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Tuesday
03Nov2009

'Boondock Saints II' Expanding This Weekend

DateTuesday, November 3, 2009 at 9:20PM
Over the weekend, Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day did very well considering the low theater count it had. It placed 14th for the frame, but the $8,000 per-screen average in 68 houses led to a $546,000 debut. That's a big enough vote of confidence for the film's distributor, Apparition (along with Sony), to expand the movie into more cities beginning this weekend.

Having already premiered in New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Boston, Boondock has been "demanded," much the same way Paranormal Activity did, and fans in Seattle, San Diego, Chicago, Detroit, Dallas, Atlanta, Houston, and apparently a few more to be announced later this week.

As we have with previous expansions - Paranormal, The Hurt Locker - we'll try to get a full list of cities if not theaters by the end of the week.

Now, as Cinema Blend points out, $8,000 is not a hell of a lot of money, especially when a film only plays in a few theaters in four of the largest cities in the country. By contrast, when Paranormal was in 160 theaters in its third weekend, it put up just under $50,000 per-screen. So a nationwide release might do well this week, but is there enough demand to keep it going?

Again, when we see the full list of cities we'll have a better idea of just how strong this commitment is by the distributors.

AuthorColin Boyd | | in | Print ArticlePrint Article | | Comment5 Comments |

Reader Comments (5)

Where does one go to make these demands? I'm was Bummed that I couldn't catch it last weekend.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterfaulty logic

Here you go:

http://bit.ly/sctGd

Tuesday, November 3, 2009 | Registered CommenterColin Boyd

Thank you Colin

Wednesday, November 4, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterfaulty logic

Thats awesome.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009 | Unregistered Commenternickro

I saw it this past weekend with Troy Duffy and Rocco. It was fantastic. Funnier than the first (Clifton Collins Jr. is amazing) but not sure it is as good. Either way, a pretty damn good sequel.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterW

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