Brokeback Box Office Strong & Gathering Strength After 5 Weeks In Release

[ruggerson]

So much for the desperate predictions of the radical religious rightwing mullahs.

Brokeback Mountain, playing at only 483 theaters this weekend, was number #1 yet again, out of the top twenty films, in per screen numbers and number 9 overall, cracking the top ten, against movies playing in six and seven times the amount of theaters. Brokeback scored an impressive $11,900 per screen average.

The only movie which scored higher per screen average is "Cache (Hidden)" playing in 5 theaters.

Brokeback, because of its release in a widening number of theaters, saw its total take surge 58.9% this weekend.


It has grossed, so far, over 22 million dollars, in very limited release. It cost 14 million to make.

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

Top 90+ Actuals

<<Last Weekend <Last Year View Index
TW LW Title (click to view) Studio Weekend Gross % Change Theater Count / Change Average Total Gross Budget* Week #
1 N Hostel Lions $20,100,000 - 2,195 - $9,157 $20,100,000 $4.80 1
2 1 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe BV $15,427,000 -39.9% 3,514 -339 $4,390 $247,561,000 $180 5
3 2 King Kong Uni. $12,466,000 -49.7% 3,482 -145 $3,580 $192,522,000 $207 4
4 3 Fun with Dick and Jane Sony $12,200,000 -26.2% 3,182 +126 $3,834 $81,359,000 $100 3
5 4 Cheaper by the Dozen 2 Fox $8,300,000 -42.7% 3,108 -103 $2,670 $66,421,000 - 3
6 10 Munich Uni. $7,455,000 +56.7% 1,485 +953 $5,020 $25,239,000 $70 3
7 7 Memoirs of a Geisha Sony $6,000,000 -22.5% 1,589 +42 $3,775 $39,751,000 $85 5
8 5 Rumor Has It WB $5,881,000 -37.2% 2,766 -49 $2,126 $35,370,000 - 3

9 14 Brokeback Mountain Focus $5,750,000 +58.9% 483 +214 $11,904 $22,460,000 $14 5

10 6 The Family Stone Fox $4,625,000 -43.1% 2,085 -379 $2,218 $53,193,000 $18 4
11 8 The Ringer FoxS $4,400,000 -28.8% 1,688 -165 $2,606 $27,911,000 - 3
12 20 Casanova BV $4,014,000 +889.6% 1,004 +967 $3,998 $5,212,000 - 3
13 N Grandma's Boy Fox $2,875,000 - 2,015 - $1,426 $2,875,000 - 1
14 21 Match Point DW $2,810,000 +605.0% 304 +296 $9,243 $3,719,000 - 2
15 9 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire WB $2,539,000 -55.3% 1,555 -761 $1,632 $281,197,000 $150 8
16 12 The Producers Uni. $2,277,000 -43.3% 937 -41 $2,430 $15,150,000 $45 4
17 15 Walk the Line Fox $2,150,000 -19.2% 1,028 -132 $2,091 $95,406,000 $28 8
18 11 Syriana WB $2,085,000 -49.0% 1,202 -523 $1,734 $42,099,000 $50 7
19 13 Wolf Creek Wein. $1,123,000 -70.1% 1,479 -282 $759 $15,359,000 - 3
- 17 Pride and Prejudice Focus $759,000 -26.4% 381 -26 $1,992 $35,305,000 - 9