Arthouse Audit: 'Get Low' Makes It Four in a Row
Get Low claimed the top spot among limited releases for the fourth weekend in a row, which is the year's longest streak. Runner-up Mao's Last Dancer added theaters and received a bump, while We Are Family opened below most recent Bollywood movies.
Get Low dipped 27 percent to $1.2 million over the three-day weekend ($1.6 million including Monday) at 560 theaters. This brought its total to $5.8 million, and the movie now appears to be on pace to top The Last Station as distributor Sony Pictures Classics' highest-grossing 2010 release by next weekend.
Mao's Last Dancer was up 13 percent to $338,179 at 95 theaters (four-day gross of $444,200). Through Monday, the drama has earned $1.78 million.
We Are Family was the weekend's top debut, opening to $296,907 at 78 locations. This trailed other summer Bollywood offerings like Kites, Raajneeti, Raavan, I Hate Luv Storys and Peepli Live. Through Monday, We Are Family has made $366,354.
The Girl Who Played with Fire continued its slow decline, off 20 percent to $236,420 ($301,856 for the four-day weekend). The second part of the Millennium series has thus far earned $6.6 million. Meanwhile, predecessor The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo crossed the $10 million mark.
Cairo Time dipped five percent, grossing $173,596 at 55 locations. The Patricia Clarkson drama has earned $905,576 through its fifth weekend.
The Tillman Story added 19 theaters for a total of 24 and was up 330 percent to $136,399 ($179,580 for the four-day frame) for a total of $303,560. Its per theater average was down just ten percent, indicating that further expansion is likely for the Iraq War documentary.
Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 was the next biggest new release, debuting to $74,449 at 31 theaters (four-day total of $100,242). This was much lower than its predecessor Mesrine: Killer Instinct's opening last weekend, though that's to be expect considering the extremely close timing of the releases.
A Woman, A Gun, and a Noodle Shop, which is a Chinese-language adaptation of the Coen Brothers' Blood Simple, debuted to $27,330 at five theaters. Documentary Last Train Home had the best per theater average of any movie this weekend, albeit at just one theater, opening to $20,418. Animated movie My Dog Tulip also fared decently at just one location, earning $11,550. Finally, South African romantic comedy White Wedding opened to a meager $5,860 at four venues.
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Get Low dipped 27 percent to $1.2 million over the three-day weekend ($1.6 million including Monday) at 560 theaters. This brought its total to $5.8 million, and the movie now appears to be on pace to top The Last Station as distributor Sony Pictures Classics' highest-grossing 2010 release by next weekend.
Mao's Last Dancer was up 13 percent to $338,179 at 95 theaters (four-day gross of $444,200). Through Monday, the drama has earned $1.78 million.
We Are Family was the weekend's top debut, opening to $296,907 at 78 locations. This trailed other summer Bollywood offerings like Kites, Raajneeti, Raavan, I Hate Luv Storys and Peepli Live. Through Monday, We Are Family has made $366,354.
The Girl Who Played with Fire continued its slow decline, off 20 percent to $236,420 ($301,856 for the four-day weekend). The second part of the Millennium series has thus far earned $6.6 million. Meanwhile, predecessor The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo crossed the $10 million mark.
Cairo Time dipped five percent, grossing $173,596 at 55 locations. The Patricia Clarkson drama has earned $905,576 through its fifth weekend.
The Tillman Story added 19 theaters for a total of 24 and was up 330 percent to $136,399 ($179,580 for the four-day frame) for a total of $303,560. Its per theater average was down just ten percent, indicating that further expansion is likely for the Iraq War documentary.
Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 was the next biggest new release, debuting to $74,449 at 31 theaters (four-day total of $100,242). This was much lower than its predecessor Mesrine: Killer Instinct's opening last weekend, though that's to be expect considering the extremely close timing of the releases.
A Woman, A Gun, and a Noodle Shop, which is a Chinese-language adaptation of the Coen Brothers' Blood Simple, debuted to $27,330 at five theaters. Documentary Last Train Home had the best per theater average of any movie this weekend, albeit at just one theater, opening to $20,418. Animated movie My Dog Tulip also fared decently at just one location, earning $11,550. Finally, South African romantic comedy White Wedding opened to a meager $5,860 at four venues.
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