Theater Averages: Everybody Knows it’s a Slow Time for the Theater Average Chart

February 14, 2019

Everybody Knows

There was only one new release in the $10,000 club this week, Everybody Knows, which earned an average of $17,802 in four theaters. Last week’s winner, Never Look Away, expanded into three theaters earning an average of $12,942. The 2019 Oscar Shorts didn’t make the $10,000 club, but it did earn nearly $1 million in 270 theaters for an average of $3,476, which is a better than 30% increase compared to the previous installment and easily the best of the franchise. Granted, it was also the widest release in the franchise, but this is still a start worth celebrating.

A couple of other new limited releases did well on the theater average chart. To Dust managed $8,496 in its lone theater, while Lords of Chaos wasn’t too far behind with an average of $6,912 in four theaters. The Gospel of Eureka struggled, earning $3,517 in its lone theater.

We also had a trio of films that missed the Mendoza line; in fact, none of them even came close. Peppa Celebrates Chinese New Year opened with an average of $999 in 67 theaters. Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration only managed an average of $595 over the weekend; however, it earned over $500,000 in just over 400 theaters during special engagements on Thursday, so that sapped away a lot of the demand. Finally, Under the Eiffel Tower only managed an average of $360 in 11 theaters.

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

  • Perfect Strangers got to $1 million over the weekend, but that’s as far as it will go.
  • Ek Ladki Ko Dekhah Toh Aisa Laga hit $1 million late during the weekend. However, Bollywood films tend to have short legs, so this is likely as far as it will go.
  • Stan and Ollie saw its theater count cut in half, but that didn’t stop it from crossing $4 million at the box office.
  • Free Solo managed to get to $15 million over the weekend. However, unless it wins the Oscar for Best Feature-length Documentary, that’s as far as it will go.
  • The Favourite reached $30 million over the weekend. However, like the previous film, it will need Oscar wins to get any further.
  • Green Book made it all the way to $60 million over the weekend and even if it is shut out on Oscar night, it will still get to at least one more milestone.
Weekend Box Office Results

Filed under: Theater Averages, Lords of Chaos, Under the Eiffel Tower, The Favourite, The Gospel of Eureka, Green Book, Todos lo saben, Stan & Ollie, Werk ohne Autor, To Dust, Perfectos desconocidos, Ek Ladki Ko Dekhah Toh Aisa Laga, 2019 Oscar Shorts, Xiao zhu pei qi guo da nian, JONI 75: A Birthday Celebration, Academy Award Short Film Nominations