Atlas Shrugged Part 1 tanked at the box office [View All]

[murdoch]

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart

Rio was #1, making over $39 million in receipts this weekend, 3826 theaters at $10,252 per screen.

Lincoln Lawyer, which is the movie I saw this weekend, made over $2.8 million this weekend, it was at 1,702 theaters, and only made $1695 per screen average but it is in its 5th week release.

Atlas Shrugged Part 1 made less than $1.7 million on a $10 million budget. It was in 299 theaters. $5640 per screen average. It was the 14th most watched movie.

Insidious only had a $1.5 million budget, but made $6.7 million this weekend, on its 3rd week of release.

Looks like Atlas Shrugged Part 1 is a flop! I wonder if they'll make their money back. They probably will - places like Regnery always lose money but have bulk orders and the like anyhow.