Before the Devil Knows You're Dead opened in first place on the per theater chart with an impressive average of $36,919 in two theaters. Pete Seeger: Power in Song and Wristcutters: A Love Story were well back but still strong with averages of $11,945 and $10,506 respectively. While those were the only three films to creak $10,000 on the per theater chart, two others came very, very close: Saw IV at $9,977 and Blade Runner at $9,915.

Bella was the best of the rest pulling in an average of $8,051, which is even more impressive since its theater count was 165. On the other hand, Music Within struggled with an average of $3,103 in 17 theaters. Rails & Ties performed even worse with $2,206 while How to Cook Your Life was close behind with $2,185. The rest of the releases all failed to reach $2000 on the per theater chart starting with Mr. Untouchable at $1,854, Man from Plains at $1,488, Black Irish at $1,380, and finally Slipstream at $1,046.

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

• Bella hit its first milestone as it earned more than $1 million during its opening weekend.
• Lars and the Real Girl reached $1 million over the weekend but it does not have much hope for further serious expansion.
• Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure did hit $2 million and is holding on well enough to make $3 million likely.
• The Darjeeling Limited topped $5 million over the weekend and should hit $10 million before long.

Date posted: 2007-10-30