Theater Averages: 1917 Helps 2019 End on a Strong Note

January 2, 2020

1917

Only four limited release announced box office numbers for the final weekend of 2019, but all four were in the $10,000 club. 1917 led the way with an average of $52,383 in 11 theaters. That was over the three-day weekend. It earned over $1 million during its five-day debut. Just Mercy was well back with an estimated average of $27,250 in four theaters over the three-day weekend. Ip Man: The Finale will probably turn out to be poorly named, because the movie earned over $1 million over the three-day weekend and earned an average of $20,850. I’m sure someone is trying to figure out how to continue the franchise, despite the Finale part of the name. Clemency was next with an average of $17,682 in two theaters. The final film in the $10,000 club was Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, which earned an average of $16,430 during its second weekend of release.

There were no other true new limited releases, but The White Sheik did earn $5,562 during its re-release.

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

  • Both 1917 and Ip Man: The Finale opened with more than $1 million, so they clearly both reached that milestone in the process.
  • Dark Waters got to $10 million. This is great for a limited release, but its early wide expansion means it needed to perform better.
  • Bombshell reached $5 million last weekend and was at $15 million by the end of this weekend. It won’t expand further, but it could still get to $25 million domestically, if it gets a little help from Awards Season.
  • Jojo Rabbit got to $20 million since we last did this column.
- Theater Average Chart

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