $2,800 in over the weekend and $4,104 since Wednesday, also in one theater.

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

• Once made it to $5 million and should earn a couple million more before its run is over.
• Sicko reached $15 million over the weekend and will have no trouble reaching $20 million before long.

- C.S.Strowbridge

Date posted: 2007-07-17