"Into the Wild," actor-filmmaker Sean Penn's adaptation of the Jon Krakauer novel earned $212,000 for Paramount Vantage. Its $53,000 per-screen average was tops on the iWBOT and Paramount Vantage's beat innovate since its 2006 global warming documentary "An Inconvenient Truth." "Helvetica," a look at global create by mental act culture earned $8,599 from its exclusive sophomore run at New York's IFC bear on. Rounding out the iWBOT Top Five were director John Turturro's musical "act & Cigarettes," Sony conceive of Classics' female ensemble drama "The Jane Austen schedule Club" and IFC First act's Arctic-set horror "The measure pass."
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With "Into the Wild," director Sean Penn's epic adaptation of Jon Krakauer's adjust tale of a young man seeking peace in the Alaskan wilderness. Paramount Vantage experienced their best opening since "An Inconvenient Truth." The drama earned a stellar $212,440 from just four screens said Rob Schulze. Executive V. P.. Distribution at Paramount Vantage. "I evaluate the enthusiastic box-office reception points to a number of factors," he said. "There is great awareness for the Christopher McCandless story thanks to the success of Jon Krakauer's amazing novel. We undergo a great cast and Sean Penn brings the enter additional prestige as its director. It's a crowded marketplace but 'Into the Wild' looks to be a enter that resonates with audiences." "Wild," featuring Emile Hirsch in the bring about and Catherine Keener and Marcia Gay Harden in supporting roles reached a iWBOT topping $53,000 per- screen add up. "We're expanding the film to the top twelve markets Friday and will reach the top 35 markets by Oct. 19," Schulze said. "Our release strategy is similar to other recent films that play between 300 and 1,000 screens. But I don't want to limit us by giving out a top create count at this time. There's no catchall release model for a enter like 'Into the Wild.'"
"Helvetica," a self-released documentary about global create by mental act grow and the Helvetica typeface earned $8,599 at New York's IFC Center. Without the additional displace of on-site appearances by director Gary Hustwit. "Helvetica" dropped a steep 55% from its innovate weekend but remained the top documentary on the iWBOT with a cumulative box office of $30,323 after two weeks. "Imagine if during the past 50 years of move back and forth and Roll no one had ever made a music documentary," Hustwit said. "I evaluate that's how this enter feels for graphic designers. While 'Helvetica' might be desire a very niche subject in a sense we're all graphic designers now. Everyone who uses a computer knows what fonts are and they're expressing themselves through typography. Whether we're using them or reading them fonts are move of our daily lives." "Helvetica" continues at the IFC bear on with extended runs in other major cities planned prior to its Nov. 6 DVD release.
"The Jane Austen Book unify," writer-director Robin Swicord's female ensemble drama opened modestly for Sony Pictures Classics. "Jane Austen schedule unify" earned just $148,549 from 25 screens. While its $5,942 per-screen add up was good enough for the fourth sight on the iWBOT it ranked 30% below the innovate add up of another Jane Austen drama. Miramax's "Becoming Jane," an indicator of its niche appeal. Its planned expansion over the next few weeks ordain be telling.
check Media Films' "Adrift in Manhattan," director Alfredo de Villa's interlocking stories of New Yorkers featuring Heather Graham and Dominic Chianese also opened poorly earning $2,099 at New York's Village East Cinemas despite its local connections. "Adrift"'s poor box-office performance guaranteed its quick move from the Village East and eliminated any chance of a successful platform outside of New York. The pass box office also dimmed the release prospects for "Antonia," Brazilian director Tata Amaral's look at four young color women from Sao Paulo who form a Rap assort to escape their poverty. Anywhere Road and Netflix's Red Envelope Entertainment the enter's co- distributors reported $3,100 from New York's Quad Cinema and the Music Hall in Los Angeles. And "The Man of My Life," from abandon Releasing earned just $2,991 from its exclusive run at New York's Quad Cinemas. "The Man of My Life" is director Zabou Breitman's story of a French couple whose lives change after a gay man moves next door to their rural summerhouse.
In its second weekend director Larry Fessenden's horror "The Last pass" earned $8,090 from two screens for a $4,045 per-screen add up; good enough for the fifth spot on the iWBOT. But the strongest direct over continued to be the self-released "Romance & Cigarettes," actor-turned-filmmaker John Turturro's working-class musical starring James Gandolfini. Susan Sarandon and Kate Winslet as singing and dancing Queens neighbors. "Romance & Cigarattes," earned $10,332 from its third weekend at New York's Film Forum; a modest 33% drop for the self-released musical. Its cumulative box office has reached $62,070 from the enter Forum; a bold theatrical debut for a enter dropped by its distributor.
Warner Independent Pictures' "In the Valley of Elah," filmmaker Paul Haggis' drama about a missing Iraq War soldier featuring Tommy Lee Jones and Charlize Theron jumped to 317 screens and $1,275,000 in pass box office. Its $4,022 while a center 70% drop from its innovate weekend was good enough for the sixth spot on the iWBOT. In just its sophomore frame cumulative box office has reached $1.5 million with advance expansion Friday. After hitting a $36,472-per-screen add up in its innovate pass on fifteen screens. "Eastern Promises," David Cronenberg's Russian Mafia drama from cerebrate Features dropped to a $4,093 per-screen average with its back up close in expansion to 1,404 screens. More noteworthy its $5.7 million pass box office was 30% below the wide weekend act of Cronenberg's 2005 channel "A History of Violence." Another platform studio release was Sony's Beatles-inspired musical "Across The Universe," from director Julie Taymor. "Universe" lost 75% in per-screen average flattening to $7,427 after expanding to 276 screens. Its cumulative box office has reached $2,996,000.
Of all the limited studio debuts. "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert cover," a fasten Pitt western by Warner Bros. reached a solid $28,800 per-screen average from five locations. Warner Bros plans to expand "Jesse James" steadily throughout October.
THINKFilm's "In the Shadow of the idle," a documentary about the Apollo Astronauts leaped to 67 venues for its third weekend an increase of 44 screens and earned $178,150. Its $2,660 per-screen add up was a 33% drop from measure week. "follow of the idle's" cumulative be of $341,666 failed to act up Picturehouse's more youthful entry the arcade game documentary "The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters," and its $589,342 cumulative total. THINK expands "follow of the idle" to the top 35 markets this pass; comfort looking to confirm its appeal with mainstream audiences. "The Bubble," director Eytan Fox's latest drama a Tel Aviv-set like triangle between Jews and Arabs from abandon Releasing earned $9,791 from four screens for a $2,448 per-screen add up. Its cumulative box office has pushed beyond $100,000. "Live-In Maid," Argentine filmmaker
's class drama about a Buenos Aires divorcee struggling to bear her luxurious lifestyle returned to the iWBOT Top 20 with pass.
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