Theater Averages: Chef is in Like Flynn

November 14, 2018

Chef Flynn

Chef Flynn debuted on top spot on the theater average chart with $29,869 in one theater. The overall box office chart leader, Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch, was next with an average of $16,318. The Front Runner followed with an average of $12,886 over the weekend. The film opened on Tuesday, which obviously had some negative effect of its weekend number, but even the full six-day result of $71,742 / $17,936 average isn’t enough to warrant a full wide expansion. El Angel was the final film in the $10,000 club with an average of $11,674 in two theaters.

None of the rest of the new limited releases were close to the $10,000 club. The best of the rest was The Long Dumb Road, but it only managed $4,667 in one theater. Last Letter was close behind with an average of $4,471 in 18 theaters. Thugs of Hindostan was the widest limited release of the week playing in 377 theaters with an average of $3,144. It was a Thursday opening and its four-day $3,846 average was very good, given the size of its release. Postcards From London struggled with $2,686 in one theater.

Narcissister Organ Player missed the Mendoza Line, barely, with $1,983 in its one theater. In Searching was next with $1,545 in two theaters, while Weightless was close behind with an average of $1,258, also in two theaters.

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

  • 1945 took more than a year, but it got to $1 million.
  • Boy Erased also reached $1 million over the weekend. Its theater average is nearly $10,000, so it will clearly hit more milestones.
  • Thugs of Hindostan opened with more than $1 million, so obviously it hit the $1 million milestone in the process.
  • Can You Ever Forgive Me? made it to $2 million before the weekend and $3 million over the weekend. Its theater average is low enough that it likely won’t expand significantly beyond this point, but it is still doing well enough to hit a couple of more milestones at the least.
  • Beautiful Boy made it to $4 million and $5 million over the weekend. However, it could start losing theaters at this point.
  • Mid90s got all the way to $6 million before the weekend, but it might be done at this point.
  • Free Solo reached $7.5 million before the weekend and if it can become an Awards Season player, it could get to $10 million.
  • As expected, The Old Man and the Gun made it to $10 million.
  • The Hate U Give it one of the biggest limited releases of the year with a running tally of $25 million.
Weekend Box Office Results

Filed under: Theater Averages, Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch, The Old Man and the Gun, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Boy Erased, The Hate U Give, Beautiful Boy, The Front Runner, El Angel, Postcards From London, Weightless, Narcissister Organ Player, Mid90s, Free Solo, The Long Dumb Road, In Searching, Chef Flynn, Thugs of Hindostan, Ni Hao, Zhi Hua